After reading poems of Tagore's Leave this chanting and kabir's O sevant, where dost thou seek me? I find some similarities between ideas of these poems. Kabir's poem O sevant Where dost thou seek me? is an eye opener to all blind worshippers. He urges men not to search for God that he is beside in your fellow human being. the poet expresses the idea of merely worshipping God by visiting temples and Mosques is useless because he is not in temple or Masjid. See the God in your fellow being.
Seeking God visiting a temple or masjid, is futile, instead man has to see God in fellow human being.
Tagore brings out the same idea " man's ignorance of seeking God" his poem " Leave this Chanting".The poet urges not to sit in a dark corner of the temple by chanting mantras. Tagore's concept is that "Work is Worship" and "Serving human is serving God."
. Kabir-I. 13. mo ko kahân dhûnro bande
O servant, where dost thou seek Me?
Lo! I am beside thee.
I am neither in temple nor in mosque: I am neither in Kaaba nor
in Kailash:
Neither am I in rites and ceremonies, nor in Yoga and
renunciation.
If thou art a true seeker, thou shalt at once see Me: thou shalt.
meet Me in a moment of time.
Kabîr says, "O Sadhu! God is the breath of all breath.
Leave this Chanting Tagore
Leave this chanting and singing and telling of beads!
Whom dost thou worship in this lonely dark corner of a temple with doors all shut? Open thine eyes and see thy God is not before thee!
He is there where the tiller is tilling the hard ground. and where the path maker is breaking stones. He is with them in sun and in shower, and his garment is covered with dust. Put off thy holy mantle and even like him come down on the dusty soil!
Deliverance? Where is this deliverance to be found? Our master himself has joyfully taken upon him the bonds of creation. he is bound with us all forever.
Come out of thy meditations and leave aside thy flowers and incense! What harm is there if thy clothes become tattered and stained? Meet him and stand by him in toil and in sweat of thy brow.
The speaker suggests that God is with hard working man, who is laying road by breaking stones. God is with him who is working dawn to dusk to meet his ends in hot sun and rain. The Poet calls upon the worshipper to remove his holy saffron clothes and come out from the dark corner of the temple to work under the hot sun in the field. he
I try hard to place my face on every corner your eyes fall.
Doesn't help.
You too care more for the housewife than for me.
Suppressing the sighs of the river renamed at every shore this hen, your mother of chicks, scratches words in front of you.
Mom, I am your daughter.
Won't you ask
why your child is so old already?
Why did she run away from your lap so soon?
No, it is not the hair graying behind the ears,
the hollowing eyes,
the rules of society,
not even the restless fury whirling round and round trying to bite off the tether
Whenever we see each other, the gate is closed at the crossing.
The train cuts across our painful smiles clanking, fuming
We let the thousand and one heads and hands pass We stop helpless.
We forget in the noise the rush of our blood in the veins.
I take care not to let my thoughts blot the letters I write You take the answers to the three questions you have.
My words melt in my mouth.
My childhood dies in me.
My ocean becomes a centre for smugglers.
Once again my name is entered among the birds that love their net.
About the Poet
Nirmala Kondepudi is a well-known feminist poet. She is a journalist by profession and a creative writer by nature. She was born on March 26, 1958, in Hyderabad. She graduated from Stella Maris College in Vijayawada in 1977. She has made significant efforts in three literary genres, i.e., short stories, poetry, and columns.
She started her career in the editorial department of Andhra Jyoti magazine in 1978. She is one of the strongest voices in Telugu modern poetry.
She is the recipient of numerous awards. Some of them are:
Tapi Dharma Rao Memorial Award, 1988,
B.N. Reddy Award 1994 for Sandhigdha Sandhya,
Devulapalli Krishnasastri Award 1993
and also The Poet of the Year 1994 from the SBR Cultural Wing.
The poet with feminist consciousness attempts to bring out the inner agony,unspoken and unnoticed issues of women in patriarchal society. The poet's irony can be seen in the concluding lines that her name should be registered once again in the list of net-loving birds. She uses the bird’s net as a metaphor for women's situations in present-day society. The net symbolizes a trap in which women involuntarily fall, which they cannot escape. Mother asks three questions to the poet as soon as she enters the house. First question: where is the son-in-law? Second, haven't kids come back home yet? Third, why don't you keep your house clean?Her mother always identifies her daughter's state of being a wife and mother rather than an individual. The poet poignantly questions her mother, saying that she never asks why her daughter has become so old with gray locks on her cheeks and how she has grown up so soon. She is not worried about the social rules, the whirring sound and hollowing eyes. The poet sees a closed gate between her and her mother whenever they want to exchange the burden of their anxieties. She feels that she doesn't feel rush of blood in her veins as if she is dead.
