anecdote
किस्सा
definition
noun
told anecdotes about his job
a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
translation of 'anecdote'
किस्सा,
रंजक घडलेला प्रसंग,
एखाद्या माणसाविषयी प्रत्यक्ष घडलेली छोटी, रंजक गोष्ट,
चुटका
example
The playwright had to approach the struggle to subdue the tangle of confusing 'anecdote' knowing what lesson he wanted it to teach and prepared to discard, distort, and invent in order to present his own version of the meaning of history.
I think this 'anecdote' provides a good example of the limitations confronting a contemporary labour historian who is trying to provide the most honest, accurate account possible.
his wife's death has long been the subject of rumour and 'anecdote'
his wife's death has long been the subject of rumor and 'anecdote'
The novel is packed with incident and 'anecdote' and although mainly realist in style borrows some of the familiar techniques of Garcia Marquez's magic realism.
On the Web site, in the e-mails of targeted professors, one finds a whole fuzzy world of impression and 'anecdote' , of passionate conviction and hurt feelings.
3 The form or ‘factitiousness’ of the 'anecdote' provides the shape and the subjectivity of the account.
She suggests, more importantly, that public figures like Jonathan Clarke become more comprehensible when connected to domestic and personal memoir and 'anecdote' .
Burns's handmade tableaux - in style and use of narrative 'anecdote' - are similar to the work of fellow Houstonian, Bill Davenport.
Relying on argument or 'anecdote' for their appeal, these books included only a handful of indifferently reproduced black-and-white plates.
He was a huge fan of Dutch art, stuffed with incident and 'anecdote' .
There was no attempt to relate this experience to the architecture of the seven in any systematic way and Muthesius has to fall back on 'anecdote' - to which I can add my penn'orth.
Though it is an amusing 'anecdote' , this detail touches on a small but potentially crucial peculiarity in the current international emergency.
A pupil of Domenichino, he was most in sympathy with classical art, but he also appreciated the Baroque, and enriched his narratives with 'anecdote' and vivid detail.
Some ‘off licence’ indications are substantiated by some evidence, but its efficacy in several other conditions is based on 'anecdote' and observations made in small numbers of patients.
The story was based on an 'anecdote' - a true incident that I had heard from Professor B. Buchshtab.
Natural healthcare tools have included the use of foods, herbs and remedies derived from nature, and their use has evolved independently in diverse cultures using both 'anecdote' and experimentation.
the use of inversions of hierarchy, 'anecdote', and paradox by Magritte, Dali, and others
Hearsay, 'anecdote' and tall tales says that it is possible, that this is just words until it happens to you.
Now, however, we can appreciate the subtlety and unexpectedness of his framing, and the complex interplay he so often achieves between 'anecdote' and form.
This is staged documentary, its narrative gleaned from personal statements, in essence, a theatre of personal 'anecdote' , performance art on an operatic scale.
In art, the lure of 'anecdote' always presents serious risks, and a good deal of nineteenth century American art succumbed to that drive to explain and amuse.
There is satire, particularly in the rather tedious Book II, but there is also all the wit, 'anecdote' and engaging thought of good conversation.
I've made enough speeches to know that you're supposed to connect with the audience by telling a joke or a humorous 'anecdote' or some amusing tale.
Bennett's memoir is full of crucial technical insights into Broadway and Hollywood practice, but by way of instructive 'anecdote' rather than structured discussion.
The appeal of Resnick's account is enhanced by the lure of Bohemia, which he and Passlof enrich with 'anecdote' and intertwine with aesthetics and social history.
If we could keep to addressing the issues rather than dealing in personalities and 'anecdote' , we probably stand a better chance of not getting moved to the Conversation, literally or metaphorically.
The distance between an amusing 'anecdote' and thing that happened can be measured in kilometres.
His vision of the landscape was subjected to dreamy sentimentalism and romantic 'anecdote' , rather than being acknowledged for its experimentalism and social content.
It mingles facts and figures with 'anecdotes' and stories in short sections which are listed alphabetically.
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