Marunnu - Punathil Kunjabdulla

Presenter- Aiswarya Gigikumar (III BA English)

Date of Presentation : July 21, 2015

Marunnu, the Malayalam novel written by Punathil Kunjabdulla was the book chosen for presentation by Aiswarya Gigikumar. The unseen world of medicine is the background of the novel. The presenter could effectively bring before the audience the drab life inside hospitals, and the enigma that surrounds its various characters.

Distribution of Reading List 

The conveners of the Book Lovers' Club visited the first year students and distributed a recommended list of 100 books on July 20, 2015. The list contains selected classics from English and Malayalam which students ought to read in the graduation level.

Sarada - O Chandu Menon 

The nineteenth century Malayalam novel, Sarada written by O Chandu Menon the pioneer novelist in Malayalam was presented by Angel M Bejoy of  III BA English on July 14, 2015. The presenter by her lucid Malayalam took the audience on a verbal journey into the life of the protagonist, a girl named Sarada set in the backdrop of nineteenth century Kerala.

 Weekly Presentation

The Good Earth - Pearl S Buck

 Anupama Peter of III BA English presented The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck on June 30, 2015. 

Book Presentation

The weekly series of book presentations organised by the Book Lovers' Club for the academic year 2015- '16 was initiated on July 23 by the Secretary of the Club, Saneesh Abraham. The well known Malayalam fiction, Ini Njan Urangatte by P. K. Balakrishnan was the book chosen for presentation. The presenter threw light on the narrator's skill in portraying Karnan as the real hero of Mahabharata. The 20 mts long presentation was highly inspiring and received wonderful feedback from teachers and students alike.

Reading Week Celebrations (June 19- 26)

Poster Making Competition

A Poster Making Competition was organised by the Book Lovers' Club in St. Peter's College in connection with the Reading Week celebrations. Students were given 3 days' time to prepare and submit posters demonstrating the importance of reading. The poster prepared by Donna Augustine of II MA English was adjudged the best poster.

Readers' Desk

With a view to promote reading habit among students, a Readers' Desk was instituted by the Club on Reading Day (June 19) which was inaugurated by the Principal of St. Peter's College, Dr. Thampy Abraham. The Readers' Desk is placed near the Department of English which displays an array of carefully selected newspapers, magazines and informative articles. The Readers' Desk provides an opportunity for students to skim through important news and educative write ups with ease. Sreelakshmi Saju of II BA English is the student in- charge of the Desk.

Reading Competition

A Reading Competition was held on Reading Day at 1.30 pm in the Audio Visual Room. Around 20 students from different departments participated in the competition. Krishnapriya R. of II BA English bagged the First Prize while Anupama Peter and Gayathri J Warrier (III BA English) bagged the Second and Third Prizes respectively.

    

  

The Book Lovers' Club conducted its first meeting of the academic year 2015-'16 on June 15 and elected the following students as its office bearers.

 Secretary: Saneesh Abraham (III DC English)

Joint Secretary: Anumol Joseph ( III DC English)

PRO 1: Divya B Kunnath (II DC Economics)

PRO 2: Gopika Radhakrishnan (II DC English)

II DC Representative: Nayanthara K R