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❉ ADVICE AND SUPPORT Dr. Fawziah Harshan
❉ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ms. Sameena Banu
❉ SUB EDITOR Dr. Wahajunnisa Warda
❉ CREATIVE DIRECTOR Ms. Sameena Banu
❉ SPECIAL INPUTS Dr. Fawziah Harshan Ms. Sara Al Ghanem
❉ GRAPHIC AND DESIGNING Wadha Abdullah AlMouh
CONTENT REPORT CONVERSATION CLUB REPORT BOOK CLUB ACTIVITY REPORT THEATRE CLUB REPORT ART CLUB REPORT SPORTS ACTIVITY REPORT TRANSLATION CLUB REPORT CONVERSATION CLUB REPORT FLOWER ACTIVITY REPORT GREAT TIME WITH OUR STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY CELEBRATION REPORT ANTIQUE STUFF ACTIVITY REPORT TOGETHER WE CAN REPORT HEALTHY FOOD ACTIVITY REPORT
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GENERAL NIZAM’S UNIVERSITY MBTI DEFINES WHO YOU ARE A SUCCESSFUL ENGLISH STUDENT USING TECHNOLOGY TO LEARN ENGLISH NO TIME TO STAND AND STARE WHO AM I?
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LINGUISTICS TRANSLATION AND LITERATURE
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LITERATURE
BUDDING ARTIST
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TO MY STUDENTS ANALYSIS OF KATE CHOPIN’S “A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS” CERTAINTY FIRST DROP OF MONSOON
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OPENING NOTE FROM
Head of the Department of English Language and Literature (Female Section) Welcome to the second issue of our magazine designed especially for people who might never normally consider picking up a magazine. At the heart of every beginning there is a fantasy of newness. It is this fantasy that characterized the first issue of our magazine. The second issue, however, is an opportunity to do things differently and with more attention to purpose. In our department, we believe in inspiring minds, improving intellectual capacity and building personalities which our students will treasure for their lifetime. We have created this issue with the intention of providing a space for knowledge, inspiration and creativity. We want it to be entertaining and informative, but above all useful. Inside you will find a mixture of reports, creative writings and reflective essays on a wide range of topics. Like any production, behind the scenes there is a huge effort going into each issue. Many thanks to the wonderful team of dedicated colleagues and students who have helped in preparing the second issue. I am privileged to work with such a dedicated team every day. Happy reading,
Dr. Fawziah Harshan
Editorial Note After the ambitious launch of the First issue with the stupendous success here I am once again with the second issue. A new form, new spirit and with a refreshing content this is what the second issue is all about. The diverse topics in this magazine are not only interesting but also give an insight into the talented staff and students we have among us. It is a collective effort to reflect understanding and individuality of each member who contributed to this magazine. There are many articles which talk about different topics like Activities of various clubs, education, literature and much more While I was leafing through the first issue I was exceedingly proud of the amazing master piece that was crafted and designed by the staff and the students. The second issue is equally amazing in its design and content. It aims to achieve cohesiveness and to constructs a solid base for the future issues. The second issue aims to promote and offer all that is essential to reflect the potentials of the students and give them a chance to express their creativity and thoughts. With this sole aim the magazine is going to demonstrate the overall development not only in academics but other activities as well by featuring a young talent in each issue. In this issue i present you a young painter whose amazing work attracted my attention as you see it in the magazine and I am sure you will definitely agree with me. I wish all the success in her future endeavours. While working on this issue I came across many people who are not only talented but also passionate about their work. I am glad that I was given such an opportunity and I am thankful for that. Courage, motivation, determination, creativity, enthusiasm and hard work that’s what symbolize English department headed by Dr. Fawzia Harshan. She infuses new look and spirit into the dept transforming every member of the staff and student into amazing network of individuals working hard to achieve nothing less than the best pushing our limits to reach the high standards set. I must say once again she was there to support, encourage and guide us. Her rock solid support gave all of us much need encouragement and motivation. She believed in us and gave us the chance to create our own magazine without her it wouldn’t have been possible. Working with her made me experience what it feels to be around a talented and creative person. Under her able guidance the dept is achieving success and venturing into new areas of interest to bring success and excellence to the dept. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to Dr. Fawziah Harshan, all the members of the staff and students for their relentless support to promote and develop the magazine.
Ms. Sameena Banu
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Written by Ms. Noor Fathima (Activities Head) Members: Ms. Hanan Alshehab and Ms. Wahajunissa Wardha.
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We the Activity Committee of the English Department have made an attempt to see that the objectives of the quality assurance and accreditation standards are met. We decided to come up with several clubs and activities in this semester.
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Conversation Club T
o begin with the Conversation club; our students have played the dominant and voluntary role in conducting meetings by their own peer group that targets the English language learning for the beginners. The idea behind is to provide the students a comfortable platform where they can speak freely and confidently by sharing their views with the help of the topics suggested by themselves (students). As a result, we observed, this has provided them an opportunity to overcome the hesitations to use a new language. Most remarkable event was that the students decided to have a special meeting and they took the initiatives in organizing it. We were so delighted to have the guests of honor, Dr. Fawziah Harshan and Ms. Sarah Alghanem attending it and sharing their knowledge and experiences with students. The topics they preferred to discuss were: Studying abroad and How to deal with the researches for the higher studies in future. The conversation club was proved to be a success as the students have tried to learn the necessary skills that are needed for them to mold themselves for the challenging world of English.
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Book Club Activity
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he book club aims at widening the knowledge on various literary books in encouraging the students to read and to develop the critical thinking capacity with respect to the genres, culture and the social background of the writers of English. Eventually, giving a break in inspiring them to read and stimulating their imagination has developed the strong analytical thinking skills that are essentially needed for the future learning of literary texts.
