Opinion | Off the Cuff
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Monday May 28
You can’t bank on me
I don’t appreciate bank agents trying to get pally with me at 8am on a weekend
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Sunday May 27
How less is more — in more than one idiom
There’s a sense in which architecture is a language, too
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Saturday May 26
The things we bring back
For many of us it is the fridge magnet that says it all
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Friday May 25
No kidding around
Child rearing is a touchy subject and should never be introduced without due thought
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Thursday May 24
Off the Cuff: Charged with a sense of duty
A case of the wrong man being accused
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Wednesday May 23
Off the Cuff: Such a pain in the shoulder
I ignored a dull ache in my right shoulder for quite some time till my friend informed me that she had something called a ‘frozen shoulder'
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Monday May 21
The youngest sibling
I have been an avid reader of this paper for the past few years.
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Sunday May 20
Kudzu of business languages
English is like kudzu, a climbing and trailing vine, native to Japan and China
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Saturday May 19
It's all in the stories
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Friday May 18
Alfresco entertainment
Every army base had an open air cinema, where we congregated several times a week for movie viewing and socialising
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Thursday May 17
Giving love a second chance
Margaret's skin competes with her hair. It's hard to say which is fairer
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Wednesday May 16
Don't forget mothers-in-law
Mother's Day came and went quietly in our household. None of us went crazy trying to rush to the store to purchase something cute for the lady of the house
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Tuesday May 15
The mountains within
In the morning I was brought to a halt, awe-struck by rock
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Monday May 14
Staying connected
I was teaching dad about emailing for the fifteenth time. He read emails but sometimes would wonder how to get to ‘compose' or download the attachment.
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Sunday May 13
Seeking sound alternatives
Whoever decided that the shortest distance between two points is always a straight line obviously didn't do much driving in Boston.
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Saturday May 12
Off the Cuff: The many faces of caring
I always considered that we were lucky to have parents who didn't try to control us
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Friday May 11
Off the Cuff: Playing favourites
The worst accusation that could be levelled against you at school was that of being a teacher's pet
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Thursday May 10
Off the Cuff: When adults play baby games
When you don't get to win ‘Baby of the Week' in a hospital competition — it's the definition of a born loser
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Wednesday May 9
Off the Cuff: Living out of a suitcase
You must have heard of the expression ‘living out of a suitcase', which describes the daily routine of busy executives who fly to happening destinations all the time
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Tuesday May 8
Off the Cuff: When tea elbowed out milk
A medium-sized enamel board fixed at a strategic point at my city's railway station in Uttar Pradesh was becoming cynosure of all eyes
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Monday May 7
Off the Cuff: That bleeding buzz
I recently read an article that said wearing earphones is like having a ‘do not disturb' sign off your nose
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Sunday May 6
Off the Cuff: Memorable phrases
Movies are supplanting Shakespeare, Greek and Latin classics, and the Bible as sources of one-liners
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Saturday May 5
Losses and leavings
Most of us fall victim to some kind of theft or pick-pocketing at least once in our lives.
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Friday May 4
The art of eating slowly
The concept of chewing your food and tasting every morsel has its roots in Buddhist teachings
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Thursday May 3
Off the Cuff: Blame it on the cat
If cats could talk, Misty would have sworn right on the spot it was going to totally raise the standard of cat behaviour
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Presidential election may turn out to be less a new chapter in a democratic future than an old chapter complete with a stage-managed outcome
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Moderates may gift Egypt to Islamists
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Liberals cannot afford to sit at home or in cafes watching queues lengthen outside polling stations. They must quit complaining and vote with their feet
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