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Total recall
Michael Gruneberg, the co-author of Your Memory For Life reveals a novel method for memorising names in his book. Gruneberg claims the technique can enhance memory by up to 80%. But this memory enhancer, he warns, is rather like booze -- best used in moderation.
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This midnight's poet has no fixed language
"Once the person playing Hanuman fell ill, so we got a hefty Pathan to fill in for him. But when it came to lifting the Sanjeevani mountain, despite shouting Jai Bajrangbali the Pathan was unable to lift it. Finally he said Ya Allah and succeeded." This anecdote comes from a description of a Ramlila in the shady recesses of the memory of Jnanpeeth awardee Professor Narayan Reddy.
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"Writing today is more of the visual kind"
Scottish-born Londoner Shena Mackay loves reading R K Narayan and Anita Desai but has yet to complete Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things. She grimaces at household names being muscled out by the new generation of writers, yet concedes that the Booker prize, controversial as it may be, serves its purpose -- people do talk about books.
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Les Miserables: The part of the voters list nobody wants to see
There are no speeches here. No saffron or multi-coloured flags and no candidates flashing cell-phones. Despite the throng of onlookers whose curiosity got the better of them, the traffic flow at Mazoor Adda, Budhwar Chowk continues unhindered.
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