PPT: Kathmandu

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VIKRAM SETH
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VIKRAM SETH
OBJECTIVES
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To acquire the knowledge of the elements of 
language and the textual content.
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To comprehend the language when spoken at normal 
conversational speed.
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To develop interest in language.
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To read the lesson silently.
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To develop skills in Listening, Speaking, Reading and 
Writing.
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VIKRAM SETH
OBJECTIVES
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To acquire the knowledge of the elements of 
language and the textual content.
?
To comprehend the language when spoken at normal 
conversational speed.
?
To develop interest in language.
?
To read the lesson silently.
?
To develop skills in Listening, Speaking, Reading and 
Writing.
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Introduction to Vikram Seth
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Introduction to the lesson Kathmandu
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Detailed description of the events in the lesson
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Vocabulary
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Evaluation
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Assignment
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Bibliography
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VIKRAM SETH
OBJECTIVES
?
To acquire the knowledge of the elements of 
language and the textual content.
?
To comprehend the language when spoken at normal 
conversational speed.
?
To develop interest in language.
?
To read the lesson silently.
?
To develop skills in Listening, Speaking, Reading and 
Writing.
?
Introduction to Vikram Seth
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Introduction to the lesson Kathmandu
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Detailed description of the events in the lesson
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Vocabulary
?
Evaluation
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Assignment
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Bibliography
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Born in 1952 in Calcutta, India, Vikram Seth was 
educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Stanford 
University and Nanjing University. He has travelled widely 
and lived in Britain, California, India and China. His first 
novel, The Golden Gate: A Novel in Verse (1986), 
describes the experiences of a group of friends living in 
California. 
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Vikram Seth is also the author of a travel book, From 
Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet 
(1983), an account of a journey through Tibet, China and 
Nepal. 
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His poetry includes Mappings , The Humble 
Administrator's Garden, winner of the Commonwealth 
Poetry Prize, and All You Who Sleep T onight: Poems. 
 
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Vikram Seth's latest work is Two Lives , a memoir of the 
marriage of his great uncle and aunt. 
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VIKRAM SETH
OBJECTIVES
?
To acquire the knowledge of the elements of 
language and the textual content.
?
To comprehend the language when spoken at normal 
conversational speed.
?
To develop interest in language.
?
To read the lesson silently.
?
To develop skills in Listening, Speaking, Reading and 
Writing.
?
Introduction to Vikram Seth
?
Introduction to the lesson Kathmandu
?
Detailed description of the events in the lesson
?
Vocabulary
?
Evaluation
?
Assignment
?
Bibliography
?
Born in 1952 in Calcutta, India, Vikram Seth was 
educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Stanford 
University and Nanjing University. He has travelled widely 
and lived in Britain, California, India and China. His first 
novel, The Golden Gate: A Novel in Verse (1986), 
describes the experiences of a group of friends living in 
California. 
?
Vikram Seth is also the author of a travel book, From 
Heaven Lake: Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet 
(1983), an account of a journey through Tibet, China and 
Nepal. 
?
His poetry includes Mappings , The Humble 
Administrator's Garden, winner of the Commonwealth 
Poetry Prize, and All You Who Sleep T onight: Poems. 
 
?
Vikram Seth's latest work is Two Lives , a memoir of the 
marriage of his great uncle and aunt. 
Do you like travelling? Have you heard of places like Ajmer Sharif, Madurai, 
Sanchi or Halebid? Can you name some other places like these ?
Ajmer Sharif Madurai
Sanchi Halebid