Gratitude: A quality I discovered during the pandemic
During the 2nd wave of the Covid pandemic what lesson did you learn? I learnt the importance of gratitude. So, what is gratitude? It...
Style is the man
A French naturalist Buffon (1707-88) invented this saying in the early 20th century meaning one’s chosen style indicates and reflects one’s essential characteristics –...
Sugar- Coated words
There are all kinds of words in a language: plain words, agreeable and disagreeable words, forbidden words and sugar-coated words, etc. This piece is...
Baburnama-The memoirs of Babur
Baburnama is the autobiography of the Mughal Emperor, Zahir-ud-din Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire in India. Babur was the great-great-great grandson of Timur....
Thoughts on the International Mother Language day 2021
On this day we must remember with much respect those who sacrificed their lives in Dacca in 1952 for the cause of their language....
