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LOVE STORY

January 26, 2016

Writing mentality is a state of mind as well as a state of being. State of mind can be reached by taking the route to reach the state of being. Physically and psychologically, one writes. Both physical and psychological energies wane on long hours of work. Sometimes, writing is easy. Writing is hard on other times. One must understand when it goes through rough days. The smooth days must also be learnt. This will be helpful in the future. This means, you are going to do the same process in the future, no matter what. This is what makes a writer. The tendency to repeat the processes of writing to say the unsaid marks the genesis of a writer. Repetition is part of the process. Saying is part of the process too. Outward expressions of inner realities depend on the writer’s act. The act of penning words does not alone contribute to writing. Writing involves love. Writing involves passion too. Passion is not just the love for new events. Repetitions must ...

Problems Faced by the Post-Colonial Consumers

February 24, 2009

Introduction. T here is no one that can be called consumer in the truest sense. ‘Consumer’ is the result of the process of marketing. The identity of the consumer is an ambivalent one, because the consumer is the holder of money or the possession, which when he transfers to the market, it becomes the ‘investment’ for the market and a facility to satisfy his needs. The need of the persons provides the space for the establishment of the market. The market labels the individual as a consumer. These semantic identities act as an interlinked chain and are transferred through the market. Not only linguistic labeling, but many other discourses also can be seen transmitted through market, especially after the globalization. They are: 1.Adulteration The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another is known as adulteration. It becomes more embarrassingly conspicuous in the third world post-colonial countries. Not only the ...

A CONVERSATION THAT SPREADS LIGHT: Sree Narayana Guru: Part I Paragraph Notes

August 20, 2019

Readings on Kerala (1A02ENG) I Semester UG Common Course This section is dedicated to the Under Graduate students of Kannur University. The discussion topic here is the common course text for I BA/B Com/BSc/BCA courses. The syllabus is newly installed and therefore faces a dire shortage of materials from which students could make notes to prepare for exams. These materials are shared here in the sincere hope that students would be able to make use of the materials while preparing for their semester examination. 1 A CONVERSATION THAT SPREADS LIGHT: Sree Narayana Guru Paragraph Questions: 1. What are Guru’s instructions regarding the code of conduct for the pilgrims? Vallabhassery Govindan Vaidyar and T K Kittan Writer visit Sree Narayana Guru on 19 January 1928. The purpose of their visit was to request Guru to declare Sivagiri as a holy place. Vaidyar and Writer suggested that once the place is declared holy people from the Ezhava community and other downt...

About my Race: A Song by Poykayil Appachan : Essay Questions

November 01, 2019

Updated Kannur University Common Course Readings on Kerala (1A02ENG) 1. Poykayil Appachan's poem "About my Race: A Song" is a criticism of written histories. Elucidate. & 2. Poykayil Appachan's poem "About my Race: A Song" attempts to locate the intricacies of Dalit life in Kerala. Explain. & 3. How does Poykayil Appachan's poem "About my Race: A Song" represent the people belonging to his race? In his poem "About my Race: A Song", Poykayil Appachan foregrounds the question of race. The poem is translated into English from Malayalam by Jessica Sudhir M. The concept of "race" refers to the evicted and marginalized first people of Kerala. Poykayil Appachan was also known as Sree Kumara Gurudevan. He was a revolutionary Dalit leader and social reformer hailing from Central Travancore. His parents worked for a rich Christian family as slaves. He started his work as a preac...

Eri by Pradeepan Pampirikkunnu: Essay Questions

October 17, 2019

Readings on Kerala Readings on Kerala (1A02ENG) I Semester UG Common Course Essay Questions: Updated 1. How does Eri question mainstream notions of scholarship and knowledge? & 2. Why is the narrator doubtful about finding sources for writing the history of Eri? Is it because mainstream histories do not document the lives of lower caste communities? Explain. Eri is a novel written by Pradeepan Pampirikkunnu and published posthumously in 2017. Eri, the character represents the historically downtrodden people in the Parayan community in Kerala. Pradeepan Pampirikkunnu uses the medium of the novel to establish the prehistory of the Parayan Caste. The narrator of the story is a research scholar, who uses memories, memoirs, oral histories, ritualistic performances, gossips, books, and other oral/literary sources. The novel attempts to historicize the making of a Paraya community in its transit to modernity and retells the renaissance of Kerala from a Paraya male per...

