Canteen Fundas: When in doubt, here's why you should always reach out for help
Pro challenge: When you’re stuck, ask for help. It’s the fastest way to learn. If your stuck and you don't want to ask for help as you can't set aside your ego, it will not be helpful
On the path of career development: Here's how you can give work your 100% and shine in it
Being an engaged professional can be one of the healthiest ways to accomplish great results. Engage without inhibitions in your work to become an achiever
Driving away the English Blues: Here's how you can learn the language easily
‘English Blues’ refers to the hardships one faces while trying to master the language. Here are ways for the learners to drive them away and learn easily
What is your learning style: An exploration of how we absorb information
Rahul R Lexman is an Assistant Professor from XIME, Kochi. He co-authored the article with first-year PGDM students Shameem Cina Thomas, Pradyumna P and Harshil Doshi
Universities are great hubs of ideas, but not ivory towers: President
President Ramnath Kovind, in his address to the students talked about the role of universities in creating novel ideas in the young minds
Why the encounter in Hyderabad doesn't help us truly address rape as a social crime
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will conduct a spot inquiry at the site of the “encounter” near Tondupally toll plaza in Telangana where four men were gunned down
Coping with long prepositions: Where to use words and phrases like 'notwithstanding', 'under wraps' and more
What is the difference between ‘cause of’ and ‘cause for’? Most learners of English are unsure whether the word ‘cause’ is followed by the preposition ‘of’ or ‘for’. Both the prepositions can be used
Canteen Fundas: Here's why it is important to finish all the tasks that we start
Pro Tip: Make it a habit to finish all that you start, especially the important tasks. It actually gets a lot of stuff done and leaves no room for procrastination
Should students be able to veto their teachers or decide if they are qualified to teach them?
The critical point here is — should students have a veto, or a say, in the initial appointment of teachers? Can they actually decide among themselves?
Slow Clap: Why India should ask Priyanka Chopra to train its politicians
The actor's name came up when a Congress leader shouted her name from a podium instead of Priyanka Gandhi's
Slow Clap: Why being part of Nithyananda Paramashivam's Hindu nation will be the coolest thing ever
We hear that the god/man is providing Hindus across the world legal help with collateral damages that may occur whenever they save cows from being slaughtered
Is gaming beneficial or has it come to a dead-end? Here's why we should provide youngsters with alternatives
What kind of alternatives could we give to our students, so that they don’t become addicted to smartphone gaming? Let's find out more
Canteen fundas: Here's a look at what it takes to become an expert in something you put your mind to
Experts are made, not born. It requires a minimum of ten years or 10,000 hours of intense training, deliberate practice and constant work on specific skills
The trainer brainer: Here's why a positive approach towards life can help you be successful in your career
Self-navigation and positive thinking are two of the most important tools that will help an individual advance in their career and thus achieve their goals in life
Words of the year 2019: Oxford Dictionary names 'climate emergency', Cambridge selects 'upcycling'
The term ‘climate strike’ is synonymous with 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. She became a globally recognised climate activist for her ‘Fridays for Future’ movement
Slow Clap: Why we need some more mannequins, stat!
Expressionless, lifeless but great to look at — the perfect statesman is yet to be born, but we Indians have made a way out for ourselves — mannequins
Are coaching ‘shops’ killing poor NEET examinees? The debate is on
Now, coaching is essential for getting seats for medical courses like MBBS. The entry exam is called NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test)
Manipulators of a linguistic kind: How to avoid influencing the audience through language
Speakers/Writers use certain mechanisms to make listeners/readers perceive messages uncritically and make them dance to a particular tune which is pleasant to the former’s ears
Canteen Fundas: Here's how you can learn anything new in 20 hours flat!
