Suma Narayan
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The English Department

Started this discussion. Last reply by Gillian Ramos Oct 21, 2010. 5 Replies

Is the English Department losing its appeal among students, faced with choices like Business Management,Engineering,Medicine etc? Does the department stand a chance/

The English Department

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Is the English Department losing its appeal among students, faced with choices like Business Management,Engineering,Medicine etc? Does the department stand a chance/

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Hi!I was just about to go to college when I decided to check my mail and I was thrilled to find that I have been invited to join my own band of girls.WHAT could be a better start to the day !I wanted…Continue

 

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Suma Narayan left a comment for Anjuelle Floyd
Hi, Anjuelle, Delighted to meet you. Have a wonderful day (its 8.45 in the morning,Saturday, in Mumbai,India) and a great weekend.God bless.
Oct 22, 2011
Suma Narayan commented on the blog post 'Tell Us: Why Do You Write?'
I write because I can't help myself:there are so many things I want to say that 'polite' society would not allow me , that I have no choice but to write.  
Oct 21, 2011
Atiya left a comment for Suma Narayan
Thank you Suma for the warm welcome to SheWrites. I appreciate the way you expressed the way, we as people wear so many masks and have so many demands. Thank you for opening up the line of communication. Have a good one!
Nov 23, 2010
Suma Narayan left a comment for Atiya
Dear Atiya, I had been incommunicado for such a long time on She Writes that it was a pleasant surprise to receive a friend invite.Life tends to be very hectic and one has to wear so many masks and there are always demands on your time and thoughts…
Nov 23, 2010
Sagarika Pandey left a comment for Suma Narayan
Hello Suma Ma'am! How are you? How was your trip?Are you back already? Looking forward to your reply, Sagarika
Jul 15, 2010
Sagarika Pandey left a comment for Suma Narayan
I replied to your comment on the discussion page (I wrote the comment below the comment you made),I totally agree with you!
May 28, 2010
Sagarika Pandey left a comment for Suma Narayan
Hello Suma Ma'am, Firstly I am thankful to you for telling me that 'well' thing.Yes I do realize that I use well too often and have thought about it earlier as well.I know,I have realized that when I write something informally,when I…
May 28, 2010
Sagarika Pandey left a comment for Suma Narayan
Hello Suma Ma'am, How are you?It's been a really long time since we 'met'. Well it's certainly not the first time I thought about you after which I finally decided to write to you today.So how are things at your end? Well my…
May 27, 2010
Suma Narayan replied to the discussion 'Would you quit teaching?' in the group TEACHER WRITERS
Dear Rachel, I usually do not join discussions, but this was too good to be allowed to pass. i have been teaching teenaged students for the past twenty years: and there have been so many instances in those years, when I have actually gone down on my…
May 27, 2010
Suma Narayan left a comment for Mylene Dressler
Oops! That should have read 'I am rushing', rather than 'I have'
Apr 13, 2010
Suma Narayan left a comment for Mylene Dressler
Hi, Mylene, Thank you for adding me as a friend.Right now I have rushing around in ever widening circles looking around for a publisher for the book of stories I have written. There are thirteen of them and they are all completely woman-centric and…
Apr 13, 2010
Suma Narayan commented on the blog post 'In Honor of 8000: Shout Out A She Writer Today'
Oh, Lord! I am blushing! At this age, too! Scandalous! I have become as pink as what I am wearing in the picture! Thank you, Sagarika. God bless you, too.
Apr 13, 2010
Suma Narayan left a comment for Suma Narayan
Hi, Sagarika, I just sent that first sentence to test whether this stupid comp would be acting up again. Apparently, it is not. You know something? When I was in school, oh aeons ago, we had all our Social Studies in Hindi and I used to HATE it with…
Mar 7, 2010
Suma Narayan left a comment for Suma Narayan
Dear Sagarika, It is delightful to hear from you.I am glad that you have done well in your first paper.
Mar 7, 2010
Sagarika Pandey left a comment for Suma Narayan
Hello Suma Ma'am, My first paper is over! Thought I'd tell you.It was of Social Studies and was good. How are you? Sagarika
Mar 6, 2010
Sagarika Pandey left a comment for Suma Narayan
Suma Ma'am, Well thank you so much for the comment.I will try my best to do everything that if I don't do will be a reason for regret in the future. Thank you so much for your 'experienceful' insight. Sagarika
Feb 26, 2010

