Vaksauhrudam 3

The meeting of Book Lovers' Club was conducted on 11 November 2022 at the Centre Square of the college at 3:30 pm. Around 29 students participated in the meeting.It started with a writer presentation on Thomas Keneally by Rebecca , III DC English. There was an active participation of the first year students. Our teachers in charge Nayomi ma'am and Silja ma'am explained the functions of the club to the new members. The meeting ended by inviting first years for their active participation.

Vaksauhrudam 2

The meeting of Book Lovers' Club was conducted on 13 October 2022 at Room no:15 of the New Block of the college at 3:30 pm. Around 23 students participated in the meeting. It was decided to form two committees- media committee and the publishing committee under the club with the participation of the club members. A sub committee was formed with representatives from each department. The casting for the proposed street play was done for that. The Secretary of the club suggested to form an Instagram account for the club and to make it active in the social platforms.

Vaksauhrudam 1

 The meeting of Book Lovers' Club was conducted on 29 August 2022, at Centresquare of the College at 3 pm. It started with a writer presentation on Salman Rushdie by Suhana Muhammed of II DC English. She talked about the renowned writer’s famous works and his struggles in life. Around 15 students from various departments participated in the meeting. The Secretary of the Club explained the plan of action of the Club for this year.

Book Lovers' Meet

 A meeting of the Book Lovers' Club was conducted on 23 August 2022 at the Audio Vision Room of the College. The upcoming events and programmes for the academic year 2022-23 were discussed in the meeting. 

The following students were selected as office bearers for the academic year 2022-23.

1) Secretary - Anns Mariya Johny III DC Politics

2) Joint Secretary - Bhagyalakshmi P Ranjan II DC English

Independence Day

 As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Book Lovers' Club in association with the Department of English organised the presentation of the book "Freedom at Midnight". Maria Jose of II BA English presented the book.

Reading Week Celebrations 2022

 As part of Reading Week celebrations, the Book Lovers' Club along with the Department Of English organised "Vaagdalam": A Story a Day". A story was presented every day, for  seven days, by the students in the form of  audio recording. A video was also made by the club members highlighting the importance of reading.

Vagdalam

Day 1

Story: 

"Shashankante Chiri" by

Rajasree Kumbalam

Read by:

Krishnapriya Santhosh

III BA Politics

Day 2

Story: Jotsyan by

 R.K. Narayan

Read by: Glen George

III BA English

Day 3

Story: Hearts & Hands by

           O. Henry

Read by: Teena John

           II BA History

 Day 4

Story: The Scarlet Ibis by

            James Hurst

Read by: Abigail Thottungal 

I MA English

Day 5

Story: Vasanavikriti by Kunjiraman Nayanar

Read by: Annsmariya Johny

III BA Politics

Day 6

Story: The Man with the Scar by Somerset Maugham

Read by: Suhana Muhammed

Il BA English

Day 7

Story: Maraprabhu by Santhosh Achikanam

Read by: Nileena M J

III BA Politics

Vangmayam 2022

 The annual Book Presentation competition "വാങ്മയം" organised by the Book Lovers' Club for the year 2022 was conducted on 9 March 2022. The results were announced on the same day.

The winners of "വാങ്മയം 2022":

I prize - Gayathri Sahajan ( III BA English)

II prize- Annsmariya Johny ( II BA Politics)

III prize - Ganga V S ( III BA English)

The prize distribution for Vangmayam 2022 was held on 23 March, Wednesday, in the Audio-Visual Room at 1.00 pm. Smt Reeja Jose,..., gave away the prizes.

A formal prize distribution for the competition was not held last year because of Covid-19. Therefore, the prizes for Vangamayam 2021 were also distributed on the same day. 

The winners of "വാങ്മയം 2021":

First prize: Ganga V S, II BA English (The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde)

Second prize: shared by 

Anu Susan Mathai, II MA English (Lajja by Taslima Nasrin) and Gayatri Sahajan, II BA English (Pather Panchali by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay)

Third Prize: Jeeva Paul, I BSc Chemistry (Kaalam by MT Vasudevan Nair)

The prizes for those students who had done book presentations, writer presentations, recitations, etc., during the two academic years 2020-21 and 2021-22, were also distributed.

Vaksauhrudam 8

The eighth meeting of the Book Lovers' Club was held on 26 February 2022 on Google Meet. 12 participants including students and teachers joined the Meet. Gayathri Sahajan of III DC English hosted the meeting. Rebecca Mary George of II DC English presented the American writer, Joel C Rosenberg. She also talked about her experience on reading the book "Without Warning" written by him. It was followed by a presentation on Rana Ayyub's Gujarat Files , by Muhammed Izhath K S, I DC History. The book is the account of an eight-month long undercover investigation by journalist Rana Ayyub Pandya. The presentation was followed by a discussion about the book and its author.

Vaksauhrudam 7

 The seventh meeting of the Book Lovers' Club was held on 19 February 2022 on Google Meet. 23 participants including students and teachers joined the Meet. Ganga V S of III DC English hosted the meeting. Teena John of I DC History presented the book titled "How I Braved Anu Aunty and Co-founded a Million Dollar Company" written by a first generation entrepreneur, Varun Agarwal. The book is an autobiographical story of Varun, who is a 20 years old game changer. An engineer by profession, Varun wants to shun the 9-5 race and dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. The book is about following one's dream, inspite of several challenges. The presentation was followed by a discussion about the book and its author.