Reading Matters

Hello everyone!  Here are this week’s 20 articles. https://www.publicbooks.org/small-nations-marcia-davenport-czechoslovakia/ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/oct/30/twitter-deal-may-signal-turning-point-when-the-everything-bubble-bursts https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-art-and-science-of-manipulative-language https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-first-known-neanderthal-family-what-they-tell-us-about-early-human-society-180980979/ https://aeon.co/essays/if-all-we-do-is-argue-about-politics-maybe-the-arts-can-help https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-song-of-the-cell-book-review-fantastic-voyage-within-11666971992?st=ybmlz3pddfs7yuw&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink https://aeon.co/essays/bruno-latour-showed-us-how-to-think-with-the-things-of-the-world https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2022/10/28/commentary/world-commentary/internet-future/ https://daily.jstor.org/the-horror/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-stop-unwanted-thoughts/

  Hello everyone!  Greetings to you and your loved ones as we enter the most beautiful time of the year. As we get closer to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, I pray for that this auspicious season brings joy and happiness in your lives. Take this opportunity to celebrate the festival with your family and friends and leave aside your worries about the exam.  Once again wishing each one of you a prosperous and joy-filled festive season. Here are this week’s 20 articles. https://www.neh.gov/article/open-questions-andrew-delbanco https://aeon.co/essays/james-lovelock-the-death-of-scientific-independence https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/great-kids-great-parents/202210/the-role-language-in-bias-prejudice-and-violence https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-use-and-abuse-of-history/articles/russias-war-and-ours https://daily.jstor.org/american-as-apple-pie/ https://www.historytoday.com/archive/behind-times/trust-change https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/people-unexplain

  Reading List by Rochelle Dsouza - Year 2022 Week October 11th, 2022 Hello everyone!  Here are this week’s 20 articles. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/10/perfect-mum-motherhood-baby https://www.publicbooks.org/where-is-all-the-book-data/ https://daily.jstor.org/vampires-and-public-health/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/10/10/national/history/japan-railways-150-anniversary/ https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/isaac-bashevis-singer-old-truth-journalism/ https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/fear-loathing-and-zulm-iran https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2022/10/03/issues/ukrainians-in-japan/ https://www.newstatesman.com/international-politics/ideas-international-politics/2022/09/abolish-family https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/good-riddance-to-long-books https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/10/nobel-prize-neanderthal-svante-paabo-palaeogenetics https://aeon.co/essays/bold-parenting-tips-from-the-child-free-author-d-h-lawrence http

  Hello everyone!  With less than 2 months for CAT 2022, many of my students ask me what they should focus on in the last 2 months. As always my message is the same - READING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU READ.   Spending time reading purposefully is the key to improving your ability to comprehend. Speed wrt reading will improve with time. Don;t focus on reading fast but on the process of reflecting on what you read.  I invite aspirants to spend a minimum of 1,5 to 2 hours reading every day. Those who find it difficult to commit to these hours at a stretch, they should read for 45 mins at a stretch and then have more such reading sessions.  To help students build their ability to read about different topics, I try to include articles with different writing styles from different topics.  So, here are this week’s 20 articles. https://hyperallergic.com/764867/the-fake-art-industry-is-booming-online/ https://www.npr.org/2022/09/21/1124082877/chess-cheating-scandal-niemann-carlsen https://acad