Memorabilia 2021

1 | Memorabilia 2020-21 Department of English, MKBU

Table of Contents
From the Desk of the Head of the Department..........................................................................5
About Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar .................................9
The Vision..............................................................................................................................9
The Mission............................................................................................................................9
The Genesis..........................................................................................................................10
Research Activities Acknowledged by the Government: ....................................................11
Centre of Excellence in Nano-technology: ..........................................................................11
State Level Nanotechnology Research Centre:....................................................................11
Ocean Science and Technology Cell for Western Coast: ....................................................11
Entrepreneurship Development Cell:...................................................................................11
University Industry Linkage Cell:........................................................................................11
Gandhian Study Centre ........................................................................................................11
About Smt. Sujata Binoy Gardi Department of English, Bhavnagar. .....................................12
Courses offered under CBCS to students:............................................................................13
Research Based Course:.......................................................................................................13
Cambridge ESOL SCOPE Course: ......................................................................................13
Certificate Course.................................................................................................................13
Advanced Academic Writing for Students of English Studies ............................................13
Annual Report 2020-21............................................................................................................15
Staff Members: -...................................................................................................................15
Teaching Faculties................................................................................................................15
Prof. Dilip Barad...............................................................................................................15
Dr. Heenaba Zala..............................................................................................................15
Ms. Vaidehi Hariyani .......................................................................................................16
Number of Students: - (During 2020-21).............................................................................16
Achievements of Students:...................................................................................................16
Other academic achievements by Students:.........................................................................17
Academic Activities by Teachers: - (Year 2020-21) ...........................................................18
Academic Blog Publication by Prof. Dilip P. Barad (Year 2020-21)..................................19
A Message from the editors:....................................................................................................20
Editors of Memorabilia: Kavisha Alagiya and Ruchi Joshi.................................................20
Committee Reports ..................................................................................................................22
Documentation Committee Report 2020 – 21......................................................................22
VLF – Virtual Literature Fest...........................................................................................25

Art and Creativity Committee Report 2020 – 21.................................................................31
Daily Schedule Committee Report 2020 – 21......................................................................74
ICT Committee Report 2020 – 21........................................................................................80
Library Committee Report 2020 – 21 ..................................................................................89
Celebration Committee Report 2020-21 ..............................................................................92
Bulletin Board Committee Report 2020 – 21 ......................................................................97
Gardening Committee Report 2020 – 21 ...........................................................................101
Sports and Recreation Committee Report 2020 – 21.........................................................108
Finance Management Committee Report 2020 – 21..........................................................116
Mass Media Committee Report 2020 – 21.........................................................................118
Movie Screening Committee Report 2020 – 21.................................................................122
Creative Corner......................................................................................................................138
Photography by Students....................................................................................................138
Painting...............................................................................................................................142
Short story ..........................................................................................................................144
Poems .................................................................................................................................152
Book Review......................................................................................................................158
Movie review......................................................................................................................160
Characterization .................................................................................................................167
Quote written by students...................................................................................................176
Write – up...........................................................................................................................179
Article.................................................................................................................................180
Dairy Pages ........................................................................................................................188
Expert Lectures ......................................................................................................................190
Prof. Attanu Bhattacharya..................................................................................................190
Dr Jay Mehta......................................................................................................................190
Prof. Balaji Ranganathan....................................................................................................190
Prof. Mandaliya Sir ............................................................................................................192
Nishant Pandya...................................................................................................................192
Prof. Vinod Joshi................................................................................................................192
Prof. Oindrila Ghosh ..........................................................................................................193
Online Talk with Experts.......................................................................................................193
Devang Nanavati................................................................................................................193
Riddhi Gupte ......................................................................................................................193
Prof. Bill Ashcroft..............................................................................................................194

ELT Project............................................................................................................................194
Email IDs of students.............................................................................................................196
Part 1 students ....................................................................................................................196
Part 2 students ....................................................................................................................197
Plan ruined by COVID19.......................................................................................................198
Participation Chart 2020-2021...............................................................................................199
Abstracts of Research Paper ..................................................................................................200
Title: Micro-Learning through Mobile-Learning by Asha Dhedhi....................................200
Apocalyptic Pandemic Fiction: Reality or Reference in Covid 19 Pandemic Asha Dhedhi
............................................................................................................................................201
A Study of Katherine Anne Porter's "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" as a narrative of Hope in
Times of Crisis by Kavisha Alagiya ..................................................................................202
Are We Learning? Re-visiting the ‘Learning’ process via Technology ............................203
– Usage, Hindrances and Improvements by Kavisha Alagiya...........................................203
SOARING THE FOREIGN SKIES by Khushbu Lakhupota ............................................203
Mary Shelley's The Last Man: Alienation in the time of COVID 19 by Nirali Makwana 204
Pandemic Fear and Literature: Jack London's 'The Scarlet Plague' by Nirali Makwana...205
“WHERE THE INFECTIONS PESTILECE DID REIGN”- ROMEO AND JULIET AS
SHAKESPEARE’S PLAGUE PLAY by Tamsa Pandya ..................................................206
Eco criticism and literature by Tamsa Pandya...................................................................206
Abstract by Tamsa Pandya.................................................................................................207

From the Desk of the Head of the Department
#covid19 #coronavirus #corona #pandemic
Our last year, the academic year 2020-21, was entangled in these hashtags. To-
day is no better. The pandemic has turned India into quagmire. Officially, for
the last several days, India is recording the highest number of covid infected
cases in the entire world. People are struggling to get oxygen cylinders, ventila-
tors, hospital beds. The hotels are converted into paid-covid centers. Several ac-
ademic institutes have started temporary covid care units. We are amidst the
second wave of covid19 pandemic and Indians are the hardest hit in the entire
world.
It is obvious that Corona Pandemic is a natural calamity. Though some conspir-
acy theories try to convince us that this virus is man-made in Wuhan Virus La-
boratory in China and it is a sort of biological war started by China to economi-
cally destroy India and enemy countries, yet we do not have ample evidence to
believe in such theories. What is important for us to believe in, rather than these
conspiracy theories, is how such natural calamities are aggravated by human er-
rors of judgement. How, we the humans, are responsible for the tragedies that
happen in our societies and in our personal lives – is something very important
to be learned from this pandemic.
We are aware of the fact that India lowered its guard against the pandemic in
the month of March 2021. Officially, it celebrated the victory against Corona-
virus. The leaders got busy with election rallies; the people got busy with reli-
gious congregations. There was widespread skepticism regarding vaccination
among common-men. All these human errors of judgement are equally respon-
sible for the tragic situation in which we, the Indians, are today. We come into
such a dire situation because people in power deny to accept the advice of the
experts. At times, they are taking decisions based on intuitions or astrology in-
stead of scientific evidence. And then we all suffer!
However, it is not only the natural mutations of the virus and the errors of
judgement by human agency that is responsible. It is our immunity or lack of it,
also, to be made accountable. We have a rich heritage of Yoga, Pranayama and
Ayurveda. But when it comes to making it a part and parcel of everyday life, we
are the laziest lots. These precautionary life-styles are neglected, I would say,

criminally neglected, and then, when the house is on fire, we think of digging a
well. Then, when the milk is spilled, what’s the use of crying over it!
We are supposed to keep one law of nature at the tip of our tongue: A single
rotten mango can infect all the healthy mangoes, but all healthy mangoes
cannot remove the rot from a single infected
mango.
The point is, we all have to be hale and hearty.
Even if a single person in a society is not taking
care of his/her health, s/he is a danger to all hu-
man beings. If s/he gets infected by a virus, s/he
is going to spread and infect all healthy immune
systems. All healthy immune systems are incapa-
ble to transmit good health to a sick human. A
sick human is capable of transmitting sickness to all healthy humans. Isn’t this
the crude and bitter reality of nature! This is to be remembered in our normal
human relations, as well.
The life lessons we learn from the zeitgeist of our time are useful in our normal
times also:
1) When it comes to making decisions, which can affect innumerable lives and it
may turn down to be the matter of life and death, believe in conclusions drawn
out of logic and rationality. In short, do not take decisions based on intuition or
irrational calculations.
2) Never celebrate small victories. What seems to have ended might be just a small
battle. The war might still be going on and we may be unaware about it.
3) Always ask – ‘What next!’ Do not rely on intuition. Rely on logical and rational
thought when you ask ‘what next’.
4) Always remember – ‘Readiness is all’. Remember, so many sports persons got
infected with coronavirus. The Indian Premier League (IPL 2021) has been
postponed because several cricketers got infected in the bio-bubble. So, even if
you are keeping your immunity stronger with yoga, pranayama, Ayurveda or
sports and outdoor games, be ready for the infection. So far as rotten mangoes
are with us, we, the healthy mangoes, are prone to infection.

