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End of Boris Johnson: Is It Too Soon to Rejoice?
Surely, the Partygate would spell an end to his colourful and controversial political career? Yet, something is amiss, and it makes me think we have not seen the end of him yet. Where is he hiding and what is going to be his next move?
I n 2019, when Boris Johnson was elected for the role of Conservative Party leader, programmes were broadcast highlighting his rise from the infamous Bullingdon Club period through the Mayor of London era, leading up to the Brexit chaos where the hard-Brexiters’ lobbied behind him for the Tory supremo role as the moderate Thatcherite voices waned off. It was euphoric times for the Brexit camp,…
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#Boris Johnson#British Politics#casual racism#Conservative#COVID#nationalism#Partygate#Politics#Tory#UK#UKIP#Wallpapergate
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Searching for a High Note: Musical Medley from Brian Adams to Pavarotti
How can you start a YouTube musical medley with Brian Adams and end up with Luciano Pavarotti? Is that possible?
How can you start a YouTube musical medley with Brian Adams and end up with Luciano Pavarotti? Is that possible? I’ve done that a while ago and might share the thought process that led me to this strange mix. Without further ado, let’s see how…
I felt a bit down as it was the last day of Durga puja, the quintessential Bengali festival I miss every year despite any attachment to the religion.…
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#Ann Marie Calhoun#Bob Dylan#Brian Adams#Bruce Springsteen#calcutta#Elvis#Elvis Presley#Gerry & The Peacemakers#Joan Baez#Johnny Halliday#Lara Fabian#music#Nessun Dorma#Nostalgia#Pavarotti#Robert Cray#Samvel Yervinyan#Sarah Brightman#Simon & Garfunkel#Yanni#YNWA#Youtube
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Becoming multilingual: Pitfalls of the 80-20 rule
Learning a language is an exciting process. Not only does it open new frontiers for you to discover the art and culture of a region/population, but it also enables your mind to think in a different way and improves your concentration and creativity. Being bilingual from early childhood brings neurological changes to our brains that help better cognitive functioning. From personal experience,…
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#80-20 rule#bilingual#CEFR#cognitive function#creativity#fluency#Foreign language#language#language framework#learning#mind#multilingual#multilingualism#phonetics#vocabulary
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The Annihilation of Palestine — As The World Watches On
O n 7th October, the Palestinian extremist group Hamas launched one of their bloodiest attacks on Israel, killing thousands of civilians and soldiers. The world stood in unison with Israel, condemning the heinous crimes, as we have seen in recent times, whenever there is an act of terrorism.
As a general statement, this brings a feeling of hope when people stand by each other in their darkest…
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#Al-Nakba#antisemitic#antisemitism#Apartheid#crisis#Ethnic leansing#France#Gaza#Genocide#Hamas#Israel#Jewish#Keir Starmer#Labour#labour Party#media#Muslim#Nakba#Palestine#Palestinian#Racism#religion#Terrorism#UK#USA
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Taking the Leap of Faith: Switching over to eBooks
Taking the Leap of Faith: Switching over to eBooks
When I first started chatting, about the age of 20-21, I always introduced myself as a bookworm. I was an avid reader, and books were my closest friends, opening new doors to new wonderlands every time I turned the cover of a book. If I had a book back in those days, I’d overlook any other means of pastime and delve into the book instead. The genre or the author did not matter to me, as some…
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#audiobooks#book club#book smell#books#calcutta#carbon footprint#climate#e-reader#eBooks#green#library#print books#Sustainability#tablets#Technology
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Temps Libre ou Temps Mort: La Bonne Expression?
Temps Libre ou Temps Mort: La Bonne Expression?
