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Too many Literary Essays in 2019

We are always guided to avoid literary and argumentative essays, but in 2019 there were a lot of argumentative and literary essays like
[B]Let there be more light at the corridors of worship places[/B]
First of all, I can't even comprehend this. Is this talking ab out religious freedom or a movement against atheism.
[B]Urdu literature and progressive movements[/B]
Unfortunately, my Burger schools never taught me this
[B]Truth is lived, not taught[/B]
Too philosophical to invest my time into this during exam.
[B]Sometime we donot see, what we see[/B]
Again beyond my brain

Can anyone else comment about this essay paper?
I did democracy essay, which ones did others do?

Hello dear,
I appeared in 2019 and opt for the topic: Sometimes we do not see what wee see. Though you are right that literary, argumentative or philosophical topics were asked in the essay this year, it is never opined not to choose or prepare for literary essays. Actually in recent years, most students have veered their attention towards literary topics. The reason lies in the fact that literary topics are in general 'open-ended'. You can start from where you want and finish where you want. There are no boundaries for completing such topics. That is why those students who have immense general knowledge and are adept at history prefer to opt for such topics.
PS: This is solely my personal opinion

Thank you for your response. I really appreciate this
If you don't mind me saying this, but you refereed me as "Hello Dear". Do you know that this is a grammar mistake that South Asians do a lot. This should always be referred to your spouse. I believe that you wanted to say Dear Forum Member or something, the way its said in a letter. Dear followed by a name in a letter is acceptable to use in letters or emails or posts. Dear a lone sounds too intimate, and I am a female so I am uncomfortable with this.
In fact, in my CSS journey, I noticed this a lot that people use dear to refer to friends and complete strangers. This is actually incorrect and native English speakers don't use it in this way. I don't mean to offend anyone, my intention of pointing this out is to help the forum members to better understand English Language as natives speak it.

this is very smart
Again you refereed me as dear :(

[QUOTE=IamIronMan;1095464]Thank you for your response. I really appreciate this
If you don't mind me saying this, but you refereed me as "Hello Dear". Do you know that this is a grammar mistake that South Asians do a lot. This should always be referred to your spouse. I believe that you wanted to say Dear Forum Member or something, the way its said in a letter. Dear followed by a name in a letter is acceptable to use in letters or emails or posts. Dear a lone sounds too intimate, and I am a female so I am uncomfortable with this.
In fact, in my CSS journey, I noticed this a lot that people use dear to refer to friends and complete strangers. This is actually incorrect and native English speakers don't use it in this way. I don't mean to offend anyone, my intention of pointing this out is to help the forum members to better understand English Language as natives speak it.[/QUOTE]
Are you a female iron man? :pipe

[QUOTE=Engr AS Chaudhry;1095476]Are you a female iron man? :pipe[/QUOTE]
this is the dumbest thing that I have ever heard! Do you have any sense of how fandoms work? Half of male superhero urls are females

[QUOTE=IamIronMan;1095477]this is the dumbest thing that I have ever heard! Do you have any sense of how fandoms work? Half of male superhero urls are females[/QUOTE]

Yes, you are right. I didn't have any sense of "how fandoms work". I asked you on a lighter note. You took it personal and assaulted me with harsh words.
(P.S. I am sorry if I hurt you in my previous post.)

sorry on my part too. I didn't understand the tone

[QUOTE=Bakr;1095509]I did *Democracy and Illiteracy do not move together* too. What in your opinion was the nature of this topic in particular?[/QUOTE]

In this essay we were required to give arguments to prove that that illiteracy is one of the biggest threats to democracy, like impacts of illiteracy on quality of leadership, voter turnout, women participation etc. Moreover, we had to describe the reasons of illiteracy and way forward.

[QUOTE=IamIronMan;1095514]sorry on my part too. I didn't understand the tone[/QUOTE]

It's okay.

