So we offer excuses. Excuses galore for her absence, especially when guests visit the house: imaginative, innovative, colourful, creative, spontaneous excuses. Only when you come into the kitchen you will know… what if...” She has no obligation to explain or give reasons or offer excuses. Governments offer excuses for low growth, high inflation, food scarcity, fall in agricultural production, starvation deaths, bank frauds, and so on. Schools offer excuses for low percentage of passes: change in question paper pattern, mistakes in question papers, no moderation, poor valuation.

Source: The Hindu February 24, 2018 18:33 UTC