Abhimanyu K. Sharma

Fig. 1. Fresco of Murugan at the Arulmigu Murugan Temple, Thiruparankundram ©️Abhimanyu Sharma This is a topic I have been planning to...

In this piece, I discuss a language known as Paishachi (पैशाची, alternative spelling paiśācī). The word paishachi is derived from the...

Professor Anil Bhatti passed away last week. Things have been so busy, I did not even have the time to think about it. Now that the...

Of Cyclopes and Žižek Fig. 1. Weltchronik by Hartmann Schedel, pg. XII (Schedel 1493)[1] Of Cyclopes and Žižek Cyclopes are one-eyed...

A. Sharma (Cambridge) M. Kruse (London) 1 Einleitendes Vom September bis Dezember 2018 besuchten wir (A. Sharma und M. Kruse) am Londoner...

A rather unpolished piece this time, as I have been trying to understand a phonological feature of Bihari Hindi. By 'Bihari Hindi', I...

In this piece, I discuss how the recent anti-racism protests and sentiments around the world have impacted language policies. I will...

In this piece, I will briefly discuss language policies in Scotland vis-à-vis languages of migrant communities. The aim is to highlight a...

Sanctifying languages: dictionaries and linguistic nationalism This academic year, I have been supervising on a course that takes a...