KOCHI: There is a running joke among Keralites — the Malayalam translation for the word ‘switch’. We giggle while mouthing the word — ‘vidyucchakthi-gamanaagamana-niyanthrana-yanthram’. Though it ...

Words make a language, and often, with the changes that the passage of time causes, certain words are lost as new words gain currency. Often, these words slip away unnoticed. “When my mother and I ...

KOCHI: Bhashamithram, a mobile application launched by Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT) is gaining popularity among the youth who want to enrich their Malayalam vocabulary.

Writer V.R. Prabhodhachandran Nair has said that contemporary Malayalam should have a comprehensive grammar and usage book for reference. “We should adopt words from the English language the same way ...

When Eliza Keyton, an American teacher in Dubai, set out to learn Malayalam, there were few resources on the internet. So she decided to create one of her own. She began uploading posts on social ...

Whiteboards and marker pens with erasable ink used for displaying words of Malayalam in government offices would soon be out of fashion with the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software ...