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Primary Classes Monday 01.07.2024 (2.30/4.30 pm.)

 

Spoken English for kids

1.Where is the book?

2.It is on the table.

3.Where is the whiteboard?

4.It is on the wall.

5.Where is the teacher?

6.She is in the classroom.

7.Where is the bag?

8.It is on the desk.

9.Where is the principal?

10.           He is in the office.

Aloysius College Anuradhapura GCE OL English Literature Sunday 2/4 pm 30.06.2024

The Nightingale and the Rose

‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ is a fairy tale by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). It is about romantic love. It is about a student who is in love with a girl, a Professor’s daughter. She has told him she will dance with him if he brings her a red rose, but the student’s garden does not contain any roses. The Nightingale listens to the lovelorn student lamenting his hopeless love, and feels sorry for him. She knows how rare true love is, and she knows it when she sees it. The prince is giving a ball the following night, but although the student and the girl he loves will both be there, she will not dance with him without a red rose.

A Lizard, a Butterfly, and a Daisy all tell the Nightingale that it’s ridiculous that the young student is weeping over a red rose, but the Nightingale sympathises with him. She flies to a nearby grass-plot and asks the Rose-tree to give her a red rose, and in exchange she will sing for it. But, the Rose-tree says it produces only white roses, so cannot give her what she wants. It suggests going to the Rose-tree by the sun-dial. The Nightingale proposes the same deal with this tree, but it replies that it only produces yellow roses, so cannot help. However, it directs her to the Rose-tree right under the student’s window. However, although this Rose-tree does produce red roses, the winter has frozen its branches and it cannot produce any.

The Nightingale asks if there is any way she can get one red rose for the student. The tree replies that the only way of producing a red rose is for the Nightingale to sing by moonlight while allowing a thorn to pierce her heart, so her blood seeps through to the tree and produces a red rose. The Nightingale agrees to this, because she believes Love to be more valuable than Life, and a human heart more precious than hers. She goes and tells the forlorn student what she is going to do, but he doesn’t understand her, because he only understands things written down in books. The Oak-tree, in which the Nightingale has built her nest, does understand her words, however, and requests one last song from the Nightingale. She sings, but the Student, taking out his notebook, is rather unimpressed, because the bird’s song has no practical use.

That night, the Nightingale sings with her heart against the thorn, until it eventually pierces her heart while she sings of love. Her heart’s blood seeps into the tree and produces a red rose, but by the time the flower is formed the Nightingale has died. The next morning, the Student opens his window and sees the red rose on the tree, and believes that it is there thanks to mere good luck. Plucking the rose, he goes to the house where his sweetheart lives, and presents her with the red rose. But, another suitor, the Chamberlain’s nephew, has sent her jewels, which are more valuable than flowers, so she says she will dance with him instead at the ball that night.

The Student denounces the girl for her fickleness, and she calls him rude. He throws the red rose into the gutter, where a cart rolls over it. As he walks home, he decides to reject Love in favour of Logic and Philosophy, which have a more practical use.

 Source: https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-nightingale-and-the-rose/summary

GCE OL English Literature Aloysius College Anuradhapura 30.06.2024 Sunday 2/4 pm

 The Vendor of Sweets by R.K. Narayan

The novel begins with Jagan talking to his “cousin,” a man who claims kinship with Jagan despite a lack of true clarity surrounding the matter. They live in the small Indian town of Malgudi. The two discuss various philosophical and everyday matters as Jagan gets ready to go home. They continue talking and part ways and Jagan eventually arrives home. The chapter concludes with Jagan looking at a box of cash that he has saved in a drawer as he feels content about his life and prospects.

After some reflection, Jagan returns home and talks with his son Mali. Mali appears disturbed and Jagan cannot figure out why. He talks to his cousin about the frustration and disillusionment that Mali has been displaying. They talk about his father’s job and Mali appears reviled by the notion of monotonous daily work. Mali tells him he has grown tired of his schoolwork and wants to become a writer. He describes his plan to enter a local novel-writing contest. His father agrees to support him in this goal. It is revealed that Jagan's wife, Mali's mother, died from a brain tumor and Jagan has done his best to care for Mali as much as possible.

