Which is the biggest known diamond in the universe? You probably don’t know the answer. How about this: How big is the biggest known diamond of the universe? You would know as you read this article.
देश में आयी आंधी हैं।
अन्ना दूसरा गांधी हैं।
[Translation: Storm has arrived in the country. Anna (Hazare) is the next (Mahatma) Gandhi]
This is one of the many slogans that you hear these days on the streets of many towns and cities in India. In a way, it sums up the current happenings in most parts of the country. The India Against Corruption movement (official website:http://www.indiaagainstcorruption.org) which aims at getting Jan Lokpal Bill passed in the parliament has gathered full momentum now.
With ever-increasing prevalence of English in day-to-day transactions in business, ‘working knowledge of English’ has now become an integral part of many of the job advertisements in India. A candidate is required to be well-versed with English in written communications in addition to being good enough in oral communication. And, needless to say, there are many other jobs which are filled purely on the basis of your command over English.
There are times when certain kind of behavior in public from other people really pisses me off. I've observed them here in India. Still, it's quite possible that some of the below mentioned gestures are true for some country or even universally. And, some of these are mainly 'practised' by people who are not very educated than by those who are rather sophisticated.
Movies, or for that matter media in general, are often said to be the reflection of the society. Or at least that's what majority of people in India consciously or unconsciously tend to believe. While it's arguable whether the media truly reflect the society or not, there's no doubt that media have a big sociocultural influence on the society.
With the help of a novel 'Seven Steps in the Sky', I've tried to point out some irrationalities in the way a woman, especially a married woman is treated. The book revolves around the married life of a woman and a few of her female friends and relatives. She was born in a middle class family in a town and was married in an upper-middle class family.
Which is the biggest known diamond in the universe? You probably don’t know the answer. How about this: How big is the biggest known diamond of the universe? You would know as you read this article.
देश में आयी आंधी हैं।
With ever-increasing prevalence of English in day-to-day transactions in business, ‘working knowledge of English’ has now become an integral part of many of the job advertisements in India. A candidate is required to be well-versed with English in written communications in addition to being good enough in oral communication. And, needless to say, there are many other jobs which are filled purely on the basis of your command over English.
There are times when certain kind of behavior in public from other people really pisses me off. I've observed them here in India. Still, it's quite possible that some of the below mentioned gestures are true for some country or even universally. And, some of these are mainly 'practised' by people who are not very educated than by those who are rather sophisticated.
Movies, or for that matter media in general, are often said to be the reflection of the society. Or at least that's what majority of people in India consciously or unconsciously tend to believe. While it's arguable whether the media truly reflect the society or not, there's no doubt that media have a big sociocultural influence on the society.
With the help of a novel 'Seven Steps in the Sky', I've tried to point out some irrationalities in the way a woman, especially a married woman is treated. The book revolves around the married life of a woman and a few of her female friends and relatives. She was born in a middle class family in a town and was married in an upper-middle class family.
