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Little chance of taking things easyDo they still teach elocution in schools? I have a puppy whom I've given up trying to teach the basics. But in the process, I did recall be...
25 Feb, 2023, 11.17 PM IST
Linguistic twist to post-Brexit tale: Only Rani's 'angrezi' acceptable in BritainSome person, or persons put up a problematic notice in a block of council flats.
06 Feb, 2020, 09.40 AM IST
Monkeying around with accentsResearch is revealing that our primate cousins are more like us than we admit.
29 Oct, 2019, 08.30 AM IST
A song and 'naach' about dance hallsSupreme Court order won’t let Mumbai rock round the clock.
23 Jan, 2019, 11.38 AM IST
Are drunks and cops best judges of English?The Delhi Police’s revelation that a man was allegedly beaten up by five inebriated louts for speaking to his friend in “fluent English” is...
12 Sep, 2017, 11.05 PM IST
Regional variety in how English language is spoken gets increasing acceptanceTrans-Atlantic rhoticity has crept in and even the once-hallowed tones of All India Radio newsreaders have evolved into a more indigenous p...
30 May, 2016, 06.39 AM IST
Stars and their foreign accentPriyanka Chopra bagging the People’s Choice Award in the US this week for her role as an Indian-American FBI agent is a singular achievemen...
09 Jan, 2016, 10.55 AM IST
Of men, women and their interchanged identitiesWomen want men who can cook and are not much attached to gadgets, particularly in a domestic setting, though being utterly devoid of gizmos...
08 Jan, 2014, 06.26 AM IST
- How can corporates through individual effort towards improving oneself enhance quality of life
A key aspect of Japanese techniques from quality circles to TPM and TQM is the process of identifying inhibitors for performance.
19 May, 2012, 06.24 AM IST
- English medium: A Large Leap Forward
The blinding realisation that English is in — even if England is out of the Fifa World Cup — has also now struck the powers that run Delhi’...
01 Jul, 2010, 05.07 AM IST
- Higgins' dilemma
There is no denying that the English language has become much the richer for its Indian accent.
11 Jun, 2009, 02.34 AM IST