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Theatre Club Activity
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“A breathtaking display of magnificent talent” Dr. Fawziah.
the Theatre club. This is embellished by our students of whom we are so proud of, who projected their unique skills of acting, speaking their dialogues in a more fancy and impressive way. The most remarkable and astonishing part among them was that they said their dialogues on the spot unlike the performance we had before. We had two plays performed by our students: the one being Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ and the second, Agatha Christie’s ‘The Thirteen Problems’. It sounded so realistic and viable that it earned the huge audiences who were thrilled to attend the theatrical performances. Consequently, the burst of applause received, made the whole occasion charmed with wonderful memories to cherish forever in future. It was no wonder that the head of the Department, Dr. Fawziah made the most memorable comment for the wonderful performance of our students by uttering these magnifying words: “A breathtaking display of magnificent talent”. These words were circulated among the student’s actors who were filled with immense joy and celebrated on achieving this success. One could really not judge how the things turned out to be with the praises and appreciations received from the teachers who attended the show and the students who witnessed it. The activity was supervised by Ms. Noor Fathima.
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Not only these, but we had other many activities conducted in the first semester! To name a few: Healthy Food Activity, Breast Cancer Awareness Activity, Life Hacks Activity and the Art Club, Environment Activity and the Activity based on the Exam preparation.
Our passion to offer what best we could for our students, never ended here. We planned for many more activities and accomplished well in a more professional way like Literature Club, Sports Activity etc.
To sum up: The Activities that are held and planned in the English Department are thus taken care of, seeing that they fulfill the vision and mission of the same besides implementing the basic fact that they are meant not only to motivate our students for the academic growth, but also they can have a deep impact in their personal, professional and social life in making the students more competent for the challenging world. The teachers who supervised the proposed activities were Ms.Noor Fathima, Ms.Hanan and Ms. Wardha who played the significant roles to accomplish them with success and in grooming our students for the highly new competitive world. Thank you Written by Ms. Noor Fathima (Activities Head)
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ART CLUB On Tuesday 30/10/2018 the Department of English,College of Science and Humanities Headed Dr. Fawzia Al-Harshan, had an activity on the visual arts, aimed at spreading art among the students. This activity was by Supervised by Ms. Wahaj Unnisa Warda and the students: Raghad Mobarak Alotaibi, Nawal Mohammad Algarni, Atheer Salim ALmalkey, Hanan Saad Alharbi, Haneen Mohammad Al Sunbul, Malak Abdulaziz AlMonaiseer, Anfal Suliman Aloqla, Shayma Salem AlQahtani, Moudi Al Subaie, Maram Mattar Allunghbi, Shahad Nasir AlKhudair, Rehaf Aljuraid, Khulood Mutlaq Harthi, Fatima Khalid Hammad, Noura Khalid aljadou, Shada Almubrad. This activity is one of the activities carried out by the Student Activities Committee at the Department of English at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University.
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SPORTS ACTIVITY e On Wednesday of th ding with 29/4/1440 correspon ish Language 7/11/2018, the Engl ented by Dr. Department, repres the Head of the Fawzia Al-Harshan nched a departement, has lau on sports motivational activity female aimed at motivating and eat students to exercise healthy food. oud The students are Alan i ,Hessa Alarjani ,Haya Alsmar zoubi ,Rahaf Alshaheen,Moudi Al alki ,Roba al Aldosrry ,Maram alm sari, Amjad dossiry, Atheer Al.dos i, Hanen dossari ,Arwa Almak hya، Malak Altofail، ،Atheer Alya Alqurini ،Sana Nada Alanzi ،Noura qhtani، Aldossari،Bashaier Al uniera Al Ebtehaj Almutairi،M azi ،Rosa AlSumaih ،Haneen Alon aqbani ، Lama Dosari،Ghoyom Al_h dossari. alshmaimri،Haya Al rvised This activity was supe rahim and Dr. by T. Noor Fatima Ib , which is Wahaj Unnisa Warda activities that among many of the ity host ,was a King Sattam Univers re students social gathering whe ake exercising are encouraged to m a daily habit.
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English and Translation Club
Joining a university club is a great way to exercise your brain and body, learn new things, and practice your leadership skills. Therefore, the English department at Prince Sattam University founded several clubs, one of them is the English and Translation club. It was created to help students practice their English in a casual setting and spread awareness about languages and their history to all those who are interested. The club is managed by Ms. Sameena Bano, Ms Warda Wahaj unnisa ,Ms. Amani AlOtaibi and lead by Ms. Sarah AlGhanem and Norah Abdulhameed Alaskar was chosen to be a student coordinator and representative. The club has weekly meetings to discuss future activities. Some of these activities include offering Hindi language classes delivered by Ms. Sameena and Ms. Warda . Several corners to raise awareness for different causes such as, bullying, violence and the benefits of a healthy diet, in addition to celebrating world translation day and offering gifts in the form of free monthly subscriptions to Cambly. Furthermore, the English and Translation Club showed in the auditorium a movie translated by the club members for everyone to enjoy. Many students from different departments attended the movie and had an amazing time. Some treats and flowers were given during the screening of the movie and the event was a success thanks to Allah and then to the hard work and dedication of the club members. In addition to all the wonderful activities, the members had a chance to visit King Abdallah’s Center for Translation and Arabization, it was an informative and eye-opening experience. Moreover, the club organized a lecture by Mr. Rayan AlFadghi who spoke about Translation difficulties and how to become a legal translator or interpreter. The club is also very active on social media, with weekly speakers on snapchat and a newly founded initiative to enrich the Arabic content through translation (Ithra). You can follow the club at English_psau on twitter and snapchat.
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REPORTS Reports
FEB- MARCH 2019.
