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(Ijells) Issn 2278 -0742 Volume 2 Issue 4 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH: LITERATURE, LANGUAGE & SKILLS (IJELLS) ISSN 2278 -0742 VOLUME 2 ISSUE 4 www.ijells.com www.ijells.com 2278 0742 Page | 2 Volume 2 Issue 4 January 2014 www.ijells.com 2278 0742 Page | 3 Volume 2 Issue 4 January 2014 www.ijells.com 2278 0742 Page | 4 Volume 2 Issue 4 January 2014 www.ijells.com 2278 0742 Editorial Board………….………........…………………………………………....................…....02 Editor’s Note…………………………………………………..…..………….................…..…......04 Contents…………………………………………………..………..………..…….................……..05 Page | 5 Aparajita Dr. Ghanshyam Asudani…………………………………………………………………………....07 Kaleidoscope of Mankind in reality Sharon Grace. S.................................................................................................................................10 Liza Dr. Sudarsan Sahoo............................................................................................................................11 The Clock Creeps T.Geetha……………………………………………………………………………………….……12 Evolution of Meta-theatre to its Postmodern Avatar Dr. Anita Manuel................................................................................................................................13 Keats’ concept of art as revealed in Ode on a Grecian Urn Ashesava Mazumdar... ......................................................................................................................18 Bombay: A Tale of a City in Rohinton Mistry’s Family Matters Dr. S. Christina Rebecca.. ...................................................................................................................20 Indian Women's Writing In English B. S. Gomathi & P. Kiruthika……………...........................................................................................27 Diasporic Articulation in Vassanji’s Amriika Dr. Hareshwar Roy...........................................................................................................................29 Use of Traditional Sources In Karnad Plays K. Lakshmi..........................................................................................................................................35 Globalization of Cuisines: Rethinking the role of Food in the Recent Indian English Fiction Dr. Maya Vinai, Dr. M.G Prasuna and Jayashree Hazarika……....................................................37 Architecture, the mirror of human behaviors Mojgan Abshavi.................................................................................................................................41 Narrating Lives: The Kabul Beauty School by Deborah Rodriguez Namita Singh......................................................................................................................................44 Verbal Artistry in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss Prabha Fenn.......................................................................................................................................48 Diasporic dislocation; a struggle to arrive at authentic selfhood in V.S. Naipaul’s Half a Life Ramchandra R. Joshi.........................................................................................................................55 Is Motherhood a Privilege or a Curse? Dr. M. Revathy...................................................................................................................................60 Identity of Women In The Select Novels Of Anita Desai D. Sundar Singh.................................................................................................................................65 Explication of civil rights negation in Richard Wright’s “black boy” S. Thamil Selvi & M. Palanisamy.......................................................................................................67 Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine: A Fluid Identity Dr.Usha Masram................................................................................................................................71 The Importance of Teaching Phonetics M. Avinash..........................................................................................................................................75 Assessment of Young Learners of English: Using Alternative Forms of Assessment Dhriti Sundar Gupta………..………………………………….………………………………...….78 Volume 2 Issue 4 January 2014 www.ijells.com 2278 0742 Barriers in Second Language Learning R. Kavitha...........................................................................................................................................81 Effectiveness of Bilingual Tasks in Developing Reading Comprehension in English as Second Language Ms. Shimi M.G .and Mrs. Lavina Dominic.........................................................................................84 Integrating Approaches in Language Learning: Teaching Grammar to Professional Students Alla Ratna Malat………………………………………………………………..………………..…88 Page | 6 Error Correction: Teachers' and Students' perceptions and preferences Najmus Sehar....................................................................................................................................93 Computer As A Language Learning Aid For Distance Language Learners And Teachers: A Study Dr. M. Pratibha………....................................................................................................................100 Importance of Systematic Learning for Lustrous Career S. Sayiram…………...........................................................................................................................107 The effect of cross-cultural shock on ELL of international students in India Dr. Anne Sheela Peter......................................................................................................................109 A Session Plan for Engineering Undergraduates Learning ESL Dr Varalakshmi Chaudhry...............................................................................................................117 Communication and Its Importance K.Karthikeyan……………...............................................................................................................124 The Need for Effective Communication Skills in English for Engineering Students Dr. B. Lakshmi……………………………………………………………………………..………127 Strong Interpersonal Skills Slash Stress and Crush Conflicts in Workplace Revathy Ravichandran......................................................................................................................130 Slangs and the Twenty-First Century Formal English Communication Dr Sushil...........................................................................................................................................133 Book Review on Song of Achilles-Madeline Miller Dr. Anshu Raina...............................................................................................................................136 Ben Stiller’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Dr. Mrudula Lakkaraju……………………………………………………………………………138 The Silver Lining Padma Patwari................................................................................................................................142 Author Profiles...............................................................................................................................143 Pictures Courtesy: www.google.co.in/images Volume 2 Issue 4 January 2014 www.ijells.com 2278 0742 Aparajita Dr. Ghanshyam Asudani Page | 7 Death is the inevitable truth of life. Time and again, you have to bid farewell to one another. Timely or untimely; early or late; come it must. We are often afraid of it. But, there are some people who never care for it. It does not win over them. They conquer it. These were the thoughts I was preoccupied while walking with the funeral of Asha. Yes, Asha. Asha Chandrakant Thete. I still clearly remember the day. Everything was usual at school. The admissions were on. People were bringing their wards clad in rich and gaudy clothes. Usually the children from well-to-do families sought admission in our school. It had maintained a reputation of producing highest result in the region. I was supervising the tough admission procedure. Suddenly I was taken aback by the entry of a poor and shabby looking man who virtually banged into my chamber. He had his 12 year daughter with him. He wanted admission for her in 5th class. She studied in municipal school till class 4. Now he wanted to admit her in good school. When I asked him about the fee, he said that he would manage everything. He only wished that his daughter go beyond the sky and become the pride of his life and existence for he loved her more than the whole world. She was slim, tall, bubbly girl with curly locks. Full of enthusiasm she left others behind in punctuality and discipline. She soon became a favourite of all. Her abject poverty made her all the more simple. She was poor no doubt, but she proved the richest in studies in the school. She stood first in entire school in class 5th and also won a scholarship. Everybody had strong hopes from her. God is nearer to the children, they say. The almighty manifested on every moment when she soothed a child when he/she got hurt while playing or consoled a crying kid who became restless for parents. She was like elder sister to all her younger schoolmates and the elder pupils loved her as their family member. She also started participating actively in co-curricular activities as well. No school activities would be complete without Asha being there directly or indirectly. The course of life
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