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The Biffsquiggling World Of Roald Dahl
Children are a particularly challenging audience to write for. Yes, they’re young and impressionable....
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Nov 17, 20205 min read
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A Short Sojourn in the Countryside
This is the story of yesteryears when TV meant a single channel, Doordarshan. Doordarshan ruled every house
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Nov 15, 20208 min read
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The Horse Whisperer
Some days I wish I could go back in life. Not to change anything, but to feel a few things twice…Childhood memories
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Nov 13, 20205 min read
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Roald Dahl and His Story Factory
“A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men.”
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Nov 11, 20203 min read
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Unique Japanese Expressions
Languages are heavily influenced by the culture and habits of its indigenous people. Every language has some words and expressions...
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Nov 9, 20204 min read
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My Family and Other Animals: A book review
Children live a world that is astonishingly imaginative, gaily coloured and unflatteringly honest. Paradoxical?
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Nov 7, 20203 min read
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My Tryst with Berlin: The City that broke all Stereotypes!
There was a time, not too long ago, when you could fly off to foreign shores and experience firsthand, the diversity of humankind!
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Nov 4, 20203 min read
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My Tryst with Berlin: The City that broke all Stereotypes!
There was a time, not too long ago, when you could fly off to foreign shores and experience firsthand, the diversity of humankind!
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Nov 4, 20203 min read
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Recipe for Fear: Top 10 Ruskin Bond stories to read for Halloween
“I thought I heard voices in the wind; and perhaps I did. For isn’t the wind the voice of the undying dead?” ~ R. Bond, Listen to the Wind
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Oct 31, 20204 min read
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A Life-Changing Experience!
I have often felt that ghosts are images created to scare us. But no, not always! I have realized that humans betray us but...
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Oct 30, 20204 min read
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Neena, Hymavathy and the Pond
As the soft night winds brushed Neena’s face, she closed her eyes to let the winds slip through her hair.
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Oct 29, 20207 min read
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'The Crucible': Where Reality is scarier than Fiction!
“A false tongue will never make a guilty person.”- Susannah Martin, victim of the Salem Witch Trials
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Oct 22, 20204 min read
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Fears? Who cares!!
Fear comes in all shapes and sizes if you have a phobophobia. And trust me, when I say many students have fear of language learning
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Oct 20, 20204 min read
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Just a bubble!
Childhood experiences often seem to be quite adventurous. Now, I say adventurous not because they take us on a real roller coaster ride, but
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Oct 16, 20204 min read
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Hubie Halloween- Netflix review
On the lookout for an entertaining, risible yet over-the-top Horror-comedy in typical Adam Sandler style?
Dun dun dun…
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Oct 13, 20203 min read
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5 reasons why I almost gave up learning French (but didn’t!)
Learning a language – any language is not a piece of cake! We don’t just learn the language; we explore, decipher, investigate..
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Oct 11, 20204 min read
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“Haakmari” a Lesson for Life
People, culture and places always have interesting and intriguing elements to educate, entertain and sometimes petrify the masses.
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Oct 8, 20205 min read
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A Thing of Horror is a Joy for ever
One of the movies I watched that night had a desolate hotel in the middle of nowhere with no people to keep you company.
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Oct 5, 20204 min read
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Chanakya Revamped
’Acharya, don't citizens have the right to know how their tax revenues are being used?'
'Dear me. No, no, no....
Anagha Natekar
Sep 30, 20202 min read
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Student-Teacher Relationship: Views of J. Krishnamurti
Teachers are valuable as they teach, guide and inspire students in order to excel not only in studies but also in their lives.
Eltis-Sifil Symbiosis
Sep 28, 20205 min read
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