In today’s weekend blog, I am continuing with Bollywood. You know Amitabh Bachchan ruled Bollywood from the mid-1970s till the beginning of the 1990s. After that, he took a break from films and started his second innings in the late 1990s, but it was only after the early 2000s that he again peaked, this time…
Polysemous Words
In the English language, POLYSEMOUS WORDS are single words or phrases with multiple, conceptually related meanings that share a common root or origin. Key characteristics of these words are: Definition: Originating from the Greek poly (many) and sema (sign), these words have many senses. Relationship: Meanings are connected logically or historically, often expanding from a…
Types of Diabetes
Friends, many of us are familiar with Type 1 Diabetes (autoimmune destruction of insulin –producing cells) and Type 2 Diabetes ( insulin resistance with relative insulin deficiency). However, diabetes is not a single disease. There are several other forms caused by genetic defects, hormonal disorders, pancreatic diseases, medication and pregnancy. Understanding these lesser-known types of…
New Counter-Terrorism Policy
Friends, yesterday Ministry of Home Affairs officially unveiled the country’s first comprehensive National Counter-Terrorism Policy and Strategy titled PRAHAAR. This shifts India’s stance from a reactive model to a proactive, “intelligence-guided” framework. This is aimed at strengthening internal security in the face of evolving threats such as cross-border terrorism, radicalisation, lone-wolf attacks, cyber-terror network, drone-based…
Negative Personality Traits
Friends, a person’s personality traits reveal much about their character. People prefer to deal with people who have positive personality traits. One should avoid having negative personality traits. Here is the list of NEGATIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS: 1 Arrogant– Having an exaggerated sense of one’s importance. 2 Aggressive– Prone to hostility or forceful behaviour. 3 Apathetic–…
Best Hindi Comedy Serials
In today’s weekend blog, I am going back to the 1990s and early 2000s, and I am talking about COMEDY SERIALS of that era. That era was the golden period of clean humour. While today’s comedy shows like The Kapil Sharma Show rely on problematic and regressive themes under the guise of humour, that era…
AI and India
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) is rapidly transforming day–to–day life in India, moving from a novel technology to an essential component of daily routines, driven by widespread mobile connectivity and Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) like UP!. AI is no longer a futuristic concept confined to research labs or Silicon Valley boardrooms.. For a country of over 1.4…
Balloon vs Laser Angioplasty
Friends, Angioplasty is a life-saving procedure that opens blocked or narrowed arteries, most commonly in the heart (coronary arteries). Over the years, technology has evolved from simple BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY to more advanced methods like LASER ANGIOPLASTY. While both perform the same function of opening the arteries, their techniques differ. First What is Angioplasty? It is…
Dog Idioms
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-…
Crisis in Congress
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…