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...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Feb 13, 2022 | Musings & Moments, Some Learnings, Some Teachings
February 14th is Valentine’s day when the whole world and his wife commemorate their love and the commercial and business establishment chuckle their way to the bank! But how did it originate? It originated as a Christian feast day honoring an early Christian...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Feb 8, 2022 | My Reviews, The world of printed words
Book review: The Nature of Fragile Things – Susan Meissner A young lady, Sophie Whalen comes to San Francisco by ship from New York to marry a stranger Martin Hocking who happens to be a widower and a father of a little silent girl, Kitty Kat. Handsome,...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Feb 6, 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 the following two words: Serendipity and Quarantine February is a month of love. The dictionary meaning is chance, fluke, luck. When it comes to love,...
by Chandrika R Krishnan | Jan 30, 2022 | Musings & Moments, Some Learnings, Some Teachings
Etymology is the study of word origins. It is an interesting discipline that brings to you some incredible facts about where and how the word/ words came into being. One of the top goals of the New Year would have been to improve one’s earning capacity....
