A 'Beautiful' Experience...
"Make it to Le Meridian at 11 am sharp," is all that I remember after I got a call for Vivel Miss Kerala 2008. To my surprise, Natasha from B.A Communicative English also made it through.
We reached the venue and came to know that like every other Impressario function, this too was starting late. It finally began at around 12, when we all received our numbers and were asked to introduce ourselves and then take the ramp. this was followed by a questionnaire session, where around 5 girls were 'size zero'. Since my answer was good, the fact that I cat walked terribly some how went unnoticed and i got chosen for the final 22 contestants.
The training started on 5th July. A mixture of emotions is the best way to explain what we were feeling then. We made our way to River Dale Resort, where we were allotted our rooms. We then met our trainer Mrs. Ritika and our choreographer Mr. Dalu. Our training started off with a game, in which you had to sell your self with your special qualities. that helped in breaking the ice amongst us. Then we visited radio Mango, and there were visits by the media, Ex Miss Kerala (Ranjini, Roshni) ... All this made our experience all the more to be cherished.
Parties, late night ramp walks, craving for food, no mobile range (I wonder how they found that place ) , visits by different people, photo shoots... So many things happened in just 10 days. I was reminded of I.T professionals who like us, have it all - computers, T.V, internet, save the time to use it. Have breakfast, run for training, have lunch, run for ramp walk. The cookies we got in between where our only energy boosters.
And the final day approached, we realized that we had come a long way and every one present there really deserved the crown. the fight for the crown only started when it was time to set our feet into the spot light. Some say I was lucky, some say it was my confidence, but I look back on these 10 days, and see that I did things that I never dreamt I ever would. And I did it with grace. That is all that matters to me.
By: Pooja Mammen
Inventions- Teleprinter
Inventions- Teleprinter
The early telegraph had functioned by converting letters and digits into codes. The message could be deciphered only after translating the codes. Because of this we will loose a lot of time. Many attempts in overcoming this limitation had begun in the last stages of the 19th century.
The main aim of the attempts was to invent a device by which the message could be recorded on its own or the message could be recorded as it was.
The first machine capable of recording letters was invented by David E Huges, a professor in the Newyork University, 1855. In practical level , it was very difficult to operate this machine. In 1874,Emile Baudot invented the ‘plain language printing telegraph’ having a keyboard of 5 keys at the point of transmitting messages. The Baudot codes is till used in some modern teleprinters, but it was less precise and less speedy.
In 1898, an instrument capable of perforating paper in the design of letters was made by Donald Murray of Australia.It worked according to the flow of electricity.This instrument led to the invention of the modern teleprinter that could record letters as they were.the first model of teleprinter was made in 1890’s by Freberick G Creed of Britain. But it was Charles L Krumm of America who first practiced the teleprinter.
The teleprinter consist of a typewriter-like-keyboard for transmitting the message and a printer to receive the message. According to the flow of current, the teleprinter records the message in a paper through the printer in its receiving end.In America and Europe teleprinter became very much popular in 1920’s.By 1950’s almost all news- media in the western countries relied on teleprinter for obtaining news. When the world began to move according to the electronic technology the position of teleprinter and other such machines were superseded. The telex and computer networks began to dominate the communication field in developed countries. But it is not fully throwed away , yet it is now using in developing countries like India and in some underdeveloped countries.
Telex is the predecessor of computer network and the internet. By the system, by which the subscribers to teleprinter messages can exchange message among themselves. Government agencies of many countries used the services of telex in the fields of postal department, telegraph department and telephone department. Telex was originated in Germany the system of telex was developed for the first time by Edward Kleinschmidt,in 1914. The telex ‘revolution’ that originated in Germany had spread within a shot span of time, to America and European countries. Telex had become an important part of many developed countries, in 1930.
Messages are transmitted through telex using call numbers given to each teleprinter subscriber. Teleprinter keyboards are also used for transmitting messages through telex. The message received is first converted into electric signals. Later the messages reach the receiver through telephone line. It is again the teleprinter that receives the messages. Telex messages can be printed soon after the receipt and also can be stored for future references. Like the monitor of the computer, telex also has an instrument through which we can see the message. We can transmit upto 50 words per minute through telex. The application of telex came down by the invention of computer and -fax machine. In many countries, telex system working with the help of computers came into force. The rapid growth of computers blunted the growth of telex. Now a day, telex can be seen only in those places where the effect of computers had not been reached.
The early telegraph had functioned by converting letters and digits into codes. The message could be deciphered only after translating the codes. Because of this we will loose a lot of time. Many attempts in overcoming this limitation had begun in the last stages of the 19th century.
The main aim of the attempts was to invent a device by which the message could be recorded on its own or the message could be recorded as it was.
The first machine capable of recording letters was invented by David E Huges, a professor in the Newyork University, 1855. In practical level , it was very difficult to operate this machine. In 1874,Emile Baudot invented the ‘plain language printing telegraph’ having a keyboard of 5 keys at the point of transmitting messages. The Baudot codes is till used in some modern teleprinters, but it was less precise and less speedy.
