Word of the Week 7th March

Word of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by @Heena Rathore P. (http://heenarathorep.com/). It’s a fun way to improve vocubulary by learning new words every week. To pariticipate, simply do a post with your word and leave a link to it as a comment o Heena’s WOW post. Here’s my WOW for 7th March, 2015: dyspepsia • \dis-PEP-shuh\  • noun 1 : indigestion 2 : ill humor : disgruntlement Did you know? When people get indigestion, they are often affected by nausea, heartburn, and gas—things that can cause the world’s greatest gastronome to curse the world’s most delectable … Continue reading Word of the Week 7th March

Word of the Week 22nd March

Word of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by @Heena Rathore P. (http://heenarathorep.com/). It’s a fun way to improve vocubulary by learning new words every week. To pariticipate, simply do a post with your word and leave a link to it as a comment o Heena’s WOW post. firebrand • \FYRE-brand\  • noun 1 : a piece of burning wood 2 : one that creates unrest or strife (as in aggressively promoting a cause) : agitator First use: 13th century Synonyms: demagogue (also demagog), exciter, agitator, fomenter, incendiary, inciter, instigator, kindler, provocateur, rabble-rouser Did you know? The original … Continue reading Word of the Week 22nd March

Word of the Week 18th March

Word of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by @Heena Rathore P. (http://heenarathorep.com/). It’s a fun way to improve vocubulary by learning new words every week. To pariticipate, simply do a post with your word and leave a link to it as a comment o Heena’s WOW post. controvertible • \KAHN-truh-ver-tuh-bul\  • adjective : capable of being disputed or opposed by reason Origin: controversy. First use: 1584 Did you know? If you’re familiar with incontrovertible, you may have wondered about the existence of controvertible. Both words are direct descendants of controvert (“to dispute or oppose by reasoning”), which … Continue reading Word of the Week 18th March

Word of the Week 13th March

Word of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by @Heena Rathore P. (http://heenarathorep.com/). It’s a fun way to improve vocubulary by learning new words every week. To pariticipate, simply do a post with your word and leave a link to it as a comment o Heena’s WOW post. nonage • \NAH–nij\  • noun 1 : minority 2 a : a period of youth b : lack of maturity Origin: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from non- + age age. First use: 15th century Synonyms: childhood, springtime, youth Antonyms: adulthood Did you know? Minority, majority; infancy, adulthood; nonage, full age—here … Continue reading Word of the Week 13th March

Word of the Week-29th March

Word of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by @Heena Rathore P. (http://heenarathorep.com/). It’s a fun way to improve vocubulary by learning new words every week. To pariticipate, simply do a post with your word and leave a link to it as a comment o Heena’s WOW post. persiflage • \PER-suh-flahzh\  • noun : frivolous bantering talk : light raillery Origin: French, from persifler to banter, from per- thoroughly + siffler to whistle, hiss, boo, ultimately from Latin sibilare. First use: 1757 Synonyms: backchat, badinage, chaff, give-and-take, jesting, joshing, banter, raillery, repartee Examples: Since the final round ended … Continue reading Word of the Week-29th March

Fighting life. Fighting for life

Today I watched a video. Felt Empty And Directionless’  Deepika Padukone o…: https://youtu.be/TwIOrxWT7Z8 It’s a NDTV interview where India’s one of the top actresses, Ms. Deepika Padukone talks of her fight with depression. As I listened to what she was saying, I was constantly drifting back and forth thinking about the emotional swing I go through. She says fighting depression needs a lot of support from family, friends, counsellors, doctors. She also said there is a huge difference between being sad and being depressed. I am not sure at all whether I am sad or I am depressed. I can’t … Continue reading Fighting life. Fighting for life

The NUMBERS rule

Whenever I think of exams a dialogue from the film “3 Idiots” pops up, “Life is a race … if you don’t run fast … you will be like a broken andaa.” Seriously, that’s become a fact. Marks scored in a 3-hour exam is given so much priority for career, all a student can think of are some two-digit numbers. What one is learning, nobody is bothered. All matters are some numbers, irrespective of the fact whether we are able to utilise what we are studying over the years in our desired careers. A person maybe very knowledgeable but could … Continue reading The NUMBERS rule

The story of a poor little bird

There is a little bird Who loves to do chirpy chirp-chirp Loves to soar high up in the sky Sometimes she is nervous, sometimes scared But still she moves ahead But she has no friends With whom she could chirp or play hide-and-seek No one to crack jokes with No one to cry out worries or share deepest of secrets Whenever she tries to make friends They move away with least attention She cries and cries And no one cares to wipe off those tears She keeps waiting and waiting and waiting With open hands, ready to be held tight … Continue reading The story of a poor little bird