5) Everything is just a mind game! Keep your mind engaged with some sort of
activities. Only keeping body fit is not enough for immunity. The mind, too,
shall be engaged with something creative, constructive and beautiful. Keep your
mind busy with the work you love to do!
6) Learn to enjoy isolation! Practice individualism. It is not to say that - do not be
a part of the community. Be ready to help the community but be self-reliant,
Atmanirbhar! In short, do not give the remote control of your happiness or sor-
row to others. Have a control over your remote control. Love to be isolated or
quarantined even in normal times.
7) Remember, immunity is the key to happy life! Health is heaven, and illness is
hell! No better than corona pandemic can teach this simple lesson so effectively.
Writing for this very well edited Memorabilia 2021, I am indeed glad to see
that almost all students are safe and healthy in this time of illness. Baring a few
students, all others are hale and hearty. It was great to see that in the Webinar
Presentation Season 4, all students made their presentation and nobody gave an
excuse on the grounds of illness. This is something rarely found even in normal
days. It seems you are in good health because you all are keeping yourself crea-
tively and constructively engaged with your studies and other work. Keep doing
so! Never keep your mind idle!
Finally, I would like to say that this was a very good batch (2019-21) of stu-
dents. Most of you were very eager to know more, your eyes were hungry to
learn more and more, your sincerity in your work was very genuine, your habit
of doing a little bit more than expected was something very rarely found these
days.
The prime objectives of our Department is to (i) develop literary sensibility, (ii)
generate interest in academic & research writing, (iii) make students critical
thinkers, and (iii) hone digital skills among our students. In this batch, I am glad
to say that, the number of students who displayed these achievements are larger
than those who didn’t. Many of you have set a higher benchmark for the batches
to come.

This year was a year of learn-
ing and doing so many new
things. It was the year of dis-
ruptions. After teaching for
two and half decades, the
teachers start getting safe in
their cocoon. In our younger
days, we break the cocoon to
get ourselves beautiful wings
to fly like butterflies. The
metamorphosis from cater-
pillar – to – chrysalis - to –
butterfly gets somewhere stagnant with growing age. We start believing that we
have metamorphosed into butterflies. The corona year, for me, was a realization
that where I got stagnant was a phase of chrysalis. The challenges of teaching
and also learning a lot many things in this corona year was something like ‘be-
coming a butterfly’. This year was full of trials and errors, in short, of learning a
lot – to teach in online mode, hybrid mode – to make light-board, to try various
innovative practices in teaching – learning to live stream events, learning to edit
videos – was like getting new wings to fly.
All that was done during this pandemic year – is documented here
https://sites.google.com/view/webinar-eng-mkbu/home .
Best wishes to all the students to shine out in real life situations. Never let your
guards down. Keep on honing new skills. Never think that you have already
metamorphosed into butterflies. Always keep in mind that you may be still in
your cocoon and keep on breaking the self-imposed limits.
Let the tough times make us tougher.
Let the bitter times make us better.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going!
~ Dilip Barad

About Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar
The Vision
The University in committed to the cause of a dynamic equilibrium within the society and
environment value added education, while keeping the principles of Excellence, Efficiency
and Equity in its frame. By identifying social requirement, the University shall generate an
environment to provide career solutions through compatible academic programme contrib-
uting towards.
The Mission
To evolve and execute educational & developmental programmers, training programmes,
faculty enrichment programmes, social awareness programmes, knowledge acquisition, de-

velopment, preservation, dissemination and extension of the frontiers of knowledge in the
interest of 'Community at large'.
The Genesis
Bhavnagar is traditionally known for its cultural heritage in the western India with its last
princely ruler Shri Krishnakumarsinhji who was the first to donate his princely state to the
Nation. Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation received his initial college education in
Shamaldas College, which is the oldest college established in 1888, which is today run by
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. Bhavnagar District is situated be-
tween 21.18-22.18 Longitude and 71.51-72.18 Latitude. The district encompasses a total
area of 12,048 sq. km. The University was established way back in 1978 by the state of Gu-
jarat and the total area of the campus is 269 acres, spread over 3 location. The University is
providing high quality of Teaching and Research Programmes in faculties as diverse as Sci-
ence, Arts, Commerce, Engineering, Medicine, Management, Rural Studies and Law. The
University has at present 20 Post Graduate Departments and 4 Recognized Institutes.
At present following Post Graduate Departments impart post-graduate education and re-
search in different disciplines.
Department of Chemistry
Department of Physics
Department of Life Sciences
Department of Mathematics
Department of Statistics
Department of Marine Sciences
Department of Sociology
Department of History
Department of Economics
Department of Computer Science and
Applications
Department of Bio information
Department of English
Department of Hindi
Department of Sanskrit
Department of Gujarati
Department of Commerce
Department of Education
Department of Business Administration
Department of Library and information
Science

Research Activities Acknowledged by the Government:
Considering the importance of research activities being carried out by the University in the
most relevant and high-profile areas such as nanotechnology, Marine Ecology, Intellectual
Property Rights & its Management and Entrepreneurship, Government of India and Gujarat
Government have recognized several Departments as Centres of Excellence and Science and
Technology Cells for improving PG teaching and Research to make Bhavnagar University at
par with National Laboratories/ Institutes. Following Centres of Excellence and Cells are ac-
tively engaged in research and consultancy services.
Centre of Excellence in Nano-technology:
It is funded by Gujarat Council of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat, Gandhi-
nagar. The Centre has developed various application of nanotechnology by synthesis of mono
dispersed nano particles.
State Level Nanotechnology Research Centre:
The Centre has recently been allocated a grant of Rs. 5.75 crores by the Industries Depart-
ment of Government of Gujarat as a success story based on the proven track record of the
projects undertaken in the past on Nanotechnology.
Ocean Science and Technology Cell for Western Coast:
It in funded by Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, New Delhi. This Cell has
focused mainly in the areas of Biodiversity of Coastal Ecosystem, Plankton, Ecology and
Productivity, Coastal Pollution & its Control, Microbial Ecology and Socio-Economic as-
pects of Coastal Ecosystem and its management.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell:
It is funded by National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board, Gov-
ernment of India, New Delhi as a part of knowledge base entrepreneurship promotion. This
Cell has started entrepreneurship Promotion among the students and apart from promotion is
involved in various issues concerning the entrepreneurship in Saurashtra Region. Cell is in-
volved in imparting Skill Development through Science and Technology (STST) Pro-
grammes for differently able students in the field of computer technology.
University Industry Linkage Cell:
To cater to the needs of local entrepreneurs, University has started U & I Linkage Cell which
is actively engaged in providing technical solutions of various problems of Chemical and En-
gineering industries in the region.
Corporate Services: Department of Chemistry is recognized by Gujarat Pollution Control
Board, Government of Gujarat as Environment Auditor of Class-1 and for Schedule-I & II
Industries.
Gandhian Study Centre
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-the Father of the Nation had received early education at
Shamaldas College in Bhavnagar. Department of History is therefore involved in research
activities of various aspects of the Gandhian Philosophy, For the purpose, University
Grants Commission, New Delhi, sanctioned a Gandhian Study Centre for further research
and to inculcate and reinforce the Gandhian culture in the region.

