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Friday, November 4, 2022

Donation to MANJERI CH CENTER

In the meeting of the share and care charity project held on 13th September 2022, it was decided to bear the expense of two patients undergoing Dialysis treatment at Manjeri CH Center every month (2500 rupees). As per this decision, today (13-10-2022) staff and students of the department of History handed over the amount to the Secretary of Manjeri CH Center, Mr. Kanniyan Muhammedali.

Share and Care Charity Project -October 2022

Under the agies of Share and Care charity project, today ( 13-10-2022) Department of History handed over an amount of 10,000 rupees and grocery items for one month ( 2875 rupees) to the family of a student of our College who is residing in Manjeri. Student representatives of the Department of History; Shifna (1BA History), Huda ( II BA History ), Fathima Najva, Aswathi, Shahna (III BA History), Jaseena C ( Assistant Professor of History) and Kanniyan Muhammedali (NTS) visited the family and handed over the amount and grocery items. The money used for the charity activity was taken from the September month's (2022) collection of Share and Care project.

Share and Care Charity Project -September 2022

Today (28-09 - 2022) as part of the Share and Care charity project, we were able to deliver 10,000 rupees and grocery items for one month (3100 rupees) to a homemaker named Hafsath who is living at Alukkal with her four children. The money and materials were handed over to the Hafsath by the representatives of the charity project Vajeeda Jabin ( III BA History), Unnimaya (III B.Com CA), Safa(II B.Com CA) Safeeda( II BA English), Salam Sir, Coordinator Shabeermon and Jamshi. This charity work was carried out using the balance amount from last year's Share and Care project.

Washroom Renovated

Washrooms Renovated

As part of the Share & Care Charity Project, we renovated the bathroom facilities at Maimoona's home ( hostel Cook ). The project included toilet tiling, bathroom roofing, door fixing and painting, and cost a total of 23,497 rupees. A team from our charity project oversaw the renovation directly. Students (Fathima Suhra TK - B.Com Coop, Khadeeja Sumin - BSc FCS, Rameeza M - BSc Mathematics, Anamika NP- BSc Botany, Jumana Jebeen P - BSc chemistry) and staff representatives ( Abdul Rof, Shabeermon M, Dr. C Abdul Salam, Mr. Jamshi)visited the site today (06-10-22) to witness the project's successful completion. The fund for this project came from the balance amount of the previous year's Share and Care Charity Project.

Share and Care Project - September 2022

On September 24, 2022, Rs 10,000 was given to one of our institution's employees. Engineer O Abdul Ali, the college manager, handed over the money in the presence of the Principal, IQAC Coordinator, Dean of Students and Office Superintendent

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Cyber Crime and Social Media

On November 2, 2022, the Media Club, Unity Women's College Manjeri organised a talk on Cyber Crime and Social Media in the CH Auditorium. Shri. Aneesh Chacko, Senior Civil Police Officer, Jana Mythri Police Manjeri, successfully led the three-hour session. The session was beneficial to the students because it educated them on the implications of cybercrime. He also discussed the importance of maintaining privacy when using the internet. Mr.Chacko also spoke about various types of spy cameras and precautions to take when using WhatsApp, Facebook, and the Internet. Students also actively participated in the interaction session held after the presentation. Dr. Poornima R, Assistant Professor, Department of English , welcomed everyone, and Aswathy P, final year BA History student, gave the vote of thanks.

Debate on Gender Neutrality

The History Association conducted a debate on the topic of "Gentral Neutrality" on Thursday, October 29, 2022. First-year BA History students Fatima Thasni, Nida Sherry, Renna, Shifna P, Aneena, and Hamna spoke in favour of gender neutrality, while Ansha, Ahla, NafLa, Mufeeda Maimuna, Farzana, and Najia spoke against it.

Sabna, third-year history undergraduate student, moderated the discussion. The debate was surrounded by questions such as, "Is gender neutrality beneficial to women?" and Is gender neutrality a new face of patriarchy?. Rahana, first-year graduate student, gave the program's closing remarks. Association Teacher in Charge Dr. ShijI Mam, Shabeermon, Head of History Department, Assistant Professor Jaseena Miss, and other first, second, and third year graduate students also participated in the program.

JOBS 4 HISTORY STUDENTS

Career options for students who have finished their graduation in history are quite high.Students can appear for the UPSC or the state wide PSC tests.Almost 40 % of I.A.S examination questions are taken from history.Those who like the teaching profession can get the B.Ed (after BA) or M.Ed (after MA) degree and apply for teacher or Assistant Professor positions. Many other job options are available for B A history Student. A few include:Archivists,Information Managers, Librarians, Public Relations officer,Records Managers, Teaching,Law, Research, Diplomacy,Public service,Journalism, Ministry,Insurance, Politics,Publishing,Archaeologist,Archivist,Historical researcher, Museum work,Secondary school teacher,Tour guide,University lecturer etc.

"Gandhi as the ascetic defender of property,the mascot of the bourgoisie and in actual achievement -statistics as the Jonah of Revolution"..By R P Dutt.... “I became the stage for the great argument between Nietzsche and Rousseau. I was the extra ready to take on all the roles”.by Jacques Derrida."History is the witness of the times, the torch of the truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity."- By Cicero, Roman Oratore "All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon" By Voltaire.“D D Kosambi and R S Sharma,together with Daniel Thorner,brought peasants into the study of indian history for the first time”.Comment of Irfan Habib."I only accept awards from academic institutions or those associated with my professional work,and not state awards".[Romila Thapar on her refusal to accept padma bhshan in 1992.......]"If HUME and other English liberals hoped to use Congress as a SAFETY VALVE ,the Congress leaders hoped to use HUME as a lightening conductor".[Words of BIPIN CHANDRA...]

HISTORICAL FACTS.

1-Facts are importand for the constuction of history.2-Anything which gives us some idea about the past or present or future can be termed as fact.3-it is also called sources.4-sources are two kinds PRIMARY AND SECONDARY.5-Primary or Direct sources are anything which gives us information directly.6-Secondary sources or Indirect sources provides information indirectly.7-TERTIARY sources are used to describe a work which is a compilation of primary and secondary sources.It focused on the identification of scholarly work than on content. For example :bibliography,library catalog,directories etc.8-That is why RANKE said”NO SOURCES,NO HISTORY”.9-To Ranke “all kinds of sources should be subjected to criticism.10-HEURISTICS means searching of facts or sources.11-HERMENEUTICS aims to find out the authenticity or veracity of the sources.12-DEDUCTIVE METHOD is a type of reasoning from general to particular.13-INDUCTIVE METHOD is a reasoning from particular to general.

HISTORIAN OF THIS MONTH

K.P.PADMANABHA MENON Born in October 1857. Father: Diwan Peshkar Sankunny Menon. Mother: Parvathy Amma. K.P. Padmanabha Menon was the son of Diwan Peshkar Sankunni Menon who for the first time attempted to write the history of Travancore. Through his work Kerala Charithram (History of Kerala), Padmanabha Menon surpassed the talents of his father. Padmanabha Menon was an eminent Advocate, Judge and Historian. He also wrote Kochi Rajya Charithram (History of Cochin). He was also the Advocate General of Madras Government and member of Marumakkathayam Committee. He died on 1 May 1919.

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