In 1898, an instrument capable of perforating paper in the design of letters was made by Donald Murray of Australia.It worked according to the flow of electricity.This instrument led to the invention of the modern teleprinter that could record letters as they were.the first model of teleprinter was made in 1890’s by Freberick G Creed of Britain. But it was Charles L Krumm of America who first practiced the teleprinter.
The teleprinter consist of a typewriter-like-keyboard for transmitting the message and a printer to receive the message. According to the flow of current, the teleprinter records the message in a paper through the printer in its receiving end.In America and Europe teleprinter became very much popular in 1920’s.By 1950’s almost all news- media in the western countries relied on teleprinter for obtaining news. When the world began to move according to the electronic technology the position of teleprinter and other such machines were superseded. The telex and computer networks began to dominate the communication field in developed countries. But it is not fully throwed away , yet it is now using in developing countries like India and in some underdeveloped countries.
Telex is the predecessor of computer network and the internet. By the system, by which the subscribers to teleprinter messages can exchange message among themselves. Government agencies of many countries used the services of telex in the fields of postal department, telegraph department and telephone department. Telex was originated in Germany the system of telex was developed for the first time by Edward Kleinschmidt,in 1914. The telex ‘revolution’ that originated in Germany had spread within a shot span of time, to America and European countries. Telex had become an important part of many developed countries, in 1930.
Messages are transmitted through telex using call numbers given to each teleprinter subscriber. Teleprinter keyboards are also used for transmitting messages through telex. The message received is first converted into electric signals. Later the messages reach the receiver through telephone line. It is again the teleprinter that receives the messages. Telex messages can be printed soon after the receipt and also can be stored for future references. Like the monitor of the computer, telex also has an instrument through which we can see the message. We can transmit upto 50 words per minute through telex. The application of telex came down by the invention of computer and -fax machine. In many countries, telex system working with the help of computers came into force. The rapid growth of computers blunted the growth of telex. Now a day, telex can be seen only in those places where the effect of computers had not been reached.
Inventions- Telephone
Inventions- Telephone
The telephone is an instrument enabling us to converse with a person at a great distance. The word telephone is derived from two Greek terms – Tele-meaning 'At a distance’, and phone-meaning 'Sound'. In the language of Suence, telephone is an arrangement to convert sound waves to electric waves and then to convert electric waves to sound waves again. Nowadays Telephone has become one of the important means of communication. People from near and far communicate through this instrument.
The telephone is an instrument enabling us to converse with a person at a great distance. The word telephone is derived from two Greek terms – Tele-meaning 'At a distance’, and phone-meaning 'Sound'. In the language of Suence, telephone is an arrangement to convert sound waves to electric waves and then to convert electric waves to sound waves again. Nowadays Telephone has become one of the important means of communication. People from near and far communicate through this instrument.
Scientists had started attempts at broadcasting the human voice as far back as in the 1800's.It was Sir Charles Wheatstone himself, one of the inventors of the telegraph, who had initiated this search. During the course of his search, he developed the enchanted lyre, an instrument that could broadcast music from one room to another.
In those times, persons travelling in ships and trains are seated at a distance, used to talk through certain tube like devices. Children of those times used to talk with each other through two tins tied at the opposite ends of a thread. Children in our country-side might have engaged in such recreations. These references indicate that broadcast of the human voice was not a novel idea. On the contrary, the challenge faced by scientists was to invent an instrument capable of broadcast.
Alexander Graham Bell of Scotland researched on how sound could be transmitted and received. He had researched for long on the telegraph, and it was not surprising that he thought of using electricity as the conducting force of sound had struck his mind.
In fact, Bell had invented the telephone during the course of his attempts to modify the telegraph. When he started his researches for telephone in the 1870's, nearly 30years had passed after telegraph had taken roots in society. Then, the Morse code consisting of dots and dashes was the basis of telegraph. For telegraph, there was heavy loss of time for decoding the message, besides the demand for service of experts for decoding or translating. In addition, the telegraph had not the capacity of exchanging so many messages simultaneously.
Bell, in joint efforts with Thomas Watson, tried to transmit sound with the help of electricity. He had clearly understood how the human ear identified sounds, and in 1874, he explained the working principle of the telephone. In 1875, Bell and Watson jointly developed an instrument that could transmit sound. They found that variation in sound effected corresponding variations in the electric flow. It also came to their mind that the telephone could become a reality only if an arrangement for recording these variations in the electric flow was developed. So they began their attempts to devise such an arrangement.
On 10th march 1876, Bell and Watson invented telephone. Earlier Telephones could be used only for exchanging conversation between people in adjacent rooms. Continued experiments by Bell and Watson enabled the distance to be enhanced by miles. In 1877, telephone wires extending upto a distance of 3 miles was set up.
