The Nondescript Blogger

The Role of English in Technical Writing Technical Writing is an upcoming field in India which is still at a nascent stage of development. There is a lot of untapped potential in this field and it affords exciting job opportunites in the near future. Though there are no formal courses in educational institutions in India, there are a few reputed training establishments in cities like Hyderbad, Bangalore and Pune which offer courses in Technical Writing. Incidentally, demand for technical writers is also high in these cities. So what is Technical Writing? According to Wikipedia, “ Technical communication is the process of conveying technical information through writing, speech, and other mediums to a specific audience. Information is usable if the intended audience can perform an action or make a decision based on it (Johnson-Sheehan 7). Technical communicators often work collaboratively to create products (deliverables) for various media, including paper, video, and the Internet. De

I sat with the phone cradled in my lap. "Hello, Ma. " I said. "Hi! How are you? How are the children?" ,she asked . "They are fine, Ma. But they miss you sometimes. I miss you too, a lot" I said, with a sob in my voice. "Nonsense, dont be silly! Why should you miss me? I am with you always.", she said in a practical tone. "Now tell me what is troubling you", she said. " Nothing Ma. Just that I am sitting at home doing nothing. I have resigned a perfectly good 'sarkari' job because I was bored and now I am sitting at home 'bored' but with no income." "Well, I did tell you not to resign, but you went ahead and did it anyway. Never mind, you will get the job you want soon. Your stars foretell that. Jupiter is moving into a better position in your horoscope in December, and things are going to look up. Dont worry. You dont believe in prayer, but please pray everyday. It will help. " she said in her usual

Had this bizarre thought yesterday as I was contemplating my apartment grounds being dug up for rain harvesting: In a few hundred years, fresh water will become so scarce that it will be sold as petrol is now , in water pumps and our politicians will dole out licenses for water pumps like they dole out for petrol pumps now. There will be Premium Water and Ordinary water. Premium water(purified water from the hills or wherever) will make the grey cells tick faster and so will be costlier. People who have real estate with good water tables will be the new millionaires. And we will have massive water rigs near seas, desalinating the water. And so on...

I like.... Books P.G.Wodehouse Greenery, trees, flowers Music-Indian Helen DeWitt Sophie Kinsella Tyagaraja Jane Austen BERNARD SHAW- the wittiest man of the 20th century Jerome K Jerome Lee Harper This is tougher than it looks... Thats all for the moment..