Author: Anil Malik

Friends, in the English language, an idiom is a phrase or expression whose meaning can not be understood from the literal definition of its individual words.  In today’s blog, I am writing about some idioms that use the word DOG or words related to dogs. Here are some DOG IDIOMS 1 Let Sleeping Dogs Lie-…

If you are following the proceedings of the Indian parliament, it looks very evident that Congress is going to face a grave crisis in the near future. Now, if the government is serious about initiating constitutionally and legally valid action against Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) and currently the most prominent face of…

In today’s weekend blog, I am back on Bollywood. Today I am writing about a very talented Music Director who never reached the level of popularity he deserved. He gave wonderful songs in the 1950s and 1960s; friends, I am talking about N DATTA. His actual name was Datta Naik, but he used N Datta…

When most people think of Parkinson’s Disease, they imagine a person with trembling or shaking hands. However, tremor is not always the first symptom, and in nearly 30-40% of patients, tremor may be mild or even absent in the early stages. In fact, Parkinson’s disease often begins quietly, years before visible movement problems appear. Recognising…

Friends, last week Parliament was stalled for four consecutive days. The reason is a political standoff driven by the insistence of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi. The House was scheduled to debate the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address, followed by the Prime Minister’s reply- a long-standing parliamentary tradition. The PM was to…

In today’s weekend blog, I am writing about male tennis players in Grand Slam Tournaments ie Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. In Grand Slam tennis tournaments, 128 players take part in the first round, then 2nd round (64 players), 3rd round (32 players), 4th round (16 players), Quarter Finals (8 players), Semi…

The MUMBAI-PUNE EXPRESSWAY was totally inoperable on Tuesday (from 3rd February at approx 5 pm) because a tanker carrying highly inflammable Propylene gas was overturned on the Bhoir Ghat section just before Khandala on this expressway. The tanker developed a leak at three places, and to safeguard people’s lives, traffic was halted in both directions,…

MOUTH ULCERS– also called canker sores or aphthous ulcers- are small painless lesions that appear on the inside of the lips, cheeks, tongue, gums, or on the floor of the mouth. Most people experience them at least once in their lifetime, often dismissing them as minor, self-limiting problems caused by stress or spicy foods. However,…

For the last few weeks, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has been in the news after it announced new rules regarding the Promotion of Equity in Higher Education. The UGC notified its Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institution Regulations, 2026 recently. The UGC notified a new set of regulations aimed at addressing discrimination in…

In continuation of my last weekend blog on the best 25 films of the first 25 years of the 21st century, here are the balance 13 films: 13 Gangs of Wasseypur 1 & 2 Anurag Kashyap’s grim multi-generational revenge saga centred on the coal mafia of Dhanbad and gave Bollywood a glimpse of what rural…