During 1876 - 77, some professors who conducted research in the Brown University jointly produced a telephone of a smaller size. In1877, the Bell Telephone Company was established for industrial manufacture of telephones. In 1878 the first telephone exchange came into existence. In 1879 telephone subscribers started to be allotted 5 -digits numbers.
The field of telephones subsequently witnessed unforeseen development. Mobile cellular phones have become very common today. Besides, the videophone system, enabling the persons at both ends to see each other on a screen and to talk has become a reality.
By: Remya Krishnan
An Appreciation to the poem,''MIDDLE AGE''
The Neglected Motherhood
The elegant poem written by the renowned Indian poetess, Kamala Das, speaks of the dismal state of a mother whose love is rejected by her son. She vividly depicts the loneliness and avoidness of the middle aged people. The poetess, develops the poem and picturizes the hard life of middle aged people through the hurted heart of a poor mother whose full fledged intimacy and motherhood are neglected by her son.
In the middle age, the children became critical and unfriendly by using harsh words towards their parents. Here, the mother is very anxious and alert about her son. But being in a self-thrilled fantasy world,the son finds no importance of his mother, unless for serving hot teas and pressing clothes regularly. The same time, the mother wants her child to be beside her in each moment as the life turned her more dependable towards the son. As the time, the son becomes an individual with a self sustaining personality, he starts breaking the affectionate hearts. The mother cannot scold and hug the son freely, instead she herself wraps all her pain within her and weeps secretly by touching the trifiles of the son. The adult ego makes him hating all the amusing plays and funs once made by the mother to enjoy the child. As he grows, he views them all with a deep aversion and a hatred heart. And also the son makes her remember that the time has come all its way to wind up the mother's useless dreams and expectations.
The short and excruciating poem of Kamala Das touched my heart so deeply. As I go through the lines, I could easily feel the doldrums of the middle age. To a woman, motherhood is a part of her feminine self that yearns for love and its fulfilment.But the harsh realities of the adolescent stage splashes it without any hesitation. The poem has a remarkable role in the modern society. The time, I finished reading, I could hear the cry of a poor hurted heart of a mother.
Love
Love
Well what is a successful life? An important question that must be asked to yourself in this time of your college day I will give certain common option
2 to get a higher salary job
3 to make money and reach the hill top where abani in now
4 to have a beautiful wife
Well choice is yours but I can guaranty one thing that every success will end up in your mind itself because joy and happiness of life starts from the heart and end up in the mind. Can you distinguish difference between mind and heart well in my view heart is the thing where your wishes or ambitions have there birth and mind is thing where it end up i.e. heart will always beat for something and when you achieve it, the mind will give you the sense of joy.
Well for a person successful life is a comfort life where even if there is no money or job then too if you a hope you life is a blockbuster success, in this section I am going to tell you about this hope.
You would have heard and read many articles on love. And recently in our mace campus itself I heard about two types of love
True love
Fake love
And also another type of love when a rocking hell boy making a girl more attracted to him wasting his whole semester and finally when he opens his heart she says. ”what….ah.ah..you r joking dude.we r just friends da “ well is this a true love or a fake one? But what ever it is, it is confusing.
Our campus itself is ruining the meaning of love. “Love is thrust and belief “, I read it in a magazine. But do you understand the meaning I will give an example take the case of armed men at the border they r thrusting each other in their every moves, well r they in love? Of course they r. they are betting their lives in each others thrust and love.
I think, you got an idea about what am I saying...
Well another think I notice in our society is that even if couples r not satisfied with there life they r adjusting each other. I think this is the point where the success of arrange marriage lies well if couples can adjust and give honor and thrust each other then life is simple and no matter whether marriage is arranged or not.
By: Jaikishan T S
CO-EDUCATION
CO-EDUCATION
In the context of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of St. Albert’s College, it is felt that a discussion on the advisability or not of introducing coeducation in the college is in order, especially because it has been for some time a matter of muted controversy. Those who are for it maintain that it will benefit both the students and the institution. According to them it will generate a healthy competition between boys and girls in the matter of studies resulting in the improvement of educational standards in the institution. Moreover, they say that the presence of girls will have a sobering influence on the more vocal masculine elements of the college, leading to the creation of a calm and serene atmosphere in and around. But those who are against introducing coeducation in the college are able to put forth certain incontestable facts. There are six first grade colleges in this highly literate city. Of these one is exclusively for girls. All the rest, barring St.Albert’s are coeducational in character. It is therefore evident that the girls have more opportunities for collegiate education than boys. If the portals of St.Albert’s also are thrown open for admitting girls, the limited opportunities that boys have for getting admission in colleges will be further reduced. Moreover, it is a college run by an educationally backward community. The number of students who become eligible for college education after S.S.L.C. from this community and from other backward communities is staggeringly large. As we have already seen more opportunities are available in the city for girls to get into college than boys. Any measure that will aggravate this imbalance will be a gross injustice.
