My brother’s text messages can read like fragments of an ancient code: “hru,” “wyd,” “plz” – truncated, cryptic and never quite satisfying to receive. I’ll often find myself second-guessing whether ...

Why oh why did the USPS decree a two-letter abbreviation for states? With three letters you can not only have an unambiguous designation, but one that can be recognized as the state designated without ...

The use of English shorthand and typewriters expanded towards the end of the 19th century in clerical work in the major cities of the subcontinent. The use of shorthand in Indian languages, however, ...

The editor-in-chief of the UK’s biggest news agency has said job applications he receives without shorthand go “straight in the bin” as the skill’s necessity for journalists was the subject of ...

I am sure the article “Why this short shrift to shorthand?” (Open Page, Jan.30) would have kindled nostalgic memories in a good number of readers. Shorthand cannot be separated from The Hindu.

As S Parasuraman read rapidly from a tattered text, the class bent over their notebooks and scribbled what seemed like doodles. CHENNAI: As S Parasuraman read rapidly from a tattered text, the class ...

In the course of my service in the army and industrial tenures, I found that the clerks taking down dictation in shorthand were the real time-savers. They helped us concentrate on critical issues ...