Kendrapada: In the tribal-dominated villages of Sukinda block in Jajpur district, around 40 members of the Santhal community have joined hands to revive and preserve Ol Chiki—the century-old script of ...

A vibrant new mural in Santiniketan, West Bengal, is celebrating the Santali language and its unique Ol Chiki script. Artist Mithu Sen collaborated with local artisans and children to create "I am Ol ...

Raghunath Murmu, who developed the Ol Chiki script for the Santali language, was born in 1905 at Dandbose village near Rairangpur in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district. "On the birth anniversary of Pandit ...

Mithu Sen, in collaboration with Sanyasi Lohar and young collaborators of pearson pally brings the Santali script to life within the landscape of a Santal village, as murals that goes beyond ...

Language and literature bind communities together, President Droupadi Murmu said on Monday (December 29, 2025), at the closing ceremony of the 22nd Santali ‘Parsi Maha’ (language day) and centenary ...

All the world’s a stage for Shakespearean dramas that traversed language, borders and cultural landscapes. Retold with a ...

For the last one decade, Ramjit Tudu of Mayurbhanj has been creating a digital identity for Santali language. Not only has he been digitising it but also providing a digital platform to writers in the ...

BHUBANESWAR – Charan Hembram has spent a lifetime doing what many fear is becoming rare in India’s linguistic landscape, protecting, teaching, and writing in a tribal language with deep roots and a ...

ROURKELA: Former Union Minister and MLA Dilip Ray on Monday met President Droupadi Murmu requesting her to grace the Ol Chiki Script and Santali Language Victory Day to be held at Rourkela from ...

The Olchiki Hul Baisi outfit, demanding a four-point agenda to uplift the Santali community, has announced a statewide bandh on Tuesday (July 4). On the eve of the bandh, a torchlight procession was ...