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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
HONOURS AT THE NEW WAR MEMORIAL!
I was puzzled when PM Modi did not go to India Gate on this Republic Day but laid the customary wreath and observed the two minutes of silence in some other place near Raj Path. When it finally dawned on me that a new war memorial had been built, I was ecstatic. It always felt weird to see Prime Ministers and Presidents of India over the years visiting India Gate, a memorial built by the British colonizers to honour the Indian soldiers who had been forced to fight the First World War. But this time, it has been set right. The new war memorial honours soldiers who laid down their lives in armed conflicts of Independent India. Just in time for this Republic Day, even the names of the 20 soldiers who died in the Galwan valley conflict in June 2020 have been added to the memorial.
I now dare to hope that the larger historical narratives of India will also be corrected in my lifetime.
I now dare to hope that the larger historical narratives of India will also be corrected in my lifetime.
IMPORTANT HEADLINES OF THE DAY - TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021
IMPORTANT HEADLINES OF THE DAY - TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2021 - THE TIMES OF INDIA CHENNAI
1. TCS SURPASSES ACCENTURE WITH $169bn market cap
2. INDIA BANS 59 CHINESE APPS PERMANENTLY
3. INDIAN-CHINESE TROOPS CLASHED IN NORTH SIKKIM
4. SPB AND TEN OTHERS FROM TN ACCORDED PADMA HONOUR
5. METRO NORTH MADRAS LINE TO OPEN IN FEB
6. CHITLAPAKKAM CIVIC BODY FINED rs. 8 LACS FOR IMPROPER WASTE MANAGEMENT
7. ONE ARM OF KILKATTALAI FLYOVER TO BE READY BY FEBRUARY
8. ACTIVE INFECTIONS IN CITY DOWN BY 250 IN A WEEK, BUT STREETS WITH CASES UP
9.ACTIVE CASES IN TN HALVE SINCE JAN 2
10. KILKATTALAI RESIDENTS SUFFER AS SEWAGE ENTERS BUILDING
11. GRIEVANCES HELPLINE FROM FEB 1, SAYS CM - Rs.13 CRORES SET ASIDE IMPLEMENT SCHEME
12. REMEMBERING THE MUSICAL GENIUS OF K.P.ARUNACHALAM ON HIS BIRTH CENTENARY YEAR
13. GOVT DRAWS IRE WITH R-DAY GRAMA SABHA MEET CANCELLATION
14. VIRUS VARIANTS PUSH NATIONS TO LOCK DOWN & ZIP UP BORDERS
SELECTED & COMPILED BY SURI
GRATEFUL THANKS TO THE TIMES OF INDIA, CHENNAI, JANUARY 26, 2021.
HUMOUR
ENGLISH -the funniest language
We'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes.
But the plural of ox should be oxen, not oxes.
The one fowl is a goose but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may found a lone mouse or a whole set of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn't the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of a foot and you show me your feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why should not the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural wouldn't be hose.
And the plural of cat is cats and not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say Mother, we never say Methren,
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine she, shis and shim,
So English, I fancy you will all agree,
Is the funniest language you ever did see.
- from the first page of a grammar book.
Monday, January 25, 2021
IMPORTANT HEADLINES OF THE DAY - MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021
IMPORTANT HEADLINES OF THE DAY - MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021 FROM THE TIMES OF INDIA CHENNAI
1. CHINA STARTS SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST INDIA'S VAX DIPLOMACY - BEIJING ON BACKFOOT AS DELHI GIVES SHOTS TO PARTNER NATIONS
2. DELHI-BORN MATHEMATICIAN GETS TOP US AWARD
3. SIX INDIAN STARTUPS PLAN FOR GLOBAL LISTING
4. INDIA DEMANDS TOTAL CHINESE PULL-BACK
5. ROAD DAMAGED BY CYCLONE NIVAR NOT YET REPAIRED
6. S.RLY YET TO ISSUE SEASON TICKETS & RETURN TICKETS
7. CHENNAI REPORTS ZERO COVID DEATH AFTER TEN MONTHS
8. WRITING ON THE WALL NEAR PUTHERI : DON'T TOUCH LAKES
9. EIGHT HEALTH WORKERS HAVE DIED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AFTER VACCINATION
10. SOUTHERN BAR COUNCILS HUDDLE UP TO DEMAND SC BENCH
11. RAILWAYS, ROADS SEEK DOUBLE-DIGIT SPENDING INCREASE IN BUDGET
12. VARIANTS NEW BATTLEGROUND AS WORLD NEARS 100m COVID CASES - US INFECTIONS CROSS 25m
13. CRICKET : DONE ENOUGH TO SAY I AM THE BEST SPINNER : ASHWIN
SELECTED & COMPILED BY SURI
GRATEFUL THANKS TO THE TIMES OF INDIA, CHENNAI, JANUARY 25, 2021.
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