Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Saturday, February 2, 2019
How to Use Prepositions
How to Use Prepositions*
PrePosition of Time
PrePosition of Place

PrePositions
OF Time
AT, IN, ON
We use:
AT for a precise time
IN for Months, Years, Centuries
& Long Periods
ON Days & Dates
1⃣ AT
For a Precise Time
*At*3 o'clock
*At*10 am
At Noon
At DinnerTime
At BedTime
At SunRise
At SunSet
At the Moment on
New Year's Eve...
Examples
🔸I have a meeting at 9am.
🔹The Shop closes at Midnight.
🔸He went home at Lunchtime...
2⃣ IN
For Months, Years, Centuries & Long Periods
In May on Sunday
In Summer
In the Summer
In 1990
In the1990s
In the Bext Century
In the Ice Age
In the Past/Future...
Examples:
🔸In England, it often snows in December.
🔹Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?
🔸There should be a lot of progress in the Next Century...
3⃣ ON
Days & Dates
On 25 Dec.2010
On Christmas Day
On Independence Day
On My Birthday
On Tuesdays
On 6 March...
Examples:
🔹Do you work on Mondays?
🔸Her Birthday is on 20 November.
🔹Where will you be on New Year's Day?
👉🏻NOTE:
When we say Last, Next, Every, this we do not use AT, IN, ON.
🔸I went to London last June.
(Not👉🏻in last June)
🔹He's coming back next Tuesday.
(Not👉🏻on next Tuesday)
🔸I go home every Easter.
(Not👉🏻at every Easter)
🔹We'll call you this evening.
(not👉🏻in this evening)
💎💎💎💎💎
🌍
Prepositions
OF Place
AT - IN - ON
1⃣ AT a Point
AT👈🏻tells us that the following Noun is located at a Specific Point oR Location.
It shows an exact Position.
At The Empire State Building
At the Corner
At the Bus Stop.
At the door.
At the Top of Page.
At the End of the Road
At the Entrance.
At the Cross Roads.
At the Front desk
At a Conference.
At a Party
Examples
🔸She's waiting at the entrance.
🔹He's sitting on his Chair at his Desk.
🔸I work at a Bank
🔹There is a dog at the Top of the Steps.
🔸There is a woman at the Bottom of the Steps.
🔹The postman is at the door.
🔸There is a Supermarket at the End of the Street.
2⃣ IN
🅰 IN an Enclosed Space
IN👈🏻tells us the Noun is in an EnClosed Space (Surround oR Closed off on all Sides).
Basically, when Something is inside Something.
In a Box.
In a Room.
In a Country.
In a Traffic jam
In Time Square
In a Building
In a Car
in a Taxi
In a Boat
In a Helicopter
In a Lift (Elevator)
In the Living-Room
In the Article
🅱 IN Countries,
Cities, Neighborhood
In England
In London
In Manhattan
In Chinatown
Examples:
🔹The Dog is in the Garden.
🔸I have an Apple in my bag.
🔹David’s Car is in the Car Park.
🔸Let’s go for a Walk in the Forest.
🔹I live in London.
3⃣ ON
🅰 ON a Surface
ON👈🏻tells us that the following Noun is Located on a Surface. Use On when One thing is attatched to oR touching Somthing.
On the Table.
On the Floor.
On the Chair.
On a Wall
On the Roof
On the Menu
On the Page
On the Door
On the Shelf
Examples:
🔸What’s that on the Ceiling?
🔹There’s a bag on the Floor.
🔸My Books are on the Table.
🅱 ON Means
of Transport:
On a Bus
On a Train
On a Plane
On a Ship
On a Bicyc/Bike
On a Horse
PrePosition of Time
PrePosition of Place

PrePositions
OF Time
AT, IN, ON
We use:
AT for a precise time
IN for Months, Years, Centuries
& Long Periods
ON Days & Dates
1⃣ AT
For a Precise Time
*At*3 o'clock
*At*10 am
At Noon
At DinnerTime
At BedTime
At SunRise
At SunSet
At the Moment on
New Year's Eve...
Examples
🔸I have a meeting at 9am.
🔹The Shop closes at Midnight.
🔸He went home at Lunchtime...
2⃣ IN
For Months, Years, Centuries & Long Periods
In May on Sunday
In Summer
In the Summer
In 1990
In the1990s
In the Bext Century
In the Ice Age
In the Past/Future...
Examples:
🔸In England, it often snows in December.
🔹Do you think we will go to Jupiter in the future?
🔸There should be a lot of progress in the Next Century...
