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The Psychology of Language: Which Words Matter the Most When We Talk What are the most persuasive words in English? Recent research points to "Free", "Because", "You", "Instantly" and "New". And this is why.

1 Rupee notes are making a comeback

With new design on the way, a short photo history of the Rupee One note The Reserve Bank of India has announced the reintroduction of the phased-out one rupee note. Here is a look at the old ones.

Shelley and his Ozymandias.

King of Kings JUST after Christmas in 1817 Percy Bysshe Shelley, then 25, sat down to write a poem. This was not, of course, unusual. He had spent most of the year doing the same,...

'That was RK Laxman for you -unafraid to speak his mind, no matter how hurtful the outcome. And this was precisely the quality India respected and responded to.'

Laxman, the man who had so much to crow about RK Laxman had famously declared that crows were far more intelligent than human beings. Crows were the cartoonist’s friends, and the subject of his most precious drawings. If he understood the world of crows, understood...

And we’re not saying that one should limit themselves to English in addition to their mother tongue and the country’s official language Hindi. But using English is and always has worked in our advantage so it is something we should continue with. Knowing three languages is good and knowing more than three is even better.

Is Bilingualism Really an Advantage? - The New Yorker For most of their lives, bilinguals might not show any real benefits. The true edge may come far later.

It works.

Writing Your Way to Happiness Some researchers believe that by writing and then editing our own stories, we can change our perceptions of ourselves and identify obstacles that stand in the way of better health.

“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.”
― T.S. Eliot

There’s beauty in imperfection.

Why typos don't really matter Lucy Kellaway says we should put spelling mistakes and typos into perspective - they are not really what makes our writing good or bad.

Do you party like a Namibian or a Russian?

Booze calculator: What's your drinking nationality? In the month of December alcohol consumption increases as many people celebrate the festive season. But how does your drinking measure up to the average from countries around the world?

Two skills are better than one.

Handwriting vs typing: is the pen still mightier than the keyboard? Computers may dominate our lives, but mastery of penmanship brings us important cognitive benefits, research suggests

The Science Of Misheard Lyrics or Mondegreens The science of misheard lyrics and the “mondegreen,” a misheard word or phrase that makes sense in your head, but is, in fact, entirely incorrect.