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The LangLit Monthly| March 2017


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sr. No.

Content Page No.

1 What is Life? 3

2 No Penny For Dreams 4

3 11 Paraprosdokians That Will Make You Think Twice

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4 What is calligraphy? 7

5 Scratch your brains and guess the

idioms

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6 A Letter to Anonymous 9

7 Book Review

10-11

8 Answer Key 11

9 I still….!!! 12

10 Events@FLA 13-14


What is Life? Ms. Navdeep Kaur

Life is like a butterfly

So colourful, so vivacious

Let’s celebrate every colour

And leave no space there for worry!

Life is filled with thrill and joy

No matter there are many phases

Through which we have to pass

Consider your troubles just a toy!

Life is like a beautiful song

Music, rhythm, rhyme and all

There is nothing right or wrong

You just need to sing along!

Life is like a marvelous painting

Filled with so many colours dull and bright

Pick your colours, sketch pens and brushes

Highlight the happiness and stop worrying!

Life is like a melting ice cream

Taste it fully before it slips away

Treasure all in life who are worth it

For today mortals are real, tomorrow a dream!


No Penny for Dreams Dr. Disha Khanna

Hope and dreams

Fill Schemes.

Slippery as soap

Both dreams and hope.

My dreams have seen

The things that might have been.

The sweat it seems

Is a part of my dreams.

I sit by the streams

With moonlight dreams.

I rise up from my dreams

With new found themes.

‘New Found Themes’ come to roam

To the hearth in my home.

Aspiring dreams

So it seems.

Everything it seems

Is beyond my dreams.

But never question my dreams

For they come in streams.

Just chase my dreams

However hard it seems.

I accomplish my dreams

With well thought out schemes.

At times it seems

He is always in my dreams.

Dreams have no logic

But plenty of magic.

Dreams reside

In the magic carpet ride.

Dreams make me whole

With a look into the soul.

Dreams are penniless

Of the soul it speaks.

Let’s start assuming

That life is about dreaming.

Sit by the stream

Dreaming beautiful dreams.

Bearing in mind, dreams will come true

By just using the right glue!


11 Paraprosdokians That Will Make You Think Twice Ms. Poonam Nanda

Paraprosdokians are linguistic brain scramblers in which the latter part of the sentence isn't what you expected based on the first part of the sentence, causing you to re-think the entire statement. 1. "If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong." —Attributed to Sir Winston Churchill. The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was reportedly a big fan of the paraprosdokian. 2. "War does not determine who is right ... Only who is left." —Often (and probably mistakenly) attributed to Bertrand Russell, the 20th century British philosopher and mathematician. 3. "Where there's a will, I want to be in it." —Anonymous 4. "I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure." —Attributed to Tommy Cooper, the Welsh comedian and magician who was known for his witty one-liners. 5. "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing—after they've tried everything else." —Widely attributed to Winston Churchill, but probably a paraphrase from Israeli politician Abba Eban. 6. "If I could just say a few words … I'd be a better public speaker." —Homer in The Simpsons episode "Much Apu About Nothing." Spoiler alert: Only Bart laughs. 7. "I haven’t slept for 10 days, because that would be too long." —Mitch Hedberg, the stand-up comedian who was known for his dry delivery of one-liners. 8. "Mark my words. Seriously, Mark, I need my words." —Stephen Colbert, the comedian and former host of The Colbert Report. 9. "Behind every great man there's a woman, rolling her eyes." —Jim Carrey's character in the movie Bruce Almighty 10. "I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." —Hugh Herbert, the 20th century actor and comedian. 11. "One time a guy handed me a picture and said 'here's a picture of me when I was younger.' Every picture is of you when you were younger." —Another classic from Mitch Hedberg.

http://mentalfloss.com/article/58647/10-words-simpsons-made-famous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE6Wkm3aVKA&feature=youtu.be&t=2m36s

http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/jfofbj/intro---6-17-08

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4stq-m6rPX4&feature=youtu.be&t=48s


"On the other hand, you have different fingers." - Steven Wright

"I was asked to name all the presidents…I thought they already had names." -

Demetri Martin


What is calligraphy? Mr. Bhupinder Kumar

What is calligraphy really? Here’s where we scrape off any dull, half-hearted definitions that might

be holding your calligraphy back.

Calligraphy is more than ‘beautiful handwriting’ or ‘ornate lettering techniques.’

Calligraphy is the art of forming beautiful symbols by hand and arranging them well.

It’s a set of skills and techniques for positioning and inscribing words so they show integrity,

harmony, some sort of ancestry, rhythm and creative fire.

Useful notes:

Symbol here means a mark which has a specific agreed-upon meaning in a language, like a letter of

the alphabet, a numeral or a word.

Integrity of a letter or other symbol means admirable proportions and form.

Harmony describes a pleasing relationship between different visual elements in a piece of

calligraphy: parts of a letter, letters, words, the whole text and surrounding space.

Ancestry refers to the heritage of letter-shapes, materials and techniques which calligraphers use.

Rhythm means the calligrapher's deliberate repetition and variation of marks and spaces to create

feelings of pattern and emphasis when you look at the work.

