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Experiences in a crowded bus

Perhaps you think that a journey in a bus is quite an ordinary procedure, part of the days routine.

Well let me tell you something. A bus ride can be of three types. One; cool, thats hen lady !uck

smiles on you and you get a seat. "o, "ough thats hen, you stand and theres #ery little

breathing space. "hree$ %&!!, thats hen you start to feel like you are in a gas chamber

surrounded by a cra'y mob ith each person trying to make life insufferable for e#ery body else.

(o ) am or more appropriately *as one of those kind ho ne#er get into o#ercroded buses

and tum their noses up in disgust hen they see one. ) preferred aiting and getting a seat to

standing and reaching my destination quickly. When ) joined college ) found quite a fe busses that

catered to my tastes.

+ut once it so happened that ) missed my usual bus and had to ait for an alternati#e. )t as

getting late and ) anted to reach on time. o ) finally settled for a bus that as comparati#ely

empty. ) bought my ticket ith a jaunty air from the surly conductor and glanced at my fello

passengers. "hey all had that *hy-did you-ha#e-to-pick-this-bus attitude. ) felt slightly affrontedbut soon came to the conclusion that ) as an un elcomed #isitor and this bus as e#idently a

fa#orite ith many ) shuddered in#oluntarily as ) thought of the other horrors in store for me.

Within a matter of seconds the bus as packed and ) found myself sandiched beteen an old

lady and a middle-aged oman hose laughter sounded #ery much like the neigh of a horse. "he

old lady net to me glared #enomously and muttered under her breath. ) ga#e her a eak smile and

turned aay.

%o ) en#ied the dri#er; he could sit comfortably and dri#e in peace hile the passengers

ground their teeth at each other. %e seemes to ha#e a curious attitude toards his task. %e ould

dash at full speed somehat akin to /ichael chumacher and suddenly stop for no reason at all as

though struck by some thought. 01ou see, passengers neither got in nor out2 )m of the opinion that

he did this on purpose just to see the passengers jostle each other.

+ut hen ) grasped the principal of inertia rather quickly hereas at school my physics teacher

had tried e#ery trick in the book to drill it into my head. omeho it ne#er did sink in. "his first

hand eperience taught me more than any imposition did.

/ore and more people clambered in, ith the conductor #ociferously encouraging them to do so.

) ondered at his /achia#ellian cunningness as he con#inced his passengers that there as plenty

of space, hile in reality there as none. 3ust then my feet ere squashed by a plump lady. (o, alanky youth got in. %is straightened shoulder length hair as streaked ith an appalling shade of

maroon 0hich his stylist ould ha#e labeled as +urgundy2. "he old lady started blaming the

present youth and their life style.

3ust then a strong odour assailed my nostrils. ) choked and spluttered and turned around to catch

a glimpse of a fisheroman ith her basket. he chattered and complained to all the people around

her, ne#er stopping, ne#er anting a reply. ) as beginning ander hether e#er reach my college

in one piece.

4inally after hat seemed to me to aeons of time but actually only a quarter of an hour ) reached

my college. ) assiduously pushed past the other passengers eliciting many protests. ) turned a deaf

ear to all the complaints and marched on defiantly. /y bone 5 crushing ordeal made me bolder and

iser. ) felt guite triumphant and almost said *6eni, 6idi, 6ici-) came, ) sa, ) conquered.


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Chinnu Susan Varghese

English

Dewdrops and Teardrops

What a pleasant day to alk don

&periencing the aroma of nature

"hin, cold, pleasant bree'e hispering

A onderful day of armth and pleasure

"he lush green turf that as spread

Was glittering in the morning mist

Wearing crystal cron on their head

Was co#ered in the blanket mist

+ut hy the tears adorned my face

7ushing out from my heart

pilling out from my eyes

8an the arm fluid in a slo pace

And ) alked aay from that lan

Aay from the smiling grass

When ) find that ) should not be here for ) am alone

)n midst of the beautiful grass.