The Conversation Club
The Second Conversation Club meeting for Monday group was led by Ashjan AbdullahAl Rodian, and the participants were Amal Saeed AL masad, Razan Abdulrahman Alqarni, Abeer ALanzi, Rehan Alkunayn, Faten Abdullah Aljarmah, Anwar Almutairi, Sara Abdulaziz bin Daej, Salwa Kareem and Reem Hamad Alyami. They met for four weeks and the subject of discussion varied from sharing experiences good ones and bad ones, judging people they had just met. They also watched inspirational videos about making ones dreams come true followed by a discussion. They also discussed about travelling to foreign countries to learn about the culture and how it would influence them and their culture upon others. They wrapped up their last meeting was about hobbies where they received some very unusual replies. The Second Conversation Club meeting for Wednesday group was led by Dalal Abdullah Alajmi and the participants were Kholoud Abdullah Alsaiari, Shoug Hamad, Reham ALkathami, Felowah Ali Aldawsari and Farjah Mohammed Mesfer Alarjani. The topics of their discussion were about tourism, watching videos connected to the topic, and watching the famous monuments of the middle East. They also spoke about the problems of public speaking, favorite colors and the influence of colors on personality, the games that are popular on the smart phone and also engaged in group games. The last meeting was about hobbies, they viewed an engaging video from the IELTS speaking module and continuing to discuss the same in the group. All the students participated actively and engagingly and look forward to the next semester when they could come up with brighter ideas to practice their conversation. The activities were a part of the English Club activities of the English Department headed by Dr. Fawziah Harshan, the Activities committee headed by T. Noor Fatima and were supervised by Dr. Wahaj Unnisa Warda.
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REPORT Reports
Activity O n Wednesday, 20/2/2019, the Department of English Language, represented by
the Head of the Department, Dr. Fawzia Al-Harshan, conducted an activity entitled Flower Exhibition, which aims at presenting the types of flowers and their history and cultures in different types of cities. This activity is a social educational activity directed at the students and was supervised by Dr. Wahaj Unnisa Warda the participants - Ashwaq Al Dosari, Waad Al Otaibi, Safa Saeed, Batul Al Mutawei, Fattoun Al Masoud, Hanuf Al Rashidi, Manar Al Ghamdi, Shahed Al Qahtani, Rawabi Saeed Al Qarni, Hind Al-Nuweiser, Dana Al-Dosari. This activity is one of the activities carried out by the Student Activities Committee at the Department of English Language at the University of Prince Sattam bin Abdul Aziz which is headed by the teacher Noor Fatima.
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REPORTS Reports
Great Time with Our Students THE VISIT TO A SECONDARY SCHOOL Guiding the students to produce effective activities is one of our responsibilities as activities committee members. The Students are clever, enthusiastic, creative and productive if they are encouraged by their teachers. Three activities were supervised by Hanan Alshehab who is always cares about students’ talents and creativity. The first one is THE VISIT TO A SECONDARY SCHOOL (8th school) in Alkharj. The students presented an orientation about English program in Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University. They expressed their feelings and talked about their experience about learning English.
HOME FOOD The second one is the HOME FOOD corner as a part of exhibition activity, which was great and enjoyed by all. The students created restaurant like environment and showed how English should be used while visiting a restaurant. They used some expressions such as What is special today?Can I have a drink? What is the menu? I would like to order etc. to demonstrate the usage of English in such places.
TED TALKS The third activity is TED TALKs the students talked about their journey in learning English and also how to over difficulties in Learning English. They were so organized, talented and confident. They were admired by Dr.FAwziah Harshan the head of English department (female section).
These activities gave the chance and enhanced the leadership qualities among the students like Norah al Yosef, Rannem Rizq and Fatin Alonazi.
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INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY CELEBRATION
Monthly Newsletter
nglish and Translation club celebrated International mother language day on 18th Feb 2019. The main purpose of celebrating this day was to promote the awareness of language and cultural diversity among the students of PSAU. The celebration began with painting exhibition by our young talent Ms. Atheer Al Malki followed by literature exhibition. There were various stall depicting important writers belonging to different periods of English literature, in particular William Shakespeare. Our students also arranged many corners highlighting world languages like Turkish, Urdu, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Arabic and English. In these corners the participant students spoke about interesting facts like History, culture, usage and vocabulary of these languages. A game was also organized in which the visiting students were encouraged to speak or write an equivalent word of English in language of their choice on the board provided to them. There were few corners about ethics where the students demonstrated work ethics and also spoke about the importance of ethics in one’s life. The ethics corner was supervised by Ms. Warda. The exhibition was inaugurated by the Head of the department Dr. Fawziah Harshan who interacted with all the participant students, listened to them patiently and encouraged them tremendously. She took active interest to know about history, culture and usage of various languages and was delighted when students greeted her in Korean and Chinese salutation. She was given her name written in Korean and Chinese by the participant students which pleased her very much. Her visit gave a huge boast to the student’s morale. All the members of the staff and students of English department as well as other departments attended the celebration. Overall this activity was a huge success where in all the students took part actively and enthusiastically. The students and staff enjoyed the day very .much as this activity was like a breath of fresh air to all of them. The programme was conceptualized and supervised by Ms. Sameena Banu with the help and support of Ms. Sara Ghanem.
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Antique Stuff Activity
On Wednesday 15/6/1440 , the English department under the supervision of Dr. Fawziah AlHarshan and Dr. Wahajunissa Warda organized an exhibition presenting Saudi Arabia’s past culture, tradition and most important the Saudi cuisine. This activity was organized for educational orientation of the beautiful past for the students. It is one of the activities carried out by the student activity committee in the department of English at Sattam bin Abdulaziz University. 17
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Together We Can As we strongly believe in coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success, the Department of English language at PSAU hosted and collaborated with Educational Supervision Department (English language section) in order to jointly organize the event
“TOGETHER WE CAN� It was hard work of six months which culminated into a grand event on 21/7/1440. Large number of students from 20 intermediate and secondary schools along with students from the department of English PSAU took part. The participants shared their experiences in learning English and gave their suggestions how to make learning English language easy and fun.
