"To Write is to Know Who You Are...!"

Mr.Bishwananth Ghosh, Senior Editor, The Hindu, releasing Eclectic Representations

Mr. Bishwanath Ghosh, Senior Editor with The Hindu, was the chief guest at the inaugural of the English Literary Forum, today at 11 am. The occasion saw the release of the seventh issue of Eclectic Representations, the peer-reviewed International Journal from the PG & Research Department of English, Madras Christian College. In addition, a book that guides in effective preparation for UGC-NET-ENGLISH, containing a descriptive overview of literatures in English, alongside a detailed analysis of the previous years’ question papers [paper II & III], titled NET... SET… GO: Literatures in English was released by our Bursar.  

Excerpts from his address: 

Writing is not a glamorous profession. Rather, it is a lonely profession – wherein you might have a deadline staring at you, prompting you to be prepared all along! If you’re lucky enough, you’ll get published, and if you’re still lucky, you’ll also get to be famous!

Anything under the sun can be a fit subject for writing, if you’ve got the fire in your belly. For example, if you’re caught in a traffic jam, you can write a creative essay on it. To write is to contemplate... to contemplate is to meditate… and to meditate is to know who you are.

Today you’ve got blogs and websites, where you can expand on your writing skills. Even many who are doing successfully in the field of Civil Services, like Upamanyu Chatterjee have got their own blogs through which they get in touch with fellow bloggers.

Finally, if you’ve written something today, and six months later, you’re ashamed of what you’ve written earlier, that in itself is a good sign of progress, said Mr. Ghosh, as he signed off.