9rip drop drip drop

o as the music that oo'ed out from my heart


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9rip drop drip drop

o ere the beauty drops that embellished the grass

9rip drop drip drop

o fell my tears

9rip drop drip drop

o stood the des.

Sariga Devasia

India Vision 2020

)ndia #ision :: as )nitially a dement prepared by ")4A< under the chairman-ship of 9r.

A.P.3. Abdul kalam and a team of = eperts. 9r. >alam further ga#e shape to this count through

his seminal ork along ith 9r. 1..8ajan.

?)ndia :: A #ision for ne millennium. 9r. kalam in one of his speech elaborate the count, that is

*transforming a nation into a de#eloped county, fine are as in combination ha#e been identified based on

)ndias core competence, nature resource and talented man poer for integrated action double the groth

rate of 79P 07ross 9omestic Product 2 and reali'e the #ision of de#elopment )ndia these are$-

@ Agriculture and food processing

@ )nfrastructure ith reliable and quality district poer.

@ &ducation and health care

@ )nformation and communication technology.

@


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&ducation and communication technology, that is one of our core-competencies and ealth generator,

)


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To calm Mother Nature

But all# all now as

Blind as bat'ic!ers their dream to serenity

(nowin the way) cherished to live as a beast.

Lucy Tania Cabral

English

Importance of Value Education

6alues are those things that really matter to each of usBBBB..the ideas and beliefs e hold as

special. "hey are principles hich guide mans desires, feelings and actions. A #alue alays guides

us to do the right things and help us to be morally sound. 6alues hoe#er are either innate or

acquired. )nnate #alues are our inborn di#ine #irtues such as lo#e, peace, happiness, mercy and

compassion as ell as the positi#e moral qualities such as respect, humility, tolerance,

responsibility, cooperation, honesty and simplicity. Acquired #alues are those eternal #alues

adopted at ones place of birth or place of groth and are influenced by the immediate en#ironment.

&amples of acquired #alues are ones mode of dress, habits and tendencies.

/an as a social being is obliged to possess social #alues in life. )t is essential for the elfare of

the society. ocial #alues are more or !ess based on religious and moral #alues. /ore and spiritual

#alues include good character, companion kindness, and moral stability, humanitarianism etc. "he

moral #alues present a true perspecti#e of the de#elopment of any society or nation. "hey tell us tohat etent a society or nation has de#eloped itself. &ducation can contribute a lot in the

propagation of moral and spiritual #alues. (oadays our education system focuses only on

intellectual eercise and not on the acquisition of moral and spiritual #alues, this is the cause of

troubles that eist in our society

When e analy'e the present situations in our nation, e can see that many unpleasant incidents

occur, because of the lack of moral and spiritual #alues. /any children commit #iolence and anti-

social acti#ates. One boy killed his classmate, another school boy murdered his teacher, e#en school

childern engaged in seual acti#ites. All these calamities sho the lack of social and moral#alues.6alues can be easily and more effecti#ely propagated through the ducation system.

We knon todays childern are tomorro,s cih'ens. )f e gi#e good education to the present day children,

their future ill be bright. no e are li#ing in the modern century. )f e use science and technology in the

proper ay it is not difficult for us to sol#e the problems of morality, and #aluse. "he main object of study is

to *inculcate moral and #alue based education in schools and colleges and to kno the attitude of

intermediate students toards moral #alues.

6alues bring quality and meaning to life, hich gi#e a person his identity and character. 6alues also act as

guidelines- they make us reali'e that hat e are is more important than hat e ha#e. 6alue education

helps in de#eloping poisti#e qualities like character, good conduct, disciplinc.


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As /ahtma 7andhi says, C)f ealth is lost nothing is lost. )f health is lost something is lost. if character is

lost e#erything is lost.DD )t is only #alues, hich mould the character of an indi#iduaE

a!shmipriya" S

English

I#VI#CI$E

)m the ord and thought of e#ery man

And )m the theme of all philosophy

)m the fragrance of roses

and the beauty of dan

)m the heat of the flame

And the chill of the sno

)m the blast of the thunder

)m the glitter of the stars

)m the ord of all pocts

And the lyric of all songs

)m the art in e#ery sculpture

And the peace of all faith

)m the hope of all lo#e

And the soul of all life.

