Storyteller, Quizzer, Marcom Pro.
Storyteller, Quizzer, Marcom Pro.
A quisling is a person who betrays their own country by collaborating with an enemy, especially during wartime occupation. The word comes from Vidkun Quisling, whose actions during World War II made his name synonymous with treachery. Quisling was a…
When engineers speak of a derrick—that towering crane-like structure used to hoist machinery, drilling equipment, or cargo—few pause to consider its grim origin. The machine takes its name from Thomas Derrick, a notorious hangman who worked in London in the early…
The Alphonso mango (Mangifera indica cv. Alphonso), known locally as Hapus, is considered among the finest mango varieties in the world. What sets it apart is its extraordinary combination of qualities: a deep saffron-yellow pulp with almost no fibre, an intoxicating floral aroma,…
Growing up, I walked three km each way to school every day. Along the way, it was common to see vultures hunched over animal carcasses by the roadside. It was a familiar, grim sight to me in the 1980s. Decades…
Every year, a month before Ugadi, Bengaluru sheds its concrete cloak and blushes pink. Streets turn into dreamy canopies of trumpet-shaped flowers as Tabebuia rosea—the Pink Trumpet Tree—bursts into full bloom, carpeting roads in delicate shades of rose and magenta.…
After forty-nine days of deep meditation under the Bodhi tree, Siddhartha Gautama achieved full enlightenment. His first words were not a sermon to others, but a “Song of Victory” addressed to the architect of his own suffering. Anekajāti saṃsāraṃ sandhāvissaṃ…
After graduating, she realized the world was her oyster as she had multiple offers. With the new funding, the budding entrepreneur feels the world is his oyster and is planning bold new ventures. “The world is your oyster” means that…
The expression “working in silos” comes from agriculture. A silo is a tall, sealed structure used to store grain or animal feed. Each silo is self-contained. What goes inside it stays isolated from the rest. This physical separation is the…
A pasquinade is a satirical piece of writing, a lampoon or public mockery, typically posted or published anonymously and aimed at a specific person or institution. IN USEDuring the election season, anonymous posters appeared overnight, each a biting pasquinade aimed at rival…
Long before the word “profane” carried its modern meaning of disrespect or vulgarity, it described something far more literal — physical position. Derived from the Latin pro fanum, meaning “before or outside the temple,” the word originally separated two kinds…