Creative fire ... well ... that’s the slightly mysterious life and individuality of any piece of art. That’s

the part of it which is you.


SCRATCH YOUR BRAINS AND GUESS THE IDIOMS Ms. Shilpa Khosla

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A Letter to Anonymous Ms. Parvanshi Sharma

Like tiger walks on prey

Like snake hungry and stray

Wrath unready to be unfolded

I hold myself back and stay

You think I just grasp and forget

You wonder why I am no threat

I sit quiet as it’s the best I do

And trust me this feeling has no regret

I seem stupid but I’m not

I’m not sensible I talk a lot

It’s good to share knowledge they say

But I hope you’re worth my thoughts

I’m not mature enough they feel

I can’t handle the things they deal

I wonder what it’d take to put in

To be the one that world appeals

I too can crouch and mend my defence

I too can get serious to pretence

To mix in with thoughts of common people

And then this world has no difference.


BOOK REVIEW Dr. Disha Khanna

Do you possess the skill to win over hearts and minds and the confidence to deliver effective talk or being a

LEADER you feel

"I am terrible at giving presentations."

"I get nervous and I am a horrible public speaker."

"Nobody wants to listen to me. I am boring."

Just hang on and remember, ideas are the currency of the 21C. Many people have the apprehension and feel

insecure to deliver successful presentations.

I have accomplished reading Carmine Gallo's "Talk Like Ted" which is a powerful guide to Public Speaking.

Below shared are the few keys that will assist you to achieve your most audacious goals-

1. Your ideas are your selling skills that need to be sold persuasively. Ideas packaged effectively, can change

the entire game.

2. The most engaging presentations require-

Element of emotion- They touch your heart

Novel- They teach you something new

Memorable- Present content in ways you will never forget

3. On stage, it is human connecting to humans. The best talks are the ones in which people can sense

humanity.

4. Passion leads to mastery and your presentation is nothing without it.

5. Once your passion is identified, you can feel charged in your daily activities, profession and this will be your

apt subject to inspire your target audience.

6. Success doesn't lead to happiness, happiness creates success. Help others in creating happiness and tread

on the road of success hand in hand.

7. Passion is contagious. When you are inspired by some great purpose or some extraordinary project, all

your thoughts break their bonds in accomplishing your goal.

8. Persuasion among audience occurs because of 3 components-

Ethos- credibility

Logos- logic, data, stats

Pathos- act of appealing emotions


9. Good presentation involves interaction with audience. For that-

Ask for suggestions

Seek immediate feedback

Rehearse, rehearse and rehearse- nothing can be replaced with rehearsing

10. Man is inquisitive in nature. Human brains admire novelty. An unusual element in presentation intrigues

the audience.

11. Stick to rule of 3 of having catching headline. Once your topic is decided, fragment into 3 sub-topics that

will memorable for audience. Like "TED" or it can be YOU or why not me "DDK".

12. Don't try to be someone else, endeavour to be perfect YOU. Learn from others but leave an indelible

mark of your own aura by being yourself.

ANSWER KEY

1 Couch Potato

2 Hit the hay

3 Living in the edge

4 Storm in a tea cup

5 The grass is greener on the other side

6 Apple of someone’s eye

7 Button your lips


I still….!!! Ms. Kamini Verma

I still remember the time when we were together,

Growth of my thoughts had no leaps and bounds as it was the perfect weather.

I am still keeping the promises that we made,

It was fault in our stars though none of us betrayed.

I still feel the warmth of your loving hug,

I was and I am addicted to that as it’s my life saving drug.

How can I forget that goodbye kiss?

Which changed my life forever as it’s a heavenly bliss.

I still want to hold your hand in mine,

Coz for me you are my pilgrimage and you are my shrine.


Events@FLA

Cambridge English Workshop Cambridge English (Part of the University of Cambridge) conducted a two days workshop in GNA

University for language teachers and trainers lending them tips to engage classes with activities and

fun-based teaching.

Ms Kavita was the resource person for the workshop who let the participants to explore a host of

practical and fun ways to make the English classroom more engaging. Many teachers from well-

known colleges, language trainers from Cambridge English preparation centers and other language

experts partook in the workshop. The workshop offered a platform to interact with experts and

peers to learn and share ideas on how to make the language learning and teaching experience more

interesting yet meaningful. Participants also had an activity filled session, where they got the

opportunity to learn more about the Cambridge English resources at their disposal.


Acta Diurna

The fourth edition of the Literary Wall “Acta Diurna” of the Faculty of Liberal Arts was launched and

the wall for the month was dedicated to women and to commemorate the incomparable

compassion, tolerance and hard work done by eminent women of the society like Mother Teresa,

Anita Desai, Amrita Pritam, Shashi Deshpande, Arundati Roy, Kiran Bedi, Sushmita Sen, Kalpana

Chawla etcetera.

Dr Prem Kumar, Vice Chancellor extended warm greetings and best wishes to the women faculty of

the university and apprised the students about the invaluable contribution done by women to the

development and progress of our country. He also stressed on providing educational opportunities

for female children in India.

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