THE READING ROOM

This blog is primarily for media aspirants as well as young journalists. My aim is to provide links to articles that will enhance their understanding of the media and help them to improve their writing skills, broaden their horizons, and expand their worldview. My hope is that The Reading Room will also help them to become good media professionals.

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Sunday, July 17, 2016

"8 small things you do that people use to judge your personality"

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Yes, you will be judged on whether you are punctual, whether you arrive in time for class, for a date, for a meeting. But did you know you w...

Thursday, June 19, 2014

"What's with the attitude, Gen-Y?"

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That's not me asking the question (though, I must admit, it has been at the back of my mind for some years now) but a member of Gen-Y hi...

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Learn from a CEO: How to work with a jerk

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Some two years ago, I published a Reading Room post that discussed the problems of dealing with a boss from hell . But it is not only a b...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

What should you wear to a job interview? And then once you have a job, what should you wear to work?

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Learn some dress sense from reading this no-nonsense post by Dave Kerpen, an American CEO who is also a New York Times best-selling author a...

Thursday, March 14, 2013

How to impress your boss, wow your colleagues, and get everyone to like you

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We all want to be liked. Especially at work, which is where we spend most of our productive waking hours, interacting with our colleagues an...

Monday, March 12, 2012

About to begin your first job? Or first internship? Here are 20 tips:

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On June 1 last year Atul Chitnis, one of India's best-known technologists, posted a list of 20 tips on Twitter for people starting their...

Monday, March 5, 2012

Thou shalt follow these 10 commandments to be effective — and successful — at work

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The best advice on workplace behaviour that I have ever read comes from Mary M. Mitchell, who heads an executive training consultancy, The M...

Thursday, March 1, 2012

When you're sickened by office politics...

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...often the first thing you want to do is quit your job. But you may want to do a rethink after reading what Tavishi Paitandy Rastogi has...

Friday, February 24, 2012

10 things you should not say to your boss (or to your journalism professor)

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Your boss has just given you a job to do. Are you going to tell him, "I will try [to do this]"? Is your boss going to be happy wit...

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Dealing with a boss from hell can be, well, a hellish experience

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I have been lucky at all the organisations I have worked with. I have only had nominal bosses because once they figured out I function best ...

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

What is the need to turn the air blue?

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I don't use abusive language in my personal or professional life. The F-word does pop up in my mind on rare occasions but I make sure it...

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Ramesh Prabhu: Bangalore, Karnataka; I have more than 20 years' experience (1981 to 2003) as a journalist in India and Dubai, specializing in selecting and editing news reports and features. From 2003 to 2019, I taught journalism and writing skills to master’s students at Commits, a media college in Bangalore. I joined Cactus Communications ("Serving Science Worldwide") as a copyediting freelancer on October 1, 2019. From the very beginning, I have enjoyed the challenge of working on a new assignment each day. I like to think of every article as a daily crossword puzzle that I need to solve by examining the clues closely. And, finally, when I submit the article that I have tended, I like to think, with love and care, I feel deeply satisfied.

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