3⃣ ON
Days & Dates
On 25 Dec.2010
On Christmas Day
On Independence Day
On My Birthday
On Tuesdays
On 6 March...
Examples:
🔹Do you work on Mondays?
🔸Her Birthday is on 20 November.
🔹Where will you be on New Year's Day?
👉🏻NOTE:
When we say Last, Next, Every, this we do not use AT, IN, ON.
🔸I went to London last June.
(Not👉🏻in last June)
🔹He's coming back next Tuesday.
(Not👉🏻on next Tuesday)
🔸I go home every Easter.
(Not👉🏻at every Easter)
🔹We'll call you this evening.
(not👉🏻in this evening)
💎💎💎💎💎
🌍
Prepositions
OF Place
AT - IN - ON
1⃣ AT a Point
AT👈🏻tells us that the following Noun is located at a Specific Point oR Location.
It shows an exact Position.
At The Empire State Building
At the Corner
At the Bus Stop.
At the door.
At the Top of Page.
At the End of the Road
At the Entrance.
At the Cross Roads.
At the Front desk
At a Conference.
At a Party
Examples
🔸She's waiting at the entrance.
🔹He's sitting on his Chair at his Desk.
🔸I work at a Bank
🔹There is a dog at the Top of the Steps.
🔸There is a woman at the Bottom of the Steps.
🔹The postman is at the door.
🔸There is a Supermarket at the End of the Street.
2⃣ IN
🅰 IN an Enclosed Space
IN👈🏻tells us the Noun is in an EnClosed Space (Surround oR Closed off on all Sides).
Basically, when Something is inside Something.
In a Box.
In a Room.
In a Country.
In a Traffic jam
In Time Square
In a Building
In a Car
in a Taxi
In a Boat
In a Helicopter
In a Lift (Elevator)
In the Living-Room
In the Article
🅱 IN Countries,
Cities, Neighborhood
In England
In London
In Manhattan
In Chinatown
Examples:
🔹The Dog is in the Garden.
🔸I have an Apple in my bag.
🔹David’s Car is in the Car Park.
🔸Let’s go for a Walk in the Forest.
🔹I live in London.
3⃣ ON
🅰 ON a Surface
ON👈🏻tells us that the following Noun is Located on a Surface. Use On when One thing is attatched to oR touching Somthing.
On the Table.
On the Floor.
On the Chair.
On a Wall
On the Roof
On the Menu
On the Page
On the Door
On the Shelf
Examples:
🔸What’s that on the Ceiling?
🔹There’s a bag on the Floor.
🔸My Books are on the Table.
🅱 ON Means
of Transport:
On a Bus
On a Train
On a Plane
On a Ship
On a Bicyc/Bike
On a Horse
FIGURES OF SPEECH
Figure-of-Speech may be classified as under:
1. Those based on resemblance
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Apostrophe
2. Those based on Contrast:
• Antithesis
• Epigram
* Oxymoron
* Paradox
3. Those based on Association:
• Metonymy
• Synecdoche
4. Those depending on Construction:
• Climax
• Anticlimax
1. ALLITERATION : Alliteration refers to the repetition of of an initial consonant sound, at least three times in a sentence.
EXAMPLES :
• A peck of pickled peppers
• Don't delay dawns disarming display. Dusk demands daylight.
• Sara's seven sisters slept soundly in sand.
• Sally sells sea shells by the seashore”
2. SIMILE : In Simile, a comparison is made between two object of different kinds which have at least one point in common. The Simile is introduced by the word ‘as…as’ or 'like'.
“Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get”
EXAMPLES:
• As active as quicksilver
• As afraid as a grasshopper
• As ageless as the sun
• As agile as a cat
• As agile as a monkey
• As alert as a bird
• As alike as two peas
• As alone as a leper
• As alone as Crusoe
• As ambitious as the devil
3. METAPHOR : An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common (as if two things were one.)
EXAMPLES:
• The camel is the ship of the desert.
• Life is a dream.
• The news was a dragger to his heart.
• Revenge is a kind of wild justice.
• “My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill”
* NOTE : Every SIMILE can be compressed into a METAPHOR, and Every METAPHOR can be expanded into a SIMILE.
EXAMPLES:
• Tanaji fought as fiercely as a loin. (Simile)
• Tanaji was a lion in the fight. (Metaphor)
• The waves thundered on the shore. (Metaphor)
• The waves broke on the shore with noise like a thunder. (Simile)
•My love is like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June. (Simile)
• Love is a rose but you better not pick it. (Metaphor)
4. ANTITHESIS : In Antithesis, a striking opposition or contrast of words or sentiments is made in the same sentence. It is employed to secure emphasis.