En novembre 2018, j’ai décidé de poursuivre mon rêve de devenir bilingue. Je n’ai jamais quitté apprendre le français, mais je n’ai pas dédié beaucoup de temps ni les efforts que j’avais besoin. Mais en 2019, j’ai recommencé avec une nouvelle vigueur et nouvel esprit. Mais le plus grave défi n’a pas encore changé, celui de trouver du temps pour mes loisirs. Quand je compare l’époque où j’allais à…
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#21eme siecle#Équilibre#Francais#la langue francaise#lexicologie#Loisirs#mode de vie#passion#semantics#Temps libre#Temps mort#utopie#Vie personnelle#Vie privée
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Rishi Sunak as British PM Hopeful: What Will the Indian Connection Mean?
Rishi Sunak as British PM Hopeful: What Will the Indian Connection Mean?
The Daily Torygraph recently debated that the recent leadership contest proves that the Conservative party is genuinely inclusive. The basis for the claim was that the leadership candidate list featured female candidates, veterans as well as candidates from ethnic minorities. I’d argue that the word inclusivity does not apply to the Conservative party, as thanks to them, there was a nearly 10,000…
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Swedengate: Why Do The World Need to Be Conformist?
What cultural impact will this event have on the Swedes? Will they still be proud and carry on with their age-old practices? Or will they remember the fiasco that perhaps lasted a week and start changing their habits?
I often think that we now live in an era where people are quick to react to every snippet of news they hear as if it’s the sole purpose of their social existence. And the time it took them to access and share that information, they forget about them in about the same amount of time. Yet, this reminds me of the old allegorical tale that circulated on the net around the beginning of this century,…
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Clownfall, Then What? A Cynical Synopsis of Tory Leadership Race
No matter who replaces Johnson, it will be another one from the 'babbling, bumbling, band of baboons'
So the clown has fallen! Sack of potatoes, aka Boris Johnson, has been forced to resign, although he is doing a great job digging in his heels — typical of a Tory politician. Clearly, other vultures have joined the Tory leadership race, and while we much enjoy the farce, we should also be wary that instead of Johnson, our lives will be screwed by someone else who will be at the helm of the…
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#10 Downing street Cat#BoJo#Boris Johnson#British Politics#Clownfall#Conservative#Inequality#Kemo Badenoch#Larry the Cat#Liz Truss#Margaret Thatcher#Penny Mordaunt#Rishi Sunak#Thatcher#Thomas Tugendhat#Tory#UK
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Katie Ledecky: En Route to Becoming the Best Freestyle Swimmer of All Time?
Katie Ledecky: En Route to Becoming the Best Freestyle Swimmer of All Time?
When I was a teenager, I was greatly inspired by a Bengali film called Koni, representing the struggles of a talented swimmer and her coach, dirty club politics for the national level meets. The movie ended on a positive note, with Koni winning the national championship for the state. Koni was a well-liked film, and it was a period when Bengali filmmakers could choose to make a film on swimming…
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#1500m#400m freestyle#800m freestyle#Ariarne Titmus#freestyle#Janet Evans#Katie Ledecky#Koni#Mati Nandi#Olympic 2012#Olympics#Rebecca Adlington#Swimming#Tokyo 2020
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Katie Ledecky: En Route to Becoming the Best Freestyle Swimmer of All Time?
Katie Ledecky: En Route to Becoming the Best Freestyle Swimmer of All Time?
When I was a teenager, I was greatly inspired by a Bengali film called Koni, representing the struggles of a talented swimmer and her coach, dirty club politics for the national level meets. The movie ended on a positive note, with Koni winning the national championship for the state. Koni was a well-liked film, and it was a period when Bengali filmmakers could choose to make a film on swimming…
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#1500m#400m freestyle#800m freestyle#Ariarne Titmus#freestyle#Janet Evans#Katie Ledecky#Koni#Mati Nandi#Olympic 2012#Olympics#Rebecca Adlington#Swimming#Tokyo 2020
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Sustainability and Social Responsibility: Complimentary or Counterproductive Forces?
