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Rupa turns ninety

Rupa Publications is turning 90 this year. Amongst the pioneers of India’s publishing industry, dealing namely in English-language literature (both fiction and non-fiction), it began its journey, humbly, on the sidewalks of Calcutta’s (now Kolkata) New Market area in 1936 and has reached the pinnacles of renown.

Amit Shah faces criticism over remarks on English language

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has come under sharp attack from the Opposition over his remarks that the English speakers in India would “feel ashamed soon”, with Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and CPI MP P Sandosh Kumar accusing him of pushing the “RSS-BJP’s cultural majoritarianism”.

Most common grammar mistakes

Most of us are not the first speakers of the English language. Therefore, we all tend to fall prey in the eyes of grammar commentators.

A Nurturing Eye

I had been to several interviews, but the moment the interviewers realized that I was a newcomer to the country and had no US experience, I was politely shown the door.