Today [19 June] is national reading day in India. Let me celebrate it with three posters I prepared with the help of Canva.
John Keats by William Hilton [Wikipedia] One of the poems included in CBSE’s class 12 English literature is an extract from Keats’ Endymion . A question that has come to me again and again from students as well as teachers is: What does “the grandeur of the dooms…” mean? It is a line that has perplexed me too. I have been amused by the kind of interpretations given in the guidebooks for students. Quite many of these books interpret the word ‘dooms’ to mean the Doomsday. Look at the following answer given in one such guidebook made available online by a well-known educational establishment. That is very amusing considering the fact that Keats was an agnostic, if not a confirmed atheist. Keats would never accept a God who would come riding a majestic cloud on the day of the Last Judgment to apportion the good and the evil souls to Heaven and Hell. Evil is an integral part of life, Keats knew too well. No human can avoid evil any more than “a rose can avoid a blighting wind.” How...
Beautiful creations Sir !
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DeleteAwesome Sir! 👌🏻
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DeleteBeautiful! I have to learn to use Canva.
ReplyDeleteIt's easy to learn.
DeleteReading is indeed the gateway to knowledge and wisdom.
ReplyDeleteIn this age of internet, we all are reading much more than during the pre-internet days. All those messages and emails and forwards.
However, it's important for all of us to pause and think if what we are reading is worthwhile or not.
I for one have stopped reading / watching / listening to forwards on WhatsApp.
That's just it. What we read matters.
DeleteI can hardly imagine anything more commendable than a National Reading Day. It should become a World Reading Day.
ReplyDeleteThat'd be a good idea.
DeleteCanva is a God Sent! Great posters!
ReplyDeleteYes, I use Canva for various purposes.
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