Adieu! Adieu!

Dear II MAs and III BAs!

You were a great and awesome class. Some of you were here with us, in the Department of English for five long years, while some of you joined us two years ago, and some others joined us three years ago, and yet, you made your stay in MCC impactful and memorable.

For the past one week, the department was witness to scores of grateful students coming in, and bidding adieu to each and every staff member. We are so proud of you guys.

We, the faculty wish you the best in all your endeavours, and remember, the Department of English is always open to you, as you are a part of the grand old English department family, and we all join in wishing you all a very Bright and Prosperous Future filled with Happiness, Peace and Joy.

As a proud and cheerful student of MCC, go out into the world, and make a mark for yourselves in whatever you do! Dare to be different! Make a mark! And… always stand up for what is right.

As Mark Twain rightly said, “Always do right – this will gratify some and astonish the rest.”

And this is the courage that Dr. Kalam talks about, the 'courage' that means to be a 'risk-taker!' to Jonathan Lear!

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam once outlined on this concept of Courage, when talking about the unique qualities of youth, and exhorted the youth to ‘imagine the impossible’. He says, you should have the:

Courage to think different,
Courage to invent,
Courage to travel on an unexplored path,
Courage to discover the impossible,
Courage to combat the problems and succeed.

God bless you all.

“Arise! Awake! And stop not till the goal is reached!”