Kirtan: Untranslatable Indian Word
Kirtan is a Sanskrit word, कीर्तन , and found its way literally to other Indian languages including English as it is ‘kirtan’.
Goulash (Gulasch)
Goulash is a Hungarian dish, gulasch: soup, or stew. It consists of meat (beef, veal, pork, lamb) cooked in a sauce and...
Welt, Welter, Welterweight
Welt, Welter, Welterweight
Welt is a strip of leather round the edge of the upper of a...
Dhole: The Wild Dog
Dhole is an endangered wild dog. It is also known as Indian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog, red dog, or red fox....
Jacaranda Mimosifolia
Jacaranda is a tree of the genus Jacaranda: pinnate-leaved tropical American trees of the trumpet-creeper family with bright blue flowers in panciles.
Ascension, Ascension Day
Ascension, Ascension Day, Holy Thursday, Ascension Thursday
Did you notice the Ascension Day, also known as Holy...
Langur, Gray Langur (Hanuman Langur), Languor
Langur & Languor
LANGUR:
Gray langur, (Semnopithecus), is also knowns as Hanuman langur. Grey langurs...
Novel (Not, Noval), Naval, Navel
Is Covid-19 a noval coronavirus or novel coronavirus? Is there a difference between noval and novel? In the advertisement issued in the...
Pro, PRO, Pro Bono, Pro Bono Publico
Pro bono means something done for free, something done for the public good, something done for free for public welfare, something done...
Decoction
Decoction means a process, or action, of extracting the essence of something from something. Decoction is a concentrated liquor resulting from heating...
