Depredations and an era of darkness

Shashi Tharoor's passionate speech at the Oxford Union last year went viral on social media such as YouTube and Facebook. His new book An Era of Darkness deals with the depredations of the British, while they ruled on India, in more detail.  

An act or instance of plundering or robbery is referred to as depredation. 

And 'depredation' is our SVC Word-of-the-Week.

The Ruckus at DU

Everyone seems to be having an opinion on what happened at the Delhi University. And almost everyone has some insight, some hearsay, some prognosis to offer on the ruckus at a college under the Delhi University. 

'Ruckus' is our word this week. A heated controversy, a disturbance often leading to an uproar is referred to as ruckus.