Now let us turn aside a while and discuss what we mean by coeducation
Coeducation is the education of both sexes in the same classes in an institution. As a definite educational policy it is modern and comparatively recent in adoption. But there are different views regarding its implementation. One extreme view is that the girls and boys “shall be taught the same things, at the same time, in the same place, by the same faculty, with the same methods, and under the same regimen’. This is based up on the assumption that there are no difference between girls and boys and consequently they should be given precisely the same education. The other extreme view is that men and women are basically different in mental and physical constitution; they have different needs; the roles they have to play in family, in society and community are different and so the education imparted to them should be different and suited to their special needs. But the more accepted view is that though their physical and mental powers and needs are different, they are fundamentally similar and so they should be educated together, uniting them in many classes, in many sports and in much of their social life, but modifying all these to suit their differences.
Taking into consideration there different views, we submit yet another suggestion.
The pre-degree classes are being delinked from colleges and linked to high schools disguised as ‘’Plus two’’ classes. In these high schools a few more divisions can be started depending upon the number of applications. Those high schools that are not coeducational in character will get only those pre-degree classes delinked from similar non-coeducational colleges. By this arrangement girls will have more opportunities for getting admission to plus two courses than boys and no injustice will be done to boys.
The students who apply for admission to degree classes are fewer in number than those who seek admission to pre-degree classes. When pre-degree classes are delinked from colleges, there will be enough facilities in colleges to admit more students to degree courses. Generally the students, be they boys or girls, who seek admission to graduate or post-graduate courses are more mature, serious-minded and sober than the adolescents who seek admission to undergraduate courses. So there will be no harm in allowing both sexes to pursue their studies together in the same institution. In fact this will help them by creating in them a greater sense of responsibility leading to decent and dignified behavior.
In the early centuries education was confined to men and boys. The segregation of sexes was a by-produce of then existing religions culture and belligerency of communities and countries. It was widely believed that the presence of women by the side of men during prayers and meditation will have a disturbing effect on their concentration. Thus in temples, synagogues, churches and mosques, the sexes were segregated, men occupying the front portion of the nave or the prayer hall and women the rear. This practice continues even today in most countries. In the beginning military training was imparted only to men and boys as they alone constituted the fighting force of the country.
But as civilization advanced, the social, economic and religious conditions changed. With this the status of women also changed. They could no longer be confined within the four walls of the house or kitchen. As they emerged into the wide world of competition and began to share with men the responsibility of creating a better society, they felt that they should be given the same education as men and they began clamouring for it. But it was difficult to change the age-old concept that women are designed to be ‘’decorative, pleasant toys for man’s amusement.’’ And that ‘’education would render them less useful and agreeable to men’’.But this idea was discredited as men began to realise that men and women have to work shoulder to shoulder to create a new and better world.
It was in the United States of America that coeducation as a system was first adopted. In the 17th century government passed laws to give free compulsory education to all its children. As a corollary and continuation of this policy coeducation in all stages has been introduced and developed. But it took many more years before the countries in Europe adopted it as a definite educational system.
But in the countries of Asia women as a whole have hardly started on the road to education of any kind. Thousands of years of tradition, the great diversity of religions and texture of society have all been responsible for the slow progress of their education. In India the condition is much worse. Antagonistic religions, caste system, lack of funds and of efficient teachers, apathy of adults, all these make a hopeless array of obstacles to the progress of women’s education almost impossible. However, Kerala has made significant progress in the matter of education. As everyone knows the foundation for this phenomenal progress was laid by Christian missionaries three or four centuries ago. But it should be admitted that though they promoted coeducational system in elementary stages they did not generally favour its introduction in the higher classes. Perhaps this attitude is still lingering among the Christian managements. Fifty years have passed since St.Albert’s College was started. During this period of rapid progress India has changed, and Kerala much more. Time has come for the college to change its stance. Sooner or later it has to throw open its portals to both men students and women students who come seeking knowledge (which is power) to equip themselves for discharging their duties and responsibilities in the wide arena of life. The sooner, the better.
Hartal or "Hurt all"
Hartal or "Hurt all"
Hartals seem to have become the only mode of expressing the public openion of the educated barbarians of today's indi. Let us take a moment to recollect thousands of man days lost, lakhs and crores worth of production forgone, millions irreparable damage caused to public properties in the name of strikes and hertals.The time has come to put and end of these shameful activities which are anti social and anti cultural. Let us uphold our own civil liberties and abhor all those activities which encroach upon our freedom of existence.
Freedom of movement is fundamentel to democracy.Infringement of this freedom is no doubt,the violation of civil liberties guaranteed in our constitution. In the name of hartals, the freedom of movement of the citizens is curbed.Educational institution, government offices and industrial concerns are forcefully closed down.Public and private conveyance systems are paralysed.The entry life of the society comes to astandstill.is this justified? Does this in any way contribute to the progress of the nation? The answer would be an absolute 'no'.
