As India looks set to be renamed Bharat, pity the dictionaries trying to keep up with ever-changing vocabularies.
Spare a thought for the Macquarie Dictionary. No sooner has its lavish Ninth Edition arrived in the world, the world has changed. Launched last week, boosted by doomscrolling and bachelor’s handbag , the lexicon is already one step behind a restless English.
The debate is both complex and subtle. Name-wise, India evokes the “colonial mindset”, a point Modi has echoed in various addresses. This is despite the word’s Sanskrit roots, likely tied back to sindhu for river. The Indus bisecting Hyderabad preserves this genesis.
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