Dr. Fawziah Harshan, head of the department of English addressed the gathering, in her speech she welcomed the participants, encouraged and motivated Ff
them. She also expressed that she is looking forward for more joint ventures in future. Dr. Fawziah congratulated all for the stupendous success of the event and in the end letter of thanks was given to all the representatives of the participating schools as a gesture of remembrance of the event.
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Healthy Food Activity On Tuesday, 14/2/1440, corresponding with 23/10/2108, the English Language Department, headed by Dr. Fawzia Al-Harshan, conducted a motivational activity on healthy foods and aims to encourage students to eat Healthy Food. This activity was both Educational and Socially oriented for the students. The activity was supervised by Ms. Wahaj Unnisa Warda, and the Level 3 students group comprised of Ghada Rajih Al-Otaibi, Shaykh Saleh AlTalian, Munira Farhan Al-Jaidi, Al-Anoud Khalid Al-Otaibi, Haya Mansour Al Ajlan, Sarah Sayer Al-Buqami, Gala Mansour Al-Jneih, Nada Abdullah Al Dosari, Amjadfahd Al Dosari, Ghadi Mohammad Al Dosari, Najud Al Dosari, Fatima Fahad Al-Raqib, Sheikha Yousef The Exiled, Kholoud Mohammed Al - Hadili This activity is one of the activities carried out by the Student Activities Committee at the Department of English Language at the University of Sattam Bin Abdul Aziz, headed by Nour Fatima.
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Translation and Literature by Bashair AlSheddi
QUOTATION ABOUT TRANSLATION “Translation is not a matter of words only: it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture.” Anthony Burgess. QUOTATION ABOUT LITERATURE “Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.” P.T.Barnum Is it possible that translation and literature have some similarities? In this article I will mention why I believe that translation and literature do have similarities.
works are more related to the emotion of the writer so the translator’s duty is to transfer the emotion and meaning of the writer’s works to the target language as it is, otherwise he/she will
Culture
disrespect the source text and the writer. As (FIT)
Translation and literature both give importance to
stated in the translator charter, “Every translation
culture. In translation in order to translate the text shall be faithful and render exactly the idea and correctly you have to know or learn about the culture of the source and target language. Because culture as we all know affects everything, including translation to other languages. In literature, culture affects the writer’s way of
form of the original this fidelity constitutes both a moral and legal obligation for the translator.” This indicates that the translator task is to respect and transfer meaning, style, of the source
writing, and thinking. Each period or movement is
text as it is to the target language, but of course
known for their culture at that time. For example,
keeping the target language culture in mind.
Romanticism is all about giving importance to
So translation and literature do have some
emotions, happiness, and sadness, especially about similarities for sure, but the methods differ For nature which was shown in the writers’ literary example, literature is producing or writing the works.
literary works which is not normally exist, but translation is about translating the text which is already written by someone to another language (the target language).
Language In translation, language is everything just like literature. Especially in translating literary works,
They both emphasize on nearly the same things, but as i mentioned literature is related to the history of previous periods, while translation is more to transferring this history to another language to show and share the history and the reason / story behind this source text.
because the language used in literary
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BUDDING ARTIST
Budding Artist
IF YOU’VE GOT TALENT SHOW IT TO THE WORLD
Budding Artist Ms Atheer Salam Al Malki Women are the largest untapped reserviour of talent in the world
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BUDDING ARTIST
Dept of English take a great pride and pleasure to introduce Ms. Atheer Salam Al malki a budding artist from level 4. She grabbed my attention when I first saw her paintings and decided to feature her in the magazine to motivate and also to provide plate form to showcase young talent from among the students of English dept.
IF YOU HAVE
TALENT AND DRIVE, THERE ARE WAYS TO GET NOTICED
@AtheerAlmalkey
Atheer grew up seeing her sister painting so it was natural for her to pick up painting as a hobby and developed it by picking the traits of the trade from family members and the other artists as and when she came across. When she exhibited her paintings at school for the first time she was encouraged tremendously by her teachers which boosted her confidence, from then on she never looked back and now she participates in various art exhibitions and exhibits her work not only at the coffee shops but also at the art galleries etc. Many of her paintings are sold and she is appreciated by one and all for her work. Very often she displays her paintings at a coffee shop called “Coffee map”’ situated at Mallik Abdullah street Alkharj. Anyone interested to buy can contact her on her Instagram account given below.
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General
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Years of the Nizam’s University Osmania University (1918-2018) Dr. Wahaj Unnisa Warda.
The ancient as well as modern methods of physical, intellectual and spiritual education are to be fully utilized along with an effort for the propagation of knowledge, the moral improvement of the students is regulated on the one hand, and research work of a high order in all branches of knowledge is conducted on the other’. Mir Osman Ali Khan, The Seventh Nizam of Hyderabad.
smania University is named after its founder, Nawab Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad who rather through a farman or Royal Charter, brought the University into existence in 1918. It is the seventh oldest in the Country and third oldest in South India. Though the need for the University for the Hyderabad State was felt, both by the intelligentia and the people for a long time, the initiative came from a civil servant, Sir Akbar Hydari, who was then the Home Secretary to the State Government. Sir Hydari, in a memorandum to the Education Minister in Early 1917, emphasized the need to establish a University of Hyderabad with 'Urdu' as the medium of instruction "as it is the language of the widest currency in India, official language of the State, and it is a language which is understood by a vast majority of the population of the State." He believed that higher education must have its foundations deep in national consciousness. The university was to be designed by the Chief Architect Nawab Sarwar Jung.
