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December 13, 2019

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WORD EVOLUTION: APPREHENSIVE

All Cartoons and Images: Creation of our In-House units Lords Media Lab & OurHeArt "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood" - this quote is credited to Nobel Laureate Marie Curie. What is the connection between the above quote and this article? The primary meaning of the word, "Apprehensive", during the current times is the following, " viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future" It also has a set of secondary meanings namely discerning, having knowledge/awareness of something, though the word is primarily used to imply the first meaning nowadays. If that were the case, do you know that this word that originated from the Latin word, "Prehendre", which meant "To Seize" had a totally different meaning at the early onset of this word? In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, “And men are flesh and blood, and apprehensive”, this word was used to...

LANGUAGES & DRIVE SAFE

A while ago, we had shared the importance of driving safely through humor (please see below). Here is one example (see image above) that shows why we need to follow safe driving, not only for our own sake, but also for others on the road. Why now? This article is being re-shared after we had come to know of an organizational leader in our network, who had lost his life recently due to a road accident. What this Gif captures? Unsafe driving & Language misunderstandings & Use of inappropriate or wrong words twisting the meaning of a sentence. In Tamil, there is a saying, "சொற்கள் மாறினால் அர்த்தங்கள் அனர்த்தம் ஆகலாம்", which means switching or using wrong words could ruin the meaning of the sentence. Here is one example, which shows how mixing up languages and words can lead to disaster. "சொற்கள் மாறினால் அர்த்தங்கள் அனர்த்தம் ஆகலாம்" on July 30, 2018 "சொற்கள் மாறினால் அர்த்தங்கள் அனர்த்தம் ஆகலாம்" "Sorkal maarinaal a...

POETRY ON CORRUPTION THROUGH THE EYES OF AI - Which one is better?

Image by Amalil Wahid from Pixabay POEM VERSION I Corruption festers like a wound Its evil hips spreads across the land From the highest to the lowest scoundrels It takes its toll, they cannot stand. The shadows of corruption obscure The people's lives and dreams, Its darkness blocking the sunlight With the loss of freedom it deems. With illusions of power, the sharks swim From politicians to bureaucrats With bribes in their coffers, they play And tend to their lofty goals and stats. In the hearts of the people, despair As the corruption strangles their destiny The swindled amounts slowly clocking The good is stolen away, so easily. In the cure for corruption, we must all partake From the highest to the lowest of the scale Till the infection of corruption is banished away And all can celebrate a fresh, new tale. POEM VERSION II Corruption soaring high, Ruling power slowly die, No one seems to care, The people seem unaware, Betrayal of trust begin, When their n...

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