Linguaphiles

A  Festival of Books...      Department of Languages Organizes GRAB -YOUR BOOK in association with Literary Club, Bibliotecha (Library Club), and IQAC. Inauguration by Dr. C.S Biju Associate Professor St.Thomas College, Thrissur Date: 13,14 & 15 Jan 2022 Time: 10.30am to 3.00pm Venue: DBC Atheneum (College Library). The event was a great success. Students from different colleges visited and contributed. Students, teachers and staffs of our college was very vibrant and provided innumerable service throughout these days.

  Rotaract Club, a venture of the Rotary Club, was inaugurated in Don Bosco College, Mannuthy on 12th January 2022, by the District Governor Rotarian Rajashekar Srinivasan at 12.00 noon in the College Auditorium. “Commitment towards the society is an essential of social living and we need to inculcate this sense right from younger days,” said the governor in his inaugural speech. Dr. Fr. Raju Chakkanattu SDB – th e Principal of the College, Fr. Lijo Kalambadan SDB - the Vice Principal, Rotary District Director Mr. Prathap Varkey, Mr. Manoj Pushkaran - the Assistant Governor, Mr. Geeji George - the President of Thrissur west, and Ms. Chris Aloysius - the academic dean of the College, gave felicitation in the formal function in which Ms. Nithu S. Nair took oath as the President of the Club. In a poignant and eloquent function organized by the Staff coordinator Rev. Sr. Deepthi Thomas SKD, student members took the oath and were inducted as per the protocol of the Rotary Club. This joi...

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 അഭിഷേകത്തിലും അപരാധത്തിലും ഞാൻ ദാവീദ് ബലഹീനനായി കാണപ്പെടുന്നവനെ  കുരുത്തുറ്റവനാക്കി മാറ്റുന്ന അഭിഷേകത്തിന്റെ ഏടുകളാണിത്. ഗതിഭ്രoശം വന്ന അഭിഷേകപാടുകളെ  പെരുമ്പറകൊട്ടി ആഘോഷിക്കുകയും വീഴ്ച്ചകളെ പർവ്വതികരിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യുന്ന കാലത്ത് എന്നെ വിളിച്ചവന്റെ കരുത്തിലാണ് ഞാൻ എന്ന് തിരിച്ചറിയുകയാണ് ഇവിടെ. ഇത് പോരാളിയുടെ കഥയാണ് പോരാട്ടത്തിന്റെയും ഇതൊരു  സൗഹൃദ ത്തിന്റെ കഥയാണ്  സുഹൃത്തുക്കളെക്കുറിച്ചും ഇതൊരു തിരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിന്റെ കഥയാണ് ഉടമ്പടിയുടെയും ഇതൊരു ദാവീദിന്റെ കഥയാണ് എന്റെയും...

                              The Department of Languages envisions to mould the students into enlightened human beings who are capable of critically evaluating real-life situations, and prompt them to become empathetic citizens.            Department of Languages in connection with IQAC formulated a seminar on 26.11.2021. The seminar was organized under the Literary club. The topic chosen was ‘Sahitheeya Pariprekshyam’. The seminar started at 9.30 am and continued till 11.00 am. The keynote speaker was Dr.Philamin K.I, Assistant Professor, Department of Languages. The inauguration was done by Dr. Fr. Raju George and the felicitations were given by Fr. Lijo K George, the Vice Principal, and Ms. Chris Aloysius, the Academic Dean. There was sufficient student participation under the guidance of the staff members of Language Department. The necessity of a literary cl...

  WOMEN'S WAR ON SUBJUGATION  THE RESILIENT  Soft and gentle, tender and kind,  timid and subdued;  that would be the concept of women for most people.  But there are those who fight their way through:  in stories and in life.  They stand up against the perpetrators of doom and  re-emerge as heroines  in their own worlds and narratives.  They refuse to succumb to oblivion, to pain,  to desolation, and to annihilation.  They fight back with every breath  and through every letter They are... The Resilient. Without taking sides to partitionary platforms  this book would study such stories of resilience  which have become history  for future generations to learn from.  We reiterate because, WE DO CARE!

STIGMA           Reflections on those left out at the Existential Peripheries            People left out in the peripheries experience pain, isolation, and desolation. Some tend to disappear into oblivion, others choose to fight back.           Armed with words the subjugated call for vindication. Their words speak, their silence roar and their convictions terrify.           The Stigma: Reflections on those let out at the Existential Peripheries, is a collection of research articles that study the plight of those people in the outskirts of society.           Forming part of the WE CARE Series of Don Bosco College, Mannuthy this book reminds of social justice. We join hands and give went to their words because, WE DO CARE.  