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University Monogram
The birth of Osmania University almost coincided with the birth of a new order arising from the ashes of the First World War. Its origin was basically patriotic. It was a revolt against the supremacy of the foreign language in India. On the revolutionary experiment of using a regional language as a medium of higher education the Nobel Laureate poet, Rabindranth The Firman of 26 April 1917, detailed the 'Mission' and Tagore, observed: "I have long been waiting for the 'Objectives' of the University to be that: ‘the ancient and day when, freed from the shackles of a foreign modern, the oriental and occidental arts and sciences are language, our education becomes naturally accessible synthesized in such a manner that the defects of the present to all our people. It is a problem for the solution of system of education are rectified. which we look to our Native States, and it gives me great joy to know that your State proposes to found a University in which instructions are to be given through the medium of Urdu. It is needless to say that your scheme has my fullest appreciation.." 23
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General
1940 A recent picture A recent picture of the magnificent facade.
An older black and white picture of the university.
The establishment of Osmania University symbolizes a renaissance in the Indian educational system. Throughout its existence, of ten decades it has shown a remarkable resilience and has grown into the seventh major universities of India. It has a vast sprawling campus set in a picturesque and idyllic surroundings. Buildings of great architectural elegance and variety enhance its beauty. Availability of the latest facilities makes it a very modern University with courses in every discipline made available to all. Alumni of the University have distinguished themselves in several walks of life; they include outstanding figures in public life, like one of the former Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers, Ministers, Parliamentarians, Legislators, eminent scholars, educationists, diplomats, administrators, lawyers, doctors, engineers, scientists, writers, sportsmen and men of arts and culture. While quite a few of them have won international acclaim for their excellent work, and have contributed to the fair name of the country abroad, as a matter of great satisfaction and have contributed significantly to the national effort. All because of the vision of one man Mir Osman Ali Khan, The Seventh Nizam of Hyderabad. SOURCES:
http://www.osmania.ac.in www.google.com
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MBTI Defines Who You Are by: Wadha Abdullah AlMouh.
IN THIS ISSUE
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MBTI confirmed to me what I am skilled at.
personality tests. However, the Myers–Briggs Type
People around me were calling me with similar
ne of the most common way for knowing someone’s personality more is by taking Indicator (MBTI) questionnaire is an effective test for indicating your personality type. The MBTI was constructed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. The purpose of indicating differing psychological preferences in how people perceive the world around them and make decisions. Learning and applying the theories of personality type can be a powerful and rewarding experience, if it is used as a tool
How did MBTI benefit me personally?
qualities before I took the test, such as “you’re a leader” “energetic and intrepid.” Then, after taking MBTI test, I found my self description, even some information that I never thought of, included in the result. As I read more, I came to know my self more clearly and discover my strengths and what is appropriate for my personality type which is ENTJ. ENTJ stands for: Extraversion (E), Intuition (N), Thinking (T), Judgment (J).
for discovery, rather than as a method for putting people into boxes, or as an excuse for behavior. According to the theory, there are sixteen possible personality types in the world. Each type has its own strengths and weaknesses, a person can benefit from his/her strengths by enhancing and boosting them up. As the same time, weaknesses surprisingly can diminish while the person is working on the strengths. Although, the MBTI theory predicts a someone’s behavior and feedback towards anything he/she might face. Moreover, it shows the approach of how each personality type completes the tasks, working on stresses, dealing with struggles... etc, which aids them for the future goals and job.
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Taking the Test: The official MBTI test administered and analyzed by the Myers and Briggs Foundation costs a fee to take, however, there are few free MBTI tests available to take online, such as the test from 16Personalities: 16personalities.com
General MBTI Personality Types
ENTJ Personality (“Commander”) Bold, imaginative and strong-willed leaders, always finding a way – or making one.
ESTP Personality (“Entrepreneur”) Smart, energetic and very perceptive people, who truly enjoy living on the edge.
ENTP Personality (“Debater”) Smart and curious thinkers who cannot resist an intellectual challenge.
ESFP Personality (“Entertainer”) Spontaneous, energetic and enthusiastic people – life is never boring around them.
INTJ Personality “Architect” Imaginative and strategic thinkers, with a plan for everything.
INTP Personality (“Logician”) Innovative inventors with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge.
ISFP Personality (“Adventurer”) Flexible and charming artists, always ready to explore and experience something new. ISTP Personality (“Viruoso”) Bold and practical experimenters, masters of all kinds of tools.
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General MBTI Personality Types
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ENFJ Personality (“Protagonist”) Charismatic and inspiring leaders, able to mesmerize their listeners.
ESFJ Personality (“Consul”) Extraordinarily caring, social and popular people, always eager to help.
ENFP Personality (“Campaigner”) Enthusiastic, creative and sociable free spirits, who can always find a reason to smile.
ESTJ Personality (“Executive”) Excellent administrators, unsurpassed at managing things – or people.
INFP Personality (“Mediator”) Poetic, kind and altruistic people, always eager to help a good cause.
ISFJ Personality (“Defender”) Very dedicated and warm protectors, always ready to defend their loved ones.
INFJ Personality (“Advocate”) Quiet and mystical, yet very inspiring and tireless idealists.
ISTJ Personality (“Logistician”) Practical and fact-minded individuals, whose reliability cannot be doubted.
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General by:
Shatha AlOnaizi
Becoming a successful English student means graduating with a high GPA and being a skilled English language user. Therefore, during your four years at university you will be working on two sides. Since you applied for university, you will of course put a lot of effort in your studies which is the first step of becoming a successful English student
in English requires you to learn English effectively. You will be questioning yourself now! How is it possible to be a successful English student academically and also as a proficient language user? Well........... I grant you a YES; it is possible if you follow these tips which I have experienced and applied throughout being one of the most successful English students.
Believe in yourself by accepting the idea that YOU; yourself, no one else in this world is responsible for the outcome of your language learning ability makes you more dependable and confident .By believing in yourself, you will keep going on, no matter how much you struggle because you started it and you know that you can do the best. Always remember that you are going to write your exams, give presentations, graduate, earn your B.A, use the language and work all by yourself. It all depends on YOU. It is centered on being self reliance and going ahead with determination to achieve the set goal. Thus helping you to evaluate yourself and check your strength and weakness.
