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70The World of Friends
Who are friends? What are friends? What distinguishes them from others? Are they the ever-reliable, being-there-when-you-need-them people? Or, is it their minority status that gives them the distinction and...
4 comments71Is Grammar Essential or Optional?
Well, speaking or writing ungrammatically does not constitute a legal offence. Besides, a casual and negligent attitude towards grammar need not deprive one of the ability to enjoy the good things in life....
6 comments70A Grammar Guide – Quick and Easy
I have noticed that some people have expressed the need for help with basic English Grammar. I have also seen a good deal of interest and appreciation for hubs on this subject. Hence this hub from me. ...
6 comments59The Wonderful Women Novelists
Years ago, I discovered that my fiction reading consisted largely of novels by men. Well, Agatha Christie has always been my favourite, but she was one among the few exceptions. I decided to right the...
4 comments55Commercial art alone is art
Detached from any commercial motive, applications of human skill such as painting, poetry, music, architecture, sculpture, insofar as these applications are spontaneous and spring from an inner need,...
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63Here’s to Original Quotes, Cheers!
Reading a fellow hubber’s (St James) compilation of quotes, I said to myself why not pen some original ones and also ask others to have a shot at it. After all, it is through expressing ourselves on...
9 comments61Barack Obama - above all, a human
The Chambers Dictionary defines 'human' thus: human [hú'mən], adjective belonging to, relating to, or of the nature of, man or mankind; having the qualities of a person or the limitations of people;...
3 comments65An Apology is worth a Thousand Thanks
How many times do we say Thanks in a busy day involving interactions with fellow-beings? Ten times? Fifteen times? More? If you are a polite person, by nature or by self-discipline, you are apt to convey your...
7 comments61Influx of English into the Vernacular - Tyranny or Convenience
At a local store, when I had made a purchase and paid for it, I said to the vendor ‘Thanks', to which he replied ‘Welcome'. Though the ‘Welcome' is not that usual, the ‘Thanks' is practically the...
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64Bike Tour in Europe - Riding on Luck from Chennai to Copenhagen
Here's another interesting incident during my Bike Tour - an incident that had its origin in Chennai, the city of my residence. When I was at the Chennai Central Railway Station to book my ticket to Mumbai to...
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