Synopsis This festschrift contains papers on theoretical and applied issues relating to linguistics with special reference to India. Papers include Ancient Indian and modern generative linguistics with some comparative observations; Optimality of language design – towards a unification; Linguistic content in human thought; Case theta role relation in Kurux; Critical analysis of the classical theory; From monolingualism to multilingualism; Urdu as a pan Indian language; Globalisation and need to English; focus on south Asia; Right to use to Mother tongue; Socio-semiotic and psycho-communicative dimension of slangs, and some more papers on related topics. These papers are of special interest to students, researchers, and linguists.