Differentiate between language learning and academic studies work on learning English language far away from your studies. Being an English student at university doesn't mean that you are going to learn English. Keep in mind that you are studying English to learn about the language not learning the language itself. Your studies will improve your academic writing in some way but it will not for improve you in speaking, listening and reading.
Build a strong basement the first year is the basement for your GPA and your language. Putting a lot of effort to get high marks and to use the language effectively means that you are building this basement strongly. So whenever you build a strong basement, you will manage to complete the other years easily because you have are ready experienced how things go one, how to recover mistakes, what are your duties and how to tackle with them.
Know your way of learning Try to find out in which way you prefer learning: Is it through listening, watching or writing? For example, if you know that you are a good listener, I advise you to study by focusing and listening carefully to your lectures and learn the language by listening to different kinds of audios you are interested in. On the other hand, if you learn through writing, I advise you to take notes during lectures and to improve your language keep a daily diary with you in order to use your language daily.
Enjoy last but not least, I advise you to take things easily by enjoying and loving the idea that you are learning a language itself and learning about its system, history, culture and much more. Try to participate in activities because they are extremely enjoyable in which they lighten the atmosphere for you far away from your studies and you get the chance to improve personally and socially. Finally, I hope that I have summarized some of the key hints to be a successful English student effectively and in a way that will help you all. The four years at collage shall pass away… ONLY your successful status, achievements, GPA, language you learned and the sweetest memories shall remain forever so work hard and keep pushing yourself until you achieve the goal.
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Using Technology to Learn or Teach English by, Ms. Hannan AlShehab
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lobalization changed many things in our life, such as the way of learning and communicating. Today, the practice of using smart phones is famous in all age stages. In the 21st century, most people are exposed to communicating and being in contact through using social media and applications that facilitate their life in many ways, for instance, free applications that enable voice and video calls. Not only that, technology has had a great impact on education for many years. The traditional methods for learning are no longer admired by the new generation because today's children open their eyes in the technology era. They are used to seeing the flash of the camera, using their fingers to touch the screen of the smart devices since they are born. In addition, colorful pictures and creative videos motivate them. They can learn many things from the multimedia sources that are available on the Internet. Indeed, using smart devices requires much effort from the parents in monitor their kids’. From my point of view, technology suits all the ages as there are a great variety of websites and programs. There are websites for different services such as translation, finding a job, teaching some languages, etc. In addition, still others offer entertainment and communication.
No one can ignore the improvements in teaching and learning processes and strategies because of using the internet. Teachers and learners can enjoy their time by incorporating technology at the same time, doing their work. Most of the courses need to use technology to make them easier, and more enjoyable for the students. CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) is one of the subjects that highlight using technology in learning. It is stated that researchers like Warschauer and Kern (2000) have argued for some time that “CALL came of age when it started to enable people to do the things they wanted to do with language through technology, enabling language activities to be social and observable” (Thomas, Reinders, &Warschauer, 2012. P.56).
HOW CAN TECHNOLOGY FACILITATE OUR LEARNING OR TEACHING ENGLISH
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General It is observed that using computers helps the teachers and students in improving writing in many ways such as:
1- Select appropriate writing texts as models 2- Choose CALL programs that teach the genres as well as linguistic knowledge and strategies. 3- Teach learners how to benefit in terms of interactive help and feedback when using computers 4- Create learners’ opportunities to expand knowledge of English through writing and to write for a real audience 5- Include explicit evaluation 6- Help learners develop their writing strategies. (Thomas, Reinders, &Warschauer, 2012) (Thomas, Reinders, &Warschauer, 2012)
Furthermore, using the internet can meet all the learners’ styles such as visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. It is stated that success in listening to the computer is dependent on the design of the task in terms of catering to individual learner differences, including learning styles and preferred learning modes (Levy &Stockwell, 2013). From my experience of teaching a CALL course in the summer semester for level 7 students, I was amazed by the facility that technology offers. I used some useful websites such as Macmillandictionary.com, Merriam Webster dictionary. These two dictionaries are effective to expand the knowledge of the teachers and the students in learning English vocabulary, synonyms, antonyms, and pronunciation. Also, I advised the students to use Grammarly.com. This software program is helpful to check the grammar and spelling of the students’ work. They can edit their work before submitting it. Additionally, this program has features that can be added on the smart phone keyboard to ease the editing. Besides using the PowerPoint presentations and word processor for the assignments, the hot potato software program is used as an effective tool to create quizzes and tests. Students were active and enthusiastic, they created wonderful tutorial videos and published them as web links after that they submitted them via the blackboard. The students presented creative tutorial videos by using the screen-recording feature, the recording can be downloaded as a program or can be used through PowerPoint processor. Moreover, the students enriched their classmates’ knowledge and mine about effective applications that can be downloaded on smart phones, for example: Camply, Doulingo, Goodreads, Wordhippo, BBC, Shmoop. All these platforms help to improve learners’ English language. To use some of them registration is needed and using them continuously is the key to success. I am thankful for programmers who help us to deal with these applications easily. Also, many thanks for Sattam bin Abdulaziz University that allows us to use Blackboard to deliver our courses and facilitate communication with the students. In fact, using Blackboard opens my horizon about e-learning and e-teaching. I communicate, upload files, add useful materials, web links, and send students’ grades.
These are the references: Thomas, M., Reinders, H., & Warschauer, M. (Eds.). (2012). Contemporary computer-assisted language learning. A&C Black. Levy, M., & Stockwell, G. (2013). CALL dimensions: Options and issues in computer-assisted language learning. Routledge
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BY: MS. SAMEENA BANU
NO TIME TO STAND AND STARE What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare
A POOR LIFE THIS IS IF, FULL OF CARE, WE HAVE NO TIME TO STAND AND STARE.
