N Praveenkumar

Introduction             Recently a lot of discussions have been conducted on the significance of stress management in the learning process. Classroom is the main platform for learning. Hence foremost importance should be given to stress management in the classroom. In a language especially, a foreign language classroom stress management is very essential because learning a foreign language involves the process of understanding, analyzing and distinguishing the language structures and usages.  Complex activities related to the language elements are needed in a foreign language classroom. This may create a lot of stress problems in the classroom. A language rich environment is essential for preventing stress problems. A language rich environment consists of the following things. Ø   The classroom environment must be relaxed and secure Ø   Create a democratic environment for the learners Ø   Infrastructu...

Higher Education becomes a major concern in India since independence. Enormous steps have been taken to revitalize the higher education system. But still it confronts with several challenges. Among them enrolment ratio is one of the major challenges. Even though several programmes and policies have been launched, the present Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education, in relation to population in 18-23 years age group, is about 12.4 percentages. With an aim to increase the intake capacity in the existing and emerging higher education institutions, Government of India proposed a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme to set up a Model Degree College in each of the 374 Educationally Backward districts in India, identified by a committee headed by Prof. S.P Thyagarajan, former Vice Chancellor, University of Madras. But this scheme is not yet implemented due to the further changes proposed in the 12 th Five Year Plan.             Conc...

Praveen Kumar N & Linet Thomas Abstract T o brand a distinction between ‘a voice for’ and ‘a voice of’ the Dalit, taking into account numerous Dalit literary works, is thought provoking. On close examining one comes to see that the works of the celebrated writer Mulk Raj Anand, an ‘upper-caste sympathizer’, who formerly advocated that ‘a writer should be the fiery voice of the people’ unveiling the pain, pathos and plight of others through his art of writing seems ambiguous. While considering his novel Untouchable , one can sees that the problem of untouchablily has not been presented as it should be. The voice of the central character is sometimes subsumed by the voice of the author. He poses several questions through the character Bhaka, but seems incompetent to response the age old social problems. The untouchables response to the abuses targeted at him becomes suspect. Whereas, Sharankumar Limbale’s The Outcaste depicts the meta-realistic accounts of his life as a ...