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News

R.K .Narayan

Special feature on Margaret Mascarenhas
courtesy - Herald Cafe

Toni Morrison
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/06/toni-morrison-author-and-pulitzer-winner-dies-aged-88


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https://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/fashion-designer-wendell-rodricks-dies-in-goa/story-NngRfTDlL00XV1N9NLMIdL.html

Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternative meanings for common words. 

The winners are:

1. Coffee (n.),  the person upon whom one coughs.

2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.

3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

5. Willy-nilly (adj.),  impotent.

6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedly answer the door in your nightgown.

7. Lymph (v.),  to walk with a lisp.

8. Gargoyle (n), olive-flavored mouthwash.

9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you arerun over by a steamroller.

10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.

11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.

12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.

14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that,when you die, your soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

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Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo awarded 57th Jnanpith Award 2022; all you need to know about him...

  Click the following link to read more....

  https://www.firstpost.com/india/konkani-writer-damodar-mauzo-awarded-57th-jnanpith-award-2022-all-you-need-to-know-about-him-10195151.html

Events

20th July -Essay Competition, twelve students participated. 

31st July- Release of Newsletter 'News & Views'

15th August -Department as well as personal blogs of faculty members were released.

30th August - Card Making competition on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. Fifteen teams participated.

03rd October - Singing competition was held , eight students participated.

26th January 2020 - Wallpaper on the theme 'Patriotism'

10th February 2020 - Spelling Bee contest was held.14 students participated. 

 15th December 2021: Ms Bakita Naik and Ms Nikita Shirodkar, Assistant Professors of English gave a lecture as resource persons on the topic, "How to write Job Applications" for T.Y.B.com students organised by Counselling Services and Monitoring Committee from 11a.m. to 12 noon.

20th December 2021: Ms Bakita Naik, Asst. Prof. of English delivered a short guest lecture on "What is Literature?" for T.Y.B.A students as part of Goa@60 Week at 1p.m.

08th April 2022: The Department of English  organized a workshop for S.Y.B.A (SEC and AECC) students on Research Writing: Principles and Practice from 12 noon to 2:30 p.m.

02nd to 07th May 2022 - Organized an event "Talent Bonanza." The events conducted were Essay writing, Skit, Blog, Digital Story Telling making, Elocution, Extempore, Poster making, Photography, Poetry Recitation and Video Reporting.

09th May 2022 - Organised a field trip to Goa Chitra Museum, Benaulim and Big Foot , Loutolim for S.Y.B.A SEC and AECC English students.This trip was organised for the purpose of writing a report. Ms. Nikita Shirodkar, Ms Vividha Agarwadekar and Ms Bakita Naik accompanied the students.A total number of _______________ students attended the field trip.

18th May 2022 - Ms. Bakita Naik gave a guest lecture on 'Interviewing Techniques' for T.Y.B.Com students at 12 noon.

20th May 2022 - Dr Lucy James, Ms Nikita Shirodkar and Ms Bakita Naik presented papers for the 2 Day International Conference titled, "Contemporary Discourses - Gender, Ecology and Literature of Protest " organised by the Department of English at Dnyanprassarak Mandal's College and Research Centre, Assagao.

30th May 2022 - Valedictory function of TALENT BONANZA in the seminar hall at 2:00 p.m.

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