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The Paper Clip

Raymond Chandler writes: A long time ago, when I was writing for the pulps I put into a story…

I’m Probably Male

What do you do when you want to find out whether you’re male or female? You click here. My…

The Journalistic Integrity Of The Hindu

Aadisht Khanna has a piece in The New Indian Express today that praises The Hindu as a great Chinese…

Porta-Potty

Elsewhere in the world, this is a funny story. In India, it’s the view from a local train in…

The Bastiat Prize Shortlist For 2008…

... has been announced. The finalists are: Swaminathan Aiyar Tyler Cowen A Barton Hinkle Fraser Nelson Ashutosh Tiwari Daniel…

06 May, 2008

Check out this delightfully spirited rant by Mudra Mehta about the language habits of the people around her. I’m sure her contemporaries—the child is 19—find her demanding, but I don’t think she is demanding enough. She tolerates ellipses, doesn’t mind sloppy English in “IM/SMS” and writes “accord it the respect it deserves” instead of “give it the respect it deserves”. But minor quibbles aside, her points are all good, and I like the feisty tone.

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