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Proverblog: Signing off on cloud #9
A cat has nine lives, they say. So did Proverblog in its first avatar. Yes, you guessed it right. With this blogpost, Proverblog will...
Ishita Ray
Aug 24, 20215 min read
This New Era of Neuroheart Education
Twenty five years ago the field of neuroeducation started to make whispers in the academic world, concretely in 1988 by the...

Rachel Paling
Aug 19, 20214 min read
The conundrum of Business Communication skills and English Language Skills
In order to get fairly good idea of how the future gets shaped, one needs to delve into the past. The Past and the present: From my first...

Dr. Durgamohan Musunuri
Aug 2, 20213 min read


Proverblog#8: Louder than words
What do people talk about you when you are not in the room? How do they describe you? How do they feel about working with you? That’s the...
Ishita Ray
Jul 26, 20214 min read


The role of EQ in Intercultural Communication
Often preparing to work in an intercultural environment would mean becoming aware of one’s Cultural Quotient, getting oriented with the...

Sulagna Das George
Jul 19, 20213 min read
English for Marginalized youth: can language lead to empowerment and hope?
Sheetal (name changed) comes to our foundation for an English Immersion Course. The course is for the disadvantaged, the marginalized and...

Neelambari Store Rao
Jul 12, 20213 min read
Business Communication During the Pandemic
The importance of effective business communication in an organization is well understood. It is what connects the employees of an...

Reshmi Nair
Jul 6, 20213 min read


Virtual communication
Virtual communication is how people interact with others without being in the same room. It's used by remote teams in an office...

Colin Massey
Jun 21, 20213 min read


Proverblog #7: Let your light shine
Do we all remember the times we walked into a meeting room and instantly feeling the vibes – serious, uptight, relaxed, energetic and so...
Ishita Ray
Jun 14, 20214 min read
English and Employability
While WhatsApp Duniya gives us a reason to laugh on phrases like “alteration of Ladies to Gents”; “Vacancy! A male salesgirl is wanted”;...

Shweta Sikroria
Jun 7, 20212 min read


Proverblog # 6: Beg to seek
The richest 1% of India's population holds more than four-times the wealth held by the bottom 70% that accounts for 953 million people,...
Ishita Ray
May 21, 20213 min read
Why Being an English Teacher Was Harming My Clients’ Confidence (+ How I Help Them Instead)
Here’s what our clients want: ● To have near-perfect English grammar. ● To effortlessly reach into the chasms of their mind to retrieve...

Shanthi Cumaraswamy Streat
May 12, 20215 min read
English for marginalized youth
Having worked with marginalized communities through not-for-profits and corporate social responsibility, there is one reality that has...

Dr. Joy Deshmukh Ranadive
Apr 20, 20212 min read


Proverblog # 5: Why rock the boat?
Scenario 1: You are in a proposal planning meeting with your team. The client presentation is due in two weeks and it will be a big deal...
Ishita Ray
Apr 9, 20214 min read


English for Employability
Recently, an eminent retired professor of English posed some interesting questions during a meeting. The meeting was to discuss the...
lalithamurthy
Apr 2, 20213 min read


Proverblog # 4: Facing our demons
Two aspects of Proverblog#3 inspired me the most – one, taking a couplet as a proverb and two, the thought of looking inwards about our...
Ishita Ray
Mar 26, 20215 min read


Personal Pronouns: Tools to include or exclude?
I began my career teaching French as a foreign language to adult Indian students. My first few classes invariably introduced the classic...

Dolon Gupta
Mar 19, 20213 min read


Proverblog # 3: Once burnt, forever shy?
And then one wonders, why the hullaballoo around speaking – when to speak, how to say it, what is the purpose – the questions never end....
Ishita Ray
Mar 12, 20214 min read


Navigating the labyrinth of Business Communication
Has this ever happened to you? You are in a group with other speakers of English language; there is an animated discussion going on; and...
Chai Eng Law
Mar 5, 20214 min read


Proverblog # 2: Hear ye! ‘Berries’, anyone?
By Ishita Ray First, a huge thank you to all Proverblog readers for engaging so meaningfully with the first sortie of the series....
Ishita Ray
Feb 26, 20214 min read
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