EXAMPLES:
• Man proposes, but God disposes.
• Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.
• Speech is silver, but Silence is Gold.
• Many are called, but few are chosen.
• To err is human, but to forgive on divine.
5. OXYMORON : A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear side by side or at once of the same thing.
EXAMPLES:
• She accepted it as the kind cruelty of surgeon’s knife.
• It is an open secret.
6. PARADOX : A statement that appears to contradict itself in the same sentence.
EXAMPLES :
“War is peace. Ignorance is strength. Freedom is slavery.” Though we know these things aren’t true, they present an interesting paradox that makes a person think seriously about what they have just read or heard.
7. IRONY : The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. It is often used to poke fun at a situation that everyone else sees as a very serious matter.
EXAMPLES :
“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!”
8. APOSTROPHE : An Apostrophe is a direct address to the dead, to the absent, or to a personified object or idea. This figure is a special form of Personification.
EXAMPLES:
• Milton! You should not be living at this hour.
• Friend! I know not which way I must look for comfort.
• Roll on! Thou deep and dark blue Ocean, roll.
• Death! Where is thy sting? O Grave! Where is thy victory?
9. EUPHEMISM : Euphemism consists in the description of a disagreeable thing by an agreeable name.
EXAMPLES:
• You are telling me a fairy tale. (You are telling me lies)
• He is gone to heaven. (He is dead)
•We have to let you go. (You're fired.)
•You're well fed. (You're fat.)
10. HYPERBOLE : Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.
EXAMPLES:
• Why, man, if the river is dry, I am able to fill it with tears.
• Hmalet! You have not cleft my heart in twain.
•“It was as big as a mountain! It was faster than a cheetah! It was dumber than a rock!”
11. SYNECDOCHE : A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole
EXAMPLES :
ABCs for alphabet or the whole for a part
England won the World Cup in 1966.
Seeing eyes, helping hands.
12. ONOMATOPOEIA : This is the use of a word that actually sounds like what it means.
Onomatopoeia (pronounced ON-a-MAT-a-PEE-a) refers to words (such as bow-wow and hiss ) that imitate the sounds
Good examples include “hiss” or “ding-dong” or “fizz.”
13. PERSONIFICATION : In Personification, inanimate objects and abstract notions are spoken of as having life and intelligence.
This is a way of giving an inanimate object the qualities of a living thing.
EXAMPLES:
• Death lays its icy hands on King.
• Pride goes forth on horseback, grand and gay.
• Laughter is holding her both sides.
•“The tree quaked with fear as the wind approached”
•“The sun smiled down on her”
14. PUN : A play on words , sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
A form of wordplay using similar sounding words.
EXAMPLES:
“The wedding was so emotional that even the cake was in tiers (tears).”
“Two silk worms had a race and ended in a tie.” - A “tie” can of course either be when neither party wins, but in this pun also refers to the piece of clothing usually made from silk.
“Why can a man never starve in the Great Desert? Because he can eat the sand which is there. But what brought the sandwiches there? Why, Noah sent Ham, and his descendants mustered and bred.” - There are several separate puns, including the pun on “sand which” and “sandwich,” as well as “Ham” (a Biblical figure) and “ham” and the homophonic puns on “mustered”/“mustard” and “bred”/“bread.”
15. METONYMY : A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it's closely associated. Metonyms make associations or substitutions.
In some ways it can be seen as a nickname for something else.
However, we all understand the meaning, and so the words are interchangeable.
EXAMPLES:
The place name "Bollywood," has become a metonym for the Hindi film industry.
Using the word “crown” for “king or queen” or “lab coats” for “scientists”.
“The White House said” doesn’t actually mean the White House said it (a house can’t speak!) but that the President of America (who lives in The White House) said it.
16. RHETORICAL QUESTION : A rhetorical question is a question that is asked not to get an answer, but instead to emphasize a point. They are often used to elicit thought and understanding on the part of the listener or reader.
EXAMPLES :
"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?"
We also use rhetorical questions in common speech, such as the following statements:
Sure, why not?
Who knew?
Does it look like I care?
Are you kidding me?
Do birds fly?
Is the sky blue?
1. Those based on resemblance
• Simile
• Metaphor
• Personification
• Apostrophe
2. Those based on Contrast:
• Antithesis
• Epigram
* Oxymoron
* Paradox
3. Those based on Association:
• Metonymy
• Synecdoche
4. Those depending on Construction:
• Climax
• Anticlimax
1. ALLITERATION : Alliteration refers to the repetition of of an initial consonant sound, at least three times in a sentence.
