FaBlo!: The Faculty Blog

 Did you ever have a "lightbulb moment"? Words are part of our memories; Therefore, we have enlightened that to reach the reality. When something that was common becomes unusual, we need to rewrite it and make use of it. New trends emerging today might become the norm tomorrow. Take a moment to familiarize yourself with these terms before you plunge into the world of technology in commerce. Webisode  A short film, advertisement, or episode of a television series, made for online viewing. A blend of Web and Episode. Brick and Mortar A business that has a physical store that customers can go to rather than just having an online presence. Cyber Monday The Monday after Black Friday. Historically, this day has more deals and discounts than any other day of the year. Some claim in the last few years that Cyber Monday has exceeded Black Friday in overall sales. Upselling Offering deals on similar products or showing related products in hopes to get users to buy additional items alon...

The paper titled “Impact of exchange rate fluctuation on stock market volatility - a study to predict the economic scenario in India” was published in the journal International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics in the year 2018, by Piyali Roy Chowdhury and Anuradha Arthanari.  Macroeconomic fundamentals and stock market volatility do play an important role in determining and forecasting the future position of an economy as a whole. In this study, research made an attempt to analyze one of the macroeconomic variables, the exchange rate, which is studied along with the Indian Stock Market (BSE Index), this linkage is an important contributor to predicting the growth/ business cycle of any economy. To identify this relation researcher considered 15 years of data (from 2010 to 2016) on the exchange rate and stock market index related to the Indian Economy. The main focus of the researchers is to find out the impact of exchange rate fluctuation on stock market volatility to predic...

Menstruation is the monthly shedding of a woman's uterine lining. Between menarche and menopause, MHM (menstrual hygiene management) is an important aspect of women's and adolescent girls' hygiene. Even though MHM is a critical concern for women and adolescents of reproductive age, it is commonly overlooked. The goal of the study was to identify and close the gap to gain a comprehensive understanding of MHM perceptions and challenges in urban slums, as well as the hygiene practices involved. Menstruation demands the availability of materials to absorb or collect period blood, ease personal cleanliness, and dispose of the waste, ideally in a private setting. In low-income settings, women and girls are less aware of hygienic practices and lack culturally appropriate resources for menstrual hygiene management (MHM). Silence, shame, and social taboos surround menstruation and related activities in India, which are represented in social norms that restrict mobility, ...

 Language is man's main medium of communication. It is the axis around which man's effective expression of his thoughts revolve. It is rather easy to communicate orally in one's mother tongue but writing is comparatively a difficult task. It becomes even more difficult if it is in a foreign language, especially for the ones who have done the schooling with the medium as mother tongue. It is almost impossible for most of them to construct an error free meaningful sentence. Such students when they reach the tertiary level learning finds writing as a herculian task as it demands academic writing in their respective discipline. Academic writing requires formal use of language and a knowledge of the technical terms of the discipline. For those who are not even thorough with the informal language, it is impossible to effectively produce a formal discourse. The reason for this is that, from the primary grades the students have never been learning to produce a sentence on their own...

  ജീവികൾക്ക്‌ തമ്മിൽ ആശയ വിനിമയം നടത്താനുള്ള മാധ്യമങ്ങൾക്കാണ്‌ ഭാഷ എന്നുപറയുന്നത്‌. ഭാഷ മനുഷ്യരെ മറ്റുജീവജാലങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് വ്യത്യസ്തരാക്കിത്തീർക്കുന്ന ഒരു സവിശേഷപ്രതിഭാസമാണ്.തന്റെ ചുറ്റുപാടുമുള്ള പൊതു സമൂഹം സംസാരിക്കുന്ന ഭാഷയാണ് മാതൃഭാഷയായി വരുന്നത്.ഇന്ത്യയിൽ‌ കേരള സംസ്ഥാനത്തിലും ലക്ഷദ്വീപിലും പുതുച്ചേരിയുടെ ഭാഗമായ മാഹിയിലും സംസാരിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ഭാഷയാണ് മലയാളം.മലയാളം എന്ന പേര് മലകളും സമുദ്രവും ഒത്തു ചേരുന്ന എന്ന അർത്ഥം ഉള്ള മല + ആളം (സമുദ്രം) എന്നീ ദ്രാവിഡവാക്കുകൾ ചേർന്ന് ഉണ്ടായതാണെന്ന് ചില ചരിത്രകാരന്മാർ അഭിപ്രായപ്പെടുന്നു.മലയാള ഭാഷ സംസ്കൃതത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചതാണെന്നും അതല്ല സംസ്കൃതവും തമിഴും കൂടിക്കലർന്ന ഒരു മിശ്രഭാഷയാണെന്നും ആദ്യകാലങ്ങളിൽ വിശ്വസിച്ചിരുന്നു. എന്നാൽ ഗവേഷണങ്ങൾ ഇതിനെയെല്ലാം നിരാകരിക്കുകയും "മലയാളം മലനാട്ടു തമിഴിൽ നിന്നു് ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു" എന്നും "മലയാളം മൂല ദ്രാവിഡ ഭാഷയിൽ നിന്ന് തമിഴിനൊപ്പം ഉണ്ടായി" എന്നുമുള്ള രണ്ട് സിദ്ധാന്തങ്ങൾ അവതരിപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ടു .ഇന്ത്യൻ ഭരണഘടനയിലെ എട്ടാം ഷെഡ്യൂളിൽ ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തിയിരിക്കുന്ന ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ഇരുപത്തിരണ്ട് ഔദ്യോഗിക ഭാഷകളിൽ ഒന്നാ...

