Results of I C.A - II BA English

1. ANGELIN, J - 66
2. ARCHANA - 66
3. BIVITHA EASO - 72
4. CELINE SATHYA, J - 66
5. CHAITHANYA ELSA - 74
6. CHITRA, K - 66
7. ELWIN SUSAN JOHN - 68
8. GEETHA, G - 64
9. JEMIMA DANIEL - 72
10. JISHNA RAJENDRAN - 74
11. KAVITHA, S - 66
12. LAXMI PAWAR - 62
13. MISPA KEGZIYA, J - 72
14. NILIN RICHU MATHEWS - 68
15. PREMA, R - 62
16. REBECCA SUSAN JOHN - 74
17. RITA, L R - 64
18. STEFFY RACHAEL THOMAS - 70
19. THEKKEKARA SHARON FRANCIS - 60
20. VEDAVALLI, B - 66
22.VRINDA R.CHANTH - 72
24. ALEXANDER ERIC WYNNE - 60
25. AMAL RICHARD PRABAKARAN, G - 62
26. ANUJ DEV LESLIE, G,B - 60
27. ARUNRAJ, R - 60
28. ASHISH MATHEW KOSHI - 66
29. ASHOK KUMAR, K - 54
30. ASHWIN JOHN SAMUEL - 56
31. BENJAMIN, S - 56
32. JABESTIN, D - 58
33. JASON ROY VARKEY - 48
34. KALI SHEKAR, P - 68
35. KARTHIK VARMA - 56
36. KORUTH CHERIAN - 66
37. KUNGA NGODUP
38. MAGESH, M - 58
39. PETERSON, P.A - 64
40. PONNIVALAVAN, P - 72
41. POTHEN CHERIAN
42. PRASHANT IPE JOB - 72
43. RAKUL, R - 68
44. SAMUEL JAYAKUMAR, M - 66
45. SIDDHARTH KUMAR - 54
46. TIM RUFUS KAKARLA - 66

PS: Clarifications, if any, can be made on or before the start of the II CIA Tests. No requests, whatsoever, shall be entertained beyond the said date.
Regards,
Rufus

OSLE MEET..:

At 4.30 pm, had our OSLE study group meet @ the Botany Dept. Around twelve of us were there, and Prof.Dany gave a quite scholarly presentation of his school of thought, his baby, which he has christened Rhythmocentricity.

Claiming that he has divided it into two categories, one as Oiko rhythm, n the other as Bio Rhythm, he expounded on this argument thru Critical theory down the ages. Dr.Nirmal, Dr.Narasimhan, Prof.Jojon were among those present. At 6.30, i had to excuse myself for my evening classes.

An Evening with Jane Goodall - @ the British Council - 22 Jan 2007

The Deputy High Commissioner was there..., and the Key Speaker of the evening Ms.Jane Goodall was soon on the dais - and she began her forty five minute talk with a beautiful onomatopoeic sound of the chimps. She said that every individual chimp had its own distinct voice.

Excerpts from her inspiring talk..:

"My loving mother encouraged my interest in animals" she began. "So i was about eight, when i started reading Dr.Doolittle, who spoke the language of animals, and i too desired passionatley to learn it, and i'd even pretended to my friends that i understood and recognised animal language. " she said to an eager crowd of passionate animal enthusiasts and research scholars.

"Then i fell to reading Tarzan, king of the apes. When i expressed my desire in animals, at that time, it was considered an absurd idea since i was a girl. Everyone said, "Why dont you do something else?"

"When you work hard and never give up, you will surely find a way," she said to rapt attention of ardent listeners.

Jane Goodal then gave a detailed narration of her life story.

Just think about the different choices we make each day in our lives. Think how it will impact the people, how it impacts the animals etc.

Ms.Jane finally summed up her lecture on 'Reason for Hope' in the following words:

If you can see with your eyes, feel with your heart, with an indomitable spirit within you, you can achieve anything - and almost nothing will be difficult for you in this world.

"Every problem is being tackled by a person or a group of dedicated passionate people who are prepared to risk their life or lose their life for the purpose. That's the reason for hope in this planet," concluded Jane Goodall.

PS: Well, obviously, it was an evening worth its time and effort @ the British Council, Chennai.

Well, anticipating a high turnout, we had reached the venue much ahead of time @ around four twenty itself. I took along with me Murali (III Stats), Solo (II Phil), Micosteen (II Phil) etc in our car. Met up with Dr.Nirmal, Rayson, Prof.Cherian etc and reserved seats for them too, as luckily we could make it a bit early.

A SMILE in Appreciating Others...!

Let others cheer the winning man,
There's one I hold worth while;
'Tis he who does the best he can,
Then loses with a smile.
Beaten he is, but not to stay
Down with the rank and file,
That man will win some other day,
who loses with a smile.

I Wish...!