Mali becomes very distant from Jagan in this period and Jagan is too nervous about upsetting him to request any updates about the progress of his work. Jagan talks to his cousin, seeking information about Mali's writing and learns that Mali has said that he must go to America in order to truly become a real writer. He also learns that Mali has been taking money from him, as he knows where he keeps his savings stashed. He is not upset by this information and agrees to support him financially in his journey. Mali departs for America.

Mali writes to Jagan frequently with updates about his time in America. Jagan gets excited every time a letter comes in the mail, reading and rereading them more frequently than he reads the Bhagavad Gita. Eventually, Mali returns to India. He is constantly critical of the country, saying he believes it is backwards and slow, hurting Jagan a great deal. He also brings Grace, a half-American/half-Korean woman whom he claims is wife. He also says that he now eats beef, which goes directly against one of the most important tenets of the Hindu faith. Jagan is shocked by all of this change and struggles with this new information.

Mali tells his father he has something of great urgency to discuss with him. Jagan agrees to talk with him, but is so excited that he is home that he does not listen closely. Later, after clarifying with his cousin, Jagan learns that Mali intends to open a factory that manufactures story-writing machines. His son says that he needs a loan from Jagan in order to get the business off the ground. Jagan hedges his answers as Mali and Grace both pursue him relentlessly about the matter. Eventually Jagan makes it apparent that he will not give Mali the loan, but offers him his sweetmeat business, an offer that Mali harshly rejects.

Later Jagan meets a bearded man, who asks for his assistance making a sculpture of the goddess Gayatri. Jagan travels to the quiet spot where he works. Jagan admires the serenity of the artist's solitary life and makes him reconsider his life and goals. He decides to become the artist patron and renounce most of his work and material wealth. This decision shocks many of the people in the town, but he remains steadfast in his decision, finding peace in this rejection of money and worldly possessions.

Later, Jagan learns that his son has separated from Grace and that he was never married to her in the first place. This fact fills him with shame, as it means they have been living together out of wedlock. He then reflects on his marriage for a lengthy period of time, recalling his happy courtship of his wife and the joyous day of Mali's birth.

The novel ends with Jagan learning that his son has been arrested for public drunkenness. Jagan talks to his cousin about this matter and shocks him with his response. He tells him to take over his sweetmeat business and that Mali would do well to spend some time in jail, as it might teach him some discipline. He also says, out of affection for her, that should Grace ever want to return home to her family, he will happily pay for it.

https://www.gradesaver.com/the-vendor-of-sweets/study-guide/summary

GCE OL English Literature Poetry Sunday 30.06.2024 Discussion led by Dr.D.N. Aloysius Senior Lecturer in English and Head/Aloysius College Anuradhapura Time 2.00/4.00 pm

The Huntsman by Edward Lowbury

The poem, “The Huntsman” is about two different approaches of Kagwa and that of the king. Kagwa, the brave hunter of lions is credulous whereas the king is scrupulous. Kagwa lacks to know the art of talking and understanding the hidden meaning of words. His approach is superficial and is hunted by his own fate, as fate does not give a justification for someone’s death. Here, Kagwa’s fate provides him a skull.

Kagwa is killed as he hunted animals without reason. Kagwa is given an unexpected reward in terms of his own death. The poem gives the moral lesson to us, first speak less, second, we should think before we speak, third, we should not be hasty in matters. Kagwa learns a lesson at the cost of his own life while we should learn the lesson without loss, the folly of one person may be the wisdom of another person.

Kagwa was a very tactful hunter. He successfully killed the lions with the help of his sword and spear, while hiding himself behind thick bushes and trees. One day, while on a hunting trip, he found a talking skull. When he asked the skull, how she came there. She replied talking brought her there.

This was a miraculous discovery for the hunter. So, he hurried to the king’s court and told him about the talking skull, expecting to win his favour and prize. But, instead, the king expressed strong doubts about the truth of the tale. He ordered two of his guards to accompany the hunter and confirm the truth of his discovery. The king also instructed them to kill him if he failed to prove it.

