Bringing together research from the fields of linguistics, education and technology within the dynamic context of South Asia, this timely book investigates the ways in which these fields interact with each other against the backdrop of technological innovation, linguistic diversity, and socio-political transformation.

Uma Pradhan is Associate Professor, Institute of Education, University College London, UK.

Mohini Gupta is a doctorate candidate of Language and Education Anthropology, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford, UK.

Introduction: Language and Education Futures in South Asia

Part I: Language and Politics

Chapter 1 - Youth Perspectives on Hindi, English and India's New Politics of Language: Becoming Bharat

Chapter 2 - Language Textbooks as a Site of Conflict in India: The Phenomenon of 'Erased Curriculum'

Chapter 3 - The Challenges of Literacy Acquisition and Linguistic Proficiency in Multilingual Educational Landscape of Pakistan

Chapter 4 - Mother-tongue-based Education and Indian Teachers' views on Language Policy Reforms by the Bharatiya Janata Party

Chapter 5 - Unofficial Bilingualism in English-only Policy Context: A Postmethod Pedagogy for Difficult Circumstances in Rural Government Schools of Tamil Nadu

Part II: Language and Inclusivity

Chapter 6 - Kerala's Language Directive and the Erasure of Gendered Teacher Identities

Chapter 7 - Multilingualism and globalisation in remote trans-Himalayan India: How topography and place-experience impact language learning

Chapter 8 - Future of education in Bangladesh: Everyday politics of language between competition, integration, and modernisation

Chapter 9 - Language Documentation, Dialects, and Education among the Naawa of Nepal

Part III: Language and Technology

Chapter 10 - Indian Languages and Language Acquisition Apps: My Phone Won't Teach Me Malayalam

Chapter 11 - Remembering Nepal Bhasa through Artificial Intelligence (AI) Translations: Language, Technology and Indigenous Memory

Chapter 12 - Navigating the Pedagogical Implications of Digital Education in Bangladesh

Chapter 13 - Remote virtual teacher communities in Sri Lanka: Difficulties and possibilities