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H ow true are these lines written by W.H Davies which aptly depicts present modern age, age of advance technology, Maddening crowd rushing through their life. In this tech-savvy world having an updated mobile loaded with all its latest applications has become a status symbol. Youngsters are fascinated by the virtual world created by mobile phones. With mobile phones we can make a video call, view channels, take photos and much more. This is indeed really exciting and thrilling. It adds to the glamorous life style. Mobile phones have brought the world so closer that it has really shrunk into a global village it is one of the most important inventions as it connects us with the world. But this very important means of connection is turning out to disconnect us from the family, society, relationships and everything around us. We are doing considerable damage to ourselves by jumping into this maddening race of mobile fashion. It doesn’t means I am against it because Mobile phones are yet another milestone invention, as we know all inventions are done with a sole aim of betterment of mankind but then it depends on how we use it. Anything which is over used can turn the boon into bane so we have to be careful about it. It is left up to us to make optimal use of the gadget and not to succumb to the instant gratification it gives.
General With the advent of advanced technology, growing use of mobile phones and other gadgets are considerably harming the younger generation. Students are developing a strong connection with their mobile phones, which is leading to a massive loss in their concentration and time spent in studies. Mobile phones have become an extension of our body nowadays. There were days when mobiles were used just to contact people. Whereas now, life seems incomplete without these very much revered non-beings! As someone said a smart phone is an addictive device which traps a soul into a lifeless planet full of lives. We are so addicted to the cell phones that we are missing out on our family time. All the time we spend on phones is a heavy price to pay. Over using cell phones is tremendously affecting our social behavior. We are missing out on our manners and etiquette. When you are with someone and he/she is constantly checking, scrolling, texting, or engaged with the cell phone in his/ her hand, it gives a feeling like you are not really fully with that person. It is a very rude behavior and damages our relationship. Cell phones are the latest invention in rudeness. We hardly converse now a days I am afraid a day will come when we may not speak at all but text messages even to the person sitting next to us. Imagine a society where everyone is mute just texting no words spoken. Gone are the days of family gathering sitting relax and chatting with each other sharing happiness and sorrow alike but now the scene is different we still have family gathering without the spirit of togetherness. Everyone is too busy to sit and listen. Spending time with someone is a thing of past. You are labeled old fashioned. I still remember how we use to play games in the evening in the courtyard of our house after we are done with our school work but now things have changed instead of running and playing in the park which helps in physical, mental, social and emotional development. Kids are busy playing Temple run online. Don't allow gadgets to replace games. We are so engrossed in our phones that we hardly raise our head to see around, noticed beautiful things that god has created for us. We're living in an era where capturing moments using our phones is more important than actually living these moments with whoever is beside us. Your cell phone has already replaced your camera, your calendar and your alarm clock. Don't let it replace your family.
One fine evening pondering on these facts a funny idea crossed my mind with this addiction to cell phones we may end up standing at the other side of the road forgetting to cross it or a morsel of food in our hand forgetting to put in our mouth, mothers forgetting their children on the roads to attend their Whatsaap messages, people falling to their death taking selfies unmindful of the dangers around. we may need Mobile help forces like police officers, teachers engineers etc who will assist us in our daily choirs, help us in crossing the road , or put the food in our mouth and remind us to swallow. Remind us to carry our children back. etc Though it sounds funny but it calls for introspection and serious thinking. It’s high time we limit our selves and learn to use technology as it is meant to be if not we may end up. No time to stand and stare No time to stand No time...
A poor life this is if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.
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Who Am I...? by: Dr. Shifan Thaha
There is an identity crisis prevalent in the so called" Globalized society". Aping the west has become the fashion of the day. Anything that contradicts the western culture is considered outlandish and weird. This diversion towards the road, leading to nowhere, is not only appalling but saddening. Hence, it is time to ponder over the reasons for this diversion . Is it: purely blind admiration for the west? Roots too weak to withstand gusty winds of change? Hollowness created by Technology?...Social acceptability?? The concept of " identity diffusion" can be substantiated by research conducted by clinical psychologists. The developmental psychologist Erik Erikson coined the term "Identity Crisis" .It is zxconsidered to be the fifth developmental stage of an individual's mind and occurs during the period of adolescence. This stage is also considered as the "stormy stage" . This chaotic stage has been beautifully envisioned in the Poem ‘IdentIty Crisis' by Dee Daffodil. I've been feeling slightly odd lately And I wish that I could say That I'll be over it quite quickly But I think I've lost my way...
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Unfortunately, Identity crisis is on the rise today. The need of the hour is to tame the rebellious teenagers and make them realize that they are the custodians of the rich culture ,passed down for generations .Culture gives us our identity and retaining the culture is 'identity achievement'. Therefore, we should have a strong commitment towards our culture and be proud of it. The importance of clinging on to one’s cultural roots is summed up in the intriguing lines written by an anonymous poet. "So we now know That no one ever really dies Even as their soul touches the skies As long as their story goes But when their story dies And they still there lie No one ever knows."
