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Feb 25 2009, Abdullah Khan

Sanskrit is mother of all Indian languages. Now the mother is looking for her children to get her the due status in her own land of birth. While Bhojpuri and other regional Indian languages are finding place in the USA as President Obama directed his...

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Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio smiles during his press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday Dec. 6, 2008. Le Clezio will receive his Nobel Prize during the Nobel award ceremony in Stockholm Wednesday.