The guards went to the forest accompanied by Kagwa. They found the skull after the search of many days, but the skull did not answer any of Kagwa’s questions. He entreated the skull earnestly to speak and save him. However, the skull remained silent. The guards immediately acted upon the instructions of the king and cut off Kagwa’s head by their sword.

After his death, the skull opened its mouth and asked the hunter, how did he come there? The hunter replied, ‘Talking brought me here’. Thus the truth of wisdom proved at the cost of hunter’s life.

A Model Answer on the poem, “The Huntsman” by Rohana Fernando

“The Huntsman” sets a fine example for the people who are engaged in unworthy and unnecessary speech. Comment.

"The Huntsman" has been composed by the modern English poet, Edward Lowbury. It is based on an African folklore which explains the uncertainty of human life. The poem is an evidence of imaginative richness and psychological insight of the poet. In this poem, Kagwa lost his life due to talking needlessly, thus it shows that one should be cautious when talking.

Kagwa used to hunt lions in the forest. One day, when he was wandering in the forest, he came across the skull of a dead man. Kagwa was surprised to see that skull and asked what had brought it there. The skull opened its mouth and told that talking had brought it there. But, he failed to understand the meaning of these words.

Kagwa was a simple fellow and could not conceal this unusual discovery. Immediately, he went to the king and told him this unbelievable incident. The king suspected the truth of his story, but sent two guards with him. He instructed them if his story proved false, the hunter must be put to death. They explored the forest for many days and nights. At last, they found the skull. The hunter asked it the same question again, but the skull remained silent. Kagwa requested the skull again and again to speak and save his life, yet the skull did not answer. The king's men promptly killed the hunter there and punished him for his talkative tongue. At that moment, the skull opened its mouth and asked Kagwa how he had come there. The dead man answered "Talking brought me here'.

The general atmosphere of the poem is gloomy and fearful. The presence of a talking skull and the killing of the hunter terrify us. The poem thus shows that one should be very careful when talking to others and especially to men of authority.

Source: https://www.litspring.com/2020/09/analysis-of-huntsman-by-edward-lowbury.html

 

English Grade 10 and 11 (2.30-4.30 pm) Tuesday 25.06.2024 Program conducted by Dr.D.N. Aloysius (Ph.D) Senior Lecturer in English

GCE OL English Language Paper Discussion and Grammar based on Reported Speech  

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Aloysius College Anuradhapura GCE OL English Literature Wednesday 19.06.2024 (2.30/4.30 pm)

 The Earthen Goblet by Harindranath Chattopadyaya

The poem, "The Earthen Goblet" is a dialogue between a poet and an earthen goblet where the goblet expresses regret for losing its natural qualities. It explores themes of tradition vs modernity, the importance of a humble lifestyle close to nature, and the impacts of losing naturalism and freedom. This poem is written to highlight the value of living a natural and unsophisticated life while enjoying the simplicity of life. The poem is written in conversational form, the poet asks a question from the goblet and the goblet answers him.

Chattopadhyay’s poetry usually deals with nature and natural way of life. The poem is written as a dialogue between the poet and the goblet. He wants to know how the goblet felt when it was taken from the earth and shaped into a goblet. The answer of the goblet which forms the next three stanzas of the poem is tinged with a sense of sadness and helplessness. 

The poet questions the goblet about the feelings it had when it was being shaped into the present form on the potter’s wheel. The imperfect rhyming scheme may suggest that poet knows that he is asking an absurd question. Whether the feeling is happy or sad, it does not matter; the goblet cannot change its shape ever!

Goblet’s answer clearly states that it came to the present form without its consent. Although it got the alert, it could not resist as the force was so powerful. The words: ‘great’, ‘burned so warm’ suggest that. When it was being changed, it felt ‘a vast feeling of sorrow’. That may be the understanding about its passiveness about the inevitable change of its form. The disturbed rhyming scheme suggests its mental status about its predicament.

The goblet recalls the hour that it was captivated and slaughtered as well as the nostalgic feeling of its lost friendship which was so close to its heart. The words: ‘fatal hour’, ‘captive’, ‘cast into … sleep’ illustrate a picture of a hunter getting ready to kill an animal captivated by him. The phrases: ‘the fragrant friendship’, ‘root was in my bosom buried deep’ show the affectionate attachment it had with its previous life and its surroundings. The rhyme scheme suggests its disturbed emotions about its lost relationships.  