EXAMPLES :
• A peck of pickled peppers
• Don't delay dawns disarming display. Dusk demands daylight.
• Sara's seven sisters slept soundly in sand.
• Sally sells sea shells by the seashore”
2. SIMILE : In Simile, a comparison is made between two object of different kinds which have at least one point in common. The Simile is introduced by the word ‘as…as’ or 'like'.
“Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get”
EXAMPLES:
• As active as quicksilver
• As afraid as a grasshopper
• As ageless as the sun
• As agile as a cat
• As agile as a monkey
• As alert as a bird
• As alike as two peas
• As alone as a leper
• As alone as Crusoe
• As ambitious as the devil
3. METAPHOR : An implied comparison between two unlike things that actually have something important in common (as if two things were one.)
EXAMPLES:
• The camel is the ship of the desert.
• Life is a dream.
• The news was a dragger to his heart.
• Revenge is a kind of wild justice.
• “My heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill”
* NOTE : Every SIMILE can be compressed into a METAPHOR, and Every METAPHOR can be expanded into a SIMILE.
EXAMPLES:
• Tanaji fought as fiercely as a loin. (Simile)
• Tanaji was a lion in the fight. (Metaphor)
• The waves thundered on the shore. (Metaphor)
• The waves broke on the shore with noise like a thunder. (Simile)
•My love is like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June. (Simile)
• Love is a rose but you better not pick it. (Metaphor)
4. ANTITHESIS : In Antithesis, a striking opposition or contrast of words or sentiments is made in the same sentence. It is employed to secure emphasis.
EXAMPLES:
• Man proposes, but God disposes.
• Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.
• Speech is silver, but Silence is Gold.
• Many are called, but few are chosen.
• To err is human, but to forgive on divine.
5. OXYMORON : A figure of speech in which contradictory terms appear side by side or at once of the same thing.
EXAMPLES:
• She accepted it as the kind cruelty of surgeon’s knife.
• It is an open secret.
6. PARADOX : A statement that appears to contradict itself in the same sentence.
EXAMPLES :
“War is peace. Ignorance is strength. Freedom is slavery.” Though we know these things aren’t true, they present an interesting paradox that makes a person think seriously about what they have just read or heard.
7. IRONY : The use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning. It is often used to poke fun at a situation that everyone else sees as a very serious matter.
EXAMPLES :
“Gentlemen, you can’t fight in here! This is the War Room!”
8. APOSTROPHE : An Apostrophe is a direct address to the dead, to the absent, or to a personified object or idea. This figure is a special form of Personification.
EXAMPLES:
• Milton! You should not be living at this hour.
• Friend! I know not which way I must look for comfort.
• Roll on! Thou deep and dark blue Ocean, roll.
• Death! Where is thy sting? O Grave! Where is thy victory?
9. EUPHEMISM : Euphemism consists in the description of a disagreeable thing by an agreeable name.
EXAMPLES:
• You are telling me a fairy tale. (You are telling me lies)
• He is gone to heaven. (He is dead)
•We have to let you go. (You're fired.)
•You're well fed. (You're fat.)
10. HYPERBOLE : Hyperbole is an exaggerated statement for the purpose of emphasis or heightened effect.
EXAMPLES:
• Why, man, if the river is dry, I am able to fill it with tears.
• Hmalet! You have not cleft my heart in twain.
•“It was as big as a mountain! It was faster than a cheetah! It was dumber than a rock!”
11. SYNECDOCHE : A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole
EXAMPLES :
ABCs for alphabet or the whole for a part
England won the World Cup in 1966.
Seeing eyes, helping hands.
12. ONOMATOPOEIA : This is the use of a word that actually sounds like what it means.
Onomatopoeia (pronounced ON-a-MAT-a-PEE-a) refers to words (such as bow-wow and hiss ) that imitate the sounds
Good examples include “hiss” or “ding-dong” or “fizz.”
13. PERSONIFICATION : In Personification, inanimate objects and abstract notions are spoken of as having life and intelligence.
This is a way of giving an inanimate object the qualities of a living thing.
EXAMPLES:
• Death lays its icy hands on King.
• Pride goes forth on horseback, grand and gay.
• Laughter is holding her both sides.
•“The tree quaked with fear as the wind approached”
•“The sun smiled down on her”
14. PUN : A play on words , sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
A form of wordplay using similar sounding words.
EXAMPLES:
“The wedding was so emotional that even the cake was in tiers (tears).”
