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Business News > Mint Authors > Plain Speaking | Vr Narayanaswami

Plain Speaking | Vr Narayanaswami

ARTICLES BY PLAIN SPEAKING | VR NARAYANASWAMI

Dressing up for freedom march

3 min read . 04 Jul 2011

Caring for the elderly, a burden?

3 min read . 20 Jun 2011

Make your language gender-neutral

3 min read . 07 Mar 2011

Immigration and the clash of cultures

3 min read . 21 Feb 2011

The fate of fortune-tellers

3 min read . 09 Aug 2010

Aam aadmi and the Average Joe: names that signify group identity

5 min read . 14 Mar 2010

Business jargon is counterproductive

3 min read . 21 Feb 2010

Body language, a different angle

4 min read . 10 Jan 2010

A learner’s dictionary is a Swiss army knife

3 min read . 25 Oct 2009

Holy cow! It’s not sacred at all

3 min read . 27 Sept 2009

Ask Mint | Speaking up for the passive voice

4 min read . 13 Sept 2009

Ask Mint | Listening: nothing passive about it

3 min read . 02 Aug 2009

The rules of the numbers game

3 min read . 25 May 2009

Ask Mint | Communication, in its myriad senses

3 min read . 26 Apr 2009

Ask Mint | The many shades of gemstones

3 min read . 02 Mar 2009

Ask Mint | A fresh dekko at Hinglish

3 min read . 28 Sept 2008

Beijing Games: English on a winning streak

4 min read . 25 Feb 2008

Ask Mint | Year of the ‘subprime’: defining words of 2007

4 min read . 28 Jan 2008

Ask Mint | Dictionary can’t be final word on meaning

4 min read . 13 Jan 2008