FACULTIES OF ARTS/SCIENCE/COMMERCE/SOCIAL SCIENCES B.A/B.Sc./B.Com./B.B.A./B.A (L) (VI Semester) Examination
2023
GENERAL ENGLISH
Time: 2 Hours]
[Max.Marks: 60
Answer the following questions in the serial order.
SECTION-A (Marks: 3 x 10 = 30)
I. Answer any THREE of the following
A. Write a letter to the Municipal Commissioner on the unhygienic conditions of your locality.
B. Prepare your Curriculum Vitae to apply for the post of a teacher in a school.
C. Write an e-mail to the Centre for English Language Teaching at the Department of English. Kakatiya University requesting for the details of the Spoken English Course.
D. Expand "Work is worship" into a short essay.
SECTION-B (Marks: 3 x 10 = 30)
Answer any THREE of the following questions. Each question carries 10 marks.
II. A. In what ways can Sreelakshmi Suresh be considered an inspirational figure?
B. What reasons does Sahasranamam provide for the speedy development and deployment of the innovative ideas listed in his essay?
III. A. Explain what Donne by 'No man is an island".
B. Elaborate on the central theme of Guest's poem.
IV. A. Annotate the following lines-
"she had launched her own start-up, eDesign Technologies.”
ASR
B. Annotate the following lines-
"Hey, I found my work really meaningful today!'
V. A. Annotate the following lines-
For the battle is lost or the battle is won By the spirit of the team.
B. Annotate the following lines-
For whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.
SYLLABUS
KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY UG ENGLISH III YEAR SEM 6
( CBCS 2021-2022 onwards)
ENGLISH COMMUNICATION SKILLS
& EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS
Marks: 75 (Internal: 15; External: 60)
Unit 1
PROSE:-Sreelakshmi Suresh
POEM :- For whom the bell tolls - John Donne
Official letters
Unit 2
PROSE :-How work can be made meaningful - Katie Bailey
POEM:-Teamwork - Edgar Albert Guest
Job application letters and curriculum vitae
Unit 3
PROSE:-How the coronavirus sparked a wave of innovation - Sreevas Sahasranamam
Meaning: direction Examples:downward, toward, inward, upward, forward, backward
-wise Meaning: in this/ that way Examples:- family-wise, anti-clockwise,clockwise, likewise, lengthwise, otherwise
Unit 2 -
Q. 2.(A) Conditionals- Marks 5×1=5
If Conditionals
Zero conditional (sure to happen)
First conditional ( likely to happen)
Second conditional (unlikely to happen)
Third conditional (never to happen)
Zero Conditional
The zero conditional is used to describe general truths and scientific facts.
CONDITION+RESULT
If there are dark clouds, it rains heavily
If battery has no charge, the mobile does not work
If you stand in the rain, you get wet.
If you heat ice, it melts.
If you heat water to 100 degrees Celsius, it boils.
If I don't drink tea, I get a headache.
PRESENT SIMPLE+PRESENT SIMPLE
(facts which are generally true or scientific facts. The condition always has the same result)
First conditional
First conditional or conditional type I is also called probable conditional. In the first conditional,
the if clause is in the present tense.
These sentences describe something that is likely to take place. So, they are also called probable or likely conditionals
If it rains,we will cancel the trip
If you study,you will pass the exam.
PRESENT SIMPLE+WILL/WON'T/can/may)
+ VERB
V1_----------------will/shall/can/may/+v1
(Or)
V1_----------------won't/shan't/can't/may not/+v1
If you invite me, I will come to the party
If you send a written request, you will get a reply.
If the weather is fine tomorrow, I will go walking.
If she gets good grades, she will go to university.
(A possible situation in the future Predicting a likely result in the future (if the condition happens)
Second conditional
If I had enough money, I would buy an Apple phone
If I won the lottery, I would travel a lot.
