Samuvel Sankari

  WHEN LIONS COULD FLY AND OTHER TALES FROM AFRICA Told by Nick Greaves, Illustrated by Rod Clement Published by National Book Trust, New Delhi, India, 1993. Cost of the Book – Rs. 70.00 (All credits go to the publisher)   Stories 1.       Serval and Tortoise – Serval invites Tortoise to dinner, but makes fun of it. In turn tortoise invites Serval. To go to Tortoise home, Serval has to cross a river and a burnt land. Tortoise refuse to give food to the dirty Serval. 2.       How Serval Got his spots – Serval and Lion looked alike. Puff Adder(snake) was seriously ill. No one helped him. Serval helped him. In turn the snake bite Serval to get the spots as Serval wished for. 3.       Lion and Carcal – Lion and Carcal were cousin. Once Lion hunted a big buffalo and asked Carcal to guard it and went to the river beside but it fell into the deep steep. Carcal faked to help Lion by throwing a rope and ate t...

December 1994 1. By character Aristotle means           Personages in character 2. Dryden in Essay of Dramatic Poesy rejects tragi-comedy because           It violates the unity of tone 3. According to Dr.Johnson, Shakespeare have no           Moral purpose 4. T.S. Eliot’s Objective Correlative signifies the writer’s ability to           Objectify the desired states of mind. 5. Negative Capability means           Depersonalized enrichment of the society. 6. Plurality according to John Stuart Mill is necessary for the Intellectual enrichment of the society 7. “A little learning is a dangerous thing” is said by           Alexander Pope 8. Appologia Pro Vista Sua by Newman is   ...