Is there really any need for this? Punctuation marks can have an impactMultiple punctuation marks reflect the tone of quotidian conversation.
27 Mar, 2021, 09.43 AM IST
Are handymen a fast-diminishing cadre in India? Need to reinstate the toolkitUnaddressed for long, the people’s right to repair needs to be hammered home.
19 Mar, 2021, 08.13 AM IST
Why sesquipedalian loquaciousness?A recent study links incomprehensible words and jargon to lack of substance.
13 Oct, 2020, 07.59 AM IST
Engineers must find how wombats make poop in perfect cubes - and replicate itAll researchers have to do is find out how that compressing action works.
21 Nov, 2018, 10.00 AM IST
Vegetables Butchered or Simply Chopped?The rise of vegetable butchers indicates further ‘meatification’ of veggies
02 Nov, 2018, 10.39 PM IST
Fish markets are very parliamentaryThe National Fisherfolk Forum (NFF) may have justifiably taken umbrage to a judge likening persistently obstreperous lawyers to a fish mark...
05 Mar, 2018, 11.44 PM IST
Too much of a good thing can be badWith more straitened times looming for the rich Gulf kingdom, such frills may become impossible for the average Saudi, so opening up entert...
17 Jan, 2018, 10.54 PM IST
Changing grammar of gender politicsA majority principle where gender would depend on whether the collection of people has more men or women works only in some cases but it wo...
20 Nov, 2017, 10.37 PM IST
If deprived of Chinglish, fall back on IndlishThese cryptic signs certainly add a frisson of mystery to quotidian tasks of English speakers such as buying groceries.
25 Jun, 2017, 11.39 PM IST
What next, robot, artificial imaginationNow, a robot has even dashed off a creditable dystopian science-fiction novel.
24 Nov, 2016, 01.09 AM IST
The melting pot that Indian politics is, cooking rivals’ dal is just startersThe importance of legumes in the quotidian lives of Indians is indubitably vouchsafed by the number of political parties that include 'Dal'...
30 Jul, 2016, 03.41 AM IST
Government wants civil servants to take part in adventure tourismWhitewater rafting, trekking, rock climbing, jungle safari, snorkelling, surfing and every other ‘adventure’ tourism option some 26 lakh bu...
23 Mar, 2016, 04.18 AM IST
Apple Watch: Survival of the smartest and their lookalikesSmartwatches have saved face for the watch industry by adding on some modern essentials to the quotidian a.m.-p.m. movements such as runnin...
11 Mar, 2015, 06.03 AM IST
- Who nose how much we can really smell?
Quotidian remit of the 400 olfactory receptors in human noses are between yum and yuck, considering they have the capacity to outperform th...
24 Mar, 2014, 03.53 AM IST
Remember not to forget a passwordThe danger is that the brain’s already underworked memory function can then be so lulled into inaction by such apps that even that single p...
08 Jun, 2013, 11.59 AM IST
State functionaries should not be disqualified for sinecure jobs post retirementIt is unfair to demand that superannuating govt and state functionaries should not be considered for sinecure jobs later on in their lives.
27 May, 2013, 04.59 AM IST
- Cabin crew fitness is about efficiency and comfort, not aesthetics
Fatness may be personal preference but as the alarming rise in lifestyle diseases shows, fitness has become a sine qua non of modern life.
21 Mar, 2013, 05.05 AM IST