Watch: TIF Webinar - A Question of Language
As frictions rise between languages, watch GN Devy & Apoorvanand discuss the place of language in social mobility, the social aspects of greater monolingualism, how we can think of linguistic diversity as a good in itself and much more.
The India Forum
March 12,2026
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