The rhyming couplet gives the answer of the goblet to the poet’s question about its feelings. Although it had been given a form, it prefers the unshapely form it had in the previous life. It further complains that the potter had killed it to get the present form so it has no life in it now. It repents of its past, though it did not have much and craves for that simple natural life. 

This poem also gives the implication as to how a person from a rural area, much attached to rural life is made to undergo change in modern society, with no choice. This person was brought to the city and was made to adapt to modern life, despite his disinterest. At the end, he turned out be a gentleman in the city, but his attachment was for the humble, down-to-earth life style close to nature, with his girl in the village.

This poem draws parallels to the most people in the city who transferred from villages looking for a better life. They repent over their past, but they cannot go back to their previous life as they are helplessly bound to their city life.

Source: https://www.litspring.com/2020/03/analysis-of-earthen-goblet-by.html

Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, born on April 2, 1898, in Hyderabad, India, was an Indian poet, musician, actor, and politician. The author of many collections, including Ancient Wings (Theosophical Publishing House, 1923), Blood of Stones (Padma Publications, 1944), and Virgins and Vineyards (Pearl Publications, 1967), he was the younger brother of poet Sarojini Naidu. In 1973, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government. He died on June 23, 1990.

Source: https://poets.org/poet/harindranath-chattopadhyaya

Primary Classes today Monday 2.30/4.30 p.m. 17.06.2024 Aloysius College Anuradhapura

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English Literature and Japanese for GCE Adv. L classes (2026) have already commenced at Aloysius College Anuradhapura. 

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GCE OL 2024 English Literature "The Vendor of Sweets" Today's Lecture on the novel is delivered by Dr. Dr. D.N. Aloysius Senior Lecturer in English 12.06.2024 at Aloysius College from 2.30-4.30 pm College

Mali is insignificant when compared to his father, Jagan. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.

R. K. Narayan’s The Vendor of Sweets was first published in London in 1967. East-West conflict is the major theme of the novel. It is the conflict between a genuine Indian or Eastern father and his Western-bred son.

Jagan, a college-educated man in the late fifties has made a success of his sweet shop. Though he grew quite rich as a sweet-vendor, his main interest and concern was his only son, Mali. Mali’s mother died of brain tumor several years back. The barrier between the father and the son came into being the day the mother died. It might be that Mali, a little bewildered and dismayed, felt obscurely that in some way his father was responsible for his mother’s death. Jagan was an advocate of nature cure. Jagan’s love both for his wife and his son was deep and unwavering. The tragedy is that when he lost his wife, he lost also any affection that his son might have had for him. Jagan’s love for the son was so much that he hastened home from his shop in the evenings thinking that the boy would be lonely. But, Mali did not rise to his expectations and he preferred to be alone and detached. It led to a total estrangement between the two. Even after having lived twenty years with his son Jagan knew very little about him. Jagan was very proud of his son, but he had no control over him. Mali gave up his studies and went to America. Mali’s letters from America only added Jagan’s worries. Jagan could not think of his son eating beef. He was a true Gandhian and a vegetarian. During India’s freedom struggle he had been arrested for hoisting Indian flag. He lived a very simple life. He ate food cooked by his own hands. He never used sugar or salt since he believed that they were detrimental to health. As recommended by Gandhi he spun on his charka and used clothes made of khaddar. Jagan could not use tooth brush as he feared that its bristles were made of pig’s tails. The Bhagawad Gita was always in his hand and he read it whenever he was free. Thus Jagan was a model of traditional Indian values whereas his son was the other extreme, a spokesman of modern Western values. Spirituality in him gave way to materialism. After three years of education in America, Mali returned home accompanied by a Korean-American girl name Grace. When Mali announced to Jagan that the girl was his wife, Jagan was shocked. Still he loved them, gave due respect and allowed them to stay in his house. He accepted Grace as his daughter-in-law. She also behaved admirable towards him. But, soon cracks developed not only between Jagan and Mali, but also between Mali and Grace. Jagan was unwilling to finance a huge amount of money for Mali’s establishment of story-writing machine. It was too much for Jagan when Grace announced to him that Mali and Grace had been living together without being married; nor was Mali willing to marry her. The ever-growing tension in father-son relationship reached its climax when Mali was caught red-handed for breaking the prohibition laws. Then there came in Jagan’s life the moment of self-realisation and also of decision. He managed to break away from Mali and his scheming and vicious world which he could not approve. He escaped from the chains of paternal love. Jagan abandoned the world and retired into a life of spiritual devotion. He was altogether unaffected to hear that Mali was in jail as the police had caught him with liquor in his car. He thought that a period of jail might be good for the young man.

