Category: Articles

  • The Royal Order

    No, we shan’t talk about kings, dragons, or any other fantasy motifs in this article. We shall talk about the basic grammar principle that involves the use of adjectives and adverbs. Although native English speakers have these rules running in their veins, I find it appealing to share with you how to adequately use these…

  • My Speeches – #2: Climate Change

    This is the second of the two speeches I have written as an assignment while attending the Art of Persuasive Writing and Speech at HarvardX.  It is time to see the world through the eyes of a child who will someday ask for the future. As I speak today, in the climax of our civilization’s…

  • My Speeches – #1: How Much Abuse of Persuasion Becomes a Crime?

    February 12th, 2023 This is the first of the two speeches I have written as an assignment while attending the Art of Persuasive Writing and Speech at HarvardX.  I ask with grave worry: how much abuse of persuasion becomes a crime? With a bitter experience, sadly shared among many others, I have to speak aloud,…

  • How Do I Know What I Think Until I’ve Seen What I’ve Said?

    A famous quote by E. M. Forster rings bells in every author’s mind. We often sink into writing as if hypnotized, not paying a lot of attention to what’s happening as we transcend our story, black on white.  Purposely, I have not said “transcend our story on the paper,” because I realized as time progressed…