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Word of the Day: AntediluvianAs today’s Word of the Day demonstrates, some words do more than describe; they critique, exaggerate, and illuminate. And in doing so, ante...- Trade union labour code strike: Shashi Tharoor slams shutdown in Kerala, calls it 'organised tyranny'Kerala strike and shutdown: Even though Congress-affiliated trade unions are also part of the nationwide strike, the party and the UDF cont...
- Washing away prideNoah's Ark, a biblical vessel, carried God's chosen through a great deluge, preserving life's diversity. This sacred craft, hewn from gophe...
- Now, a new level of hand-AI coordinationA machine to monitor washing of hands is to be expected from the Japanese.
- When Nehru called Gandhi the greatest Hindu of the ageThen Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru was the second speaker after Rasiklal Umedchand Parikh.
- Modern girl not all, she’s mugged up to beIt is bad enough that despite generations of jokes about memorised essays going awry when an unexpected topic appears in a test, such books...
- What kind of cheese were our ancestors?DNA, science and human imagination are all thrown in the mix when it comes to answering this pressing question.
- No earthly reason to flatly disbelieveWhile Pythagoras and Ptolemy and the shadow of the earth during lunar eclipses may not be enough to convince hardline flat-earthers.
- And now, super cops in super carsBesides the gratification of the officer who will be given the onerous task of driving the super car, imagine the consternation of crooks w...
- English only expands, never contractsEvery word still finds utterance in some nook of the Anglosphere.
- Kapil Sibal collecting evidence to link Godse With SanghMP and Rahul Gandhi’s lawyers Kapil Sibal told ET that he would seek to cross examine Kunte and senior RSS functionaries.
- Changing with times! RSS drops khaki shorts for brown trousers"We are not rigid. We are people who move with the times… We have decided to replace khaki shorts with brown coloured full pants.," Bhaiyya...
- Tourists will always be selfie-ish, let’emThe EU is contemplating a ban on selfies in front of historical landmarks.
- Road tolling needs urgent reformIn tandem, the political class must give up the notion that paying tolls is for the hoi polloi, while very important personages are exempt ...
- Landline phones are now passé; time to do away with them?The landline telephone, if anything, is a symbol of the old culture of scarcity and elitism in India, that was once as hard to get as a car...
- Child's play: Children's fiction should be good, not just fancyIt is tough to write for children as they want a good story above all and are not swayed by mere fancy writing — a very adult weakness.
- It’s no Spelling Bee, it’s Meaning BeeIf there is one place where the Indian American is on a surer footing than in Silicon Valley, then it is the Spelling Bee.
- Upping the Anti: 2012 was marked by antipathy and opposition, 2013 should change tackNot surprisingly, anti(-) dotes were demanded for a multitude of ills as well, from gangrape and dengue to corruption, crony capitalism and...
- Making science fiction a reality show may not be wiseUnfortunately, if the world itself ends this year or very soon, as some ancient texts have predicted, all this will come to nought.
- Royal contributionMaharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ School in Jaipur helped abolish purdah.
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