Unit 1
Poems
Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali (1-10); Nizzim Ezekiel’s Enterprise; A.K. Ramanujam’s Small-Scale Reflections on a Great House.
| Course Name | Indian Thought through English |
| Course Code | 19ENG231 |
| Program | B. Tech. in Computer and Communication Engineering |
| Year Taught | 2019 |
Poems
Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali (1-10); Nizzim Ezekiel’s Enterprise; A.K. Ramanujam’s Small-Scale Reflections on a Great House.
Prose
Khushwant Singh’s The Portrait of a Lady; Jhumpa Lahiri’s Short Story – Interpreter of Maladies.
Drama and Speech
Vijay Tendulkar’s Silence, the Court is in Session; Motivational speeches by Jawaharlal Nehru/ S. Radhakrishnan / A. P. J. Abdul Kalam’s My Vision for India etc. (any speech).
Reference(s)
Evaluation Pattern
| Assessment | Internal | External |
| Periodical 1 (P1) | 15 | – |
| Periodical 2 (P2) | 15 | – |
| *Continuous Assessment (CA) | 20 | – |
| End Semester | – | 50 |
| *CA – Can be Quizzes, Assignment, Projects, and Reports. | ||
Objectives
To expose the students to the greatness of Indian Thought in English; to develop a sense of appreciation for the lofty Indian Thought; to develop an understanding of the eclectic Indian psyche; to develop an understanding about the societal changes in the recent past.
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