)m the softness of ater

And hardness of diamonds

) li#e beyond time and age

And ) am the in#incible.

Shiny S%ephen

$"Ed English


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&EVEAI#' (E()&IES )* (+

*&IE#DS,,,,,"

)f time has the poer

"o read my mind,

)t ould stand still,

) may ne#er take lea#eB

) came here one day,

With nothing, but fear

+ut the fire called friendship,


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English

&IDDES

F. A body of iron, it roams like a lionG

:. Why is the ri#er richG

H. 4our sailors fell into the sea but only one of them got his hair et. WhyG

. )s a trouser singular or pluralG

=. Which is the colors that contain inkG

I. Which dri#er ne#er has a licenseG

J. Which to ords ha#e thousands of lettersG

K. Which fort lead us to scullsG

L. What is useful only after it is brokenG

F. hy did /s. +rooke ryect to marry 3ames +ond

Answers

F. Airplane

:. +ecause it has to banks

H. Other H ere bald headed

. )t is singular at the toy and neural at the bottom

=. Pink

Dancing essons

%ere ) am, riting about hat dance taught me about life. WhyG

Well, because dance and life are synonymous in a lot of ays. "hey both consist of mo#ement and

motion, of trying to grasp something beyond yourself, and of enjoying yourself in the process of

grasping that hich isbigger than yourself.

." I%/s no% abou% %he mos% gi%ed dancer1 i%/s abou% %he mos%hardwor!ing"


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"he best dancers are those ho ork hard at the art of dance. "hey are the ones ho spend day and

night dancing to perfect their craft.

And the some can be said about life.I%/s no% usually %he mos% gi%ed %ha% ge% ar in lie1 i%/s %he

mos% hardwor!ing"

2" here is no such %hing as inished"

Oh, ho ) ished my ork as a dancer as finished. %o ) ished. %o ) ished that ) kneM

could do as the best there as e#er going to be - period. +ut, thats not ho it orks. As a dancer

youre alays pushing yourself to the net le#el, hile reali'ing that there is no final le#el.

And the same can be said about life. There is not final level, no end goal; the point is to continue

walking on the road and advance while realizing that all the joy, all the living, is in you walking

(living)-not in you reaching "the end.

3" oo! a% o%hers1 no% yoursel"

As a dancer the mirror is both your friend and enemy. )ts your friend hen youre practicing- and

need to look at yourself, but your enemy hen youre in front of an auidence-and need to look at

other people. What Ngood dancers do, is practice both. 7ood dancers use the mirror to impro#e

themsel#es but also practice dancing ith the mirro equally, for they kno that hen its time to

perform theyre going to ha#e to knon ho to look at others-not themsel#es.

And the same can be said about life. !ts okay to focus on yourself when youre #y yourself and

trying to i$prove yourself, #ut when yourre with other realize that youre they not the only

person arounf and that thy too $atter. %onstantly

switch #etween paying attention to yourself and to others.

4" rain or all si%ua%ions

)n my style of dance theres a lot of miture of both freestyle dancing and choreogrphy dancing.

"rain for freestyle dancing becaues you ne#er kno hen youre going to randomly be asked to

dance.And rain in choreography because sometimes the occasion calls for ell rehearsed routine.

And the same can be said about life,&ractice #eing rehearsed and spontaneous-

'ecause life is a $iture of the two. o$eti$es life calls for a schedule *a set routine, and

so$eti$es life call for that set routine to #e thrown out the window and for you to $ake choiceson the fly. +ake sure you can do #oth.

5" Connec% wi%h people in an emo%ional si%ua%ion"

"his is similar to looking at others and not yourself, but ith a little more compleity.

When one dances noticing others theyre shoing theyre not lost in their on orld orobnoiously self-centered. )n return, the personMpeople youre aare of also gi#e you their attention.

