{"product_id":"stone-to-screen-a-history-of-writing-language-and-human-expression-9798259069145","title":"Stone to Screen: A History of Writing, Language, and Human Expression","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anoop Pachauri\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asia - South - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStone to Screen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Anoop Pachauri traces a breathtaking 5,000-year journey of human expression across the Indian subcontinent-revealing how scripts, materials, and technologies have shaped not just communication, but thought, power, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the undeciphered symbols of the Indus Valley to the political force of Ashoka's edicts...\u003cbr\u003eFrom palm-leaf manuscripts that shaped the curves of South Indian scripts to the printing press that standardized language...\u003cbr\u003eFrom the rise of Hindi and Urdu to the silent extinction of hundreds of dialects...\u003cbr\u003eAnd finally, to the digital age-where algorithms and AI are deciding which languages survive and which vanish-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book argues a bold and urgent thesis: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe medium does not just carry language-it transforms civilization.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending history, linguistics, philosophy, and technology, \u003ci\u003eStone to Screen\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a study of language-it is a warning and a call to action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause today, for the first time in history, languages are not just evolving-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ethey are being engineered, filtered, and erased by invisible systems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery word you speak carries a history.\u003cbr\u003eEvery language you lose erases a way of seeing the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book will change how you read, write-and think.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883269963927,"sku":"9798259069145","price":907.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798259069145.webp?v=1781100710","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/stone-to-screen-a-history-of-writing-language-and-human-expression-9798259069145","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}