October 22nd is International Stuttering awareness Day. In the Hindi movie scenario, the stuttering hero is either “oh! so cute” or “Oh! so funny.” But believe me in real life it is “Oh! so embarrassing ” or “a panic attack.” So what is stuttering? It is a communication disorder where the flow of speech is …
The Salesman
Hope Ira Hayes will excuse me for borrowing her title. One of the most irritating issues for me, is the telecaller of illegal status, mumbling in Hindi! The absolute height was the oriflame office from Bangalore, the customer care person talks to me in hindi and demands that I reply since it is rajyabhasha, of …
Hindi Diwas
This is the ultimate insult to me as an Indian... I am not Hindi I am a respectable south Indian who can speak all the five southern languages, in addition to HINDI for this day is a declaration that my language and my people are still under threat. Of course I find the label Indian …
Our Evolving language
My mother has a flawless complexion and was absolutely fair. As a child I grew up with this observation people made to my mother “You are so fair, your daughter does not have you colour.” The worse observation was “Your son is so good-looking he should have been a girl, and your daughter a boy” …
lets talk turkey
what turkey means to a veggie To talk Turkey, I am a veggie, so it is all well I don’t have to eat my words. To talk Turkey means to speak plainly apparently it has its origin in a folk story or a white man and an Indian going on a hunt, they kill a …
No E's Allowed
Þór or Christ ? It was an introductory occasion. “on a pagan day of Ra. All its cult faithful s bow to an symbol of horror, this is followed by a ritual of taking in blood ” a fantastic way to talk of christainity. Dr.Savli always put is forth so and a look of shock …