Abhishek Avtans
Abhishek Avtans teaches Indic languages and linguistics at Leiden University (the Netherlands). He tweets at @avtansa.
Shaking the melting pot
The role of contact languages in multilingual milieux.
Aug 24, 2021
It takes a village to save a language
Pidgins, creoles and mixed languages of Southasia.
Jul 13, 2021
Under the sun
Summer words and phrases in Southasian languages.
May 18, 2021
Translating a pandemic
The impact of COVID-19 terminology on Southasian languages.
Apr 07, 2021
Latest Articles
A field day
Future elections in Nepal may see more independents, and unpredictable alliances.
Productively ‘perverse’
Punjabi films of the 1970s-80s as a tool for resistance during Zia-ul-Haq’s dictatorship.
What makes a journalist?
In Sri Lanka, there are many factors shaping mainstream media coverage of citizen-led protests.
Escalating crisis in Sri Lanka, local elections in Nepal, Film Southasia 2022, and more.
Southasiasphere episode 16: Updates and analysis from around the region.