"I wish I were big enough honestly to admit all my shortcomings; Brilliant enough to accept praise without it making me arrogant; Tall enough to tower above deceit; Strong enough to welcome criticism; Compassionate enough to understand human frailties; Wise enough to recognize my mistakes; Humble enough to appreciate greatness; Staunch enough to stand by my friends; Human enough to be thoughtful of my neighbors; and righteous enough to be devoted to the love of God."

Our Deepest Condolences:

We deeply mourn the sudden demise of Ms.Vaishnavi, III BA English in a tragic road accident yesterday. Most of us, as a Dept, went to her house to pay our last respects to the departed soul. May her soul rest in peace. ! A very charming and dynamic girl, she made everyone around lively and she never hurt anybody.

Jan 12, DO - I - (B)Log

Everyone in class had his/her newspaper with him/her. Hacked today's jumble, and Jan-Feb, and Mar-April together came out with the answer. Then, moved on to the editorial part and discussed words and phrases in two editorials. Then, moved on to pronunciation and the nitty gritty of reading aloud.

Taught my GC class the intricacies of lateral thinking. Gave them instances like, "imgaine we have time-bound money, like your money expires by June 07." Using the PMI parameters in Lateral Thinking, asked them to come out with possible answers. It was a phenomenal hit among the students and they hit it off immediately. 'All cars should be painted yellow from next month' was the next hypothesis and a lot more. Students came up with very creative ideas and we had a very meaningful and lively interaction together. It's a good class.

We deeply mourn the sudden demise of Ms.Vaishnavi, III BA English in a tragic road accident yesterday.

Most of us, as a Dept, went to her house to pay our last respects to the departed soul. May her soul rest in peace. ! A very charming and dynamic girl, she made everyone around lively and she never hurt anybody.

Jan - 11, DO - VI

Congrats Ashwin of I BSc Zoology for hacking today's jumble right. He gets Rs.50/ as bonus rightaway.

Introduced Bertrand Russell's Happy Man to them, and also introduced what lateral thinking of Bono is all about.

Had I GC had Exp of Litt C.A.

Poetry Reading Session @ British Council...:

The Poetry Reading Session at the British Council today, was to start at Six. So we were all there in time, and Dr.Ganesh joined us here.

Miss. Patience Agbabi enthralled all of us by a lovely recitation of her poems. Some were personal, some were feminist, and some others added a racist slant to it.

But almost all the poems had a beat, excepting a handful which was in free verse.

The first thing she did was to transport Chaucer's Wife of Bath to a Nigerian Wife of Bath, to the delight of the audience.

She answered all the questions posed by the audience with elan, and some amongst us also fired questions at her.

January 4, D.O - I

Students of I Pbt / Zoo came geared up with the day's newspapers, and the few who didnt were asked to purchase one rightaway. The test started at 11.30 and students were so engrossed in their newspapers that they did not notice what's going on around them. One good thing that i noticed today about my students was that, each one was so engrossed in his answer sheet that they did not turn around here or there. The Jumble in page 15 was indeed a challenge to them.

Well, the answers can be found in tomorrow's Indian Express.

Yet another encouragin thing that i observed today was the interest of the students in the question paper. One could find most of the students glued to their answer sheets till around 2.15, which is 45 minutes behind cut off time.

While some were disappointed cos of their inability to hack the jumble right, some others had an aura of achievement writ large on their visage. Kudos dear Pbt / Zoo class! keep it up...!

January 3, D.O - VI Heralding the new year...!

I began my first class this new year for the Tam/Phil class by asking for their resolutions which they had taken. All the forty enthusiastically spoke out their resolutions, prominent among them were:
I should never get angry this year...
I should help others
I should become a good musician... etc.
Finally, i gave a public challenge asking anyone to sum up the resolutions of all the forty. Adlin from II Phil volunteered and bagged Rs.50/- as prize for his endeavour. He was able to make it 97%.

The II B.A Rhetoric class was also lively. Gave around eight topics for the next batch of students (3 girls & 3 boys).

The cream of the day was the I Pbt / Zoo class, where all the students spelt out their new year's resolutions..
Prominent among them were:
I should not get angry this year...
I should not quarrel with my sister...
I should not fight with my parents...
I should help others without making them lazy...
I should get my internship for BBC etc.
More info on a detailed Resolutions list of all the students will be out shortly...

As regards I C.A, equal importance will be given to class work and newspapers for all Part II English classes that i handle.

I wish my students all the best..!

Keep posting ur comments and suggestions periodically...!!!

Newspapers in Language Teaching / Testing

Students of the I Pbt / Zoology Class were all geared up with their day’s newspapers in hand, and the few who didn’t were asked to purchase one right away.

The test started at 11.30 am, and students were busy sifting through the reems of articles to get their answers right!

A good thing that I had observed today about my vibrant students was that, each one was so engrossed in their answer sheet that he/she did not turn around here or there at any point of time.

The Jumble in page 15 was indeed a challenge to most of them.

Yet another encouraging thing that I had observed today was the interest of the students in the questions given to them today.

One could find most of the students glued to their answer sheets till around 2.15, which is 45 minutes behind cut off time.

The snap here, shows my students taking their first C.A based on the day's newspapers.