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Delving into the Historical Mystery – Part XI – To procrastinate

Delving into the Historical Mystery – Part XI – To procrastinate

by Chandrika R Krishnan | Mar 13, 2022 | Musings & Moments, Some Learnings, Some Teachings

This weekly column should have been up in the morning but then, I did what I do best!  Procrastinate. Etymology is the study of the origin of words and taking this weekly column forward, I would like to speak about procrastination. Etymologically, “procrastination” is...
Delving into Historical Mystery- Part X – Echo and Narcissus

Delving into Historical Mystery- Part X – Echo and Narcissus

by Chandrika R Krishnan | Mar 5, 2022 | Musings & Moments, Some Learnings, Some Teachings

Etymology is the study of the origin of words. Taking the weekly column forward we delve into the etymology of two very interesting words- Echo and Narcissus and how they came to be associated with personality disorders. For the past few weeks, I have been enthralled...
Delving into Historical Mystery – Part IX – Etymology of Russia and Ukraine

Delving into Historical Mystery – Part IX – Etymology of Russia and Ukraine

by Chandrika R Krishnan | Feb 27, 2022 | Musings & Moments, Some Learnings, Some Teachings

Etymology is the study of the origin of words. Taking the weekly column forward we delve into the etymology of two Nations – Russia and Ukraine While the world’s eyes are on the two nations and pray for peace…  How did Russia and Ukraine derive their...
Book review- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

Book review- Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

by Chandrika R Krishnan | Feb 22, 2022 | My Reviews, The world of printed words

Big little lies by Liane Moriarty   This is the first of Liane Moriarty, I am reading and I have decided to rectify that mistake! This book along with her other big-selling book,  Perfect Strangers has been adapted into a Mini serial. The setting of ‘Big...
Delving into Etymological Mystery- VIII- The world of Wordle

Delving into Etymological Mystery- VIII- The world of Wordle

by Chandrika R Krishnan | Feb 20, 2022 | Musings & Moments, Some Learnings, Some Teachings

The game of wordle has taken the world by storm.  It is said that  Josh Wardle, a software engineer in Brooklyn, knew his partner loved word games, so he created a guessing game for just the two of them. As a play on his last name, he named it  Wordle.  It has been...
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