In the cramped lanes and crowded bookstores of Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar, a well-known hub for civil services coaching, Hindi seems to be getting the short shrift.

While the shelves brim with up-to-date study material for English-medium aspirants, keeping pace with the changing demands of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), for those who think, write, and dream in Hindi, however, the choices are sparse, often reduced to dated translations and fragmented notes.