Seminar on ‘Popular Fiction: Reflection on society’

Published in The Arunachal Times on 13^th October 2012 

 

I was honoured and humbled to be the Resource Person of the Seminar organised by Department of English, St. Claret College, Salaya, Ziro on 12th October 2012. It was a whole new learning experience in the filed which is not my forte and to deliver a speech on a topic which has limited references was all together a challenging task. Preparing for the topic made me realise how important are popular fictions if added to curriculum. The young minds can easily correlate to the popular  characters and learning could be made more enjoyable.  

Thanks be to +Landi Tama, the HoD of English, Fr. Benoy CMF, Principal of St. Claret College College, Ziro and all the Clarentines for having me  and all glory to the Living Lord.

The following is the article from the link  http://www.arunachaltimes.in/oct12%2013.html#Seminar, published in The Arunachal Times on 13th October 2012.

The Department of English, Saint Claret College, Ziro, organised the annual departmental seminar on the topic, “Popular Fiction: Reflection on society”  on 12 October 2012.

 

Speaking on the occasion as the Resource Person, Nending Ommo, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Rang-Frah Govt. College, Changlang highlighted the emerging genre of popular fiction which was making inroads to the realm of serious academics. He urged the students to develop the habit of pleasure reading, especially when it came to popular fiction, but he also asked them not to neglect the beauty of the popular techniques employed in the novels which has given us popular characters like James Bond, Superman, Sherlock Holmes, Poirot, and Harry Potter. 

In his concluding remarks Ommo exhorted and encouraged the students to participate in such seminars to explore new knowledge and appreciated the endeavours of the management and the department of English for taking up such departmental activities which is training the students for a better tomorrow.