Recommendation 1 from ‘The Economic Times’
Article Name:‘Whacky research: Packrat syndrome’
By: ‘ET’
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. : Joseph Brodsky
Summary:
The article is a sort of an advice to the employers. The article states that while employing they might want to enquire if the people they are employing are hoarders, as according to the article hoarders take longer to make decision.
Learn Words from the article:
Discard: throw away
Distinctly: Clearly
Recommendation 2 from ‘The New York Times’
Article Name:‘The fast and the furious’
By: ‘Huma Yusuf’
In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. : Mortimer Jerome Adler
Summary:
The article is just a reminder to its readers as to how Western world forgets time and again that there is a way everyday that Muslims struggle to balance their professional lives and personal identities. Writer states that this was proven when Muslim athletes were participating in Olympics and at the same time struggling to fast as they participated.
Learn Words from the article:
Concessions: Allowances
Juggle: Fit in
Nocturnal: Night-time
Recommendation 3 from ‘The Times of India’
Article Name:‘Sexy, sexy, sexy: The provocative feminism of Helen Gurley Brown’
By: ‘Srijana Mitra Das’
We read to know that we are not alone. : William Nicholson
Summary:
The article is talking about Helen Gurley Brown, who according to the writer was one of the most amazing feminists to walk New York. She walked right into the face of wave of feminism by putting the most glamorous faces on her magazine not as a symbol of protest against feminism as it was being projected, but as a symbol of women of substance.
Learn Words from the article:
Feminist: An advocate of the rights and equality of women
Prominent: Famous
Unfurling: Unfolding
Emphasise: Highlight