In all public strickes and hertals, a small number of anti social elements and hooligans take control of the panic situation, engage themselves in looting and daylight robbery and couse extencive damage to public property.
These hertals have degenarated into a situation where, the civilised majority is taken in for a ride by the uncivilised minority. These activities are of course, a crime against humanity, and most of all, we canot afford to enjoy the luxury of strickes and hertals in this present stage of economic development.
Hartals seem to have become the only mode of expressing the public openion of the educated barbarians of today's indi. Let us take a moment to recollect thousands of man days lost, lakhs and crores worth of production forgone, millions irreparable damage caused to public properties in the name of strikes and hertals.The time has come to put and end of these shameful activities which are anti social and anti cultural. Let us uphold our own civil liberties and abhor all those activities which encroach upon our freedom of existence.
Freedom of movement is fundamentel to democracy.Infringement of this freedom is no doubt,the violation of civil liberties guaranteed in our constitution. In the name of hartals, the freedom of movement of the citizens is curbed.Educational institution, government offices and industrial concerns are forcefully closed down.Public and private conveyance systems are paralysed.The entry life of the society comes to astandstill.is this justified? Does this in any way contribute to the progress of the nation? The answer would be an absolute 'no'.
In all public strickes and hertals, a small number of anti social elements and hooligans take control of the panic situation, engage themselves in looting and daylight robbery and couse extencive damage to public property.
These hertals have degenarated into a situation where, the civilised majority is taken in for a ride by the uncivilised minority. These activities are of course, a crime against humanity, and most of all, we canot afford to enjoy the luxury of strickes and hertals in this present stage of economic development.
A Peep Through A Keyhole Into Child Domestic Work-The Unnoticed Social Evil
A Peep Through A Keyhole Into Child Domestic Work-The Unnoticed Social Evil
Dear friends, do you know anything about Child Domestic Work(CDW)?.If not don’t feel bad .I would like to talk to you about CDW in the light of attending an ‘Orientation Course on Child Labour – Awareness and Action’ which was organized by “Save the Children (UK) and ‘All India Association for Christian Higher Education (AIACHE) at Kristu Jyothi College Bangalore. I was one of the two N.S.S. volunteers from our college who attended this program. Since both of us were in the final year of our course , we couldn’t do much to plant these ideas into the hearts of our fellow Teresians. As we all know ‘The Teresians Magazine’ is the platform for us Teresians ,to propagate the ideas that are sown in our hearts.
We live in a world of selfishness, not bothering to care for our fellow countrymen. But we do at the same time know and learn that “Service to man is service to God.” So at least from now onwards, we should try to know the evils engulfing our family and the society at large and should work to eradicate it.
Child Domestic Work(CDW) is one such grave yet unnoticed social issue. Child domestic works as the term implies, are children below 18 years of age who work in other people’s homes. They are children working for a wage, in cash or kind, and not for commercial purposes. This definition includes all those children who run errands for the employer and offer support to homemakers for a wage.It does not include those children who stay out of school and help their mothers and those who support the employers in the commercial ventures such as catering and laundry (although they are extensions of domestic chores).These children are more vulnerable to abuse and exploitation than those in other sectors due to the nature of their work.They are within the household of employers and thus are invisible to public scrutiny. They are cloistered within the four walls of the employer’s house, which gives rooms to all kinds of exploitation found in the unorganized sector. The International Labour Organization (I.L.O) recognized child domestic work as one of the worst forms of child labour (Convention 182).
To fight against this social evil, it is important to know the legal provisions existing in our country. India has ratified the Convention of the Rights of the Child in 1992, to restore childhood to its citizens below the age of eighteen.The Government of India implements a number of projects and programmes to meet the physical,mental,moral and socio-emottional developmental needs of all its children.But most of these children do not receive the entitlements.Right to free and compulsory education up to the age of fourteen, is a fundamental right of child domestic workers as well.The Goveernment of India brought out an order in 1996 prohibiting employers from engaging children as domestic help.This is one of the personnel rules but beyond the there seems to be no check on this practice.
Now that we read about child domestic workers and the plight that they face,it is our duty as citizens of this democracy to eradicate this social evil. We the warm-blooded citizens of the world should create awareness among the uneducated people about hazards of child domestic work and make and make them understand the value of education in the life of a child. We should make them understand that ‘knowledge is wealth’ and imparting knowledge to a child is the greatest wealth that a parent can provide to his/her child.Thus ,we can light a new lamp in the life of many child domestic workers in India.
Dear friends, do you know anything about Child Domestic Work(CDW)?.If not don’t feel bad .I would like to talk to you about CDW in the light of attending an ‘Orientation Course on Child Labour – Awareness and Action’ which was organized by “Save the Children (UK) and ‘All India Association for Christian Higher Education (AIACHE) at Kristu Jyothi College Bangalore. I was one of the two N.S.S. volunteers from our college who attended this program. Since both of us were in the final year of our course , we couldn’t do much to plant these ideas into the hearts of our fellow Teresians. As we all know ‘The Teresians Magazine’ is the platform for us Teresians ,to propagate the ideas that are sown in our hearts.
