Word of the day: PressologyPressology is a word that describes speaking in too many words. It is about long and extra speech that is not needed. The word has Greek an...
03 Mar, 2026, 09.33 PM IST
NYT Strands Hints Today: Spangram, theme, and answers for August 28, 2025 Puzzle #543NYT Strands today: The rising interest in Strands highlights the appetite for innovative puzzles beyond Wordle and Connections. Social medi...
28 Aug, 2025, 03.54 PM IST
'Ameriki papa ne war rukwa di kya': Congress takes swipe at govt over Trump's remarksAfter Donald Trump claimed he brokered the recent India-Pakistan ceasefire using trade incentives, Congress questioned whether Prime Minist...
14 May, 2025, 11.02 AM IST
Musk, the biggest (money) loser everInterestingly, the otherwise loquacious Musk has been rather silent on the tumbling fortune front. It would be admissible for him, at least...
12 Jan, 2023, 11.31 PM IST
Maharashtra Legislative Council polls results show picture has changed, says NCP chief PawarAs of Friday afternoon, candidates of the ruling Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' (MVA) had won three out of five constituencies ...
04 Dec, 2020, 05.03 PM IST
Why sesquipedalian loquaciousness?A recent study links incomprehensible words and jargon to lack of substance.
13 Oct, 2020, 07.59 AM IST
Talking loudly is injurious to health!As it is defined as noise being experienced by people who did not create it, Indians will obviously be prime sufferers given the ambient de...
14 May, 2018, 10.56 PM IST
A Renaissance of Epeolatry: A catalogue of unusual words for the logophileGiven the rising interest in unusual words concise books such as these are welcome as no one really has the time to trawl through the many ...
26 Apr, 2018, 10.57 PM IST
Centre's new Kashmir initiative should lead to change of narrativeIt has to be made clear that New Delhi has an equal interest in the aspirations of people in all three regions: Jammu, the Kashmir Valley a...
24 Oct, 2017, 01.59 AM IST
No Sesquipedalia, We’re Indians!What do young spelling bee champions do with their cache of words once they win the coveted title?
11 Mar, 2016, 05.16 AM IST
Ashok Vajpeyi returns Sahitya Akademi award to protest the "assault on right to freedom of life and expression"Voicing displeasure over the Dadri lynching incident and and a string of killings of rationalists, he also questioned Prime Minister Narend...
07 Oct, 2015, 02.02 PM IST
India has great scope for election tourismIndia justifiably prides itself on its elections, the largest such democratic exercise undertaken anywhere in the world.
17 Sep, 2015, 11.12 AM IST
How snooping has become a relic of a bygone era in the age of social media“There will come a time,” said the science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, “when it isn't (going to be) ‘they're spying on me through my pho...
18 Apr, 2015, 04.49 AM IST
Gravity’s rainbowGeorge Clooney, who plays the loquacious astronaut, says the exact opposite to the psychologically-damaged “mission specialist” heroine pla...
30 Oct, 2013, 05.47 AM IST
- Silence as a holy habit
MacCulloch’s book is based on Gifford lectures he gave last year — just as William James did in 1901 — and it talks about silences of vario...
06 May, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
CBI should not be autonomous, multiple bodies should hold it to accountThe CBI functions with government lawyers presenting its case in court. The lawyers are appointed by the law ministry.
29 Apr, 2013, 12.52 PM IST
Avoid pursuit of illusory powerAs the Buddha said, it's always cheaper to pay the boatman; meaning, one should not waste one's life in the pursuit of illusory powers.
17 Nov, 2012, 01.12 AM IST