“Useless knowledge” – just a preliminary analysis
This was sixty-five years ago. I had just become a student at Ravenshaw College. The spirit of the freedom struggle was still very much...
The way people talk!
Last week I was reading Professor Prakash Pattanaik’s book “Against All Odds”. The author is a linguist, a specialist in cultural studies, and a...
Reminiscing about an interesting seminar
In 2010, the Linguistics department of Aligarh Muslim University had organized a seminar on an unconventional topic: the historical and socio-cultural aspects of culinary...
Demonstration at the Chomsky seminar
In 2009, I attended a three-day seminar at the University of Pondicherry organized by their department of Philosophy on “Noam Chomsky and the Contemporary...
Is Ignorance Bliss?
You can put the blame on the Covid19 pandemic, but two years is too long a time for schools to remain closed.
A couple of...
