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The Department of English brings to stage Neil Grant’s “The Last War”
The Department of English brings to stage Neil Grant's "The [...]
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Chinnu Ipe, July 2023 Title: Diversity of termites(Isoptera: Blattodea) of [...]
Col. Munore waited eagerly for an English teacher to come from England. The CMS England had to relent on this demand. Rev. Thomas Norton was chosen for the purpose by the Anglican establishment. They were surprised that in the Southern part of India there was an active Christian community that needed the CMS support for [...]
In 1816 May fourth, Benjamin Bailey and his wife Elizabeth Ella started their journey to India from the Portsmouth dock in a ship named ‘Hero’. They were accompanied by Bailey’s sister Sarah Archer and her husband Rev.Dowson. At the Cape of Good Hope the sea turned rough and it delayed their journey for some time. [...]
There was a grammar school as a part of the Kottayam College. In England the secondary schools that taught grammar, language and the basics of other subjects were called Grammar Schools. Kottayam Grammar School followed that model. The missionaries wanted to establish three grammar schools. One was in Kottayam and the other two were in [...]
In 1827, the first phase of Bible translation undertaken by Benjamin Bailey was over. Bailey did this translation effort with the help of Chatthu Menon and a few Syrian priests. Marcos, a brilliant native student soon became adept in translating the Bible and his work was personally overseen by Bailey himself. There were no parameters [...]
In 1827, the first phase of Bible translation undertaken by Benjamin Bailey was over. Bailey did this translation effort with the help of Chatthu Menon and a few Syrian priests. There were no parameters for translating Bible in Malayalam. The task was made difficult by the lack of a standard language and its set grammar [...]
In 1827, the first phase of Bible translation undertaken by Benjamin Bailey was over. Bailey did this translation effort with the help of Chatthu Menon and a few Syrian priests. There were no parameters for translating Bible in Malayalam. The task was made difficult by the lack of a standard language and its set grammar [...]
In 1818 there was a breakout of a small pox in Travancore. People mired in superstitions thought that it was the punishment of some angry gods and goddesses. They refused to take vaccination as instructed by the missionaries. The superstition was so rampant that they thought any medicine from the English would contaminate them! Benjamin [...]
In a highly stratified Kerala society, women were doubly discriminated. They were not allowed to come out in public without male escort. Education was the last thing in their daily menu. However the missionaries wanted to impart education to the hapless women. But they had to abide by the social customs and as missionaries they [...]
Rev. Richard Collins came to Kottayam in 1855 and became the principal of the CMS College. He realized that the college maintained a high standard in its pedagogic function. CMS College also functioned according to the international rules of the CMS Mission. Syrian Christian students dominated the students’ population. Education was free for all but [...]
Col. Munroe was keen to liberate the kingdom of Travancore from its socio-political weaknesses. The caste system was one debilitating factor. Munroe understood that only through education and related missionary works one could bring those changes around. The establishment of the Kottayam College was to that end. Benjamin Bailey, Rev. Joseph Fenn and Rev. Henry [...]
