Essays on Feature of Character

This paper shows different kinds of humour, what strategies people use to translate it and the challenges that are caused by them. I will use the US-sitcom The Big Bang Theory to demonstrate the different types of humour used in the translations of the English,…

Introduction Great leaders have been shaping the social, technological, economic and political environ of the Tamil Nadu. All these leaders have been nurtured with the values and virtues of the ancient rich Tamil literatures, especially Thirukkural. Mighty in word, of unforgetful mind, of fearless speech,…

It is foolish to be indoctrinated with blindness on the head. It is good to test such suspicious stones as soon as possible and to put them in the system. If the religion is true, then they will never burn in the furnace; inverted ones…

Everyone one of us is different. While our body is made up of the same chemical components, as a complex being that can live, breath and think, we are all essentially different. Our interests, thought processes, actions and innate personalities are unique to each of…

Introduction Personality types may be determined through the microexpressions in an individual’s hand gestures or body language, with enough consistency in people’s expressive behaviour to actually determine personality types based on nonverbal communication (Gordon Allport and Philip Vernon, 1933). When involved in a conversation which…

Paradoxically, it is when you dream you really wake up. When you have a dream – a life purpose – your whole being is energised. You don’t merely sleepwalk through life, but you wake up each new day ready to create the dream you are…

“A woman should be aware, self-control, strong will, self-reliant and rational, having faith in the inner strength of womanhood. A meaningful change can be brought only from within by being free in the deeper psychic sense.” -Manju Kapur Being a woman novelist, the writers expresses…

People in the world can be divided into three categories: Leaders, Opponents and Incompetent. Everyone wants to be a Leader because the leader is equal to success. But how did they do it? Many people will say that their success is accidental, but they are…

When I was growing up, I learned one of my most important life lessons from a book. It was not some Holy religious scripture, or a biography passed down from generation to generation. It was a fairy tale book, namely the fairy tales from the…

“Face it. Curiosity will not cause us to die – only lack of it will.” In Alastair Reid’s poem, he related felines to human beings in terms of curiosity. His arguments seemed quite contradicted to the old cliché “Curiosity killed the cat”. Instead of questioning…