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Gulzar Turns 90 | Celebrating a Literary and Cinematic Icon
18/July/2024
Gulzar turns 90 today!
.....Rickshaw’ has its roots in Japanese, and ‘hinterland’, in German: Shashi Tharoor writes about words
18/July/2024
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Accismus, mundivagant, apposite: Do you know what these words mean?
22/June/2023
If the term is too difficult for the listener or reader, then it’s actually inappropriate to use it .....
If the term is too difficult for the listener or reader, then it’s actually inappropriate to use it .....
Did you know these idioms refer to countries and nationalities?
25/May/2023
These often involve assumptions and biases that non-native English speakers may not share.....
These often involve assumptions and biases that non-native English speakers may not share.....
Double engine misfires; Karnataka offers hope for India
14/May/2023
The opposition still needs to learn how to overcome their differences to focus on the national picture, so as to translate their dispersed support into a coherent and effective choice for the voters. Now it is time for celebration but not for complacency. We have the results we worked for in Karnataka; now we must deliver results for the people of the state - and hope for India .....
The opposition still needs to learn how to overcome their differences to focus on the national picture, so as to translate their dispersed support into a coherent and effective choice for the voters. Now it is time for celebration but not for complacency. We have the results we worked for in Karnataka; now we must deliver results for the people of the state - and hope for India .....
China complicates Indo-Russia bonds
07/May/2023
There is increasing talk that the yuan will be Russia’s main trade currency.....
There is increasing talk that the yuan will be Russia’s main trade currency.....
CMs must unite to save federalism
06/May/2023
What we have repeatedly seen under this government is a clear and clinical effort being made to curtail the autonomy of our states. PM Modi famously talked about the need for cooperative and competitive federalism, but we are witnessing instead the rise of a coercive and combative brand of federalism that seeks to centralize all power at the expense of our states. .....
What we have repeatedly seen under this government is a clear and clinical effort being made to curtail the autonomy of our states. PM Modi famously talked about the need for cooperative and competitive federalism, but we are witnessing instead the rise of a coercive and combative brand of federalism that seeks to centralize all power at the expense of our states. .....
From exclamation to em dash, did you know the origins of these punctuations?
02/May/2023
Shashi Tharoor’s World of Words is a weekly column in which the politician, diplomat and wordsmith par excellence will dissect words and language .....
Shashi Tharoor’s World of Words is a weekly column in which the politician, diplomat and wordsmith par excellence will dissect words and language .....
Rahul's disqualification: Democracy at stake
02/April/2023
We must ask ourselves one thing, irrespective of whether we like Rahul Gandhi or not and whether we support the Congress or not: can it be good for any democracy that the principal leader of the major Opposition party is jailed and denied a voice in Parliament? .....
We must ask ourselves one thing, irrespective of whether we like Rahul Gandhi or not and whether we support the Congress or not: can it be good for any democracy that the principal leader of the major Opposition party is jailed and denied a voice in Parliament? .....
Did you know the origin story of these punctuation marks?
02/April/2023
An amusing sidelight: at one time the slash did serve a useful purpose in British English, before the Internet found a new use for it .....
An amusing sidelight: at one time the slash did serve a useful purpose in British English, before the Internet found a new use for it .....
Ambedkar And Equality
19/March/2023
"In politics we will be recognising the principle of one man one vote and one vote one value. In our social and economic life, we shall, by reason of our social and economic structure, continue to deny the principle of one man one value. How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions?'' .....
"In politics we will be recognising the principle of one man one vote and one vote one value. In our social and economic life, we shall, by reason of our social and economic structure, continue to deny the principle of one man one value. How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions?'' .....
Did you know these are the most hated English words?
14/March/2023
Some feature regularly in lists of people’s least favourite words in English: “vomit” is a perennial peeve, but some dislikes are more irrational .....
Some feature regularly in lists of people’s least favourite words in English: “vomit” is a perennial peeve, but some dislikes are more irrational .....