1. OH! PUBLIC PERFORMANCE ( Richard Wright)

1. 1. OH! PUBLIC PERFORMANCE( Richard Wright) • Richard’s first day at school. • Teacher asked him to write his name on the board. • Richard was nervous and shy. • He could not write anything. • Other students laughed at him. • He felt upset and ashamed.

2. 2. LET’S RESPOND TO INDIA’S CALL (Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam) • Speech by Kalam at Hyderabad. • Kalam’s 3 visions for India – freedom, development, and strength. • Media should not be negative. • We should have self respect. • We must have civic sense. • We obey the rules of foreign countries , so why not in our own country? • Instead of becoming living room critics, we should act for our country.

3. 3. A NICE CITIZEN ( Abraham Lincoln) • A letter to his son’s teacher - • Teach him to be honest, brave, dedicated and just. • Teach him to love books, and believe in his own ideas. • Teach him to be strong in character and gentle in behaviour. • My son is a fine fellow; make him a nice citizen.

4. 4.THE GOLDMINE OF INDIAN HEALTH TRADITION (Panel Discussion) • Our traditional health practices are rich. • It has a tradition of 3000 years. • But we consider it unscientific as it is not validated by the western science. • Modernization and Commercialization has destroyed our rich tradition of health. • We need to validate our traditional medicines, and standardize our drugs. • We should educate the younger generation about the importance of traditional medicines.

5. 5. DREAMS OF A GIRL (GurdeepPandher) • Profile of KalpanaChawla. (Adapted from “Life and Dreams of KalpanaChawla”) • Born on July 1, 1961 , in Karnal , Haryana. • Belonged to a middle class family. • Kalpana wanted to be astronaut. • Family and society resisted. • Kalpana studied aeronautical engineering and immigrated to US. • Completed Ph. D. • Married JP Harrison. • First space flight in Columbia (1997) • Second flight (Feb.1, 2003) ended in a crash.

6. 6.AN IRISH ROSE(A. J. Cronin) • Cronin met Rose Donegan in Dublin. • Rose was 14 years old. • She had 4 siblings to care of – the youngest was baby Michael (9 months old) • Her mother had died and her father was a drunkard. • Rose had the responsibility of her family. • Cronin helped her to find a job in a farm house. • The family at the farmhouse adopted Michael. • Rose was very depressed after leaving the baby. • Once Michael became very sick and Rose went to treat him. • Michael recovered but Rose was sick and later she died.

7. 7.BEST BUYS FOR HEALTH (Editorial from The Hindu) • Health issues in developing countries. • More than 13 million children die every year. • Death rate can be decreased by life style changes, adopting simple strategies of prevention and proper interventions. • Different data is provided. • Suggestion – Positive health interventions that are inexpensive and effectual should become a part of national health policies.

8. 8. THE WORLD RENOWNED NOSE(Translated by R E Asher) • Story by VaikkomMuhammedBasheer. • The nose of a 24 year old cook began to grow. • He was illiterate and ignorant. • His nose became an attraction and his mother made money out of it. • He became a millionaire and popular. • People wrote stories , biographies and made films about him. He got many awards. • He joined politics and the opposition party spread a scandal that his nose was made of rubber. • It became a big issue and the government interfered. • The panel of doctors tested his nose and found it original. • The President nominated him as an MP.

9. 9.THE OPEN WINDOW( Saki) • Mr. FramtonNuttel went to Mrs. Sappleton’s house. • Vera, her niece, welcomed him. • She told a tragic story about her aunt. • She said that her uncle and her aunt’s brothers had died 3 years back, but their bodies were not recovered. • Her aunt was mentally upset after that. • Nuttel was upset to see Mrs. Sappleton. • She was cheerful and said she was waiting for her husband and brothers to return from hunting. • After sometime they came through the open window. • Nuttel believed they were ghosts and ran away. • Vera told a new story about Nuttel to the family. • Vera was a tricky girl and loved to tell imaginary stories.

10. 10.THE PATRIOT – An old story ( Robert Browning) • The patriot came to the town one year back. • He was welcomed with cheers and celebrations. • People loved him. • But now , after one year, he is a prisoner. • People throw stones at him. • His hands are tied and he is taken to the place of execution. • The patriot believes that he will get justice in the heaven.

11. 11. THE KING WHO LIMPED(Monica Thorne) • A new king took charge of the palace. • He came with a limp and a bowler hat. • The people in the court were sycophants. • They imitated the king and tried to impress him. • They made foolish remarks in the dog issue. • The king revealed his real self. • The king expelled them out of the court and replaced them with honest people.

12. 12.ON VIEWING TELEVISION(David Considine) • Children need to become critical viewers of TV. • Critical viewing is the ability to analyze the images, signs, codes and other elements. • There are 5 important elements to consider: • The content of the program. • The internal construction of the frame. • The external forces that influence the program. • Comparisons with other medias and reality. • Responding critically about the program.

13. 13.INTERVIEW: ADOOR GOPALAKRISHNAN(By GowriRamnarayan for Frontline) • Student of Pune Film Institute. • “Elipathayam” won the British Film Institute Award in 1982 • Adoor talks about casting in the films. • He says, all his films have some autobiographical element in it. • A director’s life is like a tight rope walk. • He had done many experiments in his films. • He prefers healthy debate to controversies. • He doesn’t like violence in cinema and also avoids too many symbols. • He says he respects his audience’s intelligence. • He has struggled a lot to be a film maker.

14. 14.THE MAKING OF A FILM( Satyajit Ray) • Ray talks about the different phases in film making. • Writing a scenario, Shooting and Editing. • Cinema is a product of gadgets/machines. • The style of the cinema is dictated by the views and attitudes of the director. • Eg: The script of PatherPanchali.

15. 15.MAKING OF “THE KID”(Charlie Chaplin) • Chaplin describes how he found the little boy, Jackie Coogan for his film “The Kid”. • He was looking for a new idea for a film. • Saw Jackie’s performance at a Theatre. • Decided to make a film about a kid and a tramp. • Little Jackie was very active. • The film had a combination of comedy and sentiments. This was an experiment. • People said it would be a failure. • The film became a hit.

16. 17. MIDDLE AGE(Kamala Das) • The sadness of a mother who is rejected by a teenage son. • When he was a small child he needed mother always. • Now, he thinks she is old and unwanted. • He loves to be with his friends and takes his own decisions. • Mother feels alone and sad.

17. 18. THE LOTTERY TICKET( Anton Chekhov) • Ivan Dmitrich and Masha are middle-class couple. • Masha had taken a lottery. • Ivan looked up the result. • But before seeing the complete result, they spent some time dreaming about their fortunes. • Their dreams go wild and at the end they begin to hate each other and also their little house. • They didn’t win the lottery, and get frustrated.

18. 18. THE DEAR DEPARTED ( Stanley Houghton) • Abel Merryweather had 2 daughters – Amelia and Elizabeth. • He was living with Amelia, her husband , Mr. Slater and their daughter, Victoria. • Abel came home drinking and went to bed. • Amelia thought he was dead. • She took this chance to steal his property before her sister arrived. • Elizabeth came in with her husband , Ben Jordan. • The greedy sisters had a big fight over father’s property. • Abel woke up from sleep . • The daughters tried to impress him. • But the father understood their real nature. • He declared he did not want to live with his daughters anymore. He was going to marry a widow.