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From Norman Mailer's 'fug' to Trump's Oval Office: How a four-letter word conquered the English languageThe F-word's journey from censored print to common usage is explored. Norman Mailer faced publisher edits in his debut novel, substituting ...- Secret givingAcross various faith traditions, the act of fasting during this month encourages profound kindness and a sense of connection. Anonymous act...
- Word of the day: ApocryphalApocryphal is a word used for stories that may not be true or have no proof. It is often linked to old legends, rumors, and doubtful claims...
- Rare manuscript that depicts Jesus Christ's childhood decoded, say researchers in GermanyA manuscript depicting Jesus Christ's childhood has been decoded by researchers in Germany.
- Work or calling?Christopher Wren, an English architect, observed three bricklayers working on St Paul's Cathedral. The first bricklayer was disinterested, ...
- How to not get them high 35,000 feet highBeing high some 35,000 ft high is one thing - the point of having a drink or two or three being to be suitably relaxed and floating in the ...
- Don't say we don't love your warningLast Friday, it wasn't People's Daily but the high-level Chinese think-tank, Institute for Taiwan Studies (ITS) in the Chinese Academy of S...
- Tie your camel firstPrayer is a sign of your obedience to your Maker. It is a sign of humility. A sign that there exists a force more powerful than what you wi...
- Power plays that arise from power ploysAvoiding electricity outages is tough, so, we convert it into political opportunity.
- The putative Democratic nominee is a former First Lady, so might future ones; How About Flotus for Potus?Nothing can be certain in politics, particularly given that there appears to be a new appetite in the US for First Ladies with an eye on th...
- Taxi hailing apps: Ruling in favour of consumersTaxi hailing apps, including India’s largest cab aggregator Ola, have wooed commuters with on-demand services that also come with sweetener...
- Sutra DharaWhite's lucidly written thesis can be summarised from the dust jacket of his book itself.
- Heavy MetalMedusa often appears at the crossroads of nihilism and scientific determinism: an outwardly beautiful apparition that hides a monstrous Gor...
- Gates of HeavenLike Hardwar, India’s pilgrimage portal to Heaven, the Baptistery building itself was envisioned in the Middle Ages as a gateway, or a Port...
- Ruling the WavesIt’s funny how so many writers and intellectuals get the apocryphal story of England’s King Canute wrong.
- Innovation now extends to how people quit their jobsCall it what you will: to quit, resign, leave — there is still but the walking out to do. But what might be curious is the ways in which pe...
- Changing words character in changing market demandsOnce shanghaied into alternative roles, prolonged, innovative (mis)use of words can literally change their character.
- Beat brawn with brainsSwami Vidyaranya (‘Forest of Learning’) was the spiritual preceptor of the founders of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th century.
- Great GenieIn the comic hit, Vicky Donor, Anu Kapoor presents a pitchperfect portrayal as the bumbling infertility expert, Dr Baldev Chaddha.
- Siphoning off cannot be likened to slacking offThe arrest of a PSU boss, his wife and a couple of go-betweens last week and the recovery of 10 solid gold bricks from their bank lockers i...
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