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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
TopicLinguistics

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.

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Opinion

Arijit Singh is the bridge between 3 generations—Rafi to Ritviz

Triya Gulati -
Arijit Singh has the emotional depth and melody the older generation wants. But he also carries the vulnerability that young people can connect with.

Will Vishal Mishra replace Arijit Singh? Timing & consistency on his side

Hyderabad’s Nizams are a pale shadow of their past. Unlike Scindia & Karan Singh

Economy

Most EU firms eye India expansion post-trade deal, 90% say profitability to go up—FEBI survey

Vaibhav Pant -
FEBI survey reveals Europe’s big bet on manufacturing, innovation hub amid ‘mother of all trade deals’, but flags regulatory concerns.

Defence

India, EU sign security & defence pact. How it links Indian firms to ‘ReArm Europe’ network 

Keshav Padmanabhan -
The agreement comes despite differences between India and the EU on issues such as Russia-Ukraine war, showcasing the intent to deepen strategic ties. 

National Interest

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

Shekhar Gupta -
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.

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