Interlude During The Tragic Play - 'Studies'

                           Shana C

LONG WORD

Extract from Dheshabimani Aksharamutam

           EVOLUTION OF FOOTBALL

       The history of English football is a long and detailed one, as it is not only the national sport but England was where the game was developed and codified. The modern global game of football was first codified in 1863 in London. The impetus for this was to unity English public school and university football games. There is evidence for refereed, team football games being played in English school since at least 1581. An account of an exclusively kicking football game from Nottinghamshire in the 15th century bears similarity to football. England can boast the earliest ever documented use of the English word “football” (1409) and the earliest reference to the spot in French (1314)

       England is home to the oldest football clubs in the world, the worlds oldest competition (the FA cup founded in 1871) and the first ever football league (1888). For these reasons England is considered the home of football

                                                  

   Fathima Rajeena.P.A.

                                                             

Short Story Review : An Internet Baby

     The illegal practice of child selling has become a common feature of the modern world. 'An Internet Baby', the short story written by Xiaolu Gou reveals the story of a young Chinese couple who decides to sell their baby on the internet. The two people, Weiming and Yuli, have their own arguments to justify their decision. Weiming is a 19-year-old man who is already working nearly 19 hours a day. So his motive  for selling their baby is money. If we take the case of Yuli, she is an 18-year-old girl. She has a dream to get her diploma and start a career in a big city. So they decides to sell the baby for 8,000 yuan. But a couple from Wenzhou show their willingness to buy the babyfor the double price 16,000 yuan.The funny thing is that no one gets the benefit of the child as the baby falls into the lake in the end of the story.

                    Here, the author seriously depicts the abuse of childhood. The young people don't think that what would be the condition of their baby if they sell him to others. For children, childhood is timeless. It is always present that matters for them. Children deserve the caring and love of their parents. It is the right of children to stat with their parents and it is the duty of the parents to look after their children. It is to be considered that they are also human beings and they too have the right to live in this world without fear or favour. Through selling the baby, his parents deny this right of the baby.

                     The major reason behind the child sale, according to the author is poverty and greed for money. Poverty is a big enemy to human happiness. it certainly destroys liberty and it makes some virtues impracticable. The misfortunes of poverty carry with them nothing harder to bear than that it makes man ridiculous. But the sale of the child is not the real solution to eradicate poverty. The resources of Earth are open to everyone. By utilizing them properly, one can lead a very comfortable life without the fear of poverty and hunger. as Tom Lehrer said : Life is like a sewer, what you get out of it depends on what you put into it.

                    Through this story, the author really ridicules the modern people who do not know the value of others life and gives importance only to their dreams and ambitions....

Rashida P