About Smt. Sujata Binoy Gardi Department of English, Bhavnagar.
Address: Smt. Sujata Binoy Gardi Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
University, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Campus, Bhavnagar. 364001. Gujarat
Email: eng.dept.bu@gmail.com
Phone: 0278-25144401
Year of Establishment: 1988
Head of the Department: Dr. Dilip P. Barad, Professor of Masters of Arts (English)
Visiting Faculties: Dr. Heenaba Zala and Vaidehi Hariyani
MA Old Pattern-
This Program runs under C.B.C. System. It carries 100 credits. The students are offered 16
courses as Core Courses and 10 courses as Elective Courses from which they are supposed
to choose any four courses.
MA New Pattern-
This Program runs under C.B.C. System. It carries 100 credits. The students are offered 20
courses as Core Courses among 12 courses as Elective Courses from which they are sup-
posed to choose any four courses.

Courses offered under CBCS to students:
Two courses are offered to the students of all the P.G. Departments of Maharaja Krishna-
kumarsinhji Bhavnagar University to earn additional credits and to enhance their Commu-
nicative Competence, where as to the students of other Departments (1.e. Gujarati, Hindi
and Sanskrit), all the Core and Elective courses are offered to get an exposure to the World
Literature and Literary Critical Theories.
Research Based Course:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in English Literature, American Literature, Indian Writing in
English, Post-Colonial Studies, Translation Studies, Cultural Studies, Comparative Litera-
ture, ELT and Use of Technology in Teaching English Language and Literature.
Cambridge ESOL SCOPE Course:
This course runs in collaboration with SCOPE (Govt. of Gujarat Initiative) and Cambridge
English for the Speakers of Other Languages. It is short term course of 60 to 90 hours of
learning. The Course runs on Blended Learning mode and resources of Digital Language
Laboratory are utilized for the same.
Certificate Course
Advanced Academic Writing for Students of English Studies
University students in English studies may have difficulties writing a successful literary
argument, particularly students writing in English as a second/foreign language. These dif-
ficulties may be related to:
· English language competence;
· lack of understanding of the requirements of writing a literary argument, for instance,
connecting the portrayal of characters in the literary work being analysed with the main ar-
gument, analysing the literary text from critical literary theories, evaluating characters’ be-
haviours and the qualities of the literary work being analysed, developing a personal re-
sponse to the text, supporting the argument being made with quotation from other critics
and from original text, etc.;
· Lack of understanding of the context in which the literary work was written and the inten-
tion of the writer;
· Lack of exposure to the ways a literary argument is logically organized, for example, how
to write an introduction, the body and the conclusion of academic essay or paper;
· Making appropriate linguistic choices.
Therefore, to address these difficulties, the department of English- MKBU- has designed an
online module of “Advanced Academic Writing for Students in English Studies”. This
module raises students’ awareness of the requirements of writing a literary argument. It
teaches students the languages they need to write a successful academic essay or paper.

Specifically, it scaffolds students into the language they need to interpret the portrayal of
characters from critical literary theories, to evaluate the qualities of the literary works being
analysed, to evaluate the behaviours of characters in the work being analysed and to devel-
op a personal response to the literary text. It shows students how to logically organize their
arguments in academic essays or papers. More importantly, it makes students practice writ-
ing academic essays or papers at lot. In this regard, the module comprises the following
units:
· Writing a response to a literary text (requirements)
· Academic style and language
· Important features of a response to a literary text
· Writing an academic essay as a response to a literary text
· Writing a research paper as a response to a literary text
· Exercises
Achievements:
1. One of the students has passed the National Eligibility Test and is qualified for Assistant
Professor.
2. The students have presented research papers in national & international webinars orga-
nized by the Depart of English, M K Bhavnagar University.
3. Some students have published their research papers in an Anthology titled ‘Humanity
during Pandemic’
4. All students have their personalized learning websites and educational blogs.
5. One student has completed the translation project in lockdown under Syamyam Platform.

Annual Report 2020-21
Staff Members: -
Head of the Department Prof. Dilip P. Barad
Support Staff 1) Ghanshyambhai Budheliya
2) Upenbhai Chauhan
3) Jagdishbhai Gohel
(Clark)
(Peon – Agency Contract)
(Helping staff)
Teaching Faculties
Prof. Dilip Barad is the head of Dept. of the
English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar
University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat. He is the chairman
of the Board of Studies. He is also Dean, faculty of
Arts. He has conducted several teacher trainings
workshops throughout India on Effective use of
technology in Teaching English Language and Lit-
erature. He is in teaching profession since 1996.
He has completed a research project funded by
UGC on Teaching Language and Literature
through Technology in20011. He has also devel-
oped eContent on Literary Theory and Criticism
under MHRD project. He has also experienced
online learning from various global universities
and participated several webinars and online con-
ferences.
Dr. Heenaba Zala, is a Visiting Lecturer at De-
partment of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat. She is
also a member of Board of Studies. She has partic-
ipated in various workshops, seminars and confer-
ences. She has also presented papers in various
seminars and conferences throughout Gujarat
mainly on Literature and Language.

Ms. Vaidehi Hariyani is a Visiting Faculty and
an aspirant pursuing her doctorate in English lan-
guage and literature at Department of English.
Her area of interests are Postcolonial Studies, New
Literature, Metaphysical Poetry, Modernist Litera-
ture, ELT and Reading of Myths. Due to her love
for myths, she started pursuing PhD under the
guidance of Dr.Dilip Barad. The topic of her re-
search is Contemporary Retelling of Ramayana
under the light of Cultural Studies.
Number of Students: - (During 2020-21)
Part Number of Girls Number of Boys Total Students Total
1 14 3 17 17
2 23 4 27 27
Total 44
Achievements of Students:
Rank in M. A. English. Examination in Year: 2019-20
Name of Student Programme Rank
Vishva Gajjar M.A. (English) First
Minkal Italiya M.A. (English) Second
Avni Dave M.A. (English) Third

Other academic achievements by Students:
Name of Student Academic Achievement
Tamsa Pandya
Research Paper published in an Anthology titled ‘Historical and literary
perspective of Humanity during Pandemic’
Kavisha Alagiya
Nirali Makwana
Asha Dhedhi Presented a Research Paper in Webinar on 'Use of Web Tools in Teach-
ing, Learning, Evaluation and Research
Nirali Makwana
Presented a paper in National Webinar on ‘Literature and Epidemic’
(16-17 May 2020)
Asha Dhadhi
Samiya Kagdi
Kavisha Alagiya
Paper presented in International Webinar ‘ELT and Technology’
Tamsa Pandya Presented a paper in Online National research symposium Green, NMC
Tamsa Pandya Presented a paper at Psychology Department on 10/06/2020
Asha Dhedhi Completed the translation project in lockdown under Syamyam Platform
and passed the National Eligibility Test and is qualified for Assistant
Professor.

