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Topic: Linguistics

Union minister G Reddy vows to safeguard India’s linguistic heritage

ThePrint Team -
The Minister highlighted the significance of including languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, which has expanded from 14 to 22 languages over time.

Frickin’ darn it! What swear words and their ‘clean’ substitutes share across languages

+TFP Sandhya Ramesh -
A paper published this week in Psychonomic Bulletin and Review highlights common patterns in profanities across the world, whether they're in Hindi or Hebrew.

Indian farmer and soldier as ‘he’— why 21st century editors are at war with their keyboards

Neera Majumdar -
Grammar is not a divine monolith. If we don’t include all people when we write, even a single pronoun can snip a little girl’s dreams.

Correct that ‘grammar Nazi’ back: Why these 5 English rules don’t matter one bit

Michelle Sheehan -
We’re all entitled to our grammatical preferences – but grammar itself does not care about them one bit.

‘Like’ isn’t lazy language – grammar snobs need to, like, pipe down

Rebecca Woods -
Seeking to protect English grammar from like is misguided for one crucial reason: like has a grammar, too.

Everyone has got it wrong in the Ramadan-Ramzan debate. And no, it’s not about Wahhabism

Rizwan Ahmad -
Explaining the shift from Ramzan to Ramadan in India as an influence of Saudi brand of Islam or Wahhabism is shockingly superficial.

Waqt, chaawal and Bollywood — the deep relationship between Indians and Arabs

Rizwan Ahmad -
Contact between nations is not only wrapped in history books, but celebrated every moment by people through words and expressions.

On Camera

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Opinion

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

Stela Dey -
The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

9.2% jump in arms transfer shows this is era of war—SIPRI reveals the temper we live in

Trump either ends Iran conflict quickly, or sky-high energy costs will force him to do so

Economy

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

Chitleen K Sethi -
At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Shekhar Gupta -
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.

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