The Fourth Drop.

The Blindness Tears in eyes, blind. But in a poem, they fascinate.

A FLIGHT OF PIGEONS: A review

The Commentator says; A Flight of Pigeons is a short novel says the publisher in one of those unqualified statements in the blurb. This book, in truth, could easily qualify for a novella. The Old Man and the Sea is a novella; a long story that is not a short story in its scope. A Flight of Pigeons also gives off a similar vibration. Author Ruskin Bond carefully constructs the historical tale of Ruth Labadoor and her family’s escapades during the massacre that took place during the first war of Indian Independence in 1857. Ruskin Bond is charming with his simple and lucid narrative style. Ruth’s family, although Christian, has Muslim roots. The Commentator feels that this may be unheard of in the West, a church-going family with Muslim relatives. It is also unheard of in the Indian subcontinent, where a Muslim family could never be related with a church-going Christian family. The story is set in Shahjahanpur, a small town. There is a sense of relevance in this the...

About my Race: A Song by Poykayil Appachan Paragraph Questions

October 31, 2019

Readings on Kerala (1A02ENG) 1. What is the nature of "histories" according to Poykayil Appachan? According to Poykayil Appachan, numerous versions of history exist in which the downtrodden people of the land are not mentioned. On the contrary, historical narratives about other prominent races or castes are many. In the poem, "About my Race: A Song", Poykayil Appachan problematizes the conspicuous absence of the references to first nation people in the history of our country. It is important to note that the way downtrodden people are portrayed in mainstream history is still a point of debate. Appachan uses the plural term "histories" to denote the existence of parallel narratives. According to him, none of those narratives does justice to the first nation population, the earliest inhabitants of the land. 2. Why was there no one in the ancient world to write the story of the poet's race? ...

Readings on Kerala: Summary- The Whole Text at a Glance

November 06, 2019

Kannur University Common Course Readings on Kerala (1A02ENG) Module 1 1. A Conversation that Spreads Light: Sree Narayana Guru by M K Sanu Vallabhassery Govindan Vaidyar and T K Kittan Writer visit Sree Narayana Guru on 19 January 1928 to request Guru to sanction a pilgrimage to Sivagiri. First Guru asks them if they want a pilgrimage centre, as there are other sites for pilgrimage. They insist by saying that pilgrimage centres of Upper caste Hindus are not open for people of the lower caste. Guru grants permission. Guru tells his disciples to observe ten days of abstinence and Buddha's five ideals of purity (Purity of body, food, mind, word, deed), wear yellow garments, practice thrift and discipline. According to Guru, eight aims of pilgrimage are- education, cleanliness, piety, organization, cultivation, trade, handicrafts, technological training). Starting of pilgrimage 1 January 1933. 2. Curing Caste by Sahodaran Ayyap...

DELHI IS NOT FAR BY RUSKIN BOND: A Love Story without Losses

August 11, 2016

Image Courtesy: Penguin “…and I know that this one lifetime, however long, cannot satisfy my heart” (111). __ Ruskin Bond The Commentator says; When it’s about love, some believe it’s natural to make mistakes. The truth is ‘mistakes’ and ‘love’ do not coexist. Mistakes are not love. Love is not a mistake. Before the book review, let me recount to you a love story flew by my life a couple of months back. As some of you know, I love blogging. As some others of you are well aware, more than blogging, I love the experience of writing. Blog or my other publishing ventures, this love for writing is at the core of it all. A couple of months before, I had thought of writing a review of the book Delhi is Not Far by Ruskin Bond, author of The Lamp is Lit . Opening a word document, I wrote the title of the book with the author’s name as a ‘clever’ appendage. Then I kept it to gather some inspiration and relevance. Then I forgot. To be more precise, I pushed the priority to love to ...

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