Rupa Bajwa’s “The Sari Shop” set in the little city of Amritsar captures evocatively, the social atmosphere of small-town India. Her narrative encapsulates the spirit of the sari-shop environment with its spirited, intimate, interaction between shop personnel and regular patrons. In the background, the rustling silk, soft cotton and shiny synthetic saris reach out to […]
The Missing Ink – Phillip Hensher (How Reading Has Made Us Who We Are)
Phillip Hensher’s highly readable book, The Missing Ink, contrives to inspire a revival of handwriting. His is an eloquent account and a journey through a vanishing world which with technology may be poised to disappear forever. What spurred Hensher to write his book was a realisation that he had no idea what the handwriting of […]
Tips On Being Published
Generally speaking, the probability of an unsolicited paper submitted to any publication being rejected is high. Prominent journals receive hundreds, sometimes even thousands, of papers requesting for publication each year. A paper may be rejected at any of these three stages: without review, after review, and after revision. The bulk of rejections take place during […]
College and the Autistic Student
Autism, a neurological-based developmental disability, affects an estimated one in 166 people, according to a 2004 study by the Centers for Disease Control Prevention. Both children and adults with Autism typically show difficulties in verbal and nonverbal communication, social interactions and leisure or play activities, according to the Autism Society of America. Autism affects individuals […]
A Short Pencil Is Better Then A Long Memory
Have you ever gone to the grocery store meaning to pick up just a few things and walked out with half the store in your cart? When you get home you realize that you got everything except for the thing you went there for in the first place. Now think about the time you walked […]
College and the Autistic Student
Autism, a neurological-based developmental disability, affects an estimated one in 166 people, according to a 2004 study by the Centers for Disease Control Prevention. Both children and adults with Autism typically show difficulties in verbal and nonverbal communication, social interactions and leisure or play activities, according to the Autism Society of America. Autism affects individuals […]
Would You Pay $500 For a Professional Resume Writing Service?
If you have recently inquired about engaging a professional resume writing service for a job hunt, you’ll know what I’m talking about – resumes these days routinely cost anything between $500 and $2000 a pop. For people who have been writing resumes left and right for years for jobs they wish they could get, this […]
The Paradox of a Predictable Failure in Risk Management
The current crisis the world fell into two years ago had certainly the widest range of qualifying attributes: financial, economic, social, industrial, and maybe lethal as it dramatically affected and eventually destroyed lives beyond the point of no return. Described by contemporary economists as the worst ever crisis experienced by America for a hundred years, […]
Robinson Crusoe – Its Universal Popularity
Daniel Defoe was born in 1659 at St. Gille’s, Cripplegate in London. He was a man of many shades. These different personal traits are reflected in his literary contribution. He had done a numerous occupation during his life time. Some of his important masterpieces like “Essay on Progects “(1698), “The True born English Man” (1701), […]
Faith in Fakes by Umberto Eco
Faith In Fakes by Umberto Eco is a superbly entertaining beginner’s guide to semiotics. To what? Semiotics is the study and interpretation of symbols. In our increasingly iconic age, the discipline has much to say, and to do so must delve deeper and wider, into sociology, philosophy and psychology. In this superb selection of essays, […]