Opinion | Off the Cuff
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Saturday Aug 25
Heirlooms of a different kind
It’s the small things that matter
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Friday Aug 24
My tale of travails of procuring a new licence
Driven to distraction and despair by unexpected roadblocks
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Wednesday Aug 22
Getting to know one’s onions laterally
Getting to know one’s onions laterally
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Wednesday Aug 22
Procrastination is the assassin of opportunity
The nightmare of renewing an expired driving licence
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Tuesday Aug 21
Feeling at home in the theatre of my dreams
Working style suits my haphazard brain function perfectly
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Monday Aug 20
In business, there’s no twilight zone of honesty
You can’t fool all the people all the time
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Saturday Aug 18
Letters that simply intrude into our words
Epenthesis is the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make it easier to pronounce
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Saturday Aug 18
Should we sanitise the stories we tell our children?
Remove the sugar coating and you may find that they lose out on hope
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Friday Aug 17
Reacquainting a granddaughter with a grandmother
A letter to a child on her grandmother who is no more
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Thursday Aug 16
Parents through the prism of growing eyes
Parents through the prism of growing eyes
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Wednesday Aug 15
Want to get home safely? Carry some dates
What will it take to keep motorists from driving recklessly?
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Tuesday Aug 14
Thin line between the genuine and fake
Some people take advantage of generosity
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Sunday Aug 12
Stunning discoveries or exercises in futility?
When research tells you nothing new
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Saturday Aug 11
Finding the right ‘wards’ can be quite a struggle
Choosing between American and British English
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Friday Aug 10
Sage old age
The elderly today fall back on selective memory
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Thursday Aug 9
All it takes is a little bit of encouragement
The incentive that acts as a spur
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Tuesday Aug 7
Small talk and bulging tummies make a good iftar
It’s a case of talk less and eat more
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Monday Aug 6
The endless recycle
IT’s the little things that seem to settle into all the gaps
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Sunday Aug 5
The spirit of Ramadan
Shed all that excess baggage, once and for all
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Saturday Aug 4
A tobacco moment, a fiscal cliff, and a Grexit
All are examples of shorthand for hugely complex current economic and financial problems
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Friday Aug 3
Unsavoury encounters on Indian streets
How Indian women learn to deal with molestation
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Thursday Aug 2
Demonstrations of affection differ from culture to culture
People express their emotions in a variety of ways, both overt and not so overt
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Wednesday Aug 1
Innocence and its sibling, forthrightness
A child’s curiosity should not be restrained
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Tuesday Jul 31
Admiring Olympic athletes from the comfort of my couch
Without athletes we may forget that there was life beyond the couch
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Monday Jul 30
Spare a thought for dwindling sparrow population
There’s a lot we can do about the environment
Opinion Editor's choice
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Big Brother of Arab Spring
US-Russia moves on the Syria crisis illustrates foreign interference
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Asian leaders strive to make reforms stick
It’s about ensuring that reforms outlive their tenure
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Sharif’s first challenge is political stability
Economic growth needs security to endure
