What is an “accent”? Is it restricted to a particular group of persons? Or is it only for those whose mother tongue is something other than English? What do people actually mean when they say, “I knew you were from there. You have an accent.” !!! In linguistics, an accent is a manner of pronunciation [...]
Word pad open in front of you, hands ready to type away to glory. A thousand thoughts flitting across your mind. You want to pen it all down but it just teases you and runs away. You end up staring at this blank screen. Staring..and staring.. and staring!!! Writer’s block! Any bloggers sob story.. Wikipedia [...]
There is a very angry and rowdy pigeon that visits our shuttle court every morning. It pecks away at all the food it can find and doesn’t even allow another bird to come near. We’ve named it the “Rowdy Dove”. I was observing it the other day was shocked to see Rowdy Dove chasing the [...]
Okay. So here’s the deal. People on their death bed, sick people and people who require medical attention immediately need a way to reach a hospital as quickly as possible. Period. What suddenly brought on this outburst? Well, the other day I was travelling to Jayanagar from Marathahalli (Both places in Bangalore by the way.), [...]
Have you sometimes felt like however much someone tries to explain something to you, you just can’t grasp its logic? And you keep asking “But, WHY???!!!”. I have. Many times when someone or the other says “This is how it is done.” I’m like “Why?”. Why is it that we must have rice for one [...]