“Two silk worms had a race and ended in a tie.” - A “tie” can of course either be when neither party wins, but in this pun also refers to the piece of clothing usually made from silk.
“Why can a man never starve in the Great Desert? Because he can eat the sand which is there. But what brought the sandwiches there? Why, Noah sent Ham, and his descendants mustered and bred.” - There are several separate puns, including the pun on “sand which” and “sandwich,” as well as “Ham” (a Biblical figure) and “ham” and the homophonic puns on “mustered”/“mustard” and “bred”/“bread.”
15. METONYMY : A figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it's closely associated. Metonyms make associations or substitutions.
In some ways it can be seen as a nickname for something else.
However, we all understand the meaning, and so the words are interchangeable.
EXAMPLES:
The place name "Bollywood," has become a metonym for the Hindi film industry.
Using the word “crown” for “king or queen” or “lab coats” for “scientists”.
“The White House said” doesn’t actually mean the White House said it (a house can’t speak!) but that the President of America (who lives in The White House) said it.
16. RHETORICAL QUESTION : A rhetorical question is a question that is asked not to get an answer, but instead to emphasize a point. They are often used to elicit thought and understanding on the part of the listener or reader.
EXAMPLES :
"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?"
We also use rhetorical questions in common speech, such as the following statements:
Sure, why not?
Who knew?
Does it look like I care?
Are you kidding me?
Do birds fly?
Is the sky blue?
Recent collection of resources from whats app
collected from TEAM KASARGOD
1.Summary of plus two English
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2.Irfan Alam 2 :
click here for the file
3.Notes on gooseberries
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4.Plus two short NOTES ON DISCOURSES
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5.Summary of text in plus one
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6.Notes on cyberspace
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7.Notes suitable for hs and hss( all in one )
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................INPUTS FROM VARIOUS CLUSTERS IN KASARGOD
Cluster inauguration by Principal CHSS.. K.V Manikandadaas.
1.Summary of plus two English
click here for the file
2.Irfan Alam 2 :
click here for the file
3.Notes on gooseberries
click here for the files
4.Plus two short NOTES ON DISCOURSES
click here for the file
5.Summary of text in plus one
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6.Notes on cyberspace
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7.Notes suitable for hs and hss( all in one )
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................INPUTS FROM VARIOUS CLUSTERS IN KASARGOD
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
THE POPCORN SELLER AT THE MUZHAPPILANGAD BEACH
Anecdote-2
THE POPCORN SELLER AT THE MUZHAPPILANGAD BEACH
WE were returning to Payyannur after a usual visit to our thyroid specialist in Tellicherry early in the morning .My wife and children accompanied me in the car .It was after 10 AM and we just came upon the Muzhappilangid drive in beach.We were not in for a picninc but we just decided to have a look.At frst we did not want to enter and so we skipped the entry and just drove leisurely and slowly along the road which curved along the wall overlooking the beach. As we rolled on ,we were blessed with a fantastic overview of the tempting white sand drive in beach and the dancing waves of the blue sea beyond it.Then I found a rather filthy narrow opening to the beach with tyre trails in the middle.It seemed like a pool of sand and I......I paused for a while. Will the car go forward ? The wet trails of tyres made me confident ."Why not just enter and have a look and go back.We are not driving along the beach now.Must reach home before lunch." .Every one inside agreed with my idea and We puddled in.To my horror the car got stuck in the middle track.The wheels just rolled on, the engine roared as I accelerated but the car did not move an inch back or forth. My sons got out and tried pushing the car but to no avail.The beach was almost empty as the day has just dawned on.No one was seen near or around as this was not the entry side or exit . We sweated it out in the sunshine for more than half an hour but the car did not move.Each of us took our turn in the driver seat and tried our skills at the abc's .All our experience as drivers failed.Panic was settling in as we were then tresspassers would have to pay a fine for that too. I have almost decided to step out of the car ,walk to the entry gate which was at least a kilometer away and seek help.But at the moment a popcorn seller ,a teenager appeared before us ,pushing his cart away along the coastline.I waved for help.
To my surprise , he ran in and I told him about our predicament.He also joined in with my sons to push the car back or forth.I started the car and tried to accelerate.Both attempts failed .Then he came close to the driver seat and asked me for the keys."Let me try."I doubted for a moment.
We are left stranded in a rather lonely part of a beach in Kannur. I am getting out of my car and giving the keys to a stranger.I don't even know his name. But his oval face with a thin nose and green eyes where beard has just gown up was overwhelming with confidence.
"Do you drive ? You won't even have the license ? " " Sir,I know how to do this. give me the keys." His face was brimming with confidence.