Academic Activities by Teachers: - (Year 2020-21)
Major Events organized by Depart of English in Academic year
Sr.
no.
Name of Events Date
1. National Webinar on Literature and Epidemics 16-17 May 2020
2. International Webinar on ELT and Technology 2-3 June 2020
3. Online Chess Tournament 3-4 August 2020
4. Virtual Teacher's Day 5 September 2020
5. Hindi Day 14 September 2020
6. National Poetry Day 2 October 2020
7. online Talk with Riddhi Gupte 10 Oct 2020
8. ICT Workshop 8 November 2020
9. Talk with Devang Nanavati on Ecological aspects in ‘Si-
tanshu Yashashchandra’s Poems’
10 November, 2020
10. Bill Ashcroft Live Session 22 November, 2020
11. Stephen Krashen Live 23 November, 2020
12. VLF 2020 25-26-27 December,
2020
13. National Youth Day 12 January, 2021
14. Online PhD Viva of Alizehra Haider Raza 12 Feb 2021
15. Gardening Day 4 March 2021
16. International Women's Day 8 March 2021
17. Virtual Sports Festival 18-19-20 April 2021
18. Ambedkar Jayanti 14 April 2021

Academic Blog Publication by Prof. Dilip P. Barad (Year 2020-21)
Sr Title of the Blog Month of Publication
1 Cultural Studies: Retellings of Shakespeare's Plays 23rd
April 2020
2 Fantasy and Religious Vision in the Twentieth Cent... 2nd
April 2021
3 India in the Twentieth Century European Literature 2nd
April 2020
4 Dystopian Literature 1st
April 2020
5 Demographic Survey of Students of English Department
MKBU
30th
March 2021
6 J K Rowling Interview & Talk 22nd
March 2021
7 Viral Videos 22nd
March 2021
8 Puritan and Restoration Age: English Literature 14th
February 2021
9 Browning: Victorian Poet 14th
February 2021
10 Tennyson: Victorian Poet 14th
February 2021
11 Hard Times: Charles Dickens 1st
February 2021
12 Jude the Obscure 27th
January 2021
13 Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde 24th
January 2021
14 The Rover - Aphra Behn 16th
January 2021
15 Absalom and Achitophel: Worksheet 4th
January 2021
16 Innovative Practice in Online Remote Teaching: NEP 2020
and Pedagogical Transformation
31st
December 2020
17 Global Literature in the Time of Pandemic: Gujarati Sahitya
Parishad
31st
December 2020
18 Rubric based Evaluation of Oral and Written Assignments in
Google Classroom
31st
December 2020
19 KCG: Engaging Learners in Online Remote Teaching: Online
Sessions
31st
December 2020
20 RIE-NCERT, Bhopal: Role of ICT in Online Courses 31st
December 2020
21 Meghalaya - Shillong: Lady Keane College: Online Faculty
Development Programme
31st
December 2020
22 eFDP: MKBU 31st
December 2020
23 Networked Teacher: Technology Integration: KCG-eFDP:
Commerce and Accountancy
31st
December 2020
24 Book Talk: Neil Postman's Technopoly 31st
December 2020
25 eFDP - Karnataka University 31st
December 2020
26 Online Training - SCERT Assam 31st
December 2020
27 Puritan and Restoration Age: Online Test 31st
December 2020
28 Ethics and Morality 29th
December 2020
29 Photo-Novel on Facebook 21st
December 2020
30 Macbeth 8th
December 2020
31 Postcolonialism Today: Bill Ashcroft 22nd
November 2020
32 Session on Ecocriticism: Devang Nanavati 14th
November 2020
33 Rivers & Tides: Working with Time: Documentary on Art
and Life
8th
October 2020
34 PhD Coursework: Research Methodology - English Studies 1st
September 2020
35 Charlie Chaplin Modern Times Great Dictator 1st
September 2020
36 UGC-RPE: Research and Publication Ethics 19th
August 2020
37 Tagore - Deeno Dan - The Impoverished Gift 8th
August 2020

38 Online Chess Tournament - Aug 2020 3rd
August 2020
39 Mobile Photography - Online Competition - Aug 2017 3rd
August 2020
40 Wheel of Names 2nd
August 2020
41 NEP 2020: Multilingualism and the power of language 30th
July 2020
42 Timify 15th
July 2020
43 Making Sense of Pandemics: Reading Literature 11th
July 2020
44 Roles and Practices of Educators in Technology-Supported
Learning
11th
July 2020
45 Making Sense of Online Teaching: Engaging Students Online
and Offline
6th
July 2020
46 eContent: Designing the Deliverables 29th
June 2020
47 Use of Digital Tools in Teaching, Learning, Evaluation and
Research: Webinar Talk
22nd
June 2020
48 Post-Covid: Upgrading Teaching & Learning through Tech-
nology
22nd
June 2020
49 Human Resilience: A Webinar Talk 22nd
June 2020
50 Webinar Talk: Post Covid-19: Reconfiguring Teaching-
Learning Dynamics
22nd
June 2020
51 Is there a Technology in the English Literature Classroom? 22nd
June 2020
52 On Conducting Remote Online Hands-on Workshop: Experi-
ence Sharing
22nd
May 2020
53 Webinar Literature and Epidemics 12th
May 2020
54 Understanding Online Teaching 11th
May 2020
55 World After Covid-19: Multidisciplinary Ideas 10th
May 2020
56 Tagore and Nationalism 7th
May 2020
57 To His Coy Mistress - Implied Culture vs Historical Fact 6th
May 2020
58 The Plague - Albert Camus 1st
May 2020
A Message from the editors:
Editors of Memorabilia: Kavisha Alagiya and Ruchi Joshi
The Documentation Committee Leaders feels a great honour to work on Memorabilia. This
Memorabilia contains students’ constructive interpretations or discussions on literature, con-
temporary issues or general areas of interest. It has been an objective, and to give a message
with a brief, and clear language is like reporting. Though it is a tedious and a hugely mam-
moth task to keep a record of all the events activities of the academic year 2020-21, we en-
joyed a lot in filling the blank word document with all thus decorations of words, borders,
text and rectifying the errors. It was not only the process of collecting and compiling the data
but it requires proper word to word organization and edition of the collected data. While ana-
lysing students’ entries, a professional, and an elegant approach is be followed. All students
have avoided of rough, pedantic, and pejorative expressions.
In all activities, events and reports, when question-response time was reached, it was a won-
derful experience to use the golden rule of objectivity which can also prove valid. It has not
been forgotten that authors of original entries can be invited to respond to any criticisms.
Apart from the usual framework of Memorabilia, this year’s copy of the document also in-
cludes the following matters:

1) A brief bio-note of the Head of English Department and Visiting Faculties
2) Events organized during lockdown (Webinars)
3) A glimpse of the Virtual Literary Fest and Virtual Sports Festival
4) The abstracts from the various seminars held by the University
The Committee Leaders presents their deep gratitude to Prof. Dilip Barad for his encourage-
ment. We are also thankful to all the committee leaders for their support and co-operation in
the process. It took planning and perseverance to prepare the memorabilia.

