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Devika Panikar - January 25, 2021

Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. It encompasses the study of the Greco-Roman world particularly of its languages and literature....

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Writing Advertisements

Devika Panikar - January 20, 2021

If you're in business you know that to attract customers and get results, you have to advertise. A great ad attracts attention, generates interest...

POETRY

Govinda’s Disciple

Devika Panikar - January 19, 2021

The poem Govinda’s Disciple by Rabindranath Tagore beautifully highlights the traits of a true master and his disciple who has not been able to...

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Devika Panikar - January 18, 2021

An advertisement is a kind of public notice asking for or offering services or buying and selling property, goods etc., or providing information about...

CRITICISM

Literature and Life

Devika Panikar - January 16, 2021

Literature is composed of those books which by their subject matter and mode of treating it are of general human interest and in which...

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Essential Components of Communication

Devika Panikar - November 26, 2020

In order to better understand the communication process, we can break it down into a series of eight essential components. ...

LANGUAGE

Writing an Agenda

Devika Panikar - November 25, 2020

An effective agenda sets clear expectations for what needs to occur before and during a meeting. It helps team members prepare, allocates time wisely,...

LANGUAGE

Defining Communication

Devika Panikar - November 24, 2020

Communication is a Latin word which means ‘to share’. It is the sharing of information between different individuals. It includes the sharing of ideas,...

CRITICISM

More About Ballads

Devika Panikar - November 23, 2020

Ballads, as stage performances, enjoyed the status of being one of the main sources of entertainment in ancient times. Legends and historical events were...

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Designing an Agenda

Devika Panikar - November 20, 2020

Here are some tips for designing an effective agenda for your next meeting. You can use these tips whether a meeting lasts an hour...

CRITICISM

Ballad Forms

Devika Panikar - November 19, 2020

A ballad is a poem that tells a story, usually (but not always) in four-line stanzas called quatrains. The ballad form is enormously diverse,...

LANGUAGE

Agenda

Devika Panikar - November 18, 2020

An agenda also called a docket or a schedule is a list of topics or activities in the order they are to be taken...

CRITICISM

Ballads

Devika Panikar - November 17, 2020

Ballad is a popular narrative song passed down orally. Folk (or traditional) ballads are anonymous and recount tragic, comic, or heroic stories with an...

LANGUAGE

Writing Advertisements

Devika Panikar - January 20, 2021

If you're in business you know that to attract customers and get results, you have to advertise. A great ad attracts attention, generates interest...

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Recent Trends in TG

Devika Panikar - November 2, 2020

There have been numerous changes in transformational grammar from the seventies onwards. Some of the important aspects of these changes are: ...

PROSE

Alice in Wonderland

Devika Panikar - May 2, 2020

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym...

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The Cenci

Devika Panikar - November 4, 2020

The Cenci, A Tragedy, in Five Acts is a verse drama in five acts by Percy Bysshe Shelley written in the summer of 1819...

POETRY

Govinda’s Disciple

Devika Panikar - January 19, 2021

The poem Govinda’s Disciple by Rabindranath Tagore beautifully highlights the traits of a true master and his disciple who has not been able to...

CRITICISM

The Classics

Devika Panikar - January 25, 2021

Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. It encompasses the study of the Greco-Roman world particularly of its languages and literature....

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Types of Formal Letters

Devika Panikar - November 16, 2020

Letter of Enquiry The agenda behind writing this letter is to collect information about something or someone. Here you should mention why you expect the...

LANGUAGE

Formal Letters

Devika Panikar - November 13, 2020

We live in a world of technology backed communication. E-mails, texts, etc are most of our preferred modes of communication. However, letters still have...

LANGUAGE

Usage of Adverbs

Devika Panikar - November 12, 2020

An adverb is a word that’s used to give information about a verb, adjective, or another adverb. ...

CRITICISM

Dramatic Monologue

Devika Panikar - November 11, 2020

Monologue refers to a speech or a verbal presentation that a character gives to exhibit his ideas as well as thoughts in a loud...

LANGUAGE

Informal Letters

Devika Panikar - November 10, 2020

An informal letter also referred to as a friendly letter, is a personal letter written to friends or relatives (Informal letter to a friend)....

CRITICISM

Levels of Aesthetic Distance

Devika Panikar - November 9, 2020

Aesthetic distance, the frame of reference that an artist creates by the use of technical devices in and around the work of art is...

LANGUAGE

Letter Writing Tips

Devika Panikar - November 6, 2020

The art of writing a letter was considered an important requirement. Here are some tips for writing a good letter. Identify the Type This obviously is...

CRITICISM

Aesthetic Distance

Devika Panikar - November 5, 2020

Aesthetics is a word that comes from the ancient Greeks. It is used to describe the relationship between art and one's perceptions of beauty....

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The Cenci

Devika Panikar - November 4, 2020

The Cenci, A Tragedy, in Five Acts is a verse drama in five acts by Percy Bysshe Shelley written in the summer of 1819...

LANGUAGE

Letter Writing

Devika Panikar - November 3, 2020

Before the advent of modern technology made communication so easy, the art of writing a letter was considered an important requirement. Even today a...

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