I handed him over the keys and we all got out of the car ready to push the car from rear.He got in and started the car .As we pushed, the car got to a quick move and Lo ! it leapt forward,got onto the beach track and raced on.I stood amazed and shocked.
To my relief ,the car stopped a few yards away from us safe on the beach track.The popcorn boy got out of the car, came to us ,handed over the key and started moving away from us.
I thanked him aloud from back,requested him to stop and asked him how much shall I pay for job.He said he did not need anything .
When I persisted ,he said smiling a smile that excelled the sunshine over the beach."No.I won't take anything for it it.We... we can't take any thing for such .....".
As he moved on to his popcorn cart, we were speechless for long inside the car .The blue sea lay there out with thousands of sparkling eyes, most of them winking at us.
( classroom use- pause the story at the stage.... where the boy is smiling a smile that excelled the sunshine over the beach ....and ask the class-what surprising answer would have the boy told us.Just elicitate the possible answers .some of them will surely be awesome .)
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THE POPCORN SELLER AT THE MUZHAPPILANGAD BEACH
WE were returning to Payyannur after a usual visit to our thyroid specialist in Tellicherry early in the morning .My wife and children accompanied me in the car .It was after 10 AM and we just came upon the Muzhappilangid drive in beach.We were not in for a picninc but we just decided to have a look.At frst we did not want to enter and so we skipped the entry and just drove leisurely and slowly along the road which curved along the wall overlooking the beach. As we rolled on ,we were blessed with a fantastic overview of the tempting white sand drive in beach and the dancing waves of the blue sea beyond it.Then I found a rather filthy narrow opening to the beach with tyre trails in the middle.It seemed like a pool of sand and I......I paused for a while. Will the car go forward ? The wet trails of tyres made me confident ."Why not just enter and have a look and go back.We are not driving along the beach now.Must reach home before lunch." .Every one inside agreed with my idea and We puddled in.To my horror the car got stuck in the middle track.The wheels just rolled on, the engine roared as I accelerated but the car did not move an inch back or forth. My sons got out and tried pushing the car but to no avail.The beach was almost empty as the day has just dawned on.No one was seen near or around as this was not the entry side or exit . We sweated it out in the sunshine for more than half an hour but the car did not move.Each of us took our turn in the driver seat and tried our skills at the abc's .All our experience as drivers failed.Panic was settling in as we were then tresspassers would have to pay a fine for that too. I have almost decided to step out of the car ,walk to the entry gate which was at least a kilometer away and seek help.But at the moment a popcorn seller ,a teenager appeared before us ,pushing his cart away along the coastline.I waved for help.
To my surprise , he ran in and I told him about our predicament.He also joined in with my sons to push the car back or forth.I started the car and tried to accelerate.Both attempts failed .Then he came close to the driver seat and asked me for the keys."Let me try."I doubted for a moment.
We are left stranded in a rather lonely part of a beach in Kannur. I am getting out of my car and giving the keys to a stranger.I don't even know his name. But his oval face with a thin nose and green eyes where beard has just gown up was overwhelming with confidence.
"Do you drive ? You won't even have the license ? " " Sir,I know how to do this. give me the keys." His face was brimming with confidence.
I handed him over the keys and we all got out of the car ready to push the car from rear.He got in and started the car .As we pushed, the car got to a quick move and Lo ! it leapt forward,got onto the beach track and raced on.I stood amazed and shocked.
To my relief ,the car stopped a few yards away from us safe on the beach track.The popcorn boy got out of the car, came to us ,handed over the key and started moving away from us.
I thanked him aloud from back,requested him to stop and asked him how much shall I pay for job.He said he did not need anything .
When I persisted ,he said smiling a smile that excelled the sunshine over the beach."No.I won't take anything for it it.We... we can't take any thing for such .....".
As he moved on to his popcorn cart, we were speechless for long inside the car .The blue sea lay there out with thousands of sparkling eyes, most of them winking at us.
( classroom use- pause the story at the stage.... where the boy is smiling a smile that excelled the sunshine over the beach ....and ask the class-what surprising answer would have the boy told us.Just elicitate the possible answers .some of them will surely be awesome .)
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Thursday, January 3, 2019
THE TUSSLE FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT GOES ON IN KERALA-CKR
BRINDA KARAT-The human wall is an expression of women's equality in every sphere of life .
VIEW POINTS ON SABARIMALA ISSUE
from BBC
‘Sabarimala temple: Indian women form ‘620 km human chain’ for equality’
The Sabarimala shrine was historically closed to women of "menstruating age" - defined as between 10 and 50.