We live in a world of selfishness, not bothering to care for our fellow countrymen. But we do at the same time know and learn that “Service to man is service to God.” So at least from now onwards, we should try to know the evils engulfing our family and the society at large and should work to eradicate it.
Child Domestic Work(CDW) is one such grave yet unnoticed social issue. Child domestic works as the term implies, are children below 18 years of age who work in other people’s homes. They are children working for a wage, in cash or kind, and not for commercial purposes. This definition includes all those children who run errands for the employer and offer support to homemakers for a wage.It does not include those children who stay out of school and help their mothers and those who support the employers in the commercial ventures such as catering and laundry (although they are extensions of domestic chores).These children are more vulnerable to abuse and exploitation than those in other sectors due to the nature of their work.They are within the household of employers and thus are invisible to public scrutiny. They are cloistered within the four walls of the employer’s house, which gives rooms to all kinds of exploitation found in the unorganized sector. The International Labour Organization (I.L.O) recognized child domestic work as one of the worst forms of child labour (Convention 182).
To fight against this social evil, it is important to know the legal provisions existing in our country. India has ratified the Convention of the Rights of the Child in 1992, to restore childhood to its citizens below the age of eighteen.The Government of India implements a number of projects and programmes to meet the physical,mental,moral and socio-emottional developmental needs of all its children.But most of these children do not receive the entitlements.Right to free and compulsory education up to the age of fourteen, is a fundamental right of child domestic workers as well.The Goveernment of India brought out an order in 1996 prohibiting employers from engaging children as domestic help.This is one of the personnel rules but beyond the there seems to be no check on this practice.
Now that we read about child domestic workers and the plight that they face,it is our duty as citizens of this democracy to eradicate this social evil. We the warm-blooded citizens of the world should create awareness among the uneducated people about hazards of child domestic work and make and make them understand the value of education in the life of a child. We should make them understand that ‘knowledge is wealth’ and imparting knowledge to a child is the greatest wealth that a parent can provide to his/her child.Thus ,we can light a new lamp in the life of many child domestic workers in India.
I hope that this piece of information is an eye-opener to many of you.As we believe , ‘Unity is Strength’,with the encouragement and support of the student community, we can surely work successfully for this noble cause and thus brighten the lives of many poor hapless,helpless children.
By: G.Ramalakshmi
The Formula For Sucess
The Formula For Sucess
What is the secret of attaining success? To attain success you should have desire, direction, dedication, determination and discipline. The other things come easy. That is, a person should have the desire to attain his goal or aim, dedication to his work, determination to succeed and the discipline required to put in hard work. In short, the formula for success is
Aim+Determination+ Dedication+ Hard work=Success
What is the secret of attaining success? To attain success you should have desire, direction, dedication, determination and discipline. The other things come easy. That is, a person should have the desire to attain his goal or aim, dedication to his work, determination to succeed and the discipline required to put in hard work. In short, the formula for success is
Aim+Determination+ Dedication+ Hard work=Success
A young man once asked Socrates, the great Greek philosopher, the secret of success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning. As they met, Socrates asked the young man to walk with him towards the river. When the water reached up to their neck Socrates took the young man by surprise ducked him under the water. The man struggled to get out but Socrates was strong and kept him there until he started turning blue. Socrates pulled his head out of the water and the first thing the young man did was to gasp and take a deep breath of air. Socrates asked him, “What did you want the most when you were there?” “Air” came the reply. Socrates said, “That is the secret of success. When you want success as badly as you want air, then you will get it.
A burning desire is the starting point of all accomplishments. Success is not something that you run into my accident. It requires great effort and a lot of preparation. Without hard work, there is no success. Nature gives birds their food but does not put it in their nests.They have to work hard for it. Nothing comes easy. Milton, the famous English poet rose everyday at 4 a.m. to write his great work, ‘Paradise Lost.’ It took Noah Webster 36 years to compile webster’s dictionary.
These instances encourage us to work hard, be self confident and leave the rest to God. The frame of success is waiting to hold your picture, just get focused.
By: Ann Abraham
Do you speak Indian?
Do you speak Indian?
Though I grew up in America, and considered myself as American as can be, I was very in tune with the Indian culture. i was proud of my Indian background and was easily offended by thoughtless queries.
In my primary school days, kids used to ask me ignorant questions such as, "Do you eat cats and dogs?" "Is your marriage arranged?" "Do you speak Indian/ Hindu?" The latter was the most common of the lot. At the time, I didn't know how to respond, so I would send death glares and stalk away angrily.
Later, when I entered middle school, I started to report: "Yes; as much as you speak America / Christian!" What? I was petty. It was junior high. I thought everyone was out there to get me. It didn't occur to me that they didn't know any better.
