Epeolatry

(This blog is for Students of IMS Indore, my Past Students, Family, Friends, Colleagues & anyone who loves Vocabulary/Phrases/Idioms/ Language.) Pankaj Khanna,  Visiting Faculty Maths/DI-LR IMS Indore. For the previous blog-posts click on the blog post numbers given below::  1    2    3    4     5    6    7     8     9    10    11    12   13    14   15   16 (This article is Posted on 7/4/2023.) (6) Gaslighting You must have heard a lot in Media and Social Media about moonlighting. Many Software Companies have been very vocal against moonlighting and have taken adequate measures to counter the menace of moonlighting. Moonlighting refers to  part-time working by employees in addition to full time job sometimes even in collaboration with competitors of the employers.  But today we are going to discuss about Gaslighting...

(This blog is For Students of IMS Indore, my Past Students, family, friends and colleagues.) By Pankaj Khanna, Faculty Maths , IMS Indore (For the previous/next blog-posts click on the blog post numbers given below::  1    2    3    4     5    6    7     8     9    10    11    12   13    14   15   16 (This article is Posted on 10/9/2022.) (5)   Ambigrams People of my age are rightly interested in heart, angiography, angioplasty and angiograms; but not much interested in Ambigrams .  An Ambigram is an image of a written word or phrase that is intended or able to be oriented in either of two ways for viewing or reading. When flipped upside down, it can create the same image, or may form a new image entirely. Basically Ambigrams are calligraphic designs. When in school in late seventies, I used to play with my name and surname. As ...

(This blog is For Students of IMS Indore, my Past Students, family, friends and colleagues.) By Pankaj Khanna, Faculty Maths , IMS Indore 9424810575 (For the previous/next blog-posts click on the blog post numbers given below::  1    2    3    4     5    6    7     8     9    10    11    12   13    14   15   16 Posted on 7/9/2022. (4)  Aeipathy:  A slight change in the spelling can change the meaning of a word completely. The word of the day is Aeipathy. It is almost a lost word but does exist in dictionaries! Aeipathy means an enduring and consuming passion bordering on obsession. Aeipathy sounds like apathy ( which means indifference or lack of interest) but means just the opposite. So be very careful while using this word! Though Aeipathy means 'continued passion'; it has a bit of negativity in its usage. For example if som...

(This blog is For Students of IMS Indore, my Past Students, family, friends and colleagues.) By Pankaj Khanna, Faculty Maths , IMS Indore (For the previous/next blog-posts click on the blog post numbers given below::  1    2    3    4     5    6    7     8     9    10    11    12   13    14   15   16 Posted on 6/9/2022 (3)  Retrouvaille I had retired happily in 2020 and was living retired life contentedly and had no intention to come back to coaching or any other field. But Prakash Rajput Sir, Director IMS, Indore pursuaded me to join him. After dilly-dallying for a few months , decided to take the plunge! Now after starting the fresh innings, I am delighted to meet  old colleagues, new colleagues and very special new friends- the students of IMS Indore. And I am so thankful to everyone, as I am filled with the feeling of Retrouv...

(This blog is For Students of IMS Indore, my Past Students, family, friends and colleagues.) By Pankaj Khanna, Faculty Maths , IMS Indore (For the previous/next blog-posts click on the blog post numbers given below::  1    2    3    4     5    6    7     8     9    10    11    12   13    14   15   16 (2) Amicable Numbers: Posted on 5/9/2022 There are certain numbers which are known as Amicable Numbers or Friendly Numbers.The smallest pair of amicable numbers is (220, 284).  Amicable numbers are two different natural numbers related in such a way that the sum of the proper divisors of each is equal to the other number.  Proper divisors of 220 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55 and 110, and their sum is 284. And the proper divisors of 284 are 1, 2, 4, 71,142 and their sum is 220. (A proper divisor of a number is a positive fa...

(This blog is For Students of IMS Indore, my Past Students, family, friends and colleagues.) By Pankaj Khanna, Faculty Maths , IMS Indore 9424810575 Blog Post dated 5/9/2022  (For the previous/next blog-posts click on the blog post numbers given below::  1    2    3    4     5    6    7     8     9    10    11    12   13    14   15   16 (1) Epeolatry by a Philomath A few students of IMS Indore  had requested me around 12th July 2022 to tell and explain them an English word everyday. Accordingly we all began to discuss a word every day afterwards. However it was realised soon  that all of the enthusiastic  students could not assemble everyday at the same time.  So it was decided to start a whatsapp group explaining a word everyday. Consequently a group was started and daily a word is being discussed in the group as ...