It is according to Aristotle that a speaker or writer has three ways to persuade his audience: The first kind depends on the personal character of the speaker; the second is on putting the audience into a certain frame of mind; the third is on the proof, or apparent proof, provided by the words of […]
Ritwik Ghatak
“You are always a partisan, for or against.” Ritwik Ghatak was once diagnosed as a patient suffering from duel personality. This was a time when, because of relentless drinking and eccentric lifestyle he was frequently been admitted to hospitals. An utterly shattered man, he passed away on 6 February 1976 at the age of 51. […]
APA Citation Format – Mastering In-Text Citations
APA Citation Format is a set of formal rules written by the American Psychological Association for documenting sources when writing research papers for any of the social science disciplines. The most recent set of guidelines can be found in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association released in July 2009. […]
Reference Services in Academic Libraries in Sierra Leone
Introduction Society is becoming more stratified and polarized, with the rich and the poor, the educated and uneducated, having limited cognitive skills wider apart than in any time in our history. In this period of increasing stratification by income and ability, the library in academic institutions may acts as a bridge between the entrenched social […]
Textploitation: Getting the Most Out of Content Marketing and Social Media
Slate columnist, Farhad Manjoo asked Josh Schwartz, a data scientist at the traffic analysis company Chartbeat, to explore the scrolling habits of its readers; just how far down the page would users scroll before hitting the exit button? For Manjoo, the data that Chartbeat pulled out wasn’t reassuring; the vast majority of readers scrolled no […]
What is Your Romantic Market Value? 6 Reasons Why People Fall in Love
“John is really interested in you Nickie,” Kiesha said after swallowing a mouthful of chocolate milk shake. “He is not my cup of tea,” Nickie replied with a smirk of disgust on her face. “Come on, he is really a nice guy. Give the fellow a chance,” Kiesha pleaded. “He can’t even speak proper English. And look […]
Is Insurance a Necessary Evil?
I have been experiencing an insatiable thirst to seek to answer this nagging question about whether insurance is a necessity in our country today. While the subject of insurance is broad and multi-faceted, I will seek to break down the perception of this subject so that our minds for a moment are not engrossed with […]
Erasmus Samuel Amukun: Uganda Sprinter and Geologist
Erasmus Samuel A.O. Amukun was born on November 27th 1940 in Ngora in Kumi in Eastern Uganda. He is best known for his exploits as a collegiate and international sprinter and as a professional geologist. He represented Uganda at the British Empire Commonwealth Games, at the Olympic Games, and at the East and Central African […]
Analysis Of The Various Typologies Of Catharsis
Catharsis is a term that was coined by the Philosopher and it means a purifying of emotion or an emotional cleansing. In this article I would like to discuss the various forms of catharsis. First and foremost is aesthetic catharsis and what does it mean? Aesthetic catharsis can be defined as a process of creation […]
A Unique Love Story
I have been watching a television show called ‘Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya’. It presents one unusual love story every episode and it has many seasons. I have watched most of the episodes. Among the several amazing love stories the one I liked the most was about a guy who was a writer named N and […]