If she had a piece of land, she could build a new house.
If they sold their house, they would be rich.
If I had time, I would learn grammar.
If I had more time, I might learn German.
If I had more time, I should learn German.
PAST SIMPLE+WOULD+VERB(might/should)
V2--------------would/should/could/might/+v1
hypothetical or unlikely situations Unreal orimprobable situation now or in the future.
Third conditional
Third Conditional or Conditional Type III Read the sentence given below.
If he had stayed at home, he would not have got drenched in the thundershower. This sentence is of conditional type III. The If clause is in the past perfect tense.
The third conditional is used for actions that are impossible to happen. The condition cannot be fulfilled because the main clause refers to an event that has already occured.
Example: If I had left home early, I would have caught the flight.
Both the above examples indicate that the action expressed in the if-clause did not happen and cannot happen now, since the time has already passed.
So, these sentences are examples of Conditional Type III.
For Impossible conditionals we use the pattern:
if + past perfect, would/could etc + have + past participle....
Examples:
(a) If he had arranged a taxi to receive us, he would have told us. (b) If you had watered these plants regularly, they would have grown bigger.
The if-clause can also begin with had if we use it instead of if.
Examples:
(a) Had you practised well, you would have won the dance competition.
(b) Had you taken the medicines regularly, you would have recovered earlier.
(c) Had you reached the ticket counter on time, you would have got the movie tickets.
If you had studied, you would have passed the exam.
If I hadn't been sick, I would have gone to your party.
If you had invited me, I would have come to the party.
If I had studied, I could have passed the exam
If I had studied, I might have passed the exam
PAST PERFECT+ would/could/might have+ past participle
had+V3----------------would/could/should+ have+v3
(The person is imagining a different past Imaginary situation that did not happen)
Use the appropriate form of each verb to fill in the blanks. State the type of conditional (zero or first conditional) and say why it is appropriate in the given context.
a. We.. (become) dark. (go) for a walk at five o'clock if it does not.
b. If she (wear) high heels, her legs(ache).
c. I. brother. (make) dinner if 1 (come) home before my brother.
d. If we (take) the bus, we (not arrive) in time.
e. If Donna disappointed. (not buy) the book, her friends (be)
f. If you.. you to go out. (not tidy) your room, the warden. (not allow)
g. If the girls.. (not get) enough practice. (not play) football thrice a week, they
h. If ice (not be) kept in the fridge, it (melt).
i. If my friends together. (come), we (watch) a movie
j. You junk food. (not lose) weight if you (eat) too much
2. Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets to fill in the blanks in the second conditional sentences below.
a. If she (can) stand up, she------(come) to work
b. If I(have) a mobile, I-----(call) to work.
c. We the sea. (go) swimming more often if we---- (are) near the sea.
d. If my mother (make) breakfast, I (eat) more.
e. Her brother -------(find) more mistakes if only he-----(read) the text again.
f. If you -------(add) a little lemon, the soup----(be) excellent.
g. If we----(not use) any polythene bags, our locality------- (remain) clean.
Q.1.(B)Commonly confused words marks (5×1=5)
Unit 3
Q. 3.(B) Collocations- marks (5×1=5)
Internal exam 1 model
Collocations are natural combinations of words that are closely connected with each other. They are usually considered to be a single block of language. For example, black tea, brown sugar, major problem, fast food, etc.
Collocations are made up of combinations of different parts of speech-verb, noun, adjective, etc.
ask permission, break loose, catch fire. do better, get wet, hold talks, keep quiet, lose control, make a call, open fire, pay a visit, raise doubts, save money, take a picture, undergo surgery, vote for, wage war, yield results, etc.
Combine words from columns A and B to form commonly used collocations.
