History is a fascinating subject as long as you take the basic precaution of not reading it from history books. My grouse against history books stems from a valid point: Most of them are written by historians. Don’t get me wrong. I have nothing personal against them. It is just that if I want to read a history book I… Read more →
A pulsating report from Ground Zero The Telangana issue is a very complex and emotional one, which anyone who regularly reads newspapers knows will know as the journalese for: ‘We don’t know what exactly is happening and we are just filling the news page here’. With the Telangana issue seemingly settled, what is of interest is the situation on ‘Ground… Read more →
With the deadline to file the annual returns of income tax ending in a couple of days, as a conscientious member of the salaried class you must be harried with all the last-minute rush to cheat. When I say you may be cheating, am, of course, joking. I am pretty sure that you won’t be doing that. Especially since there… Read more →
Now that it has been outed that the celebrated author J K Rowling is the one who wrote The Cuckoo’s Calling under the pen name Robert Galbraith, it’s time to pop the question that has always bothered the literary community: ‘Royalty cheques are made out in whose name, the author’s or the author’s author?’ Anyway, that Rowling did not bank… Read more →
Last week I ran into my daughter’s school teacher, who in the course of the conversation, said that parents should set a personal example and stay off from TV if they are keen on weaning their children away from watching stuff on the small screen. That evening I told my daughter, in a no-nonsense manner, that she cannot watch TV,… Read more →
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