Working yourself to death: Is it worth your life?
On the seventh day, even God rested. However, for
some people such as T.J., the day of rest never comes. There is
always one more email to read, one more phone call to take, one more
critically important trip to the office that can’t wait until
Monday. If you ask him, “Hey T.J., this is a long weekend. Any
plans?”, the answer is the same: “You guys are humbugs... I have a
lot of work to do. Maybe, next month.”
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Vignettes
Dictionary lovers fizzle out
With the advent of the Digital Revolution, we
have distanced ourselves from dictionaries. Gone are the days when
students, teachers and office workers carried pocket dictionaries.
Today’s students look up a word in the dictionary only when they are
not sure of its meaning. As a result, we have produced a generation
that cannot use English effectively.
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Cartoons, a unique art meant to satirise
Now almost all major newspapers carry cartoons
which reflect the point highlighted by the editorial or the
headlines. It is perhaps rated the most popular newspaper feature
because it comes out with an undiscovered aspect of a particular
news item or event under discussion. The commentators on newspaper
headlines and features on electronic media often appear to give
paramount importance to the cartoon in the newspapers they select
for the day.
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