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How Verbal Irony Works: Examples and Practical Uses
HowStuffWorks· 16 hours agoThis form of irony was more situational and dramatic but laid the groundwork for understanding irony as a rhetorical device. Irony was also prevalent in ancient Greek comedy, where ...
'Yankee Doodle Dandy' Facts: Inside the James Cagney Classic Musical
Woman's World· 16 hours agoFilmed between December 1941 and February 1942, the film is a biographical musical based on the life...
The times are a changin’, again, maybe for the worse
Michigan Advance· 24 hours agoI don’t own a gun. I’ve never wanted to. There are about 49,000 reasons I don’t. That’s the number of people who were killed by guns in the U.S. in 2021,...
Only 2 Dalit MPs with PhD in LS, both from TN. Theses on Meenakshipuram conversions, 'untouchable'...
Theprint· 1 day agoOf the 28, four were elected from Tamil Nadu — second only to Uttar Pradesh with five. For further...
12 Best Sidney Sheldon Books: Journey through Gripping Tales of Suspense (2024)
The Economic Times· 2 days agoBefore his illustrious career as a novelist, Sheldon garnered acclaim as a Tony and Academy...
‘Directing Naseeruddin Shah means being a good sounding board,’ says Arghya Lahiri as ‘Old-World’...
Indian Express· 2 days agoNearly seven months after Lahiri came on board, their production of ‘Old-World’, written by Russian playwright Aleksei Arbuzov and translated by Ariadne Nicolaeff, opened ...
Reading lets you imagine and travel to different worlds: Tara Sharma Saluja | Hindi Movie News -...
The Times of India· 3 days agoKicking off the session with a candid admission, Tara said, “I come from a family that loves to...
Ideological contradictions rule but can also spur new ideas
Livemint· 3 days agoThis never-ending sequence becomes the source, the wellspring, for renewal and endless optimism. As...
A yen for Tokyo
Mid Day· 4 days agoMy friend Tariq Ansari and his son Imaan, invite me to Japan—Tokyo and Kanazawa to be specific. “Join us,we’ll walk, we’ll eat, we’ll explore… we’ll...
Man behind the mellifluous voice: Based on his grand-niece’s book, a ‘stage documentary’ brings...
Tribune India· 5 days agoThere was something about the lilt in Talat Mahmood’s voice: it wafted through even the torrid...
