English Lovers @ St. Mary's Pala

Tomorrow is an illusion; An ever eluding enchantment That slips out of our hands, wearing its slippery and glittering cloak.

'If' is a frabjous poem written by Rudyard Kipling, an elegant writer. He is the one who framed the famous 'Jungle book'. 'If' is a poem which captured attraction from nationwide. It has a superfine content with great messages. 

  The poem 'Rice' is written by one of the much celebrated poets in Malayalam, Chemmanam Chacko, the master satirist. The poem speaks about a big social issue.The poem satirically states that the shortage of food grains in our state is due to the idiotic shifting from paddy cultivation to the more profitable cash crops like rubber. the poem deals with the plight of the farmers who are forced by circumstances to shift from the planting of food crops to cash crops. Less effort and more profit has become a motto for many farmers.

At the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, the debris of Titanic teaches us many till the date. One of the safest, fastest and the most luxurious, Whitestarline Company’s greatest achievement, Titanic collided with an iceberg which paved way to the wreck.                              Titanic is a poem of iron and steel. Then, how did Titanic get wrecked? It is a burning question that is still clanging above our head. Titanic had the capacity to accommodate 60 boats for safety. But they are cocksure that it won’t sink and they took only 20 boats. Isn’t it overconfidence proved fatal? Due to Titanic’s over speed, Captain Edward Smith became unable to change its direction on time. That enormous iceberg scattered 2100 minds and lives.

"Beauty attracts heart, but character attracts soul." -  APJ Abdul Kalam.  "Count your age by friends, not years.  Count your life by smiles, not tears."  -     Jhon Lennon.  "The simple things are also the most extraordinary things ,  and only the wise can see them." -    Paulo Coelho. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."  -   Eleanor Roosevelt. "Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind."   -       Napoleon Hill. "Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."     -  Langston Hughes.

     Do you know what a phobia is? It is a strong unreasonable fear about something. Eg : He has a phobia about flying. It is quite funny and interesting to find words using the word  'phobia' as a suffix ( an addition at the end of words to coin new words). Here are a few words which denotes the fear of certain things.  Arachanophobia: fear of spider  Arthrophobia : fear of human beings

   Nomita is the central character of the story Matchbox written by Ashapurna Debi. She is the wife of Ajith,  a wealthy aristocratic man and  the daughter of a widowed mother and dung picker. She looks like a queen. She is quite conscious of her rights and when her rights are denied she hisses like a snake and roars like a lion. She is very mature and knows where to react and how to keep silence to the derogatory comments by other women . She is pressurized by her husband's attitude, attitude of other womenfolk and her own mother. She is kind-hearted, mature , duty-bound, tolerant and a loving woman . She is a very bold woman , who inspires other woman how to empower themselves. She is the mouthpiece of many Indian woman. Prepared by Rakhi B Nair, XII B

Some Memories never fade from our mind. Sometimes it comes to embrace us and make our eyes wet. It may be the tears of sorrows or happiness. Some persons are also like this. They help us to bring a new life from the slough of despond and fill our minds with a lot of support. They stand with us to make an armour against troubles. They teach us to build up a lot of dreams and show a better way to success. Sometimes they are angry with us. But it is not the denial of love, otherwise it is the supreme act of love. They give us a lot of dreams, visions, memories, missions, experiences and willpower to stand against failure and so on. They travel along with us. But one day,when we look back ,we can't find anyone.Then we learn to walk lonely. They make us to withstand anything. But they are waiting at the finishing point for us. At all time they live with us as a beam of light. So don't give up our travel. Because we have to travel a lot of distance to reach them again. They are the

          The poem ‘Stammer’ by Satchidanandan speaks about the various perspectives that a man takes. It is a thought inductive poem in which the poet uses stammer as a means to reveal the true nature of the world and the human beings.

  There are some moments in your life that you don’t want to forget. Those daring, sweet, lovable moments that make you laugh out louder. Those moments are our pleasant memories. But living in such a chaotic life, sometimes the greatest moments that you want to keep in your mind forever would just fade away. You may never know how or when. They’ll just fade away like silly dreams. So try to embrace all your dreams close. When you go through difficult times, just close your eyes and think about the best times that you had, the time when you giggled the most, the time when you enjoyed the most. Think about those moments and I am damn sure that you will feel good. Your memories will definitely give you the happiness that you want.

The sunlight gushed through the window panes. A new day! A day to rejoice....As the sunlight hit my eyes, I felt it becoming wet. I tried to concentrate on the blooming buds. It is said that human life is the last incarnation of a soul....       As I watched the buds, memories lit up.....    

