Look, English, I am fond of you. No, seriously, I am. I would hate to have someone do the dirty on you. I don’t know if you’ve been keeping an ear to the ground as I have. If not, I think you ought to. Things are getting dangerously bad for you dude! No, you’re not […]
Humor
Word Meanings
Enough is enough. For the past week, I have been reminded repeatedly of the manner in which words acquire shades and nuances of meaning they were never meant to hold. You are left feeling bewildered and not a little nettled because something that you thought meant A now means A-. The (-) minus being a […]
Oh My Aunt!
I love the English language unabashedly, almost as much as I love my mother tongue, Hindi. I think as fluently in English as I do in Hindi. I speak it fluently and write it better. Someone once asked my mother very seriously if she laughed in English. She solemnly told him that she certainly did. […]
Open Letter to An Anonymous Reader
Dear Anonymous Reader, Hello! How are you? Doing good I hope? In the pink of health, wealth and all things beautiful? Capital! You might be wondering why I am writing to you, out of the blue. But you see, I had to. I cannot explain to you what you mean to me. I’ve always had […]