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Hello Friends...  Sure, we all are doing well... Be careful, we must stay fit and shouldn't fall ill getting our studies affected. We shall eat and drink healthy, exercise regularly, and won't avoid our domestic and social responsibilities. And whatever time we get for ourselves at the end of the day, we must study hard for most of the time, so that we learn to think... and learn. We simply cannot afford to stop thinking, for we are learners, and we are the chosen ones who got the scope to learn...  Let's learn to think first... The Greenhouse Effect   by  Carl Dennis [Photo by Zac Calvert, Union University] The First Reading Here we meet to read the poem, The Greenhouse Effect, by Carl Dennis. Shall we start, then?- The gradual warming trend will likely go on  And the grain belts begin to slide closer to the poles. The Plains States will be abandoned as giant dust bowls. Greenland and Antarctica will join the new Great Powers. Even if we play them off agai...

Hello Friends...  Sure, we all are doing well... Be careful, we must stay fit and shouldn't fall ill getting our studies affected. We shall eat and drink healthy, exercise regularly, and won't avoid our domestic and social responsibilities. And whatever time we get for ourselves at the end of the day, we must study hard for most of the time, so that we learn to think... and learn. We simply cannot afford to stop thinking, for we are learners, and we are the chosen ones who got the scope to learn...  Let's learn to think first... Sonnet 73 (LXXIII), by William Shakespeare William Shakespeare Maybe, by now, you have already been introduced to William Shakespeare , the great. Most likely, you have watched some cinematic versions of his dramas. You might also have watched his dramas being enacted on stage. And probably you also got the chance to read one or two of his poems as well. What about this one? Sonnet 73 (LXXIII), by William Shakespeare That time of year thou mays...

Hello Friends...   Sure, we all are doing well... Be careful, we must stay fit and shouldn't fall ill getting our studies affected. We shall eat and drink healthy, exercise regularly, and won't avoid our domestic and social responsibilities. And whatever time we get for ourselves at the end of the day, we must study hard for most of the time, so that we learn to think..., and learn. We simply cannot afford to stop thinking, for we are learners, and we are the chosen ones who got the scope to learn...  Let's learn to think first... Here we meet to discuss a brief poem, The Bangle Sellers by Sarojini Naidu . Sarojini Naidu  Before we start looking for the poet, her background, and her inspiration to write poems, it might be a better idea to start our journey from the text itself so that we might understand what we actually need to look for in the context. The Bangle Sellers Bangle sellers are we who bear Our shining loads to the temple fair... Who will buy these deli...

Hello Friends...  Sure, we all are doing well... Be careful, we must stay fit and shouldn't fall ill getting our studies affected. We shall eat and drink healthy, exercise regularly, and won't avoid our domestic and social responsibilities. And whatever time we get for ourselves at the end of the day, we must study hard for most of the time, so that we learn to think... and learn. We simply cannot afford to stop thinking, for we are learners, and we are the chosen ones who got the scope to learn...  Let's learn to think first... Here we meet together to read a poem by Emily Bronte . It's quite a short poem as you can see for yourself below. I am quite sure that most of us have already heard of Emily Bronte being the great novelists who wrote Wuthering Heights . Yes, that's how common readers know Emily. However, it's not that many, who are not particularly students of literature, know about her poetic skills. Let's get introduced to Emily as a poet here now...

Hello Friends...  Sure, we all are doing well... Be careful, we must stay fit and shouldn't fall ill getting our studies affected. We shall eat and drink healthy, exercise regularly, and won't avoid our domestic and social responsibilities. And whatever time we get for ourselves at the end of the day, we must study hard for most of the time, so that we learn to think... and learn. We simply cannot afford to stop thinking, for we are learners, and we are the chosen ones who got the scope to learn... Let's learn to think first... What We Would Study Here Here we meet together to read an adapted version of a 'short story' (as published in Bliss, ESL textbook meant for Class IX, WBBSE) written by Manoj Das, the renowned Indian (Oriya) bilingual author. If you are interested, you may click  here  to know more about him. We also have an  official site in his name on the web.  Though they popularly call this adapted text a 'short story', I'm sure we will agre...