Category: English
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Air Travails 2: Do I Need a Transit Visa in UK
As I was shopping online for airfares from Washington area to Delhi on Oct-2, I came across this incredible price of $569 return fare on British Airways (via Travelocity). Normally any price below a thousand bucks is considered a deal. So, as I was drooling over that price (the site said only 3 seats were…
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Verb "Googled" Not in Google's Spellchecker
It has been several years since the verb “to google” was added to the English dictionary. According to Wikipedia, It was officially added to the Oxford English Dictionary on June 15, 2006, and to the eleventh edition of the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary in July 2006. However, Gmail’s own spellchecker shows the word “googled” as a…
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Air Travails 1: Eccentricities of Air Tickets
Past one week has been kind of a roller coaster ride for me. It started with a travel plan and ended with no travel at all, with a number of lessons learned along the way. News of a family member’s death in India came on last Friday night. Within minutes I was online looking for…
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Kashmir's War with Plastic Bags
While reading the e-paper edition of Greater Kashmir (a daily newspaper published from Srinagar, Kashmir) today, I saw an interesting front page advertizement from Srinagar Municipal Corporation.
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Another Armed Maniac Strikes
This story is still unfolding. Looks like another armed maniac has struck and killed a number of people. According to this news item in New York Post, at least 4 people have been killed by a man in Bridgeville, Pennsylvania (outside Pittsburgh) in an LA Fitness Center. The man reportedly entered a busy gym carrying…
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Charlie Foxtrot – Who is that?
Charlie Foxtrot is not the name of a person (actually it may well be), but my “word of the day” today. Charlie Foxtrot, according to Wiktionary.com is a noun of military origin, meaning: clusterfuck, as expressed in the NATO phonetic alphabet. [Usage] That project has become a huge Charlie Foxtrot; who’s in charge over there?”
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NASA Space Shuttle Landing Successful
Space Shuttle Endeavour landed successfully this morning at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:48 am Eastern. Watch out for the post-landing news conference set for approximately 1 pm Eastern. It will be broadcast live on NASA Television. There will be a crews news conference later in the day. According to the information on…
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Princeton Review's Best 371 Colleges
The Princeton Review (TPR), one of the top test preparation institutes in the US has released its much awaited “Best 371 Colleges” book, containing rankings of top US universities based on a wide range of factors. According to TPR’s website, the rankings have been prepared based on a survey of “over 122,000 students and ..…
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JK Wedding Entrance Dance is Really Good
This video has gone viral over the internet. At the time of writing this post, the video (embedded below) has been watched almost 2.3 million times and has got 16,618 comments in five days of its existence. Take a look.