Committee Reports
Documentation Committee Report 2020 – 21
"Remembering our past, carrying it around with us always, may be the necessary require-
ment for maintaining, as they say, the wholeness of the self. To ensure that the self doesn’t
shrink, to see that it holds on to its volume, memories have to be watered like potted flow-
ers, and the watering calls for regular contact with the witnesses of the past, that is to say,
with evidence"
-Milan Kundera
Leaders
Members
Asha, Komal, Nishtha, Payal, Ravina, Rohit, Samiya, Sejal, Sima, Tamsa, Latta and Bhavyang
Today's digital age demands everything to be photographed. We all are keeping our regular
diary in the form of photographs. This photographing is not the final step but writing our ex-
pressions, adding our own thoughts to any event of our life makes it more worthwhile.
Any work receives real success only when it is shared with the world. How will we come to
know after years what we were before five years? Well, a remarkable evidence from the past
can serve as a piece of document to clarify our testimony! Similarly, at the Department of
English, we believe in overall development of students which can best be possible through
interaction and communication. Students utilize their interpersonal skills, teamwork skills,

leadership skills, and their talent to work collaboratively in making each and every day of de-
partment, the best possible day to celebrate something productive.
Here, all the work is carried out into different groups. This classification is done not to make
a difference or divide students but to maintain the quality of the work. Even though each task
is done separately, the students have done each task together. The students are assigned 12
Committees and are given the role of leaders to plan, manage, maintain, organize, arrange-
rearrange, and fulfill the demands which the Committee is expected to. The main committee
which labours throughout the year by keeping a record of each and every event as well as in
drafting and shaping the memorabilia is the documentation Committee.
The Documentation Committee prepares memorabilia in memory of each student’s academic
and non-academic achievements!
The Documentation Committee had arranged several online meetings on Google Meet for
sharing the ideas, discussing the information after and before events for the collection of data
and to solve further doubts of all other committees regarding documentation. It was a very
difficult and mammoth task to carry out events virtually. No event can be organized before
planning for it.
Date Time Agenda of meeting
3rd Febru-
ary, 2021
3.pm Requesting leaders to prepare rough drafts of reports
20 De-
cember,
2020
2.00pm VLF Promotional Video

21 April,
2021
2.00
pm
Committee Leaders Meeting 'Format and details of Reports
6 Novem-
ber, 2020
5.30
pm
ICT Promotional Video
25 Sep-
tember,
2020
9.00pm preparation for world poetry
10 Sep-
tember,
2020
5.00pm discussion regarding the celebration of Hindi Day
2 Septem-
ber, 2020
9.00
pm
Virtual Teacher’s Day2020 (Promotional Video)

This year one of the greatest accomplishment of documentation Committee was organizing
VLF – Virtual Literature Fest. Department of English is pleased to announce its 1st Virtual
Literature Festival 2020. These events tested student’s creative, analytical and critical skills
and prowess for the art of presentation in various competitions. We agree that every individu-
al is different and possess unique capacities. The purpose of this festival and various competi-
tions was to provide all the students with a platform to showcase their skills and encourage to
perform better cooperatively and effectively with digital tools. This event proved to be of
great importance for encouraging effective and innovative learning in the era of COVID 19 in
absence of the Youth Festival of the University. Here is the detailed report of Performance
Events. We are keeping a documentation committee blog-
The link is here- https://documentation20-21committee.blogspot.com/
VLF – Virtual Literature Fest
Performance Events
Review Reading-
Kavisha Alagiya and Ruchi Joshi anchored the whole event. Eleven Participants had partici-
pated in Book Review event on 25th of December

Participants of the Book Review Competition:
Streamed live on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWNmsNxDhzc&t=8s
Sr.no Name of student Name of book/film
1 Payal Chudasama. I Am Malala- Malala Yusufzai
2. Ruchi Joshi Atrapi - Dhruv Bhatt
(Pre - Recorded video)
3. Mehal Pandya Sanskar - U. N. Annantmurthy
4. Kavisha Alagiya Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin (Pre -
Recorded video)
5. Samiya Kagdi Parable of The Sower -Octavia E. Butler
6. Riddhi Bhatt Tumbbad
(Pre - Recorded video)
7. Kishan Jadav Tare Zamin Par (pre - recorded video)
8. Lata Baraiya Madam Geetarani
9. Tamsa Pandya Panchayat (web series)
10. Nishtha Makvana Breath (web series)
11. Asha Dhedhi Panchayat (web series)
Poetry Contest-
Sima Rathod and Nishtha Makwana anchored the event. Eleven Participants had participated
in Poetry Recitation event on 25th of December where the recitation started with...
Sr. no. Name Name of poetry
1. Nirali Makvana- 'Dariya: Anantta no bhandar.'
2. Samiya Kagdi 'Love'
3. Payal Chudasama Ame Toa Have Javana
4. Kishan Jadav Macbeth Ne Kaho Aave Have
5. Ruchi Joshi Aaj Phir Unki Yaad Aai hai:
6. Kavisha Alagiya Do We Need Feminism:
7. Rita Dabhi- Mane Darr Lage Chhe
8. Asha Dhedhi - Hyperreal

9. Latta Baraiya Janm Se Pehle
Khushboo Lakhupota An aeroplane
Monologue Performance-
On the 26 December 2020 , The second day of virtual literature festival where 3 participants
participated in this virtual monologue performance. All the performances received as in pre-
recorded video. Sima Rathod and Tamsa Pandya anchored the whole event.
Presenter's of the monologue performance
Sr.no Name Role play
1. Ruchi Joshi સાાંસાઈ (અકુપાર)
2. Kishan Jadav અર્ુ ુન નો વિલાપ
3. Kavisha Aalagia Bathsheba (Far From the Mad-
ding Crowd)
Narrative Art Contest-
(Story telling Contest)
Samiya Kagdi anchored the whole event. The highest number of students participated in this
competition. It was also streamed live on YouTube and Facebook. There were total of 13 par-
ticipants performed in this event. 4 participants were from semester 1 and 9 participants were
from semester 4.
Sr.no. Name Name of story Language
1. Payal Chudasama મેના (Mena) – Payal
Chudasama
Gujarati
2. Rohit Vyas સાચો સાંિાદ- રામનારાયણ
વિશ્વનાથ પાઠક
Gujarati
3. Asha Dhedhi क्या निराश हुआ जाए? - हजारी
प्रसाद निवेदी
Hindi
4. Nishtha Makwana અડીખમ ઉંબરો -
રામ મોરી
Gujarati

5. Kavisha Alagiya A True Story-Mark Twain English
6. Samiya Kagadi All My Sons – Arthur Mil-
ler
English
7. Tamsa Pandya હાથીભાઈ લેખક બન્યા -ધ્યેય
માથુકકયા
Gujarati
8. Khushbu Lakhupo-
ta
Time is Valuable -
Anonymous
English
9. Latta Baraiya નૈવિક ફરજ - Anonymous Gujarati
10. Kishan Jadav ગોપાળબાપા- મનુભાઈ
પાંચોળી 'દર્ુક'
Gujarati
11. Ruchi Joshi Chhakado - My dear Jayu Gujarati
12. Riddhi Bhatt Krishnayan- Kajal Oza
Vaidya
Gujarati
13. Mehal Pandya ગુડ નાઈટ ,ડેડી- ચાંદ્રકાાંિ બક્ષી Gujarati
Elocution Competition-
Topics for Elocution Competition
Life After Corona Pandemic
Infodemic in the time of Corona Pandemic
In this competition total 8 participants have registered their names in advance and among
them 7 competitors presented their views prior to above mentioned topics. Though Competi-
tion is in Virtual mode, sticking to concrete rules is not possible. But to give some basic
structure to competition some flexible rules are prepared.
Elocution Competition is held on the 2nd day of Virtual Literary Festival on 26th December
2020. And this the last event of the day. The whole session is anchored by Mehal Pandya and
Hina Malek.
Sr. no. Name Topic
1. Asha Dhedhi Infodemic: Highly Contagious disease of Covid 19 era
2. Nishtha Makwana- Infodemic in the time of Corona Pandemic

