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Quote of the day by Dorothy Parker: 'The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant—and let the air out...' Life lessons on love, happiness and human nature by popular American poet and literary criticQuote of the day by Dorothy Parker explores parenting, family life, love, happiness, and human nature through humour and social observation...- The crypto industry saw Donald Trump as a champion. Some now fear he's putting personal profits firstDonald Trump's embrace of cryptocurrency, marked by a dinner with top investors in his $TRUMP meme coin, raises ethical questions about con...
- Must-watch films leaving soon from Netflix India: From The Mummy to Spider-Man 3 to Saving Private Ryan and moreNetflix India will remove several popular films by the end of March. These include Star Trek Into Darkness, The Social Network, Baby Driver...
- Ajit Ninan 1955-2023: His clean lines dealt with a messy worldNinan was inspired by the cartoon art and craft of Mario Miranda and New Yorker's James Thurber and Arnold Roth. In an atmosphere where the...
- Netflix: 10 must-watch films leaving platform in July 2023Grab your popcorn and make sure to watch these outstanding films on Netflix before they bid farewell to the platform at the end of July 202...
- Shilpa Shetty Kundra finds comfort in James Thurber's words during challenging timesHer businessman-husband Raj Kundra was remanded to police custody till Friday.
- Croc MamaFor Augustine, as compared to God, all of physical creation was prope nihil, or next to nothing. Of course, the Saint didn’t mean that lite...
- Himsa for what?grey eminence said to your columnist that a good question to ask, whether in life or in journalism, was, “As compared to what?
- Good heavensIn the Bible, awandering shoemaker taunts Jesus on his way to crucifixion, only to be cursed to “go on until I return”.
- For that pie in the skyIn his Secret Life, American humorist James Thurber immortalised the daydreaming heroism of a character called Walter Mitty.
- Time bombThe moral of the mot is, don’t waste your time in that antique armchair! Take care of the present, madly ticking away like a time bomb. Lea...
- Lama & MammaNature needs nurture, especially when it is unfit or unable to strive on its own. That is how love enters into the Darwinian Game of Surviv...
- The Seal who smiledWhat isn’t equally wellknown is the fact that the moniker ‘Team Six’ was chosen to deliberately mislead the enemy at a time when the US Nav...
- Follow the Moth-trek“You don’t get anywhere by chasing stars,” says the father of the moth in James Thurber’s Fables for Our Time. Moth Junior aspires to fly u...
- Chicago is the likely base for Obama's reelection campaignAfter Obama's State of the Union address in January, Axelrod is expected to come back to Chicago, possibly in February, and begin working o...
- Do more and remain happyEB White, the American writer, once asked James Thurber, his cartoonist friend, about his mother-in-law : “How's she now?” “As compared to ...
- Growing roses from compostTu-Tu main-main sounds like a kabaddi mantra of one-upmanship. It is the title of a serial about a saucy saas and her back-answering bahu. ...
- Obama may learn from slips on stimulusOn his first big test, Barack Obama made some rookie mistakes and strategic missteps. Leaders say he will learn from the rocky start. Past ...
- Lobbying Democracy in actionWe herein Washington are anticipating a stampede of lobbyists , influence peddlers, media consultants, paid “experts” and self-styled crusa...
- Lobbying Democracy in actionWe herein Washington are anticipating a stampede of lobbyists , influence peddlers, media consultants, paid “experts” and self-styled crusa...
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