In high school, everyone (including me) matured a bit. People were now genuinely interested. Whether it was because of the popularity of Bollywood and Bhangra beats in the west, who knows? They'd ask the normal questions at first and I would politely explain that Indian wasn't a language, but rather a nationality. they'd quickly apologise and ask what language I did speak.
This proved to be much more troublesome than I thought.
Here's one such instance.
Me: I speak Malayalam.
Other Person: Mala-Whatta?
Me: Malayalam.
OP: Malaysian?
Me: No, Ma-la-ya-lam.
Op: Hmm...
Though I grew up in America, and considered myself as American as can be, I was very in tune with the Indian culture. i was proud of my Indian background and was easily offended by thoughtless queries.
In my primary school days, kids used to ask me ignorant questions such as, "Do you eat cats and dogs?" "Is your marriage arranged?" "Do you speak Indian/ Hindu?" The latter was the most common of the lot. At the time, I didn't know how to respond, so I would send death glares and stalk away angrily.
Later, when I entered middle school, I started to report: "Yes; as much as you speak America / Christian!" What? I was petty. It was junior high. I thought everyone was out there to get me. It didn't occur to me that they didn't know any better.
In high school, everyone (including me) matured a bit. People were now genuinely interested. Whether it was because of the popularity of Bollywood and Bhangra beats in the west, who knows? They'd ask the normal questions at first and I would politely explain that Indian wasn't a language, but rather a nationality. they'd quickly apologise and ask what language I did speak.
This proved to be much more troublesome than I thought.
Here's one such instance.
Me: I speak Malayalam.
Other Person: Mala-Whatta?
Me: Malayalam.
OP: Malaysian?
Me: No, Ma-la-ya-lam.
Op: Hmm...
Yea... this went on for a while and family i was like, "Forget it. I speak Indian."
By: Lincy Elezebeth John
Open Window
Open Window
My artistic and literary sensibilities have been rekindled for the simple reason that I am spending my summer holidays in this paradise of God’s own country. My room faces the lush green landscape and, more importantly, the window opens onto a river
This morning my joy knew no bounds. I gazed at the urban life buzzing over the river bridge. I am so exhilarated at this beautiful blend of urban and rural life of Kerala. My microscope viewing through this grilled window has added new thread to the fabric of my life.
My artistic and literary sensibilities have been rekindled for the simple reason that I am spending my summer holidays in this paradise of God’s own country. My room faces the lush green landscape and, more importantly, the window opens onto a river
This morning my joy knew no bounds. I gazed at the urban life buzzing over the river bridge. I am so exhilarated at this beautiful blend of urban and rural life of Kerala. My microscope viewing through this grilled window has added new thread to the fabric of my life.
People with furrowed heads are rushing through to their work places. Trucks and other vehicles which are fully loaded are being driven at breakneck speed. But even amidst this hustle and bustle, I can see grey headed grandpas and grandmas, walking casually with their black umbrellas. It is obviously they have had their share of tensions, trials and tribulations. And now they are relaxing and enjoying their old age, seeing their children settled and watching their grandchildren grow.
I can now see the ultra modern youngsters on their latest model bikes or on their cars driving away, trying to create an impression that they have the key to the golden treasure. But none even glances at the swaying coconut branches or the flowing waters.
Soon a sight in the river creates a few ripples in my heart. Two men are rowing a boat. Their hands are deft and they row ahead spreading waves of joy all around.
This glorious morning is becoming brighter. The sun’s rays are kissing every object. As the intensity of the rays increase, the feelings in my heart become more pronounced and profound. I can now feel the presence of a supreme power, guiding and guarding all objects on earth. How beautiful is this morning! How splendid and sublime are the sensations entering through this open window!
By: Monisha Titus
Close Encounters of a Poetic Kind
It was with some apprehension that I accepted the assignment from the Australian-India Council to interview the Australian poet,Les Murray.My limited familiarity with Australian literature and Murray's copious oeuvre made me hesitate.Since the programme had me 'in conversation ' with the poet in front of an invited audience, I definitely needed to prepare well.I began my search in libraries and on the net,and soon found myself in the fascinating world of a poet who spoke from his heart; a poet who has been ranked alongside Seamus Heaney and Derek Walcott in terms of international fame.