 O Gandhi ... I want to borrow your clothes   Those who have stripped off the clothes, the peace of India, laugh from the back The bullet that pierced into your chest Today running In secular soils.. Spreading religious fanaticism... Gandhi, this country is stripped off nude... I want to borrow your clothes .. To shed some tears ... To hide the shame of the country .. Gandhi .. I want to borrow your clothes Tommorow, to prevent the country from being sold under the banner of those who rule the country Gandhi, I want to borrow you clothes  Mr. Irshad. K, Assistant Professor of Arabic, Al Shifa College of Arts and Science, Kizhattoor, Perinthalmanna

 Art analyses reality critically; literature at large has provided a platform for writers to present the quintessential reality in human experience. In the world literary scene, Indian English Literature has forged a niche for itself through the remarkable contributions of our poets, fictional writers and critics. Our storytellers have evolved over the decades, dealing with themes like nationalism, freedom struggle and political history of the country, social realism, and consciousness of the individual; deliberating on them, using contemporary literary devices, and elevating Indian English fiction to a higher status parallel to other literatures across the globe. Modern writers seem to be preoccupied with the idea of ‘individual identity’; perhaps, it is the very essence of all art forms extensively. In the continuum of rapid changes in contemporary communities, it is the one idea which individuals struggle to come to terms with. Words like ‘identity’ and ‘self-concept’ may appear...

Peace is a state of freedom from nervousness and emotional disturbances. Generally, people like to be calm and peaceful; then what makes you feel uncomfortable or drive you to lose peace of mind? There are many factors or determinants which influence our state of mind. It may be both intra or inter reasons. Intra reasons arises due to the lack of self discipline and inter reasons arises is by the influence of other factos rather than the characteristics of the self. Many researchers and even spiritual leaders have opined that peace of mind can be attained only by doing things on time, procrastination definitely destroys the freedom of our mind and make us to lose temper and later we lose the track of the peace of mind. For instance, you are assigned to do a work in a company within the stipulated time but you fail to do it due to many reasons but still you aware that the task needs to be done by yourself. When you get close to the date, your state of emotional balance may be affecte...

Positive mind can only give light and love to others. As when you are walking with wrong people, in your mind there will be bad and wrong thoughts which can make you bad for the society. And when you are alone, there will be good and fresh thoughts in your mind which will make you good person. Being with the wrong person means you are trying to please and give someone who doesn’t understand the depth of your emotions. When you are alone, you are able to identify your priorities and pursue those things that really make you happy and you can able to focus on discovering where to invest your energy. It is important to explore and reach out to people and things that would give our life a meaning. The wrong person won’t, so why waste your time and theirs? It is important to interact with environment while sitting alone so that our response to environment stimuli shape our actions. Don’t stress over the fact that you are alone right now. That is only going to make you feel miserable. Some pe...

  One Part Woman, authored by Perumal Murugan, faced backlash for bringing in themes that are sensitive. Kali and Ponna, the central figures of the narrative represent every childless couple in the society. Their wedded bliss having completed two decades is found futile by the onlookers for they failed to have heirs. They count on ways that were believed to bring fortune in the form of children. They envy the trees that bear flowers and fruits and remain self-pitying for they lay barren. Apart from being in possession of land and wealth, they are pulled back every moment for they are deprived of offspring. Not having children did not cause any stain on their relationship when the novel begins. As the plot progresses, the reader is made to wade through a series of monologues that reels in the minds of Kali as well as Ponna. Kali is caught between two options. Either to remarry and have children or to remain childless. He is, at the same time, dubious about having children with a ...

മികച്ച നടനുള്ള ഓസ്കാർ പുരസ്‌കാരം നേടിയതും അതെ പുരസ്കാര ദാന ചടങ്ങിൽ അവതാരകന്റെ മുഖത്തടിച്ചതുമൊക്കെയാണ് വിൽ സ്മിത്ത് എന്ന നടനെകുറിച്ചുള്ള പുതിയ വാർത്തകൾ...... ഒരു അഭിനേതാവെന്ന നിലയിൽ നേടിയെടുകാവുന്ന ഏറ്റവും വലിയ ബഹുമതിക്ക് അർഹനായിട്ടും സ്മിത്തിന്റെ ഭാര്യയോടുള്ള body shaming പരാമർശവും അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ പ്രതികരണവുമൊക്കെയാണ് വാർത്തകളിൽ ഇടം പിടിക്കുന്നത്...... വാർത്തകൾ എന്തുതന്നെയായാലും വിൽ സ്മിത്ത് എന്ന പ്രതിഭയെയും അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ അസാമാന്യ പ്രകടനത്തേയുമെല്ലാം അത്ഭുതതോടെ നോക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. 2021 ൽ പുറത്തിറങ്ങിയ King Richard എന്ന സിനിമയിലൂടെയാണ് വിൽ സ്മിത്തിന് മികച്ച നടനുള്ള ഓസ്കാർ പുരസ്‌കാരം നേടുന്നത്.... എന്നിരുന്നാലും സ്മിത്ത് എന്ന കലാകാരന്റെ മുഖം മനസ്സിൽ പതിഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നത് 2006 ൽ പുറത്തിറങ്ങിയ "The pursuit of happiness" എന്ന inspirational സിനിമയിലൂടെയാണ്. കുറച്ച് വർഷങ്ങൾക്ക് മുൻപ് മികച്ച അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര സിനിമകളെ ഇഷ്ട്ടപെടുന്ന ഒരുകൂട്ടം സിനിമ പ്രേമികളുടെ വലിയ അഭിപ്രായങ്ങളാണ് ഈ സിനിമ തിരഞ്ഞു പിടിച് കാണാൻ ഇടയാക്കിയത്. കണ്ട് തീർക്കുന്നവർക്ക് ഓരോരുത്തർക്കും പറയാം ജീവിതത്തിൽ ഒരിക്കലെങ്കിലും കണ...