I just listened to a short question-and-answer session, where Irayanbu, the Chief Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Government. In fact, a series of questions and answers seem to be a favourite way (at least in Tamizh) of getting many truths (or opinions, sometimes rather didactic) in very polished and attractive sentences. Here is the whole video,you ( Read more... )

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We learn about the various meanings of letters in the alphabet...."I", for example, stands for "me, myself". "U" especially in these SMS days, stands for the second person. X and Y (and sometimes Z) stand for the Unknown. But there is another letter which we use all the time...and that's "M ( Read more... )

Some people string together words ( Read more... )

He who knows, and knows he knows...
He is a sage: Seek him.
He who knows, and knows not he knows...
He is asleep: Wake him.
He who knows not, and knows he knows not...
He is a child: Teach him.
He who knows not, and knows not he knows not...
He is a fool: Shun him.


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Another walk from my daughter's home to mine ( Read more... )

I am thrilled with KTB's creative spelling. In a country where "unnecessary" vowels were deleted from words like "colour" and "favour", this girl goes out of her way to "olsoe" do her own thing on words!


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No one hunts for a job any more. They explore options ( Read more... )

A friend said, "More than a decade ago, you'd produced a list of 'Arab' words, beginning with 'al'....let's have the list again ( Read more... )