India's top court overturned the ban in September, but protesters have since attacked female visitors.
The "women's wall" was organised by the state's left-wing coalition government.
Officials told BBC Hindi's Imran Qureshi that around five million women from various parts of Kerala had gathered across all national highways to form the chain, which stretched from the northern tip of Kasaragod to the southern end in Thiruvanthapuram.
Organisers had predicted a turnout of around three million.
Officials said the short demonstration was to combat inequality and counter the efforts of right-wing groups that support the ban on women.
One young demonstrator, Kavita Das, told BBC Hindi: "This is a great way of saying how powerful women are, and how we can empower ourselves and help each other. Of course, I support the move to allow women of all ages into the temple. I don't think tradition or any kind of backwardness should stop women. Those who want to pray must have the right to pray."
The guardian– ‘Indian women form 620km human chain in support of lifting of temple ban’
Time :A '620km Human Chain' — Indian Women Rally for Equality
In the midst of an ongoing battle over women’s right to visit an important Hindu temple, women in the southern Indian state of Kerala lined up to form a 620km (385-mile) human chain in a mass demonstration for gender equality on Tuesday, reported the BBC.The protest comes during a fraught period for religious and gender rights in Kerala. In September, India’s highest court overturned a historical ban on women of “menstruating age,” defined to be between ages 10 and 50, from entering the state’s Sabarimala shrine. Protesters have attacked women who attempting to visit the temple.
Tuesday’s rally was organized by Kerala’s left-leaning government, with approximately five million women from across the state taking part in the “women’s wall,” officials told the BBC.
NDTV
Lakhs Of Women Join Hands To Form 620-Km "Human Wall For Equality" In Kerala
Organisers of the Vanitha Mathil said an estimated 30-50 lakh women came together to form the human wall from Kasargod in northern Kerala to Thiruvananthapuram in the south. The event was held in the backdrop of the Sabarimala controversy.
FIRST POST
Over 35 lakh women stood shoulder-to-shoulder across the national highways in Kerala, creating a 620 km-long human 'wall' from the northern end of Kasaragod to the southern tip at Thiruvananthapuram on 1 January, 2019 as part of a state-sponsored initiative to uphold gender equality, reported the Press Trust of India
TIMES OF INDIA
Women's Wall highlights: Massive turnout in Kerala for equal rights
Lakhs of women from various walks of life participated in
shoulder-to-shoulder parade called Women's Wall in Kerala on Tuesday.
The 620-km-long state-sponsored campaign stretching from the northern
tip of Kasaragod to the southern end is aimed at gender equality and
renaissance values. Here are the highlights:
* Brinda Karat, Annie Raja addresse volunteers at Thiruvananthapuram
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
floccinaucinihilipilification.
ശശി തരൂർ തന്റെ പുതിയ ബുക്കിനെ പരിചയപ്പെടുത്തിയതാണ്. അതിലൊരു വാക്ക് ഇതാണ്. floccinaucinihilipilification.
ഇതെങ്ങനെ വായിക്കുമെന്ന് ഒരു പിടിയുമില്ല. ഗൂഗിളിനോട് ചോദിച്ചപ്പോൾ അർഥം സിംപിൾ ആണ്, the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.-Rajesh Karippal
For those who wondered about the pronounciation of floccinaucinihilipilicication, here is it in Shashi Tharoor's own voice!
meaning : Noun. floccinaucinihilipilification (uncountable) (often humorous) The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless.
pronunciation : /ˌflɒksɪˌnɔːsɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
ഇതെങ്ങനെ വായിക്കുമെന്ന് ഒരു പിടിയുമില്ല. ഗൂഗിളിനോട് ചോദിച്ചപ്പോൾ അർഥം സിംപിൾ ആണ്, the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.-Rajesh Karippal
For those who wondered about the pronounciation of floccinaucinihilipilicication, here is it in Shashi Tharoor's own voice!
usage :My new book is more than just a 400-page exercise in floccinaucinihilipilification.
meaning : Noun. floccinaucinihilipilification (uncountable) (often humorous) The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless.
pronunciation : /ˌflɒksɪˌnɔːsɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
Monday, October 1, 2018
request - rebuild ‘God’s own country’
Sir,
This mail is an appeal to you to join in our efforts to rebuild ‘God’s own country’ which is facing the worst flood in its history.