Jagan is the most vibrant character of the novel from the first page to the last. Mali, his son who returned from America with a half-American half-Korean girl whom he reported as his wife and later said he never married, had been something of a sensation disturbing the placid waters of Malgudi. But, Mali is insignificant when compared to his father.

Source: Prof. K.V. Dominic (Tradition vs Mosdernity in The Vendor of Sweets)

 

 

Summary and Analysis of the poem, "To the Evening Star" William Blake

 Summary

In “To the Evening Star”, Blake maintains his Sketches theme of the daily cycle as metaphor to innocence and experience. Specifically, here, the speaker calls upon the “fair-hair’d angel of the evening” to protect him (all of us) against the evils of the night, and more importantly, inspire “whilst the sun rests” all that is oppressed during daytime.

The star represents the transcendent moments of struggle between oppositions. It is a “bright torch” while all else is dark, presenting a juxtaposition thus transcendent symbol. In reality, the star is most likely the planet Venus, the Goddess of love and beauty, and helps build Blake’s motif of eroticism and desires that must remain hidden under the light of the omniscient day (notice the bed is “our” and not “mine” indicating it is a shared domain). The speaker is beckoning Venus to bless the bed (some argue a bridal bed, although there is very little evidence elsewhere to support such notion) and to “smile on [their] love.”

But Venus cries “tears of dew” as she herself is aware of humankind’s fallen state on earth where sexual creativeness operates in a real of dangerous passions symbolized by savage beasts (the wolf and the lion). Again we have a struggle of opposites here, this time symbolized through predator and prey that further builds up Blake’s theme of the cyclic and dialectic nature of the universe in which we live. The speaker is young (as Blake himself was at the time) and his frustration between these opposing forces is placed on the table to deal with: youth and age, tyrant and slave, day and night, male and female, predatory and prey.

Analysis

There are three major considerations to be taken from “The Evening Star.” One is the theme of pastoral simplicity. It is in the last two lines that the speaker appeals to God for the first time, recognizing his inferiority and potential impotence when it comes to protecting his flock from the fall of grace. The second is political entrapment. Again, the speaker knows that it is during night, when Venus’s “radiant crown” holds the power to put an end to all of daytime’s rules (change the color of the sky, put the flowers to sleep, calm the wind). Alas, the excitement and bliss of the unencumbered will “soon withdraw,” and just as in man’s law-abiding society, the force of opposition governs all of Blake’s inhibitions. Lastly is sexual desire. The speaker here is simply looking for any excuse, any blessing, to act upon his primitive desire to mate with the opposite sex. Knowing an appeal to reason, religion, and God is out of the question; he turns to nighttime’s nature queen in hopes for approval.

Source: https://www.gradesaver.com/the-complete-poems-of-william-blake/study-guide/summary-to-the-evening-star

GCE AL English Literature Students both 2024 and 2025. You are required to find relevant information and extracts from the drama, Othello regarding the question given below.

 

Investigate the behavior and different situations of Othello's life to prove that he is weak in human judgement. 

Othello’s weakness in human judgement

Shakespeare’s play Othello demonstrates the weakness of human judgement. The demise of both Othello and Iago is due to each one’s weak judgement of situations. Othello falls from a position of power and nobility to a debased shadow of his former self, as a result of Iago’s cunning plans. Yet, if Othello had a better sense of judgement, Iago’s schemes would not work.
One of Othello’s biggest flaws is his poor judgement about other characters. He is convinced of Iago’s honesty right up to Iago’s final moments of freedom. He is a complete dupe to Iago’s plans. He immediately turns to Iago for answers when he is confronted with problems regarding his wife, Desdemona.