1ou ha#e to connect ith them emotionally.


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And the same can be side about life. hen you have so$eones attention realize that its not all

a#out you. ure you can talk a#out whatever you want, #ut realize that youll #est connect with

your listeners #y epanding on what they know and what theyre currently feeling e$otionally

(for were hu$ans, and were e$otional). hape your $essage so that the present audience can#etter grasp it.

6" Everyone/s uni7ue" Even i %hey don/% wan% %o be1 %hey are1 and %hey

have %o live wi%h i%"

9ancers, good dancers, reali'e that can learn from their fa#orite dancers, but ne#er be them. )n the

end, they add their on uniqueness to the style, hether they ant to or not. o the best option is of

course, to master your on style 5 no one else can dance your style better than you after-all.

nd the sa$e can #e said a#out life. lot of people e$ulate their idols, #ut theyll never #e their

idols. They will always #e the$selves. o $ight as realize this and i$prove yourself to the #est of

your a#ilities.

A &eader/s &esponse %o (an8a Veyil (arangal)t is interestingly the mystery of life rather than its intensity that makes literature eciting.

!iterature eplores the myriad forms of about the possibilities of life and are not alays the

reflection of life. )t may or may not taste real, but it should or must ha#e the fla#our of *fantasy as


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life hich he claims to be his no#el, also can be treated as his autobiography hich is the no#el

ithin the no#el. "he author +enyamin plays the multifaceted role of the first reader of


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and through their theoretical re#ies, technical analy'ers, mtellectual tells debates and seminars.

Ais ) ha#e already stated this attempt is neither the product of an intellectual talks gathering, nor of

a theoretical meditation this is just a response, an ordinary readers response.

Aswa%hy '

English

S(S

hort messages e#oken momentary feelings. All use / to con#ey nes, jokes, ishes and

many other things. +eing short they are easily deleted from the mobile memory as ell as from our

memory. ome of these messages made us cry, some made us laugh and a #ery fe made us think

here are some messages are orth remembering

!ife is like a road and problems are like speed breakers. "hey sa#e us from big accidents. With abad attitude e can ne#er ha#e a positi#e day and ith a positi#e attitude e can ne#er ha#e a bad

day.

ery negati#e situation ill ha#e something positi#e in it. en a stopped clock shos correct

time tice a day

!ife is *QQ. 1esterday is perience, "oday is periment, tomorro is pecation. o use

your perience in your perimen to achene your pectation.

"ension create in brain. !o#e creates in heart. +ut hy do people get heart attack hen tensed

and get mental hen lo#e fails.

>eep god first in life. )f you gi#e 7od priority in your life, %e ill keep you at F stplace. 7i#e

7od hat is right, not hat is left.

&inu Anu homas

#a%ional Science

Indian Aairs %owards mobile boomChi%hra (" #air

social seience

cience is all inclusi#e and #ery comprehensi#e. )t touches the life of e#eryone in more ays

than e can imagine. )ts achie#ements, disco#eries and in#ention ha#e been really fantastic and

onderful. )t has been pushing forard ith terrific speed in e#ery alk of like. !ife ithout

science and its #arious boons cant be imagined. "oday there is a boom in the orld of mobilecommunication due to ne de#elopments in this technology and ide acceptance. )n this paperless

area, it is interesting to go through trends of ireless technology industry in )ndia.


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)ndias man on the street has disco#ered the joy of talking hile on the mo#e. People talk at bus

stop and in trains; they trade in shares and strike deals; they build romantic alliances and break

barriers-all on handheld mobile phones

"he mobile telephone reflects a seeping boom in consumer spending. "he little handset is a

must-ha#e for most )ndians, be they business heads and eecuti#es or small-time-shopkeepers,housemaids, carpenters and #egetable-#endors.

"he fast-groing unban population is getting increasingly esterni'ed, but the di#ersity among

the people remain as opportunities for micro segmentation and targeted campaigns to follo. +ut

cell phones are just the most #isible aspect of the booming telecom industry hich as thron open

to pri#ate enterprise in FLL.


