Khalsa College, Patiala organised a guest lecture.
Post Graduate Department of English, Cultural Studies and Foreign Languages of Khalsa College, Patiala organised a guest lecture by Prof. Rumina Sethi, Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, Punjab University, Chandigarh. She delivered a lecture on ‘The Story of Civilization’. While throwing light on Misrepresentation of east in hands of west through the tales of grand narratives of history, she stressed upon the need to re-examine these narratives once again for which there is need of faculty of awareness among all.
Dr. Dharminder Singh Ubha, Principal of the college while speaking on the preconceptions created by developed nations about third world nations said that imagination and differences led to the underestimation of these nations. Various negative abstractions created stereotypes in the minds of people which really needs to be re-examined.
Dr. Deepinderjit Randhawa, Head of the Department gave vote of thanks in the end. She said that such lectures helps to develop critical thinking among students. Department will always organise such lecture in the future too in order to chisel young minds. The lecture rounded off with a fruitful interactive session with the students in which various queries put forth by the students were sorted by the guest.
