Subodh Bhattarai (English & Communication Notes - BBA/BBS/BBBS/BHM/BIM/BMS/MBA/MBS & +2)

V.S. Ramachandran, India (1951-) In The Making of a Scientist , the writer presents his own experience of becoming a scientist. He is currently a neurologist and is working in the field of brain research. He talks about science and ways to become a scientist. He said one needs some obsessive qualities and should be curious about science to become a scientist so that curiosity dominates one’s life. He showed his interest in various fields like chemistry, history, physics, botany etc. He explained about his family members who have helped in various ways and their support whilst his study determined him to become a scientist. Due to his curiosity and interest in science, he presented himself to become a successful neurologist. He focuses on two questions that matter his life when he looks over his life: how much impact has he had? and how much fun? This essay discusses the requirements to become a successful scientist. According to Ramachandran, obsessive and passionate curiosity , a...

Anonymous, England (before 1695) The Abbot of Canterbury is an anonymous poem. The time of the poem is Medieval England, particularly the days of King John. The locale (venue/The scene of any event or action ) of the poem is England and as to type it is southern ballad. The style is entertaining even conversational. Two lessons we get from the poem, one is wisdom is not confined to the wise, even an ordinary person can at times be as wise as the wisest of the land second idea that with wit and wisdom we can defeat the might of a king. To generalise wit (brain power) is more effective than brute (Someone who treats others inhumanely, or is regarded as wildly violent or uncivilised) power. In the poem, the writer mentions the two central characters and they are King John and the Abbot of Canterbury . The king is infamous for his wrong deeds among his people at the one side and on the other side the Abbot of Canterbury is popular among people due to his popular deeds and behaviours...

Bertrand Russell, England (1872-1970) In the essay " Keeping Errors at Bay ", Russell talks about how to avoid errors and provides some techniques for that. According to him, we can be free from most errors and blind beliefs through experiments using common and creative sense. The essay provides us about what are the things for making errors and how can we avoid them or what are the basic approaches for removing our foolish ideas, fear and feeling of superiority, selfishness and bais. According to Russell fear is the most common source of error. It may operate directly or indirectly and has many forms, for example, fear of death, fear of the dark, and fear of the unknown. In fact, fear is the source of evil. If we use scientific knowledge and methods, we can avoid such errors.  The writer provides multiple examples of mistakes that generally people commit in their day-to-day life. His main idea is to provide suggestions to avoid mistakes. We need a careful, seriou...

Abiosh Nicol, Sierra Leone (1924 - 1994) Characters Bola (A Widow) Asi (Bola's Granddaughter) Meji (Bola's 7th son who is Bola's 6th son's rebirth) - 30 Years Old. Works in the city 90 miles away from home. He has a  BLACK MARK ON HIS LEFT BUTTOCK Musa (Magician) - Muslim Mrs Meji (She comes to Kumansenu to deliver the news of her husband's death) Mr Addai This story based on magic realism shows the power of love and the sweetness of life. It captures the gratitude of the children toward their parents.  Bola is a widow who lives with her granddaughter Asi. She gave birth to six sons, but unfortunately, all of them died. When the last son dies, the village magician Musa advises Bola to break the bones of the dead child and mangle (mutilate) it so that he could not come to torment her (Unbearable physical pain). However, her heart didn't allow her to do so and then makes a black mark on the buttock of her sixth ...

Sarena Nanda, USA This essay is written by Serena Nanda. She is a professor of Anthropology  ( The social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings )  in a college in New York. In this essay, Nanda describes the beliefs of the Indian natives on how marriage should be.  Nanda studied about Indian marriages and how the parents are the ones to choose the bride or bridegroom. At first Nanda was against this but after researching and interviewing different people and friends she had doubts. Nanda found out many interesting point that made sense to her of why arranging a marriage was not as bad as she thought. In India, almost all marriages are arranged. They base their marriage on commitment, not on feelings. As their marriage progresses, the feelings develop.  Arranged marriages in Indian society have been the norm for many centuries. Serena asked a young college graduate ...

Elaine H. Kim, Korea (1961-) Elaine H. Kin is a professor at the department of  Ethnic Studies  in the  University of California  in the USA. As a Korean-American writer, she has expressed her childhood and educational experience in America. She has analysed how gender, race and economic class make an impact on personal life. In her autobiographical writing “ Then and Now: Finding My Voice ”, Elaine H. Kim presents her turmoil (a violent disturbance) and personal teenage experience as a Korean refugee child in the USA during the decade of 1950s and 1960s. She expresses the painful suffering that she had undergone in the USA during the post-conflict situation of Korea and its people in the USA. The writer loved fortune telling and she visited many fortune tellers and  shamans  (priest-doctors) in Korea. It was suggested that her destiny would give success and happiness to a man. But a disaster for women she would be a better wife or a mother. Some women's f...