The World in Words 48: Le Petit Nicolas, how to start a foreign language Wikipedia, and the many meanings of yoga

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Stretch, breathe, and connect…or something. Yoga – the word and the practise – carry different meanings in India than in the United States and elsewhere. A new movie, “Enlighten Up!” investigates, at times hilariously. Also this week, the French schoolboy who created a whole language for kids turns 50. And part two of our conversation with Wikipedia historian Andrew Lih. He argues that American politicos write many more manipulative wiki-articles than their Chinese counterparts…and he reveals why there is, shockingly, no Wikipedia in Montenegrin.

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