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Word of the day: SibilanceSibilance is a hissing sound in language. It occurs when 's', 'sh', or 'z' sounds repeat. This technique adds mood to poetry and affects cl...- Having age-appropriate menus is smart, but will it dodge the anti-woke police?Menus in Britain are obliged to enumerate the calorific value of each dish on offer, a requirement applauded by nutritionists and dietitian...
- Falling for the foreign fin: With the inflow of Padma ilish imperilled, Bengal might have maach to worry aboutThe sudden ousting of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after violent protests has raised suspicions in New Delhi regarding foreign i...
- View: All the gender politics modesty taught meNo one epitomises gender relations – and gender politics – better than the comic strip version of the glorious Modesty Blaise FILE PHOTO
- Trust matters in every economic sense, from a business to a country: Harvard Business School's Sandra SucherTrust impacts nations as well. Some years ago, a study across 29 market economies asked the question — ‘Generally speaking, would you say m...
- What’s in a name? Go on then, say it with me: Pa-La-ShiHow calling a place by its ‘English name’ can drive some nativists round the bend
- How foods are now betraying shibbolethsFood items are familiar and local, yet people have different ways of cooking & naming them as food habits persist in communities.
- Is India on its way to fix the abysmal state of its schools? Far from itThe real problem is not the calibre of our children. It is the competence of our teachers. That is the house of horrors we must defenestrat...
- Designer Prabal Gurung on fulfilling his mother's wish and dressing Michelle ObamaThe 37-year-old designer has dressed some of the sassiest women in the world, including Kate Middleton, Lady Gaga, and Tina Fey.
- Fee hike of IITs, IIMs is jusified, say alumniThe hike came around the same time when several IIMs announced a fee increase for their flagship post-graduate management programmes.
- Chennai ripples reach Paris, add to `climate justice' callMany vulnerable countries are demanding that the “loss and damage“ clause be made part of the global climate agreement. This clause is mean...
- A murder in Dadri: How religious conflicts are threatening the idea of IndiaIndia's ancientness conflicts with modernity and its deep-rooted values joust with technologies that change every day.
- Delhi assembly elections: Battle for CM on FM radioIn the lonely vacuum of the radio studio Narendra Modi's pitch for BJP's CM potential Harsh Vardhan is sounding somewhat shaky.
- UP Assembly election phase 1: Stakes highest for Congress, BSPMayawati's party BSP swept region in 2007 assembly polls and Congress dominated in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
- Unions protest against UK jobs coming to IndiaUNISON has started mobilis ing its 10,000-odd members working at the Birmingham City Council for a strike.
- Banks may further cut interest rates by 200 bpsBanks may further cut interest rate by up to 200 basis points or 2 percentage points if the situation allows.
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