3. Samiya Kagdi Life After Corona: A glimpse of Postcoloniality in contemporary
times.
4. Tamsa Pandya Infodemic in the time of Corona Pandemic
5. Khushbu Lakhupota Life after Corona Pandemic
6. Kishan Jadav Role of Fake News during Covid 19 and Life after Corona Pandemic
7. Ruchi Joshi Life after Pandemic and Changing scenario of Education
Online Debate-
On the 27 December 2020, the third day of this festival we have an interesting event, that is :
There are eight participants and also the mode of the presentation that is live in Google
Meet.
Sr. no. List of participants
1 Sima Rathod
2 Payal Chudasama
3 Nidhi Jethava
4 Mehal Pandya
5 Kishan Jadav
6 Tamsa Pandya
Samiya Kagadi
7 Nishtha Makwana
The topic of the Debate
" Advantage and Disadvantage of Online education "
MicroFiction Narrating-
11 students have read their microfiction written by themselves.
Sr.no. Name Name of microfiction
1. Nirali Makwana આત્મબળ
2. Mehal Pandya ન્યાય
3. Dhartee Makwana હોસ્પપટલની મુલાકાિ
4. Hina Malek ચીસ

5. Asha Dhedhi કપતુરી
6. Kavisha Alagiya Perfection
7. Samiya Kagdi कोहरा
8. Khushbu Lakhupota Daddy's Princess
9. Latta Baraiya સ્ત્રી પિાિાંત્ર્ય
1o. Kishan Jadav ધ્રાસકો
11. Ruchi Joshi વમત્રિા એક પડદો
Name of students participated in VLF singing competition
No. Name
1. Mehal Pandya
2. Kishan Jadav
3. Latta Baraiya
4. Ruchi Joshi
5. Samiya Kagdi
Hence, it was a very unique experience. The Committee Leaders presents their deep gratitude
to Prof. Dilip Barad for his encouragement. We are also thankful to all the students for their
support and co-operation in the carrying out all the events.

Art and Creativity Committee Report 2020 – 21
Leaders:
Nirali Makvana
Mehal Pandya
કલા = Art
What is Art?
What do we get from Art?
What is the importance of Art in our life?
According to Matthew Arnold…
"All art is the representation of reality into its mental aspect "
Art encourages self expression and creativity and can build confidence as well as a sense of
individual identity. Art provides a means to express the imagination in nongramatic ways.
We need art because it makes us complete human beings. We need art to have a full range of
expression. We need art to keep us healthy. We need art to understand and to share our indi-
vidual and shared history. We need art to keep us connected.
The new mental form of reality which the artist imagines in his mind, he intends to present to
us in the form of artwork through his own medium. In other words, the impression that this

real-world artist has on the picture is what the artist intends to express through art. Art is a
way to give happiness to ourselves, not just enjoyment. Whenever we are involved with any
kind of Art, like Music, dancing, drawing, drama -Acting eat., we feel a different kind of en-
ergy, positivity and happiness. Art is very important. In Gujarati there is proverbs like
"કલા વગરનો માણસ પશુ સમાન છે. "
It is true that each person has a different kind of art. But it is also important to practice that
art to polish the work. That way one can be a best Artist. Art is important because it is related
to meditation. One has to focus and be careful while practicing any art. Singing and danc-
ing both are related to it. During singing Pranayam is automatically done by the artist. While
dancing, many exercises are done by dancers. The same also happened in Acting and drama.
In our Department we organized many activities for Art and creativity. We organized this
kind of activity with the aim to increase the enthusiasm and to encourage them. so that stu-
dents get the chance to perform and become confident and without fear they can perform.
This way they get a chance to show their talent.
Every situation gives us new opportunities to learn something new and in that we are very
lucky to be the students of the Department of English, the place where each and every student
gets a chance to explore their thoughts and shine themselves. This year Corona Pandemic
gave us a chance to learn many things in the field of technology. Every year students get
chance to participate in many events physically but this time we had lost this opportunity be-
cause of Corona Pandemic and less time during semester but as Dilip Barad sir always says
that, “The show must go on” students came up with new ideas to celebrate “Virtual Liter-
ary Festival” for three days on 25th, 26th and 27th December 2020 in which students had
participated in various events. The events had been divided into two parts. The Documenta-
tion Committee (organizing Committee) has prepared the report of performance events. Live
performances which had been live on facebook and YouTube and others were exhibition en-
tries which were open for votes. The students who got the highest score were rewarded with
shields. Here we are sharing the information of all exhibitions and online events in detail.
Here is the chart of the numbers of online events and the numbers of exhibition events:

Here is the chart of the numbers of participants in each event:
The Table of all Exhibition Events, Total numbers of Participants, Ranker’s name and the
numbers of votes:
No. Events Total Partici-
pants
Rankers ( first three ) Total votes of
Rankers
1. Collage Mehal Pandya
Hina Malek
Kavisha Ala-
giya
1. Hina Malek
2. Mehal Pandya
3. Kishan Jadav
1. 939
2. 928
3. 715

Kishan Jadav
2. Poetry Writing Nirali Makvana
Samiya Kagdi
Payal Chuda-
sama
Kishan Jadav
Ruchi Joshi
Nidhi Jethava
Kavisha Ala-
giya
Rita Dabhi
Latta Baraiya
Asha Dhedhi
Khushbu
Lakhupota
1. Ruchi Joshi
2. Kavisha Ala-
giya
3. Kishan Jadav
1. 684
2. 542
3. 484
3. Digital Photography Anjali Trivedi
Nirali Makvana
Nishtha
Makwana
Dharti Makwa-
na
Khushbu
Lakhupota
Chandani Pan-
dya
Payal Chuda-
sama
Kishan Jadav
Rohit Vyas
Bharti Dharaiya
Komal Jadav
Asha Dhedhi
1. Hina Malek
2. Tamsa Pandya
3. Mehal Pandya
1. 953
2. 946.5
3. 917.5

Mehal Pandya
Latta Baraiya
Bhavyang Asa-
ri
Rupa Bam-
bhaniya
Samiya Kagdi
Sneha Agravat
Ravina Parmar
Sima Rathod
Hina Malek
Tamsa Pandya
Rita Dabhi
Kavisha Ala-
giya
4. Mehndi Khushbu
Lakhupota
Nirali Makvana
Asha Dhedhi
Dharti Makwa-
na
Payal Chuda-
sama
Bharti Dharaiya
Mehal Pandya
Hina Malek
1. Mehal Pandya
2. Hina Malek
3. Asha Dhedhi
1. 813
2. 812
3. 493
5. Rangoli Nirali Makvana
Dharti Makwa-
na
Asha Dhedhi
Dhara Virani
Daya Vaghani
1. Hina Malek
2. Mehal Pandya
3. Daya Vaghani
1. 1010
2. 845
3. 819

Bhavyang Asa-
ri
Sima Rathod
Komal Jadav
Bharti Daraiya
Ravina Parmar
Payal Chuda-
sama
Kishan Jadav
Mehal Pandya
Hina Malek
Rita Dabhi
Samiya Kagdi
Anjali Trivedi
6. Clay Modelling Hina Malek
Kishan Jadav
1. Hina Malek
2. Kishan Jadav
1. 687
2. 582
7. Painting Hina Malek
Kishan Jadav
Khushbu
Lakhupota
Kavisha Ala-
giya
1. Hina Malek
2. Kavisha Ala-
giya
3. Kishan Jadav
1. 782
2. 703
3. 498
8. Cartooning/ Carica-
ture
Khushbu
Lakhupota
Kavisha Ala-
giya
Hina Malek
Kishan Jadav
Sanjay Joga-
diya
Samiya Kagdi
1. Hina Malek
2. Kavisha Ala-
giya
3. Kishan Jadav
4. Sanjay Joga-
diya
1. 808
2. 552
3. 552
4. 339

