What To Retain, Request And Revert To In 2026

Algo-rhythm; Art for Art’s sake; Activism; Ageing gracefully;  Animal spirits, not Animalized men; Alia Bhatt.

Bhai-Bhai; Buy-Bye; Bangladesh not Bungledesh; Bali furniture; Bhangra rap; Bruschetta.

Clean Cities/air/water/politics; Concrete solutions not skylines;  Cure for Cancer—and Common Cold; Childhood.

Disability-friendly spaces; Dal-chawal; Darjis not Designers.

Ego Ejection; Eco-consciousness; Etiquette; Ergonomic pillows; Electricians.

Fitness not Fadized; Festivals not Festivized; Fir not FIR.; Friendship; Forest-bathing.

Good news; Girls In Blue; Gender sensitivity; Generational learning; Grey hair; Garlic anything.

Higher-power belief; Healing; House Help; Handmade; Home-made; Hazelnut coffee.

Idealism; Idea Of India and Indians; Inclusivity; Indie cinema; Ice-lollies.

Justice for all; Janata voices; Jam sessions; Jalebi.

Kashmiriyat; Kids in school; Kazakhstan tours; Kesar not Kesari; Khichdi.

Leadership; Listening; Live-In relationships; Lakadong turmeric; Limited series but not seating; Lazy Sundays.

Mamta; Mamata; Mahua; Momos; Mediation; Meditation; Marigolds. 

Non-material heritage; N-E concern; Nolen gur; Natural foods/childbirth

Open spaces; Ott films; Originality; Online shopping; Orange juice & sunsets.

Peace; Public conveniences; Pure water; Punctuation; Plumbers; Plain Pound cake.

Queer Understanding; Quiet time, Queen-sized beds; Quick deliveries.

Roads; Real people/food/jewelry; Resort hols; Roti-Rozi; Roti-subzi. 

Sportsmanship; Sell-by-dated netas; Solar power;; Schmaltzy Songs.

Tamed Traffic/Tempers/ Trump; TLC; Teen romances; Tandoori chicken/ gobi  

Unesco Heritage; Understanding; Uplugged music, Unboxed sales, Unadulterated food; Unticketed events; Unflavoured gin.

Value-systems; Vidya Balan movies; Vindaloo.

 Wisdom; Wi-Fi And Women uninterrupted; Wildlife habitats; WFH; Winter delicacies; Walks.

Xxxl; Xtra topping; X-ed-out Exes.

Yoga; Youthfulness; Yesteryear songs.

Ziplock bags; Zafran; Zzzzz allowed undisturbed. 

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