Glittergrey

10/03/2015

Because..

What are the most persuasive words in English? Recent research points to "Free", "Because", "You", "Instantly" and "New". And this is why.

26/02/2015

1 Rupee notes are making a comeback

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the reintroduction of the phased-out one rupee note. Here is a look at the old ones.

04/02/2015

Shelley and his Ozymandias.

JUST after Christmas in 1817 Percy Bysshe Shelley, then 25, sat down to write a poem. This was not, of course, unusual. He had spent most of the year doing the same,...

01/02/2015

'That was RK Laxman for you -unafraid to speak his mind, no matter how hurtful the outcome. And this was precisely the quality India respected and responded to.'

RK Laxman had famously declared that crows were far more intelligent than human beings. Crows were the cartoonist’s friends, and the subject of his most precious drawings. If he understood the world of crows, understood...

23/01/2015

And we’re not saying that one should limit themselves to English in addition to their mother tongue and the country’s official language Hindi. But using English is and always has worked in our advantage so it is something we should continue with. Knowing three languages is good and knowing more than three is even better.

For most of their lives, bilinguals might not show any real benefits. The true edge may come far later.

21/01/2015

It works.

Some researchers believe that by writing and then editing our own stories, we can change our perceptions of ourselves and identify obstacles that stand in the way of better health.

29/12/2014

“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”
― T.S. Eliot

22/12/2014

There’s beauty in imperfection.

Lucy Kellaway says we should put spelling mistakes and typos into perspective - they are not really what makes our writing good or bad.

21/12/2014

20/12/2014

Do you party like a Namibian or a Russian?

In the month of December alcohol consumption increases as many people celebrate the festive season. But how does your drinking measure up to the average from countries around the world?

18/12/2014

Two skills are better than one.

Computers may dominate our lives, but mastery of penmanship brings us important cognitive benefits, research suggests

16/12/2014

The science of misheard lyrics and the “mondegreen,” a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but is, in fact, entirely incorrect.