29 October 2011

Off the beaten track: Accents and auditory ease in communication

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When I watch some good programmes in English on TV, I am sometimes unable to follow what the speaker says. Probably you have had the same ex...
26 October 2011

Naraka Chathurdashi - Deepaavali

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Today is a very important day in the Hindu calender. It is the second day of  Deepavali festival. Every year, today is celebrated by Hindus...
20 October 2011

Games and sports in schools

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In some of my earlier posts, I had mentioned about games and sports scenario in our K-12 schools. This evening there was a very interes...
16 October 2011

Off the beaten track: Sounds of Surinam

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Surinam is a country in South America with a large East Indian population, the history of which dates back to a few centuries when indenture...
14 October 2011

Off the beaten track: Druk kingdom's royal wedding

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Let us enjoy watching another nice video of yesterday's royal wedding in Bhutan, from Channel News Asia , which I used to watch daily wh...

Off the beaten track: Decaying cultural values

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"Held for molesting step-daughter: TAMBARAM: Pallavaram police have arrested a 42-year-old man on  charges of molesting his step-dau...
13 October 2011

Off the beaten track: Druk kingdom's royal wedding

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There is a country just neghbouring India in the north east. It is beautiful in terms of landscape, natural resources, nice people and natio...
10 October 2011

Off the beaten track: The Beatles

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Yesterday was the death anniversary of John Lennon of the The Beatles . Like tens of thousands youngsters during the '60s and '70s, ...
08 October 2011

World Teachers' Day: Teachers' status

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Every year, 5 October is celebrated as  World Teachers' Day (exactly a month after the day is celebrated in India). In ancient Ind...
30 September 2011

Off the beaten track: FM radio's manifestation in 2011

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In one of my earlier posts, I had written about how I  used to enjoy shortwave listening. This post is somewhat related to this hobby. Li...