ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

  Curriculum Vitae/Resume                   "A  resume with working experience details is CV." Resume belongs to fresher ones whereas CV belongs to experienced ones . Introduction: Curriculum Vitae, Abbreviated as CV, is also called RESUME with experience. The term Curriculum Vitae is a British English term whereas Resume is an American English term Oxford dictionary defines it as: "A written record of your education and the jobs you have done, that you send when you are applying for a new job." It is also known as vita , a record of a university/college teacher's education and experience, also including a list of books and articles that they have published and courses that they have taught, used when they are applying for a new job. There are as many opinions on the subject of resumes as there are job seekers! A basic and comprehensive definition that gives a holistic idea of a resume...

  Letter to God - G.L.Swanteh (translated by Donald A. Yates)       The house – the only one in the entire valley – sat on the crest of a low hill. From this height one could see the river and, next to the corral, the field of ripe corn dotted with the kidney bean flowers that always promised a good harvest. The only thing the earth needed was a rainfall, or at least a shower. Throughout the morning Lencho – who knew his fields intimately – had done nothing else but scan the sky toward the northeast. “Now we’re really going to get some water, woman.” The woman, who was preparing supper, replied: “Yes, God willing.” The oldest boys were working in the field, while the smaller ones were playing near the house, until the woman called to them all: “Come for dinner…” It was during the meal that, just as Lencho had predicted, big drips of rain began to fall. In the northeast huge mountains of clouds could be seen approaching. The air was fresh and swe...

  Night of the Scorpion            By-Nissim Ezekiel          I remember the night my mother was stung by a scorpion. Ten hours of steady rain had driven him to crawl beneath a sack of rice.   Parting with his poison - flash of diabolic tail in the dark room - he risked the rain again.   The peasants came like swarms of flies and buzzed the name of God a hundred times to paralyse the Evil One.   With candles and with lanterns throwing giant scorpion shadows on the mud-baked walls they searched for him: he was not found. They clicked their tongues. With every movement that the scorpion made his poison moved in Mother's blood, they said.   May he sit still, they said May the sins of your previous birth be burned away tonight, they said. May your suffering decrease the misfortunes of your next birth, they said. May the sum of all evil balanced in ...