 

Source: https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Othello-shows-weak-human-judgement-FKWJR5SDC38W

PET Listening Test Cambridge University

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Essay Writing FCE and IELTS Cambridge University Courses

 

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Write about the following topic:

University education should be free to everyone, regardless of income.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.

Write at least 250 words.

Model Answer:

Over recent years, more and more people have been attending university and arguments have persisted as to whether students should pay for this privilege not. Although there are convincing arguments on both sides, I strongly believe that it should be free.

One argument put forward in favour of charging students is that education is becoming more expensive to fund as universities grow in size. Consequently, making students pay may maintain standards and ensure the quality of the teaching. In addition, it is argued that most students benefit from university in terms of higher paid jobs, so it is fair that they pay for at least some of the cost, especially given that the majority of students attending university are from the middle classes. Last but not least, in many countries, there is a shortage of people to do manual jobs such as plumbing and carpentry, so making university more expensive may encourage people to take up these jobs.

However, there are a number of arguments in favour of making university education free for all. Firstly, it will encourage more people to attend and this will benefit society. This is because it will lead to a more productive and educated workforce. Research has generally shown that those countries that have a better educated population via university have higher levels of innovation and productivity. In addition, there is the issue of equality of opportunity. If all students are required to pay, those on a low income may be dissuaded from attending, thus making it unfair. The reason for this is that they will likely not be able to secure financial support from their family so they will be concerned about the debts they will incur in the future.

In conclusion, I am of opinion that all education should remain equally available to all regardless of income. This is not only fair, but will also ensure that countries can prosper and develop into the future with a well-educated workforce.

Source: https://www.ieltsbuddy.com/free-university-education.html

GCE OL English Literature 2024 Sunday 02.06.2024 Lecture conducted by Dr. D.N. Aloysius Senior Lecturer in English at Aloysius College Anuradhapura 2.00 pm -4.00 pm

 

The Lahore Attack

“The Lahore Attack”, which comes under the prose passages, is an extract from Kumar Sangakkara’s Colin Cowdrey Lecture delivered on 5th of July 2011 at Lords. Colin Cowdrey was a batsman and a bowler who played cricket for the England team during 1954-1975. He was a member of the M.C.C. (Marylebone Cricket Club) which was the governing body of cricket in England and worldwide. The whole world mesmerized or fascinated by this speech because of its sincerity, dignity and patriotism. He was contributory in including the “spirit of cricket” in accordance with the code of cricket laws, ensuring that cricket is always played in a truly sportsman like manner. Being a multilingual and fluent speaker of English, it was a very eloquent speech packed with emotionally charged expressions. At the end of his speech he received a standing ovation at the Home of Cricket, as he stunned the audience by his speech. In his speech, he focused on our history, culture and opportunities for Sri Lankan cricket and also the tragic encounter of the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricket team, in a bus, in Lahore-Pakistan. The team was lucky to escape from the attack without having fatal damage. As he said, despite the turbulence in Sri Lanka, violence and war, it had never affected directly on Sangakkara’s life until terrorists fired on the bus taking his team to a stadium in Lahore in March 2009. So, he experienced the terrorism out of the motherland. He shared the horrified moment he thought he would be killed. A note on the Extract – The Lahore Attack in English Literature Grade 10 & 11 His speech was full of love and regard for his motherland, Sri Lanka and its people. He has given his ideas about his role as a cricketer, his relationship with team members and other people. It is a unique and genuine expression of Kumar about the responsibility as a leader, a leader in cricket. He shared the great love and regard the Sri Lankans have for the cricket and cricketers with the whole world. This oration has made a great influence on the listeners as well as it will influence the readers of this extract as well. In this moving speech, Sangakkara told about the civil war and the role cricket has played in healing the conflict. The extract further reveals the features of the good cricket player as well as the good leader. Moreover, it reveals the qualities of Sangakkara as a great Sri Lankan and great humanist to the world.

Source: https://www.e- thaksalawa.moe.gov.lk/moodle/pluginfile.php/23113/mod_resource/content/2/sg10_elit_prose_lahore_attack.pdf