140.Gandhi on Silver screen

Hindol Sengupta’s intriguing  title  of  a five column article in the Deccan Chronicle Saturday 05, 2019 reads ‘Everything you heard about Gandhi and Capitalism is wrong’. And in the  article Hindol states   “...when   I was writing Recasting India, I discovered what I think of as the greatest lie ever told about Gandhi...that he was somehow against business, against enterprise or against entrepreneurship...”

Films don’t just only stir our imagination, they become mirrors to society, educate us, and  inspire us too. So  the choice  of  films for the  monthly  film screening  programme of   IASE, Cinema Talkies were films on the life of Gandhiji...The simple  rationale being that if   Hindol  made a discovery ...won’t  the viewing of films  on  Gandhi help  understand the father of the nation better  through multiple perspectives.

This time  the special invitees for the screening were the NCC cadets of  Govt.Model HSS,Thrissur. The screening commenced after a brief talk on Gandhian ideals by Sri. Jagadeeshan of the  Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi.

For news  coverage in The Hindu please view:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/screening-of-films-on-gandhiji/article29601806.ece

139.Health Club News

Health experts believe that  regular exercise  boosts our  confidence and helps  improve  self-esteem. Thanks to the initiative taken by the Physical Education  faculty of IASE, Dr.Sreekala, it has now become possible to use an array of equipments including Treadmill, Strength machines and a couple of functional training gear in the College Health Centre.

Interestingly enough, since the inauguration of the Health Club the staff and students  have transformed the Health Club into  a hub of activity.

138.College Union Inauguration

Zenith 2K 19-20, the College Union of IASE, Thrissur was inaugurated along with the Arts Club on  04 October 2019. The veteran cine artist  Sri V.K.Sreeraman was the invited guest for the inauguration of the College Union. Ms.Kavitha Balakrishnan, Art Critic and faculty of the Govt. College of Fine Arts,Thrissur inaugurated the Arts Club.

For almost a week, the  newly elected members of the College Union were assiduously engaged in setting the stage ready. Sweets were distributed by the Union on the occasion and in the afternoon the S1 MEd,S1 BEd and S3MEd students together staged a cultural programme.

137.Accolades 5

This week, the  students of the Department of Hindi won laurels for the college in the Inter-University Hindi Fest 2019.

Nivya KS secured an A Grade for Recitation and Extempore speech and Keerthana Chandrasekharan won A Grade for Recitation. The winners  received the certificates  during the college assembly on 03 October 2019.

136.A Clean Campus

Mahatma  Gandhi’s  150^th Birth anniversary  celebration had already commenced on 01 October 2019 in IASE,Thrissur. By selecting  Gandhiji as an icon of Swaachh Bharat we  in India have once again established our conviction in the Father of the nation.  So, what better way to celebrate  the Gandhian ideal of cleanliness than cleaning  the very place one studies...

Today, 03 October 2019, the students of IASE, Thrissur  took to cleaning the entire  campus including the hostel. In groups they cleaned both the campus and the classrooms and by  noon when the  cleaning programme was over  all  participants were  served  a traditional Kerala  cuisine.

135.Gandhi @ 150

“Generations to come, it may well be, will scarce believe that such a man as this one ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.”- Albert Einstein on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 70^th birthday.

As part of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of  IASE, Thrissur, a  Symosium on Gandhian ideal of education was organized on 01 October 2019, the eve of the 150^th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Sri Peethambaran (Master) delivered the theme talk. Sri Govindankutty, General Secretary of the Alumni Association and Sri Sukumaran of the Kerala Sarvaodaya Sangam  recalled the contributions of Mahatma Gandhi.

The concept of Sarvaodaya, Ahimsa, education of the head, the heart and the hand were all referred to in the speeches  during the  Symposium. Dr. Harinarayanan, Convenor of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations welcomed the guests, Dr. C.Praveen, Principal i/c presided and Dr. Happy PV offered vote of thanks.  Ms.Anitha and Mr.Mahesh students of IASE also shared their views.

134.Honouring Senior Citizens

A major part of the lives of elders are spent building  and shaping the lives of children and youth...yet do we care for them ?...Is it nor our responsibility to take care of the elderly, protect  them from deprivation and  shelter them rather than dump them  in old age homes?? Those were some of the thought provoking  questions posed by  students  who  are also daughters-in-law  while they attempted to  reminiscence own experiences  during the ‘Thought for the Day’ programme in IASE, today-  01 October 2019...the day  celebrated as International Day for Elder Persons. Ms.Santhakumari, the senior-most  staff of the college office was honoured during the  assembly.