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The Etymologicon:  A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language Author: Mark Forsyth (2011) This book will exci...

Heard that the word 'hunky' does not only refer to a buff guy with muscles. It could be a derogatory word for a white guy, specifica...

Love and Loss Author: Malachi Edwin Vethamani Maybe life has an innate plan to trap individuals. In the spring of youth, when hormones are r...

A Billion Colour Story (2016) History tells us that India used to be a welcoming land to any weary sojourner. It is proud of being the only ...

Omphaloskepsis! (Omphalo = umbilicus, skepsis = act of looking) Just how often have we seen people who appear almost in a stuporous ...

English Vinglish (2012) The story reminds me of one of Gandhi's prophetic words. Be the change you want the world to be. Rather than ...

Echoes of Silence (1994) Author: Chuah Guat Eng It is long overdue, but it is never late than never. For many years, Malaysians have been...

So you go around with a chip on your shoulder, with the nose so high up in the air as if you walk inhaling imported air. You straddle arou...

Grantchester (TV series, Season 1, 2; 2014) An interesting depiction of a Man of God who seems more like a sceptic. He realises that ever...

(...Cont. from Oh deer, my dear! ) I swear I had seen that surname somewhere. But the name Indie? Surely it must be a shortened version ...

........as I was passing... Like the Sword of Damocles, it hung over his head. There was a constant nagging heaviness over his temples. H...

Ms. Marple: Murder at the Gallop (1963) They say murder is no laughing matter, but this Agatha Christie based movie makers decided to ...

Murder She Said (1961) Come to think of it, she is a bit like some of the slightly older people in our lives that we know. (Hush, hush). ...

Brideshead Revisited (1981) Miniseries In spite of my attempts to refrain from nosediving into the lure of being sucked into another mi...

A paraprosdokian / p ær ə p r ɒ s ˈ d oʊ k i ə n / is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence, phrase, or larger discou...

Rumpole of the Bailey (1978-1992) I do not remember this show to be shown over the Malaysian airwaves when I was young. Perhaps, it was to...

Game of Thrones (Seasons 1-4, 2011-2014) Even though I kept telling myself not to plunge into another miniseries, the power of persuasion...

The Householder (English, Made in India; 1963) Ivory-Merchant Collaboration This must be the greatest nightmare that many a goody t...