        Educated empowered women can play a big role in building a strong a nation. If women are educated, the development of a nation gets momentum. Education has a unique power to act as a catalyst for the development of the country.

    The days of beautiful lilies were fading away. The phantoms of exams were haunting everyone. The wonderful memories ebbed away. The daily routine packed with class test, questions, scolding and advice was more than enough. All peers wanted the end of this hard year.

        We all love and care our mothers but its not equivalent even one percentage to what mother did and does for her child. Maternity is the most valued of all relations in the world. There is no love so lasting, so strong, so unselfish as the first and purest of all loves, a mother's love. It begins at your birth and ends at her death. It will follow you throughout your life, from the cradle to graveyard.

Silk sunshine falls on my heart of dew Reflected my fear on my face Voyage of my life full of gigantic waves engulfed me from the vast ocean.

Lambeth London 20th March, 2004 Dear Gupta,                     How are you? I have received your letter. How could I thank you enough for all these? How generous you are! I have heard from my brother that Indians are always very concerned of others and are very empathetic. Now I realised it in its fullness. We are sending herewith our profound gratitude filled with love.

Alice Margaret Clifford is one of the vibrant characters in the story'The Price of  flowers' written by a Bengali novelist Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay . Maggie is a little girl who falls upon the thorns of life in her early age.

Be laid -up -:be forced to stay in bed by illness etc.      Eg: Last month my brother was laid up with fever for a              week.  By leaps and bounds -:rapidly.      Eg: Whenever a new government comes to power the people              think that the country would p rogress by leaps and              bounds.  

Good evening guys... Iam Cathy for BBC news. Now, our team is standing in front of La Villette Gas Works, Paris. You can see a crowd of about 300 people behind me. Some are examining the basket. As we see, a huge balloon is lying in the courtyard and it looks like a cake made of yellow cloth! The words 'LE HORLA' is written in golden letters on a mahogany plate.

Distinguished dignitaries on the dais, teachers, and my dear friends...                    “When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it”. These are the words of the articulate Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho. When you wish with all your heart and work with all your might, you are unstoppable from achieving your dreams. Demerits will transform into merits...hurdles never a hindrance...

           Life is designed for good friends and great adventures. Spending time with them will be the most adorable moment in our life. I am a teenager with lot of friends. In my opinion, travelling is the best way to extract the soul of nature, which leads us to a great silence. I like to travel alone and to spend my hours with my dreams and views. But travelling with friends gave me another feeling which led me to a land of sharing, memories and happiness.

Camel - Grunt Cat- Mew Cattle- bawl Chick -cheep

The Dark side of My Life I swear I don't win anything in my life. But I will be back again and run until my rest.

      It is really important to start with great books to develop your habit of reading. So here are some of my recommendations of books for you to start reading.

Death the Leveller is a poem by the prolific writer James Shirley. He is known as the last of the Elizabethans. Death the Leveller is a funeral poem. It tells how death levels all the manhood in the world in the same way.

1. Once in a blue moon    Something that happens very rarely    Eg :I see him only once in a blue moon.

Which is the longest word in English. Have you ever started searching them. Here is a list of such words....Isn't it a fun? ... There are two words which has struck the news head lines recently. Shashi Tharoor has popularized them . Do you know what those words are. They are 'floccinaucinihilipilification'   and 'hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' 

Here is a collection of some common questions used in interviews.. Who is your role model? 

We all know that 15th October is the birthday of a great visionary and  luminary Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam. Here are a few quotes from the man... It is very easy to defeat someone, but it is very hard to win some one.  

The Healing Mantra The descending day soaked in silence, The sky in its blue turned deep and dark, The flowers that bloomed closed their eyes, Solitude became sharper and absolute.

         Self-confidence and courage are the lanterns leading to discoveries. Liam O’Flaherty’s ‘His First Flight' is an account of a young seagull's discovery of his wing's potential. Through this story the author unleashes the importance of self-reliance in life. This story stands among the widely accepted short stories dealing with self-confidence.                                         

Read and ponder over the poem given under He who knows not And knows not, he knows not He is a fool, shun him.

We are happy to announce a new venture of ST. Mary's GHSS Pala. To promote our interest in English language and to fine tune our skills in it to suit better career options we are planning to launch a new blog for the English loving students of St Mary's HSS Pala... It will soon be ready for browsing ..... It gives you all a platform to express your creative thoughts ... Dear friends be ready with your creative words...