The Hour of Truth | One-act Play | Percival Wilde | Dramatisation

The Play, 'The Hour of Truth', is written by Percival Wilde. The play is taken from 'A Question of Morality and Other Plays'. The Characters are Robert Baldwin, Martha, John, Evie, Mr.Marshall and a maid. The play is an intense psychological study of the corrupting influence of money on people. The plot of the play explores greed from diverse angles. Although all individuals...

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Newspaper Report | How to write a newspaper report ?

 Newspaper reporting involves finding facts and presenting them in a comprehensive way. Satisfying the curiosity of the readers is the major task of good journalism. Newspaper reporting is an important question in the Higher Secondary English Question Paper. In this video lesson, let's see how we can prepare a good newspaper report. Hope you will be able to prepare a...

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Amigo Brothers (Piri Thomas) | Animation | Part 1 and 2

            ‘Amigo Brothers’ written by Piri Thomas tells the story of two seventeen year old friends – Antonio Cruz and Felix Vargas - who are trying to qualify for the Golden Gloves Championship tournament. They are born and brought up in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the United States. The two boys have grown up together...

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MENDING WALL by Robert Frost | Poem Explanation and Critical Analysis

 "Poetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another" - Robert Frost. Mending Wall' by Robert Frost is a narrative about two neighbours who meet every spring to repair the stone wall that divides their properties. The central theme of the poem is whether it is wise to erect walls among human beings.The poem Mending Wall is one of the most...

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Horegallu - Anecdote by Sudha Murty (Visual Adaptation)

 Remembering the good old childhood days often fills our mind with freshness and vigour and revitalizes us enough to go forward with confidence. In this video lesson we are going to see an anecdote written by Sudha Murty. Apart from being the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation, a fact well known to all of us, she is a prolific writer in English and Kannada. She has...

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Blurb Writing (Activity III - Matchbox)

 Blurb is the description of a book on its back cover. It's a brief summary of the book designed for marking. Do you know the origin of the word Blurb ? Who used the word Blurb for the first time for the description of his book on its back cover ? How can we write a blurb ? You will find the answers for all these questions in this video lesson. Pebitha teacher joins with...

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Panel Discussion (Activity II -Matchbox)

Are you familiar with Panel Discussion? A panel discussion is a public exchange of ideas, giving experts and audience members the chance to discuss a particular topic. What is a panel? What are various elements of a panel discussion ? Ok.. we would like to explain all these things with the help of a panel discussion made by our students assuming different roles. Please watch...

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How to prepare a character sketch - Nomita (Matchbox)

A 'short story' is a prose narrative "requiring from half an hour to one or two hours in its perusal." (Edgar Allen Poe). Plot, character, dialogue, time and place of action, style and stated or implied philosophy of life are the chief elements of any prose fiction. Even though, the brevity is the most important characteristic of the short story, still there is scope for characterization,...

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Matchbox - Textual Explanation (Part I, II & III)

Matchbox tells the story of a married couple. The man has the habit of opening the wife's mail and reading it. He tells her it is right to screen her mail to see if she has a lover. She is more or less confined to the house by way of custom. Ashapurna Debi starts her story by comparing women to matchboxes. Let's go through the first part of the story. Are you ready... Textual...

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MATCHBOX (Audio/Visual Adaptation)

Hope you have gone through the introductory video of the story 'Matchbox'. Now we are glad to announce that SRG English, Perinthalmanna has created an audio/visual adaptation of the story for you. Hope the audio/visual adaptation of the story will help you to enjoy the story 'Matchbox' written by Ashapurna Debi. Are you ready for an audio/visual journey through the storylines...?Then,...

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