EXERCISE
AB
a. make materials
b. fulfil developed
c. dress a project
d. screen traffic
e. prevent code
f. building permission
g. foster a dream
h. basic a disaster
i. have concepts
j. cultural progress
k. highly a film
1. heavy parents
m. grant doubts
n. commission identity
Answers:-
a. make progress
b. fulfill a dream
c. dress code
d. screen a film
e. prevent a disaster
f. building materials
g. foster parents
h. basic concepts
I. have doubts
j. Cultural identity
K. highly developed
l. heavy traffic
m. grant permission
n. Commission a project
Match Column 'A' with Column 'B' (5×1=5)
A B
1. Make a. Parents
2. Foster b. Identity
3. Cultural c. Doubts
4.grant d. Progress
5. Have e. Permission
6.filter f. hair
7.curly g. coffee
8.soft h. drink
Unit 3-
Q. 3.(A)Common errors (5×1=5)
EXERCISES
Correct the Following Sentences.
a. He is six feet high
b. I know the most easiest way to slove the problem.
c. Sheela is studying since morning.
d. The chief guest entered into the auditorium.
e. He made me to wait for long time.
f. They told to him to hurry up.
g. The principal looks angry, isn't it?
h. We go to the school by cycle.
i. Supposing, if the buses are not plying, what shall we do?
j. The stray cattle is taken to the slaughter-house.
Answers:
a. He is six feet tall.
b. I know the easiest way to solve this problem.
c. Sheela has been studying since morning.
d. The chief guest entered the auditorium. e. He made me wait for a long time.
f. They told him to hurry up. g . The principal looks angry
g. The principal looks angry, doesn't he?
h. We go to the school on cycle.
Q. 1.(D).Rewrite the following sentences correcting the underlined part. The entire sentence must be written: 5×1=5
1. One of my uncles work at the Rainbow Cafe.
2. Everyone of the workers receive the same benefits.
3. A catalog of courses and requirements often confuses tudents.
4. Here is the book and the workbook that you will need for this course.
5. Each of the students are studying for the test.
6. Neither of my daughters look like me.
7. Computers, film and television influences the attention span of adolescent
8. A small group of birds are flying in the sky.
9. Idli and sambar are my favourite dish for breakfast..
10. All applications for the job has been received.
11. The furniture of this room are made of teak.
12. We should not make noise.
13. Do you sell eggs by kilo or by dozen?
14. The iron is a useful metal.
15. Last Sunday my brother took me to the good restaurant.
16. There is an institution for blind in the city.
17. Sirichandana goes to the temple in mornings.
18. He is busy at the work and won't be home before 10.30.
19. Kashyap gave the beggar an one rupee coin.
20. Cow is an useful animal.
21. His name is in middle of the list.
22. He is independent from his parents.
23. She has been absent since three days.
24. This chair is quite cheap at Rs. 150.
25. Gautham gave me a chair to sit.
26. We do not sell things for credit.
27. He went to work despite of his illness.
28. You should tell to me exactly what happened there.
29. Giridhar agreed to go to Delhi and stay there for two months.
30. This is a comfortable house to live.
31. We were not allowed to enter into the house
32. See you on next Friday.
33. Sanjana is going to home.
34. Don't ask me money.
35. I have decided to quit my job a week ago.
36. I am tired as I am working since 7 o'clock in the morning.
Answers
1.One of my uncles works at the Rainbow Cafe.
2. Everyone of the workers receives the same benefits.
3. A catalog of courses and requirements often confuses students.
4. Here are the book and the workbook that you will need for this course.
5. Each of the students is studying for the test.
6. Neither of my daughters looks like me.ad
7. Computers, film and television influence the attention span of adolescents.
8. A small group of birds is flying in the sky.
9. Idli and sambar is my favourite dish for breakfast.
10. All applications for the job have been received.
11. The furniture of this room is made of teak.
12. We should not make a noise.
13. Do you sell eggs by kilo or by the dozen?
14. Iron is a useful metal.
15. Last Sunday my brother took me to a good restaurant.
16. There is an institution for the blind in the city.
17. Sirichandana goes to temple in the mornings.
18. He is busy at work and won't be home before 10.30.
19. Kashyap gave the beggar a one rupee coin.
20. Cow is a useful animal, dypopodsvol indtol
21. His name is in the middle of the list.
22. He is independent of his parents.
23. She has been absent for three days.
24. This chair is quite cheap for Rs. 150.
25. Gautham gave me a chair to sit on.
26. We do not sell things on credit.
27. He went to work despite his illness.
28. You should tell me exactly what happened there.
29. Giridhar agreed on going to Delhi and stay there for two months.
30. This is a comfortable house to live in.
31. We were not allowed to enter the house.
32. See you next Friday.
33. Sanjana is going home.
34. Don't ask me for money.
35. I decided to quit my job a week ago.
36. I am tired as I have been working since 7 o'clock in the morning.
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