India, Sept. 26 -- From the at-your-doorstep delivery services and urge to click pictures of aesthetic presentation of dishes on social media before the true pleasure of eating, to the quick-fix scrolling for DIY creativity rather than brainstorming creative ideas, we are living in a world spinning on the axis of convenience and change. The oft-quoted axiom, Change is the only constant, rings true in every possible sense.

Not only are the cultural ethos, social surroundings, geopolitics, or the physical spaces transforming but also our linguistic world is on a roller-coaster ride. And if we don't update ourselves, we might find ourselves obsolete like yellowing paper road maps or moldy phonebooks. By the way, awful which once meant "wort...