April 4, 2019
by Neelima
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Do we write differently on screen? The question is an interesting one and one many of us have asked ourselves. I have noticed that I used to be far more thoughtful when I wrote with a pen but now since … Continue reading
March 8, 2018
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Claire Wilmort writes about a very personal agony- the loss of her sister. It is not the grief that she feels that she talks about but the idea of online condolences. “The way people mourn online has been the subject … Continue reading
October 12, 2017
by Neelima
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In A Lexicographer’s Memoir of Merriam-Webster in the Internet Age, Adrienne Raphel explains that the business of words to the ‘hyperverbal’ connoisseur is nothing short of magical. A lexicographer at Merriam Webster could spend months on detailing the occurrences of … Continue reading
April 6, 2017
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In this age of absurdity where news is fake and power is marriage to social media, Paul Elie talks about the fundamental problem with writers. They lie. In a black and white world where news is not paid news, journalists … Continue reading
February 16, 2017
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The title I Intend to Keep Scrolling Till I Feel Something by River Clegg is a testimony of our times. Has social media numbed you down so much that you feel nothing after two hours of scrolling late into the … Continue reading
January 26, 2017
by Neelima
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Hasn’t social media changed the way privacy is viewed? Many of us may be private persons; yet we don’t hesitate to share information with corporations to travel, dine out at a restaurant, book tickets or update our fb statuses. There … Continue reading
June 3, 2016
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Want to embed this post on your blog or website? Use the following code. Related articles Color It Confusing: Can the UK’s VAT People Classify Coloring Books as Not Books? Going To Kindergarten by Nadezhda Kalinina Discover Books Donates Large … Continue reading
February 5, 2016
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Re-posted from our archives. Want to embed this post on your blog or website? Use the following code. Related articles Chelsea Louise Haden: Top Tips For Web Agencies To Collaborate With Freelance Content Writers More Efficiently Visual Friday: Write and … Continue reading
January 18, 2016
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This feature by Michael Dirda called The Future of the Humanities: Reading is a balanced account of how, threats apart, reading is here to stay. “Reading always seems to be in crisis. Two and half millennia ago, Socrates inveighed against … Continue reading
November 5, 2015
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The venue was the Krishnadas Shama State Central Library in Panaji, Goa. The subject of the conference was Publishing. A bevvy of folks from all walks of print and eBook life gathered together to talk about the printed word. Facebook groups … Continue reading