9. Microfiction Dharti Makwa-
na
Kishan Jadav
Nirali Makvana
Hina Malek
Mehal Pandya
Kavisha Ala-
giya
Ruchi Joshi
Samiya Kagdi
Asha Dhedhi
Khushbu
Lakhupota
Latta Baraiya
1. Ruchi Joshi
2. Hina Malek
3. Mehal Pandya
1. 1146
2. 969
3. 847
10. Origami/Papercraft Nirali Makvana
Samiya Kagdi
Kishan Jadav
Dharti Makwa-
na
Hina Malek
Mehal Pandya
Ravina Parmar
1. Hina Malek
2. Mehal Pandya
3. Dharti Mak-
vana
1. 767
2. 697
3. 497
11. Essay Mehal Pandya
Kishan Jadav
Komal Jadav
Bhumika Ma-
hida
Asha Dhedhi
Nishtha
Makwana
1. Mehal Pandya
2. Kishan Jadav
3. Asha Dhedhi
1. 754
2. 507
3. 472
12. Installation Kisahn Jadav 1. Hina Malek 1. 772

Hina Malek
Samiya Kagdi
2. Kishan Jadav
3. Samiya Kagdi
2. 642
3. 248
Here are the photographs of all exhibition entries.
Collage Competition
Mehal Pandya Hina Malek
Kavisha Alagiya Kishan Jadav
Poetry Writing Competition

Nirali Makvana Samiya Kagdi
Payal Chudasama Kishan Jadav

Ruchi Joshi Nidhi Jethva

Kavisha Alagiya Rita Dabhi

Latta Baraiya Asha Dhedhi
Khushbu Lakhupota
Digital Photography Competition

Anjali Trivedi

Nirali Makvana

Nishtha Makwana
Dharti Makvana

Khushbu Lakhupota
Chandani Pandya

Payal Chudasama
Kishan Jadav

Rohit Vyas
Rohit Vyas
Bharti Dharaiya

Bharti Daraiya
Komal Jadav

Asha Dhedhi
Mehal Pandya

Mehal Pandya
Bhavyang Asari
Rupa Bhambhaniya

Samiya Kagdi
Komal Jadav

Sneha Agravat
Ravina Parmar

Sima Rathod
Hina Malek

Tamsa Pandya
Rita Dabhi

Kavisha Alagiya
Mahendi Competition
Khushbu Lakhupota Nirali Makvana

Asha Dhedhi Dharti Makvana
Payal Chudasama Bharti

Mehal Pandya
Hina Malek
Rangoli Competition

Nirali Makvana Dharti Makwana
Asha Dhedhi Dhara Virani

Daya Vaghani Bhavyang Asari
Sima Rathod Komal Jadav

Bharti Dharaiya Ravina Parmar
Payal Chudasama Kishan Jadav

Mehal Pandya Hina Malek
Rita Dabhi Samiya Kagdi

Anjali Trivedi
Clay Modelling Competition
Hina Malek Kishan Jadav
Painting Competition

Khushbu Lakhupota Kavisha Alagiya
Cartooning/ Caricature Competition

Khushbu Lakhupota Kavisha Alagiya

Sanjay Jogadiya Samiya Kagdi
Microfiction Competition
Dharti Makwana Kishan Jadav

Nirali Makvana Kavisha Alagiya
Hina Malek Mehal Pandya

Ruchi Joshi Samiya Kagdi
Asha Dhedhi Khushbu Lakhupota

Latta Baraiya
Origami/Paper Craft Competition
Nirali Makvana
Samiya Kagdi

Kishan Jadav
Dharti Makwana Hina Malek
Mehal Pandya Ravina Parmar

Essay Writing Competition
Mehal Pandya Kishan Jadav
Komal Jadav Bhumika Mahida

Asha Dhedhi Nishtha Makwana
Installation Competition
Kishan Jadav Hina Malek

Samiya Kagdi

Daily Schedule Committee Report 2020 – 21
Leaders:
Nirali Makvana and Dharti Makvana
“Education is not the learning of Facts,
But the training of the mind to think.”
Albert Einstein
From the moment you are born to the moment you die is a
process of learning but the important thing is that you must
train your mind to think critically.
LEARN - UNLEARN - RELEARN
is a way to find a new path which gives you new insight to
live your life in a much better way. But one needs curiosity
to learn something new, a strength and skill to put their
view in front of others, a critical thinking ability and active
participation to keep their mind up to date with what hap-
pens in and around, then and then one can develop the sense

of how one can be a different from other and keep their mind to think critically.
In our Department every year students can get a chance to develop their ability to think and to
speak through participating in DS. Daily Schedule is the tradition of our Department and we (
Nirali Makvana, Dhartee Makwana ) feel very lucky to get a chance to work as leaders. And
yes, how we can forget the Corona, which gave us a new chance to explore our abilities and
skills on technology. In the beginning of the semester, it was not possible to do the thing
physically. So, we had done many special DS virtually and also streamed live on social media
platforms like on Facebook and on YouTube. In between we also got a chance to organize
many DS physically in which we learnt how to set up a Laptop and other things with the help
of the ICT committee. We had done a total of 34 DS during the year including 11 special DS
in Hybrid mode.
Here is the table of Special DS which we had done during the year.
No. Date Name of DS Special
1. 14th September
2020
National Hindi Day
2. 2nd October 2020 National poetry Day
3. 9th November 2020 Lesson learned from online workshop 2020
4. 1st January 2021 New Year Special DS
5. 12th January 2021 National Youth Day - Birth Anniversary of Swami Viveka-
nanda
6. 8th March 2021 International Women’s Day
7. 15th March 2021 Semester 2 Special DS
8. 5th April 2021 Special DS on discussion on Demographic information
9. 8th April 2021 Exam and Result special DS
10. 14th April 2021 Dr. B.R Ambedkar birth Anniversary special DS
11. 30 April 2021 Digital Portfolio discussion special DS

Here are some photographs of Special DS which we had done during the year. This time be-
cause of the Corona Pandemic we weren’t able to organize physically at Department. We had
done most of the special DS on online mode.
National Hindi Day:- National Hin-
di Day is celebrated every year on 14
September marking the declaration of
Hindi language as the official lan-
guage of the Union government of
India. On 14 September 1949, Hindi
was adapted as official language in
India. On this special day we have
also organised ads special and also
students had been participated in var-
ious columns with different topics so
here we have mentioned some of the topics like राष्ट्रभाषा, भारत और नहन्दी, नहिंदी और अिंग्रेजी में
जिंग, नहन्दी सानहत्य का सिंनिप्त में पररचय, नहन्दी सानहत्य का इनतहास, अटल निहारी िाजपेई जी की
क
ु छ कनवताएिं , नहिंग्लिश(Hinglish) : िदलते भारत की पहचाि.
National Poetry Day: - National
Poetry Day is a British campaign to
promote poetry, including public
performances. National Poetry Day
was founded in 1994 by William
Sieghart. It takes place annually in
the UK on the first Thursday in Oc-
tober. that encourages all to enjoy,
discover and share poetry. As we
know the importance of poetry in
our life which helps to give wider ideas and rhythm in short form compared to Novel and
play. We have also celebrated this day virtually because of the corona pandemic. There were
students who presented various poems, how it emerged as well as its importance in our lives.
Some of the topics like Eve to her Daughters by Judith Wright, 'Still I Rise' by Maya Ange-
lou, The Looking Glass : Kamala Das, Don't Be Beautiful by Nikita Gill etc.
Dr. B.R Ambedkar birth Anniversary spe-
cial DS:- Ambedkar Jayanti or Bhim Jayanti
is an annual festival observed on 14 April to
commemorate the memory of B. R.
Ambedkar, Indian polymath and civil rights
activist. It marks Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar's
birthday who was born on 14 April 1891.
Since 2015 it has been observed as an official
public holiday throughout India. Same this
day we have organised Virtually on 14th