[QUOTE=IamIronMan;1095419]We are always guided to avoid literary and argumentative essays, but in 2019 there were a lot of argumentative and literary essays like
[B]Let there be more light at the corridors of worship places[/B]
First of all, I can't even comprehend this. Is this talking ab out religious freedom or a movement against atheism.
[B]Urdu literature and progressive movements[/B]
Unfortunately, my Burger schools never taught me this
[B]Truth is lived, not taught[/B]
Too philosophical to invest my time into this during exam.
[B]Sometime we donot see, what we see[/B]
Again beyond my brain

Can anyone else comment about this essay paper?
I did democracy essay, which ones did others do?[/QUOTE]

I attempted the classroom decide the future of a nation topic. As for there being a lot of argumentative essays, I think that is a good thing. They promote critical thinking and test one's skills of argumentation.

[B]Let there be more light at the corridors of worship places[/B] This topic dealt with how there is a need to have more tolerance and open conversations about religion so that this era of rampart religious hatred and misunderstanding can be countered. The topic would need to constantly refer back to the role "worship places" have in this phenomenon since its mentioned in the topic. So for example there are "open days" at mosques and churches all over the world where anyone can come in and ask questions without any judgement. These are excellent initiatives and promote harmony and understanding not only among people of different faiths but also helps remove prejudices from within a religion and its various sects.

[B]Urdu literature and progressive movements[/B] this was a fairly historical inclined topic. And I agree with you that I was ashamed that our education system didn't really teach us much about this at all. We know bits and pieces (mostly just related to the hindi-urdu controversy and the two nation theory and later how Urdu became part of a common cultural identity for the muslims to band under) but after so many years studying Urdu as a separate subject in schools, this should've been an easy one to tackle.

[B]Truth is lived, not taught[/B] It is a very philosophical topic and as such is open to a wide range of interpretations. At first glance I thought it was on the same lines as "practice what you preach" but in my opinion it is more about how nothing is "real/the truth" unless it is acted out and "lived". You can write a thousand theories in books and teach them forward but unless they can practically manifest themselves or you "live and experience" them, they are not really "real"-at least for you. Sort of like you can tell someone what it feels like to go hungry-you can describe it in great detail but unless they experience hunger pangs for themselves they won't ever truly grasp the reality of it. Again philosophy so completely open to different views.

[B]Sometime we donot see, what we see[/B] This was attempted a lot as far as I can tell and in my opinion it is simply about how we have a mental filter and we tend to only "see" or comprehend what we want to see or are "told" to look at. Mankind is awfully good at twisting reality to suit their worldview or narrative. In this era of "fake news" and such this is even more important to understand. There is a famous quote that goes something like two third of of what we see is behind our eyes. This relates to all spheres of life from the micro-perspective of our personal lives (we can overlook or just refuse to acknowledge the bad points of someone who we care about) and extends just as easily to a macro-world view (you can look at refugees as a drain on your country's resources or you can look at them as innocent victims of wars they did not create or you can simply ignore their existence completely because it just doesn't effect your daily life). We can "chose" which narrative and which facts we want to believe in simply because human beings hate being put into uncomfortable situations and hate questioning and reevaluating their personal values.

There was another topic that falls within this category from the 2019 essay paper; [B]Art for Peace.[/B] Now there was some confusion on this one. Some people attempted it as basically a manual on the finer points of maintaining peace (sort of like the famous book Art of War) but in my opinion that topic would have been Art OF peace.

Art FOR peace would mean how to empower communities, create awareness and understanding, and change narratives through Art. Art has historically played this part but is usually sidelined a lot in mainstream efforts for achieving and maintaining peace. We often overlook how big an impact "art" really has on our lives. Art can mean many things like fashion, film, photography, traditional art, animation, illustrations, sculptures, even architecture. In any form, art is very therapeutic and can help communities build themselves back up after long periods of conflict and trauma. It can also take their side of the story to others around the world and also remain as living testimony for generations to come. Let me give an example of the Berlin Wall. It was put up as a separation between east and west Berlin during the cold war but graffiti artists would use the west side as a canvas while the east side remained blank (since you would be shot dead if you came within a certain distance on that side). The artworks were symbols of protest at one point and once the wall was broken down, it became a symbol of peace and reflection over the horrible times and regime that the city and its people had seen.

[QUOTE=aishalam;1095558]

[B]Urdu literature and progressive movements[/B] this was a fairly historical inclined topic. And I agree with you that I was ashamed that our education system didn't really teach us much about this at all. We know bits and pieces (mostly just related to the hindi-urdu controversy and the two nation theory and later how Urdu became part of a common cultural identity for the muslims to band under) but after so many years studying Urdu as a separate subject in schools, this should've been an easy one to tackle.

