HAPPY NEW YEAR   “Ring out the old ring in the new” so said Alfred Tennyson in his immortal “In Memoriam”.  There was a time when New Year was eagerly awaited, as...

Shoelaces or shoestrings as the American would like to call them, seemingly innocuous accessories, can be quite a nuisance or a botheration for some of us. I am sure you have heard of the phrase tie yourself...

Gukesh literally means one who has black hair, no wonder he was not afraid of facing the reigning champion with black pieces in the decider with the challenger and the champion locked with 6.5 points each...

  “I beg your pardon”, is this what the prodigal son said to the President , who heard him, despite his increasingly impaired hearing and sure  enough like a good Christian,...