Linguaphiles

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, ...