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#a%ural science

ery moment life ticks aay,


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hoing splendor all ay longEE

(om only or you

1ou are the sunlight in my day,

1ou are the sunlight in my day,

1ou are the moon ) see far aay

1ou are the tree ) lean upon,

1ou are the one that makes troubles gone

1ou are one ho cars for me,

1ou are the eyes that help me see.

1ou are the ords inside my song,

1ou are my lo#e, my life, my moon

1ou are the one, ho taught me life,

%o not to fight and hat is right.

1ou are the one, ho knos me best,

When its time to ha#e fun and time to rest.

1ou are the one, ho has helped me to dream,

1ou hear my heart and you hear my screams.

Afraid of life but looking for lo#e,

)m blessed for god sent you from abo#e

1ou are my friend, my heart and my soul

1ou are the greatest friend ) kno

1ou are the ords inside my song,

1ou are my lo#e, my life, my mom.

#isha Sreedharan

#a%ural Science

9hy we dream wha% we dream


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K. "he happen author - 3ohn 7ay

L. "he must edible author- 4auns +ran

F. "he %omely author - %eming ay

FF. "he colorful author - +roning

F:. "he hopeful author - Anthony %ope

FH. "he brightening author 5 6irginia Woolf

&osele% C"


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gift. And the net day they ent ay, there can met ith an accident. +oth her mother and grene

miraculously got sa#ed but her father as really, series and as hospitali'ed in a near by hospital.

7rens father as #ery critical for grene her dad as e#erything and she as totally shattered. "o

get consolation she remembered her dead friend. he badly anted to pair at sorro to her friend.

+ut she didnt kno hole


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9affodils :FF-:F: as formally inaugurated on Lth9ecember :FF by "./. 1esudasan, former

%ead of the 9epartment of &nglish,


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6i#ekananda rock memorial situated on a rocky islet just off the shore. We spend some time

shopping after hich e had our breakfast.

We then #isited the padmana bhapuram place, the epitome of >erala art and architecture. We also

#isited the Padmanabhasami temple. )n "hri#anathapuram e #isited the ko#alam and

sanghumugham beaches. We played in the a#es, picked up shells and had a great time. We ererunning late so e had to return immediately. After dinner e left for kottayam and reached the

college at F.= am. We all stayed together in the hostel and left for our homes the net morning.

"he tour as one of the most memorable eperiences of our life at /ount


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Social Science

"he ocial cience club of /ount


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them out in free periods. )t as pro#en a #ery successful acti#ity for arousing interest in

mathematics.

Dhanya (a%hew

Secre%ary

$IDS A#D C+$EIE =20..>20.2?

(ature has bestoed upon man all its fruits. "here is enough for e#ery mans need but it is

certainly not enough to full fill e#ery mans greed. %uman inter#entions and o#er eploitation has

disturbed the delicate balance of the nature. "here is an arent need to conser#e nature for the future

generation. the natural science association *+ios and (ature Abraham

umar +. Associate Professor. chool of +iosciences. /.7. Rni#ersity. "he presidential

address as deli#ered by /s. .Anna (inan. )n the inaugural message. 9r. Prakash shared ith the

audience the need for conser#ing the ecosystem. %e said that it is the duty of each indi#idual to

conser#e mother earth. %e also suggested certain aste management technique hich could be

carried out at home to sol#e problems related to aste disposal in the ton. On the occassion. /s.

3yothy "homas presented a slide sho on deforestation hich as an eye opener. After the #ote of

"hanks by /s. (isha reedharan, the meeting as concluded ith the national Anthem.

)n liaison ith the social forestery programme of the 4orest department, *Plant a tree programmeas conducted. "ree aplings ere distributed among the staff and students of the college to

enurage students to plant trees and contribute their share in attaining the #ision of a greener earth.


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"he en#ironment day as celebrated jointly by the (atural cience association and nature club on

the =th of 3une. hort messages and presentations ere gi#en by the members to spread aareness

among students on the need of ecosystem conser#ation and sustainable de#elopment.

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