I‘ve recently made a few lifestyle changes, possibly driven by the midlife crisis, which made me reflect on these two aspects close to my heart. On one side lies sustainability — about our community, the environment, the planet, and our role in safeguarding them for our children and generations to come. On the other side lies the social responsibility, which is understanding our position in the…
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#climate#dilemma#dolemma#Environment#fairtrade#Nature#organic#Ration Challenge#rationchallengeuk#Social Responsibility#survival#Sustainability#Sustainable
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1996: Celebrating 25 years of Engineering College Registration
1996: Celebrating 25 years of Engineering College Registration
১৯৯৬ সালের ছাব্বিশে আগস্ট দিনটায় অনেক কিছু প্রথম বার অভিজ্ঞতা হয়েছিল। দিনের শুরুটাই হয়েছিল উল্টো, বিক্রম সারাক্ষণ পরত জিনস, ও পরলো ট্রাউজার আর আমি এক গাদা ট্রাউজার থাকা সত্তেও পরলাম জিনস আর একটা চকরাবকরা জামা, পুরো সিওর ছিলাম কলেজ বন্ধ থাকবে। যখন কলেজ পৌঁছলাম তখন পোনাদের পায় কে এরকম সং সাজা ছানা দেখে। কলেজের গেট থেকেই হাইজ্যাক হয়ে গেলাম বাবার থেকে। তারপর সেই সকল ১১টা থেকে রাত বারোটা অবধি…
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#Anniversary#calcutta#engineering college#jalpaiguri#Jalpaiguri Govt. Engineering College#JGEC#registration
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15+ Reasons to Continue Wearing Your Mask (And it's Nothing to Do With COVID)
15+ Reasons to Continue Wearing Your Mask (And it’s Nothing to Do With COVID)
*This is a satirical post, and does not in any way intends to trivialise the sufferings of the COVID-19 victims.
The long battle is nearly won. After 16 months since being under lockdown, UK is about to be back to normal from 19th July. As all restrictions are expected to be lifted, a question clouds our mind — whether we need to continue wearing the wretched masks. While many will feel the…
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COVID-19 Looking at the Positive Side
COVID-19 Looking at the Positive Side
Late February last year, one of my colleagues asked me if I was worried about the Coronavirus and how its spread is engulfing the world. I said no. In my view, we were making too much out of it. After all, we have all the statistics in hand. A contact ratio of 2.5 and fatality rate of 2%, Coronavirus was indeed a pandemic but in recent history, we have seen worse outbreaks that came and went.…
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#consumerism#Coronavirus#COVID-19#extinction rebellion#family#Life#pandemic#positive#religion#reverse consumerism#Socialism#XR
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#Hokkalorob protests 2014 — some forgotten posts
#Hokkalorob protests 2014 — some forgotten posts
It was Autumn of 2014 when students of Jadavpur University, a premier institution in Calcutta protested against mishandling of the complaints of molestation of a female student by the university authorities. The students protested against the Vice-Chancellor and soon the situation spiralled out of control as the state government tried to bulldoze the protests by involving police to disperse the…
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#Hokkalorab#Hokkalorob#AITMC#calcutta#Corruption#Jadavpur#Jadavpur University#Protest#Student protest#violence#West Bengal
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Tuntunir Golpo: Perception of Violence in Children's Classics
Tuntunir Golpo: Perception of Violence in Children’s Classics
Sometimes I take a look at my collection of ebooks and downloaded pdf books on my phone to find out what hidden gem I would come across. On one such occasion, I came across a must-read from our childhood, written by Upendrakishore Raychaudhuri (উপেন্দ্রকিশোর রায়চৌধুরী), father of another stalwart of Bengali Renaissance literature, Sukumar Ray. The book is called Tuntuni ar bagher golpo (টুনটুনি…
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#উপেন্দ্রকিশোর রায়চৌধুরী#টুনটুনি আর বাঘের গল্প#Bengali#Bengali children literature#Bengali society#calcutta#censorship#changed times#Children stories#Tuntunir Golpo#Upendrakishore#Upendrakishore Raychaudhuri#violence
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