THE OUSTED  Literary Exploration Into Embracing The Marginal            Life in peripheries challenge. For many survival is a combat with an unkind world which carve profound memory scars. The trauma lived by those left out in the margins of life and those unable to cop-up with the struggle leave open Pandora's Boxes. They can potentially explode- into violence, tears and into oblivion.            Finding the ousted, accepting their differences and assuring care is more than noble.            Don Bosco College, Mannuthy joins hands with thousands who dare to step ahead and step up the care protocol. The existential angst which people feel in the forgotten peripheries should compel us to respond positively so that the malady of abandonment be evicted deep from the hearts of people.

When the World DARES the Odd LIFE DURING PANDEMIC           We are hit, but not defeated. We are wounded, but not incapacitated. We were shaken and dissipated, but we are fighting it out. We lost many battles, but the war is ours. Life during and beyond Pandemic Covid - 19 is a challenge we live on. It is that one common enemy against whom the entire world gear up. We too join the band, with our humble intellectual assets to encourage the warriors, to give courage to the inventors and above all to share experiences. Success and failures leave us clues for next fight and eventful victory.            This book form part of the "We Care Series" which Don Bosco College Mannuthy, has taken upon itself and its stakeholders, to cater for the uncared for and to include the excluded. In this war against Covid we join our frontline warriors and say, we will overcome, ALSO THIS

BEYOND THE FLOOD Lessons for Insulating Kerala           The flood of 2018 had been a learning platform for the whole of Kerala. Overwhelming with tears and fears, armed with a ‘Never Say Die’ attitude, and the tenacity for a fast and furious recovery made the flood more a lesson than a sorrow memory. Many were the facts the Keralites learnt. Not all of them can be put down either. Lessons at  personal level, professional level, relationship level. The Malayali community had the opportunity to learn to prioritize, make protocols, and avoid further such calamities. Many scientific and collective reflections had been done at multiple levels to mitigate the catastrophe, also in preparation for the future.            Don Bosco College Mannuthy, joining hands with the ESAF small finance bank, also made its own reflections. Collective memory and integrated learning gave birth to a National Seminar named UDDHAN which resulte...

INSULATE KERALA Hard lessons from flooded fury      Learning lessons the hard way. That is what Kerala is doing now after the 2018 flood. Torrential rains. Flooding rivers. Overflowing dams. Perilous landslides. Cattle and beast dead and floating. Houses submerged. Lives lost. Economy crumbling. Hard lessons have been taught by water drops, coming down with fury.       Now, we are learning to survive; to LIVE BEYOND. Harnessing the range of water and wind, of human erroneous calculations and unscientific living habits, we are insulating Kerala; rather than learning to do so.       This collection of reflections are from the National Conference ‘UDDHAN’ and beyond. It is about how we can handle the fury of nature, to learn to live together with nature, how to prepare in case of further floods, and want to reserve for future generations.       ‘Insulate Kerala’ is a dream, is a hope, and is also the reflection of u...

   The care paradigm inspires every decision and every action in such a way that a new horizon opens up where the ‘different’ is not left apart, not cast to oblivion; neither dreaded nor antagonized.     We care that everyone may be well. We care that everything may be well. We care that we leave this world a better place. Intelligent human beings must rise and give a hand that the entire universe brightens up; also for the next generation.      ‘We Care’ is an educational emphasis which is developed by Don Bosco College, Mannuthy. Commenced with a National Interreligious Meet titled ‘The Other Is Our Neighbour’ in 2018, the vision proposes that all activities of the college be enshrined with this mantra till 2025 to mark a seven-year period, a number biblically signalling completion.    

                                                                                                                                                                 CARE PARADIGM “As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and other for helping others.”- Maya Angelou Help and care are inevitable aspirations of humankind. Everyone needs care, and most people long to get cared for. This opulent beholding is thus a manifestation, where we uphold the upmost necessity to care, ...

          When wisdom generates more knowledge ripples widen and the entire world profits. Academic loud thinking enables the proficient to pen down and share for all. Linguaphiles generate a platform where ideas generate concepts and words manifest standpoints. Caring for the other also in cyberspace is the motivation behind this blog. It would take a stand for the least, the lost, and the last. It would multiply initiatives and venture into untrodden routes to create pathways so that this generation and the next can profit from profound reflections and generate wisdom of life.  Happy Reading ahead. Dr.Fr.Raju Chakkanattu SDB

‘We care’ is an initiative of Don Bosco College, Mannuthy, envisioning our social commitment towards this generation and the next. We believe in words creating miracles and in wonders inspiring action. The other is our neighbour, and we do care.’