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Plain Speaking | V R Narayanaswami 09:12 PM | October 11,2009
It is common experience that many of the clauses that make up tax laws have to be read more than once before we understand their content
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Learning Curve | Gouri Dange 09:15 PM | February 06,2009
There is absolutely no evidence that little boys who are allowed to play with dolls grow up to be “sissies” or gay
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Poornima Mohandas 12:16 AM | January 23,2009
Karnataka is the only state in the country to impose the local language as the medium of instruction in private schools
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Plain Speaking | V.R. Narayanaswami 09:38 PM | January 04,2009
The final stage in learning Chinese is getting to know the cultural nuances of language in context
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Eamonn Molloy 10:23 PM | November 16,2008
Understanding the relevance of seemingly neutral terms can be crucial for effective communication in a global economy
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Aruna Viswanatha 11:59 PM | June 09,2008
Indians working abroad are learning the ways of their offices, but find that the biggest problem is language
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Plain Speaking | V.R. Narayanaswami 12:02 AM | May 26,2008
Sanskrit is widely used in all parts of India in the chanting of mantras and various incantations
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Language Economics | William Pesek 10:57 PM | April 23,2008
Fast forward six years and Japan is still tripping over what many observers call its “English-language deficit”
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11:20 PM | April 08,2008
The mood of the nation, and of the ‘aam aadmi’ is perhaps best captured by headlines in regional dailies over the past two weeks
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AFP 12:19 PM | January 27,2008
With India a rising economic power, its literature has been propelled into the global spotlight and its English-language writers are stars, courted by publishers worldwide
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Learning Curve | Gouri Dange 11:54 PM | December 14,2007
It is always a pleasure to listen to someone talk well in any language
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Arjun Razdan 11:53 PM | December 14,2007
The veteran photojournalist lists five books that have influenced the visual language of her book ‘Bombay Jadoo’
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K. Raghu 11:30 PM | December 05,2007
Google’s voice algorithm, a software code, is undergoing “utterance training”, which allows it to recognize English words in different accents as can be the case with users in India
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V.R. Narayanaswami | Plean Speaking 08:46 AM | June 18,2007
Among the several facets of cross-cultural communication, a few stand out. Language, of course, is what worries most professionals
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