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The politics of language: the case of Hyderabad, ‘Decolonial Subversions’, and Esperanto in an Indian University

by Monika Hirmer and Giridhar Rao | Jan 1, 2021 | Decolonial Subversions, English, Esperantic Studies Foundation, Linguistic justice, University

Monika begins. Thinking of linguistic justice and decolonisation brings me back to one humid summer afternoon – it must have been around 2010-11 – when, sitting in the living room of an apartment-block in the South Indian city of Hyderabad, I was engrossed in my first...

Do we care about linguistic justice? Then we should measure it!

by Mark Fettes | Nov 16, 2020 | English, Esperantic Studies Foundation, Linguistic justice

Imagine being involved in a court case that takes place in a language you have trouble following or expressing yourself in. Imagine finding yourself on a hospital ward where no one understands anything you say. Imagine living in a country for all of your life and...