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The letters were delivered in a variety of ways; some went through the post in the normal way, others were hand-delivered and some were posted without stamps, meaning the recipients had to pay for the delivery of the messages, which was the cost of the letter plus a fine from the Royal Mail. Some of the post was in the form of a letter, while ...
Toru Dutt was born in Calcutta on 4 March 1856 to a well-respected Bengali family. Her father, Govind Chandra Dutt was known to be of pro imperialist thoughts and worked as a Magistrate in Calcutta. [2]
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Feeling of regard for someone or something For other uses, see Respect (disambiguation). "Respectability" redirects here. For the nonprofit organization, see RespectAbility. For the form of discourse, see Respectability politics. The examples and perspective in this article may not ...
A polite fiction is a social scenario in which all participants are aware of a truth, but pretend to believe in some alternative version of events to avoid conflict or embarrassment. Polite fictions are closely related to euphemism , in which a word or phrase that might be impolite, disagreeable, or offensive is replaced by another word or ...
Sixty Stories includes works from the writer's first six short-story collections: Come Back, Dr. Caligari (1964), Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968), City Life (1970), Sadness (1972), Amateurs (1976), and Great Days (1979). The full contents are as follows:
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He lists six maxims: tact, generosity, approbation, modesty, agreement, and sympathy. The first and second form a pair, as do the third and the fourth. These maxims vary from culture to culture: what may be considered polite in one culture may be strange or downright rude in another.