These two weeks have been a total mess and everything has not quite settled yet ...the classes, timetable or even my room... 6 boxes waiting to be unpacked and list goes on... In the midst of these chaoses, I happen to come across something beautiful by one of my all time favourites Barathi;

“O Mind, be firm in your principles
and Speech be pleasant and refined;
Cherish noble thoughts;
and may your cherished desires be attained;
May your dreams come true
and may you achieve your goals quickly;
Seek Wealth, Happiness,
and Fame in this World.

Awaken the eye of wisdom
and pursue your goals with determination;
Let Women attain liberation
and let God protect us all;
Let the land be bountiful and
let us gaze upon heaven;
Let Truth alone be Victorious
and lasting forever;”

This poem was created more than 2000 years ago (If I’m not mistaken) and I grew up listening to it in radios, in television and in motivational camps...But whenever I read this whether it is in the translated version (English), in its original version (Tamil) or even in the song version, it gives me shiver and strength from nowhere. And each reading is like the first reading-a new encounter to life and all that it stores in it.

So today, I would like to share the magic of literature with you guys... Literature... Literature...Literature (sounds like “Cinema Cinema Cinema” pulak). Well back to the story, Literature varies in difference according to perceptions. For me it’s simply finite words that produce infinite meanings... With a bunch of words, we are able to come up with utmost possible degree of meaning with the aid of our experience in the issues raised by the author. Thus, Literature is the lens that shapes our view of the world and the worldly things in it.

Although I’m 22 now and have been exposed to quite a number of literary readings, I still believe that I’m no more than a novice in this field...With a long list of literary canon hidden to be discovered, I am excited to take up this course: “Readings And Project Works For Teaching Literature In ESL Contexts” (PS: I only like the first word of the title-Readings)

Am looking forward for this course...Till then sayonara...