Les Murray born in a village, Nabiac in North South Wales in 1983,is the only child of his parents, Cecil, a farmer and Miriam Arnall. He had a lonely childhood on the farm and started school late at the age of nine, "a late age to start socialization." His bulky figure made him the object of ridicule in school. Though he joined the University of Sydney, her left without a degree. His later life was fully devoted to the pursuit of poetry and he soon rose to be the leading poet in his country. He has it his credit 30 volumes of poetry, several prose work and two verse novels, The Boys Who Stole the Funeral (published in 1980.Murray claims to be unsatisfied with this 140-sonnet novel now) and Freddy Neptune (1998) which frech him the Queens Gold Medal for property in 1999.Numerous other awards have come seeking him-the Grace Leven Prize (1995) and the prestigious T.S.Eliot Award (1996).His works have been translated in to ten languages, including Hindi. Apart from being a writer, he is also a critic, a reviewer and an editor. He edits the magazine Poetry Australia. Several of his poems have been included in The Penguin Book of Australian Verse. Murray coined the phrase 'the quality of sprawl ' to refer to the land of Australian, its ethos and poetics, which he found extensive, flexible and unconfined. He is said to have thrown off the attitude of 'cultural cringe' whereby Australian poets felt inferior to British poets. I never meant to 'join' high art- I meant to match it. It wouldn’t read the poetry they set us at the university, because I regarded them as collaborators. His poems mirror the multicultural of Australia, its mixture of the aboriginal, the urban and the rural. He respected aboriginal culture and wished to give it its due place. This made him includes aborigines in his anthology of poetry the Buladelah - Taree Holiday Song Cycle. He also uses aboriginal words in his poems. In an easy " cantering the Languages" he talks of the need for "gently but firmly shifting our linguistic perception, so that our entries languages is henceforth centered for us nit thousand of miles away , but here where we live". His works embodies the violent history of white settlement and his desire is for a 'creole'. Australia wheel mixed blood will prevent division and conflict. This led his critics to accuse him of trying to perpetuate the 'bush images' of the Australian that the white Australian is trying to break away from.
Political issue find place in his poems. His anti-war poems resent Australia getting involved in the war against Iraq. Critics trace his contentious attitude towards feminists to his being bullied by girls while in his high school. How ever Murray avers that he is only against radical feminism that attacks a man just because he happens to be one.
His marriage to Valerie Morelli in 1962 led to his conversation to Catholicism. His later work is dedicated to the 'Glory of God’. According to him religion and poetry go hand in hand. As he says in “Poetry and Religion", ' Religions are poems - A poems is a small religion- religion is a large poem.
He has written much on his own experience of writing poetry. As he said in a television interview for the BBC, "You write in a trance - You can go back to the poem, have a trace of the trance, but you can't have it fully again. It’s an integration of the body - mind and the dreaming mind and the daylight- conscious mind' The birth if a poem is described as 'an inwardly dancing' and as 'a painless headache ' .You know there's a poem in there, but you have to wait until the words from "'. At my interview with him, he elaborated this point further by adding that a poem can be written only at the right moment. Write it too soon or write it late and it will never be right. The body - mind contributes the words, the design; the dreaming - mind the aspects of timelessness, the aura of mystery, the supernal; and the daylight - conscious mind the feeling and the rhythm. He calls this ingrated self his ‘poem-self ' he says in " A Defense of Poetry ", " The fusion of my three ordinary states of being height tens each of them, and produce an excitement frequently so intense that I can't bear it for long at a stretch, but must get up and run outside for rest from it, and then come back for some more". He calls the language that arises from poetic integration ' Wholespeak' while he terms the flatter speech of functional prose and rational dominance 'narrowspeak' is not confined to verse alone. Snatches of can be found even in colloquial language.
His poems have been called 'a kind of unspoken video'. Most of them have vivid descriptions. In fact one poem is even titled 'Images Alone'. Another noteworthy factor is their rhythm. As one of Mury's younger admirers, the Australian poet and critic, John Kinchella remarks," Interestingly he is tone- deaf, and his work actually relies on very specific received rhythms - those of the 'bush Ballard' the popular songs, the movements of a car or a tractor or a horse galloping -
One of his best poems' An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow' describes the reaction of a crowd of passers- by to the sight of a man weeping in the street. While some are curious, some are sympathetic. Business stop, traffic slowdown as people stop to stare. Only children and pigeons approach him. Finally the man finishes weeping, gets up and moves on. The poem talk's of ' the gift of weeping'. When asked why he had described it so, he said that it was because Australian society laid such force on keeping a stiff upper lip, on suppressing one's emotions. He wanted to bring out the divide between what that is naturally human and the repression of society.
He has put much of his personal universe into his poems. The poem ' The Wedding at Berrico' describes the wedding of his daughter, Christina on February 8th 1992 and is dedicated to her and her husband James. The poem ends on a note of reconciliation.
But now you join hands, exchanging. The vows that cost joyfully dear, they move you to the centre of life.
And us gently to the rear.
Another intensely touching poems deals with his autistic son, Alexander - it allows a portrait in Line - Scan at Fifteen’. The poem made up of long sentence echoes. With the rhythm of autistic speech. It speaks of the boy's desire to catch up with others-'I gotta get smart!
When asked about his familiarity with Indian Poets writing English, Murray said he hadn’t read many of them. But he felt surprised that it was being done at all. To him it is impossible to think of poetry being written in any language other than the mother tongue.
Les Murray desire to bring poetry to the masses. At school, students are given the idea that poetry is a remote and unreal from writing. No, says Murray, poetry is very much close to ordinary life. A word, a vision, an image from around us can lead to a poem