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CBSE responds to backlash, confirms Punjabi will continue in Board Exams

Following massive backlash over the alleged removal of Punjabi as a language option in the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) draft scheme for the biannual exam format for Class 10, the board has issued a clarification, reassuring that the language will continue to be offered.

A quaint tale on the love track

Through relatable everyday characters of Palash and Jigna, the story of rosy first love unfurls in 2004, amid the backdrop of universities, families and even the railways.

Tisca Chopra: Hope my book encourages conversations

"A lot of young girls who are friends of my daughter, their fathers have said they have enjoyed the book and there are many things they didn't know simply because no one told them! So I hope my book encourages conversations, which might be uncomfortable but necessary,"

Now, download 20 books over next 20 days at Re 1 per book

There's this and much more as starting Saturday, over the next 20 days, Niyogi Books offers you from its Thornbird imprint a compelling melange of Indian language literature in translation -- one book a day at Re 1 each, in collaboration with the Indian Novels Collective and downloadable on Amazon.