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Who I am:
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Connect with me online! My site, blog, or Twitter handle are:
narayan.suma20@gmail.com
www.sumanarayan.com
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
Released my book, " Ladies' Compartment, 8.47 Local" on Saturday, 10th December. The book was released by one of my students, who happens to be Miss India World and Miss World Rummer-up, 2008, Miss Parvathy Omanakuttan.
The book is a collection of twelve short stories, connected by means of a narrator, in a throw-back to the old Greek chorus.The stories deal with issues like marital rape,(child) sexual abuse, the fate of the girl child, love and lust, light-hearted flirtations that go horribly astray etc..The common denominator is the suburban railway train, on which twelve different women commute between work and home.It is a ladies' compartment and masks are removed, re arranged and put back.........
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Fiction, Nonfiction, Blog Posts
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Services I offer to other writers:
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My professional associations:
I am an English teacher,have been teaching for a quarter of a century.Does that count?No,I am neither jaded,nor suicidal, in spite of teaching teenagers.I have a lot of fun and it keeps me young.Many a time I also catch myself grinning madly.
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At 1:43pm on November 23, 2010, AtiyaAtiya said…
Thank you Suma for the warm welcome to SheWrites. I appreciate the way you expressed the way, we as people wear so many masks and have so many demands.
Thank you for opening up the line of communication. Have a good one!
At 8:10am on July 15, 2010, Sagarika PandeySagarika Pandey said…
Hello Suma Ma'am!
How are you?
How was your trip?Are you back already?

Looking forward to your reply,
Sagarika
At 8:53am on May 28, 2010, Sagarika PandeySagarika Pandey said…
I replied to your comment on the discussion page (I wrote the comment below the comment you made),I totally agree with you!
At 8:32am on May 28, 2010, Sagarika PandeySagarika Pandey said…
Hello Suma Ma'am,
Firstly I am thankful to you for telling me that 'well' thing.Yes I do realize that I use well too often and have thought about it earlier as well.I know,I have realized that when I write something informally,when I write a personal message or note I tend to use 'well' too often,and I must not do that,I realize this as well.I did not at all feel bad about you telling me this,not at all,rather I am very much thankful to you for doing so.So no worries and you could correct me whenever my language or I am wrong.And I am certainly not hurt so to say. :)

I did come across that discussion you told me about but however did not read it.Well,now I would,certainly and tell you about it when I do too.

And now about my *RESULT*
Well,the CBSE has introduced a new evaluation system in which we are awarded grades instead of marks as such.Also what we are given is our CGPA i.e. Cumulative Grade Point Average.
I scored a 9.6 in my CGPA out 10.Therefore my average grade is A1 (and my percentage would be above 90%).Marks of each subjects are not revealed and all that we got are Grades.So I got A1(Marks from 91-100) in English,Mathematics and Social Studies and A2(Marks from 81-90) in Science and Hindi.Also,there was no need for me to bore you with these details but still,you know...
So thats is what my result was,finally.

Delighted to hear from you,
Sagarika
At 4:15am on May 27, 2010, Sagarika PandeySagarika Pandey said…
Hello Suma Ma'am,
How are you?It's been a really long time since we 'met'.
Well it's certainly not the first time I thought about you after which I finally decided to write to you today.So how are things at your end?
Well my exams are long gone now = am finished with them now.The result in fact is due tomorrow!
Well let's see what happens.
Anyways my session of class 11th has begun already and following the one month classes the summer vacations as well.And I thoroughly enjoyed my classes,the month of school despite the heat was great!
So I am in the middle of my summer break and waiting for my result....
So how is your college?Students?Everybody?
Well really looking forward to your reply,hearing from you,
Hope you are well,
Sagarika
At 1:53am on March 7, 2010, Suma NarayanSuma Narayan said…
Hi, Sagarika,
I just sent that first sentence to test whether this stupid comp would be acting up again. Apparently, it is not. You know something? When I was in school, oh aeons ago, we had all our Social Studies in Hindi and I used to HATE it with such passionate intensity that I can remember it even now, so many years later. It was called ITHIHAAS, STHANIYA SHAASAN and BHHOOGOL SHASTRA .I know WHAT a mouthful, aren't they? And we had some of the most pathetic teachers the universe must have ever seen.I am very, very busy with the State Board Exam paper assessment so I might not be able to reply to your comments immediately,alright.Take care and God bless you..
Love
Suma
At 1:43am on March 7, 2010, Suma NarayanSuma Narayan said…
Dear Sagarika,
It is delightful to hear from you.I am glad that you have done well in your first paper.
At 12:41am on March 6, 2010, Sagarika PandeySagarika Pandey said…
Hello Suma Ma'am,
My first paper is over!
Thought I'd tell you.It was of Social Studies and was good.
How are you?
Sagarika
At 12:38pm on February 26, 2010, Sagarika PandeySagarika Pandey said…
Suma Ma'am,
Well thank you so much for the comment.I will try my best to do everything that if I don't do will be a reason for regret in the future.
Thank you so much for your 'experienceful' insight.
Sagarika
At 6:18am on February 26, 2010, Sagarika PandeySagarika Pandey said…
Hello Suma Ma'am,
Yes indeed,Exam Time but no so much that I do not access the internet!
Well I thought you must be busy with all college festivals and all going on in your college.
Well I am good,preparing for my board exams,they start from the 5th of March.
Well I am still to give up sitting on computer for my exams,let's see when I am able to do that!
And how are you,how are things with you?
How was your college festival?
And thank you so much for the 'All the Best',
Thankful,
And happy/delighted to read your comment,
Sagarika

P.S. Sorry I did not talk to your sister earlier when you told me about her,well I have left a comment on her page now!Sorry!
 
 
 

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