Message from the President CMS

Dear Participants, English Literature of myriad genres has given pleasure to countless readers, and English language has been a benign global force in the development of all fields of human study, research, and knowledge transfer.

CMS Rajajipuram Campus I is organising 11^th Odyssey 2026 to provide English language enthusiasts from India and abroad the opportunity to celebrate this beautiful and expressive language by engaging in a range of fun activities including drama, elocution, mime, creative writing, debate, depiction and quizzing, on topics related to English literature and language. While not overtly intended to be educative, participation in 11^th Odyssey will inevitably help to increase students’ appreciation of the beauty of English, its role in sharpening the sensibilities and expanding the horizons of the human mind, and its power to cause progress by permitting communication between diverse people. Students will also gain an understanding of the evolution and changing usage of English language, while also sharpening their wit, humour and powers of expression.

I welcome all participants, and am confident Odyssey will provide a rewarding experience to cherish later “oft when on your couch you lie, in vacant or in pensive mood”(to twist Wordsworth’s famous line with slight poetic license)!

Congratulations to the Principal, staff and students of CMS Rajajipuram Campus I for conceiving such an interesting event, and for organizing it year after year with matchless energy, enthusiasm and panache – always unfailingly a pleasure to attend !