Readings in English Part-I is an advanced level reading course which builds on Interdisciplinary Readings (Eng Ed 517) of the first semester. The course has eight units.  It consists of Advanced Academic Texts, which are organized under various themes, namely Education, Literature, Art and Culture, Contemporary Issues, Human Conditions, while Literary Texts organized under major genres of literature. Both types of texts expose the students to content knowledge and strengthen their linguistic resources useful for communication to the wider readership.  The course presents the best of authentic academic and literary texts by the prominent authors from diverse geo-cultural and political backgrounds. The course seeks to explore the cross-disciplinary links and their relevance to the contemporary world.