Kerala is called ‘God’s own country’ because it is blessed with natural beauty where 35 million people live in harmony. Today my homeland is flooded with an unprecedented heavy rain, reaching 40-50cm in many places for several days on end! Nearly 7.5 lakh people were sheltered in rescue camps, lakhs became homeless. Bridges, roads and hillways collapsed and many places are still isolated. Even now in a high-range place called Nelliyampathy, about 3000 people are totally isolated and food and medicines are supplied to them by helicopter. Despite the heavy rainfall, wind and difficult terrain, common people in masses are showing a phenomenal resistance by joining hands with the state in rescue work. Common people from all sectors joined with state rescue efforts and provided food and clothes in rescue camps. Rescue operations by a group of 4000 fishermen (who earn 5-8 Dollors a day) in country boats saved 50,000 peple. Government, masses and national disaster management forces collaborated to move people from nearly drowned houses to rescue camps. Inspite of being from wide demographical patterns, everyone ranging from children to aged are staying together to survive the worst flood of the century. You can find heroic efforts extending from pilots landing a helicopter in terraces of small houses to lay fishermen in small boats moving through water with heavy undercurrents.
Sir, now rescue works are coming to an end. About a million have become homeless; means of living - cattle stock, agricultural lands, plantations - all are lost. Roads, bridges, water and power supply, everything needs to be rebuilt.
It is nearly a Herculean task since the means required to rebuild our homes is several times that of our state revenue. It may be impossible but we will !! You know, we were playing with death in the last few days. Floating deadbodies never scared common people in rescue works. After all we realized that ‘human’ is the most beautiful creature in the world. People risking their lives to save fellow beings and small children collecting food for rescue camps cannot fail. Minds of millions like His Holiness Pope Francis appeal to the international community to help us survive the calamity.
The Kerala State Government reiterated its commitment to rehabitate the homeless. But despite a strong will, we lack resources in this situation. I request you to join in our efforts to rebuild ‘Gods own country’ to all its glory. Any donation to ‘Chief Minister’s Disaster relief fund’ (http://www.cmdrf.kerala.gov.in/) can ensure a strong and transparent support as it has a clean track record and comes under CAG audit (also ensures even distribution). Common people are behind the government to rebuild our homeland and we expect your whole-hearted support in our endeavours.
With lot of expectations and love,
Najeem M S
Kerala
This mail is an appeal to you to join in our efforts to rebuild ‘God’s own country’ which is facing the worst flood in its history.
Kerala is called ‘God’s own country’ because it is blessed with natural beauty where 35 million people live in harmony. Today my homeland is flooded with an unprecedented heavy rain, reaching 40-50cm in many places for several days on end! Nearly 7.5 lakh people were sheltered in rescue camps, lakhs became homeless. Bridges, roads and hillways collapsed and many places are still isolated. Even now in a high-range place called Nelliyampathy, about 3000 people are totally isolated and food and medicines are supplied to them by helicopter. Despite the heavy rainfall, wind and difficult terrain, common people in masses are showing a phenomenal resistance by joining hands with the state in rescue work. Common people from all sectors joined with state rescue efforts and provided food and clothes in rescue camps. Rescue operations by a group of 4000 fishermen (who earn 5-8 Dollors a day) in country boats saved 50,000 peple. Government, masses and national disaster management forces collaborated to move people from nearly drowned houses to rescue camps. Inspite of being from wide demographical patterns, everyone ranging from children to aged are staying together to survive the worst flood of the century. You can find heroic efforts extending from pilots landing a helicopter in terraces of small houses to lay fishermen in small boats moving through water with heavy undercurrents.
Sir, now rescue works are coming to an end. About a million have become homeless; means of living - cattle stock, agricultural lands, plantations - all are lost. Roads, bridges, water and power supply, everything needs to be rebuilt.
It is nearly a Herculean task since the means required to rebuild our homes is several times that of our state revenue. It may be impossible but we will !! You know, we were playing with death in the last few days. Floating deadbodies never scared common people in rescue works. After all we realized that ‘human’ is the most beautiful creature in the world. People risking their lives to save fellow beings and small children collecting food for rescue camps cannot fail. Minds of millions like His Holiness Pope Francis appeal to the international community to help us survive the calamity.
The Kerala State Government reiterated its commitment to rehabitate the homeless. But despite a strong will, we lack resources in this situation. I request you to join in our efforts to rebuild ‘Gods own country’ to all its glory. Any donation to ‘Chief Minister’s Disaster relief fund’ (http://www.cmdrf.kerala.gov.in/) can ensure a strong and transparent support as it has a clean track record and comes under CAG audit (also ensures even distribution). Common people are behind the government to rebuild our homeland and we expect your whole-hearted support in our endeavours.
With lot of expectations and love,
Najeem M S
Kerala
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