New Delhi: In a classroom discussion on the text of Umrao Jaan, the political correctness of the word prostitute came up. Prof Rita Kothari then reminded the class that word ‘R***’ is used in the ...

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You can read The Circle by Don Paterson on the Scottish Poetry Library website. This gives the poem a set frame within which Paterson explores philosophical ideas; it could imply that no matter what ...

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Classical conditioning is a way to learn using unconscious associations. Pavlov discovered classical conditioning when dogs started to salivate at the sound of a bell before they got food. The ...