Pro Tip: To get reasonably good at anything, all you need is 20 hours. Deconstruct the skill, learn enough to self-correct, remove practice barriers
Slow Clap: Why Gautam Gambhir was upholding Indian culture by missing the pollution meet
Gautam Gambhir was in Indore with VVS and other players as commentators for the India Bangladesh match yet found some time to eat jalebis and support the small industry sector
Fathima suicide: APSC members analyse what makes IIT Madras campus so toxic
The Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle has brought out a statement regarding Fathima Latheef's suicide and the atmosphere of discrimination, harassment and increased stress and pressure on campus
How accepting your limitations instead of ignoring them can yield A-class results
When we try to hide our weaknesses, they trouble and weaken us. When we accept and work with our weaknesses, they stop troubling us. But it is when we own our weaknesses that they become strengths
How inhumane ways of ensuring exam discipline may not be setting the right precedent
Such drastic punishment methods come at a time when there are news reports of widespread fraud in medical seat allotment that involves impersonation as well as the support of politicians
Career advice 101: How you can grow laterally and move higher up on the ladder
To make the best out of lateral career opportunities in your professional life, you need to get into the right kind of mindset which enables you to make necessary adjustments in terms of skill set
Learning the language: How to avoid common errors made in English
Most English language learners have trouble with the English article system. It is because they do not have equivalent structures in their native languages
Canteen fundas: How to get past the starting problem and be more productive
Pro Tip: To avoid the ‘starting problem’, begin with smaller chunks and gradually increase difficulty
Should our kids be consumed by the earth? A big fat ‘RIP’ doesn’t solve the problem of abandoned borewells
The administration typically reacts by decreeing that such quarry ponds should be fenced, and abandoned bore-wells securely capped to avoid future accidents. But where are those?
Gotta unleash your hidden potential: Why you should never be dejected by the failures in life
Do not prepare to live your life with regrets; instead be enthusiastic to deliver what you can with all your might
Here’s how you can avoid common usage errors while writing
Some phrases are always followed by a gerund (a verb ending in –ing and functions as a noun), for example ‘Each of us is committed to serving customers’
Slow Clap: How Baba Ramdev can hold up 'the Nation' with his bare hands
The sage and the TV anchor were seen sharing a few candid moments after a one hour long interview about Ayodhya, nationalism and Ram Rajya
Slow Clap: How to get gold from milk the desi way
West Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh announced that cows have a golden vein and that there is gold in desi cow milk, thus the yellowish colour
Stop meddling with our campus: Furious JNU student writes about ongoing protest
Right from attempting to increase the admission fees, to making entrances entirely online and now to fee-hike, it becomes clear the motive is to turn public spaces into exclusive access zone
How a tragedy led to the discovery of new words and phrases
Albert P' Rayan discusses the Indian English word 'borewell' and also decodes the meanings of 'nail-biting' and 'nerve-wracking'
Take it in your stride: Here's how you can leap over your limitations
Nicholas Francis tells us how we can convert negatives into positives for excellent career development
Canteen Fundas: Here's why you should identify and focus on your strengths
Identify your biggest strengths. Focus 80 per cent of your attention on your strengths to build a unique and clear advantage
Opinion: Should we increase exam trauma of students?
We talk about the move in Karnataka to introduce public exams for 7th-grade students so that some of them can be prevented from going to the next higher class automatically
Slow Clap: Why every woman needs to take notes from Vijay's f-lockbuster
Women will tear up. Men will gear up. But Bigil will just make you hang up. What more do you need to understand women's lib?
How can English be made more accessible to the underprivileged? Ask ELTAI
Is English really an elitist language that is not accessible to everyone? All that and more from the ELTAI Golden Jubilee English Language Teaching conference that took place recently
Slow Clap: How we can get Trump to truly get into the spirit of Diwali, diya lighting be damned
US President Donald Trump will celebrate his third Diwali at the White House on Thursday, three days ahead of the formal celebrations in India
Canteen Fundas: The secret to success is placing your bets on what you are good at
The options that you are passionate about and have a chance of being the best at are your best bets. Focus time and energy on them and chances of succeeding will improve