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This topic was related to the “taraqqi pasand tehreek” in Urdu literature which was also related to the left-right debate going on in Pakistan during its early years.

[QUOTE=Obaidd;1095612]This topic was related to the “taraqqi pasand tehreek” in Urdu literature which was also related to the left-right debate going on in Pakistan during its early years.[/QUOTE]

That's interesting. I had never even heard of that before. Definitely shall read up on it. But quick question that's one movement. Why is the topic progressive movements? Were there phases? Were there more than one going on with the same goals but different people running them?

[QUOTE=aishalam;1095618]That's interesting. I had never even heard of that before. Definitely shall read up on it. But quick question that's one movement. Why is the topic progressive movements? Were there phases? Were there more than one going on with the same goals but different people running them?[/QUOTE]

Actually I don’t know much about its different phases either. You may have a look at this link for reference:

[url]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Writers%27_Movement[/url]

Let there be more light in the corridors of worship places...

Let there be more light in the corridors of worship places...it's my very first post at the CSS forum...plz fellows!give my essay some time and rigorsly evaluate my essay as it was my last attempt.rest of my papers went very well.i fear only this paper...i wasted first 45 minutes in making rough outline and the next 45 minutes in writing neat outline.gave only 1.5 hrs to main essay (poor time-management)... didn't even hv the time to re-read it...there might be over all 10-15 grammar, punctuation and spelling mistakes in my essay.sentences were neither very short nor long with few heavy words like malicious,malignant,malevolent and racketeering etc.essay also contained idioms like prey on and bear the brunt of etc...I write in bold and big font but in lingual flow... handwriting is not beautiful...
I attempted this topic with 3.5 pages outline and 6.5 pages essay(too brief) with approximately 1500 words(including those of outline)...
My outline was very long and i couldnt mention all points in the main essay like Yemen war and the need of LEDs in worship places etc...but anyhow... that's how went my main essay.
I...started intro with 3 Quranic verses(eng translation only) which elaborated the meaning of 'Light' in the given essay...no other quotes by famous persons,not even an Hadith.
II...intro was only of 1.5 pages in which I elaborated the meanings of light in form of love,mercy,kindness and guidance etc and then named few pioneers of the world religions and how they used these worship places as their HQs to disseminate this light of love and mercy and at last, ended the intro at the positive note that these places still have the potential to guide the world...
III...Then I went into the past(2 pages) in which I told how these sacred places went into the hands of corrupt people from the sage people with the passage of time and how they altered the sacred documents(another verse quoted here) and how common men felt abhorrence from the name of religion after the consistent looting of Catholics and monarchy in Europe and how Protestants emerged as a result.
IV...Then I came into present and future(2.5 pages) and told how passion rides the reason in such places.discussed the poor economic conditions of imams and pundits and their narrow interpretations of religious texts and how this affects the thoughts of their followers and how as a result,they fall prey to the sectarian and extremist elements...i also mentioned the gender bias practiced at these places and emphasized the need for women participation...at the state level,I blamed selfish politicians for not giving full attention to these places bcz of their other materialistic interests.i also blamed NGOs for not highlighting the issues of worship places at different forums...I suggested that govt should recruit the modern and young scholars who might be well versed in both worldly and religious education.they shd be well paid for their job...i also emphasized coordination btwn CII and Jamia Al Azhar etc regarding the guardianship of these places...also mentioned the Feb,19 visit of Pope Francis to Arab States as good omen,Imran Khan's efforts of mainstreaming seminaries,Suppression of Burmese Buddhists and Tariq Ramzan's sexual scandle at Oxford...also mentioned raping popes of the West and said that Europe,now was bearing the brunt of separating religion from politics in the treaty of West phalia back in 1648...at the end,I also mentioned the bleak future of our coming generations if proper attention is not given to these places...
V..Gave the heading for conclusion (is it a blunder)...my conclusion was only suggestive as I didn't have time to sum everything up again.it consisted of only one long sentence(equal to a para) which asked for the security institute's involvement,more community participation in in these places' affairs,sincere political leadership and inter-faith dialogues...Shujaat Ali...Frank and honest views plz on the chances of getting passed or failed... waiting...