LI₸OME REPORT 2023 – 2024

LITOME (aka The Literary Club and The Book Club) of Sree Sankara College, Kilimanoor organised offline and online programmes to encourage students to read books and to ignite their literary interests.

On September 5, 2023 Litome observed Teachers’ Day by conducting Teaching Competition and Teachers’ Day Greeting Card Designing Competition at the college library. Thirty Students participated in the competitions. However, students from the Department of Commerce achieved a sweeping victory over others. Miss Gopika R.S., S1 BCom and Miss Pranava O., S5 BCom bagged the First and Second Prize in the Teaching Competition respectively. Miss Sreelekshmi A.B.’s (S1 BCom) design got First Prize in the Teachers’ Day Greeting Card Designing Competition whereas Miss Gouri Prakash (S1 BCom) and Miss Gopika R.S. (S1 BCom) designs got Second Prize in the competition.

Litome organised a series of lectures, both offline and online, in connection with the National Library Week – from 14 November 2023 to 20 November 2023. 


 

Lecture 1:

Mr Banna Chennamangalloor inaugurated the lecture series on 14 November 2023 by delivering the first lecture via Google Meet. The online session which started at 10 AM was presented at the college library through overhead projector. Mr Benna’s thoughts on bookish and practical knowledge were quite interesting. Though a Higher Secondary Teacher, he is well known for his artistic endeavours such as reading stories, dubbing, acting, directing, anchoring etc. Dr Ambu R. Nair, Coordinator, Litome welcomed the speaker and Ms Indulekshmi B., Joint Coordinator, Litome proposed a vote of thanks.
 

Lecture 2:

Ms Neethu T.A., Librarian, Sree Sankara College gave the second lecture of the National Library Week Lecture Series on 15 September 2023. She explained her thoughts on the health benefits of reading books. The college library was the venue of the offline session which started at 10 AM and ended at 10.30 AM. Ms Smitha Krishna, Joint Coordinator, Litome welcomed the speaker and Dr Ambu R. Nair, Coordinator, Litome proposed a vote of thanks.
 

Lecture 3:

Dr Ratheesh Krishna, an eminent dramaturge, performer and visual arts trainer delivered the third lecture in the series on 16 September 2023. Dr Ratheesh Krishna’s views on the experience one gets from reading a book were unique. The audience, including the members of Litome, curiously engaged in the half an hour online session which commenced at 10 AM. Dr Ambu R. Nair, Coordinator, Litome welcomed the speaker and Ms Smitha Krishna, Joint Coordinator, Litome proposed a vote of thanks.

 

Lecture 4:

Mr Rakesh K. Nair, Senior Editor, Mathrubhumi presented the fourth lecture via Google Meet on 17 September 2023. He focussed his talk on the importance of reding newspapers. Thirty students attended the session which started at 10 AM. Dr Ambu R. Nair, Coordinator, Litome welcomed the speaker and Ms Megha Saji, Joint Coordinator, Litome proposed a vote of thanks.

 

Lecture 5:

Dr K. Radhakumari, Associate Professor and Head (Retd.), Dept of English, VTMNSS College, Dhanuvachapuram presented the fifth lecture in the series through Google Meet on 20 September 2023. The veteran lecturer shared her views on book reading to the students. She also expressed her concern over the decreasing rate of book reading. Dr K. Radhakumari urged the audience to read books to become successful in life. She elaborated the novel Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson by American author Mitch Albom to give the audience an insight into the experience a reader gets from the practice of reading. Dr Ambu R. Nair, Coordinator, Litome welcomed the speaker and Ms Megha Saji, Joint Coordinator, Litome proposed a vote of thanks.

 

Lecture 6:

Ms Indulekshmi B., Joint Coordinator, Litome delivered the sixth and final talk of the series on 20 September 2023. She explained different ways of reading different genres of books. Further, she interacted with the students to clear their doubts and concluded the offline session with valedictory comments. The session started at 2 PM with the welcome speech by Dr Ambu R. Nair, Coordinator, Litome and ended at 2.30 PM with a vote of thanks proposed by Ms Smitha Krishna, Joint Coordinator, Litome.