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An Author and A Blogger | In Class Today

I MA English | Academic Writing Class

Dr. Suhash and Prof. Sharon

Today we had two vibrant young professors – Dr. Suhash from Christ University, Bangalore, (our illustrious alumnus), and Prof. Sharon Alice Christy, Lady Doak College, Madurai as our special guests for my Academic Writing Paper with the I MA English Class.

Dr. Suhash gave an overview of his first publication titled, Colossal Politics published by Emerald Publishers, Chennai.  He spoke on how the book explores the political systems of the United States and Great Britain, by looking at how they interact and influence important socioeconomic institutions. He also elucidated on how politics uses the media to sway public opinion, especially in the American and British legislative systems.

“If you can write one or two pages every day, you can sure finish writing a book within two months”, he said, exhorting students to write their thoughts and publish them as books. It should not be offensive but you should be smart enough to make it subtle!” he signed off.

Prof. Sharon Alice Christy, spoke to the students of the I MA English class on how blogging helped her to think critically.

“Just allow your thoughts to flow freely. Your sentences don’t have to be perfect. But always remember! you need to write things down. Pen and paper help you organize your thoughts effectively and thus make sense”.

“Blogging my thoughts has bestowed upon me an immense sense of relief. Whether I’m watching a movie or reading a book, and I want to share it with a person next to me, I find they are not quite interested some of the time. During such times, the only trusted person that bears with me is my blog. So I try to make it as visual and compelling as possible. To me, personally, blogging has been the most magical thing that has ever happened to me,” she said, and exhorted students to blog consistently. [Prof. Sharon has been a consistent blogger for the past 11 years]

On an aside, didn’t know Mrs. Helen is such an avid gardener. A Math graduate, she had us all stumped - and wonder-amazed as well - with her immense knowledge of the various nuances of gardening. Our vibrant intern Ms. Stephanie was so bowled over by Mrs. Helen's descriptions on the various types of flowers and fruit trees that she grows in her little garden, that she immediately made Mrs. Helen the Honorary Advisor of their fledgling ‘The Alternative Gardening Society’ [TAGS], that Stephanie is ideating in collaboration with Mr. Sabarinathan, our Global Student Ambassador.

Then, we all went for lunch at a yummy restaurant near Heber Hall Gate, and then, came in time for Think Tank at 3.05 pm. 

[Think Tank Report follows - from Ms. Shannon Patricia]