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To My Students I presume, you as a rising star of dark mare; Whose link to earth traces beyond its horizons. When given to grace with power and dare; Knowledge combined with faith to undertake marathons. You sparkle above the heights of expectations! Gripping dreams; for visions to come true. There is little doubt on your agitations; Whose domains smack a sharp view! By worthy counsels of guides alnd teachers fashions; Continue to enchant and reverberate as lifelong passions. Rhyming scheme- abab
Ms. Noor Fatimah Ibrahim
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Analysis of Kate Chopin's “A Pair of Silk Stockings” BY: NOURA AL REDHAAN
Kate Chopin was an American author who
This is the story of Mrs. Sommers , the main
wrote novels and short stories. She was born in
character in Kate Chopin's. When she is surprised
1850 and died in 1904, and she is credited as an
to find that she has fifteen dollars to spare, she
influence for future 20th century feminist authors, such as Zelda Fitzgerald. Following Chopin’s death, her works gained popularity for their boldness and technique. Kate Chopin was known for depicting the lives of women, particularly as they attempted to create individual identities. Chopin is also celebrated for exploring themes that reflect the role of women in society and also for including in her stories local color from the Louisiana area, She wrote realistically and seriously about women’s lives and the struggles they encountered. The
starts thinking about how to spend it. Her thoughts go immediately to her children to buy them new clothes that will last them awhile. But her subconscious has other ideas. Her feet take her to a department store before she can buy clothing for her children; she comes upon a pair of silk stockings. They are smooth enough to entice her to forego buying children’s clothes and purchase the stockings instead. Yet, she doesn’t stop there. Mrs. Sommers also buys herself boots, gloves, magazines, after this spontaneous
strength of women is a common theme in her
shopping spree, she decides to treat herself with
writing. In more recent years, Chopin was
a lunch. Thinking she'd only eat little, she ends up
honored with a star on the St. Louis Walk of
eating a delicious expensive lunch, including
Fame in St. Louis, Missouri in 1990. A bust of her
dessert, wine, coffee, chocolates, and theater
head was placed at the Writer’s Corner in the
tickets where she shares chocolates with a fellow
Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis in
audience member. When the movie is over, she
2012. A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin is a short story originally published in the September 1897 issue of Vogue. In "A Pair of Silk Stockings," she portrays the quiet struggle of a woman searching for a balance between family life and personal satisfaction. The story was well received, as were Chopin’s other short stories
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gets on the train to go home, wishing it would never stop, not wanting to return home and back to the reality of her life. She feels ''a powerful longing that the cable car would never stop anywhere, but go on and on with her forever,'' because she knows when she returns home she has to go back to being the dutiful mother and wife, the ''little'' Mrs. Sommers.
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Mrs. Sommers is the main character in the story where she represents a round character with multiple traits. Throughout the story Kate Chopin beautifully portrays a woman caught between different roles. before buying the stockings she was the one who knew the value of bargain, she is very caring and thinks about spending the money on her children but after buying the stockings she becomes self centered wouldn’t mind a difference of a dollar or two in a price as long as she got what she desired. She forgets about the family needs and spends money for her own. This story can be said as an effective representation of realism depiction. The story is based on reality and truth and focuses on the lives of ordinary people. Everything in the story could happen to anyone in the world it show the common activities of normal people. The story gives a careful description of everyday life and also focuses on social issues of real life situations. She is a perfect example of how humans are tempted by material gain, “the life of luxury”, and the vicious way society judges things (or people). Mrs. Sommers is this innocent family lady. However, the minute she buys the silk stockings is the minute she becomes a different Mrs. Sommers. All of a sudden everything she has in not good enough, she looks at her shopping bag as “shabby” and “old”. Her parcel is “very small”. At this point, she wants more. She begins to think without reason, and loses her sense of responsibility when she puts the stockings on in the ladies room. Mrs. Sommers is “not going through any acute mental process or reasoning with herself”, she is “not thinking at all” at this point. Mrs. Sommers’s mind is not working like it used to at the beginning. All of a sudden nothing is too expensive, she eats the expensive restaurant, buys shoes, gloves, and magazines “such as she had become accustomed to read in those days”. In buying the silk stockings, Mrs. Sommers sets out to self-identify. She is as human as anyone else, and therefore as prone to desiring finer things. She ceases to think logically, and in so doing, discovers and unleashes her own identity. That same identity is the one she put away for marriage, the one she put away in order to conform to societal standards. This, however, does not mean that Mrs. Sommers loves her children any less. Instead, she is expressing a desire for freedom .This is one of the many reasons this story, along with many of Chopin’s works, continues to enjoy popularity.
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CERTAINTY
By: Aljohara S. Alqahtani
What I know for certain is that nothing is certain. The sky might not be blue, but several colors we cannot see nor name. The earth might not be lonely, for there are other planets waiting to be called home. Heartache might not be about falling apart, but coming back together. A faded picture might not mean a forgotten memory, but a cherished one, always remembered. A mistake might not be the end, but the beginning for a better life. A broken compass might not mean being lost, but a new adventure to embark on. There is nothing certain in this world— even the stars sigh as they whirl, the snow hesitates before melting away, the mist holds its breath, the clouds could gather but not rain at all. Certainty is a game that you play to lose. Nothing is certain, and that is beautiful, it can ache and soothe, a vast landscape you can breathe in, instead of a hole squeezed against a door. But if there is one thing that I am certain of is: That a heart that’s been broken will only grow back stronger, and eventually, truthfully, emerge victorious.
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First Drop of Monsoon
It was summer in the land all over The land cracked with pain For mother earth grieves over the wounds That the sun’s whip Lashes have caused
Life begs for relief, a sign of hope That a hero may rise to rid them of this tyrant Far above a small cloud hears the pleas, He thinks what can I do being a small cloud
By Ms. Sameena Khan
A lightening thought flashed across his mind “I Know” he said, as he quickly raced towards his kind All the clouds then stood united, for “STRENGTH LIES IN UNITY” They all together stretched across the sky A grey garment the sky now wore Quicker than the eye could see A sacred sabre like thunderbolt Flashed across the sky Life’s prayers have been answered The little cloud thus spoke “Mighty sun your time of tyranny is now at it’s’ end” Silvery as his voice was it echoed like a thousand drums The cowering sun was thus warned So he hid behind the clouds and ran Like a little child, only to shine another day and just then the cloud thundered “Let the arrows of life be released” A soothing balm filled the land Healing mother earth’s painful wounds The end of the summer’s torture was thus in this way, came to an end. 38 NEWS LETTER VOLUME-2
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