Malcolm Gladwell, in his essay “The Naked Face,” talks about how emotions can be read on human face. He follows Paul Ekman, a psychologist who has been studying the art of face-reading. Ekman first got the idea of face-reading from Silvan Tomkins, who was also a psychologist and an expert in face-reading. Ekman and his... Continue Reading →
The Oval Portrait
The Oval Portrait is a short horror story written by Edgar Allan Poe, an American writer (1809-1849). In the story, an artist wants to make a portrait of his young wife, but becomes so obsessed with his work that he doesn’t realize his wife is dying meanwhile. The story features the relationship between art and... Continue Reading →
A Devoted Son
Genre: Short story Writer: Anita Desai, an Indian female novelist and short story writer Theme: Parents’ cherishing of their ambition towards their children and a son’s duty towards his parents in Indian context Characters: 1. Rakesh 2. Varma, Rakesh’s father 3. Rakesh’s mother 4. Veena, Rakesh’s wife 5. Bhatia, Varma’s next door neighbor Summary and... Continue Reading →
Structure of an Academic Essay
An academic essay has three basic parts: an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. 1. Introduction A proper introduction of an academic essay has a hook, background information, and a thesis statement. A hook is a statement that begins the introduction. It includes one or two interesting sentences that engage the reader’s attention and stimulate... Continue Reading →
Karl Marx
This text "Karl Marx," which is taken from The Continuum Encyclopedia of Modern Criticism and Theory by Robert C Holub in Julien Wolfreys, Ed., features in B.Ed. 1st Year’s General English book (Tribhuvan University). The key takeaways from the text are: Lived: 1818-1883, a political economic philosopher Nationality: Jewish German Ideological friend: Friedrich Engels Most important... Continue Reading →
Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Education
[The following question is often asked in exams these days. I have always found my students struggling to write a good answer to it. Here I have written an answer in well-composed paragraphs as a model for the students to read and learn from.] What are advantages and disadvantages of online education? (The answer to... Continue Reading →
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