April 2021. On that occasion everyone one has participated with various Presentations and
their ideas like a Brief introduction and about Hindu code bill, personal presentation, Hindi
and English poems, thoughts, brief introduction about Babasaheb Ambedkar etc.
International Women's Day:- The theme for
International Women’s Day 8 March 2020 was,
I am Generation Equality: Realizing Wom-
en’s Rights. The purpose of celebrating this day
is to ensure that Women of the world deserve an
equal future free from stigma, stereotypes and
violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful,
with equal rights and opportunities for all.
Although we have organized this day in hybrid
mode Virtually as well as physically. There were
interesting poems, views and opinions, experi-
ences all shared by the students in the DS.
A consistent daily schedule and step-by-step
routines gives a predictable day. Having a schedule which determines what your priorities are
so that you can spend the right time on that day. Therefore, why do we have a Daily Schedule
Committee as well as a daily Schedule everyday ? To answer the following question I would
say to enhance our skills and to get knowledge of particular things we need a Daily Schedule.
As what is the importance of various columns in the DS, that is described in below given de-
tails.
💡Thought for the day- It gives new insight to begin the day with fresh, exciting ideas
along with the comprehensive lesson. Every individual has their new way to start their day in
that way new thoughts can be more effective to start a day with positively.
📄Vocabulary Drill- It improves all areas of communication, listening, speaking, reading
and writing. Helps to Expand a knowledge of words which provides unlimited access the
new information.
📰News Reading- We have this important column in the Daily Schedule which provides a
great sense of educational value and knowledge of all the latest news and events happening in
the world. It carries information about politics, economy, entertainment, sports, business, in-
dustry, trade and commerce.
📖 Poetry Recitation- Poetry is a unique language that combines and uses words to convey
meaning and communicate ideas, feelings, sounds, gestures, signs, and symbols. It helps us
understand and appreciate the world around us. Poetry's strength lies in its ability to shed a
“sideways” light on the world.

📚 Regional Literature- It will help us to value
our language and understand our culture. By learning &
reading literary pieces from the regions, the power of
the native tongue that intensifies the words and provides
knowledge of the regions. Everyone always comes with
different and innovative literary pieces.
Personal Presentation- Personal presentation is just as
important as a skill or qualification. To overcome the
lack of self-esteem and confidence of the students helps
to convey their message effectively or fully utilise their
skills and abilities because of the way they present
themselves.
Photograph of the day- We always preserve the important events , things and people in our
lives like Photography is a depiction of something with meaning. Photography is important
because it allows people to see the world from different perspectives. Essentially, the purpose
of photography is to communicate and document moments in time and also students can con-
nect it with the various events to share their experiences.
🎼 Singing- Singing is a important part of our life which makes yourself happy and fit!
improves your mood. · It is very effective as a stress reliever if we are not good at it . At least
we like to listen to songs. Therefore students also can enhance their singing skills.
📢 Announcement- This column is for special announcements as well as to summarize a
discussion or point out something that the instructor want to discuss with the students to
make aware of certain events.
Here are the charts of the participation of students in DS during the year.

ICT Committee Report 2020 – 21
Asha Dhedhi Rohit Vyas
“We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher’s hand, because it
is the pen and paper of our time, and it is the lens through which we experience much of our
world.”
(David Warlick)
Welcome to the Digital Department. A place where students collaboratively shape their ICT
skills through various digital tools. Before we step forward towards ICT Committee Report
just a few words on The Importance of ICT tools in the 21st Century.

Technology has brought tremendous changes in human life, especially throughout these two
decades of the 21st century. 'Smart Technology' is a terminology used to describe 21century
technology which is playing a very vital role in making Human Life Better, Easier, Smarter
and Accessible.
Technology has occupied our
lives in such a way that now
we can't eliminate technology
from our lives. Without tech-
nology people may find
handicapped. And with the
development of Information
and Communication Tech-
nology transmission of in-
formation became possible
within a few seconds. Despite
the economical and socio-
cultural development ICT has
also affected Education
Fields which has opened
wider windows towards mak-
ing Learning more Effective,
Engaging, Attractive and In-
teresting.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) includes computers, projectors, printers,
digital cameras, document viewers, smartphones, lightboards and whiteboards. The term also
covers software and applications including, almost all kinds of branches like editing, teach-
ing, learning management systems (LMS) like Google Classroom, MOODLE, Coursera,
Khan Academy, Udemy and
many more.
English Department of M.K.
Bhavnagar University is
equipped with BSNL WiFi
network, which provides 4G
level high internet connectivi-
ty accessed through WiFi
hotspots. Another WiFi con-
nection like MKBU, ENG-
LISH1, ENGLISH2, ENG-
LISH3 are also accessible by
students as well as teachers. Besides that LAN connectivity is also available for high speed

internet connection. Every Student has their own digital device either mobile phone or Lap-
tops. If students don't have their own digital devices they are free to use laptops from our lap-
top bank. Communication between students and teachers happens physically as well as
through Social Media. Gmail, Whatsapp, Facebook or Google Classroom are used to com-
municate with students. A novel experiment of money transfer for the Remuneration to all
Resource persons of ICT workshop is also completed through Gpay.
The journey of Every Students starts at our Department by attempting Online Entrance Test
and ends by submitting E-portfolio in final year which is digital documentation of their aca-
demic activities of the last two years.
Using ICT tools and integrating technology is a 10 years long tradition of the Department of
English, M.K. Bhavnagar University. Our Professor Dr. Dilip Barad sir has profound
knowledge in using ICT tools particularly for the Language and Literature Learning.
Throughout the year students use different ICT tools under the guidance of Dr. Dilip Barad to
make learning more engaging and effective. Along with Academic Syllabus students show-
case their talents regarding literary learning through different ICT tools including Blogger,
SlideShare, Google Sites, Scribd, Linked In, Google Classroom, Online quiz, YouTube, E
portfolio, webquest etc.
The ICT Committee at our department is supposed to take care of all the technological
equipment which is used to make Computer Assisted Literacy Learning possible. Things that
come under the supervision of ICT Committee are taking care of laptops, keeping laptops up-
dated, keeping mic, podium, projector ready for any guest lecture or Special class. ICT
Committee are also there to guide students in the usage of various ICT tools.
Now Coming back to this Strange, Scary and Unfortunate yet very productive year 2020
which can be better termed as "Corona Year 2020." This year can be considered as a great
learning opportunity for students more specifically in the field of using technology for Litera-
ture Learning. Initially, During March 2020 when the lockdown was imposed, the big ques-
tion was how we carry out our academic studies as social gatherings are not allowed. But our
Teacher came up with different innovative ideas of Using Technology for making Online Ed-
ucation more effective. The journey begins from using Google Meet to transforming Lan-
guage Lab into Digital Lab equipped with Glassboard, Laptops, Camera, Document Visualiz-
er and many more digital tools which helps to make Online Learning smoother and more ef-
fective.

Well...The year 2020 is so dramatic if we say in the language of literature. We started the
year with attending Regular Physical Classes as we traditionally used to do. No one has a lit-
tle idea that we will end it by going through some of the ups and downs like Online Classes
to Hybrid Classes and again end up in Online Classes.
Along with Teacher, students are also given guidance to use those technologies into Class-
room. So, this year because of the pandemic situation the Department has celebrated many
more virtual programmes which helped students to enhance their ICT skills. The difference
Virtual Functions and celebration includes National Webinar on Pandemic and Literature,
International Webinar on ELT, Online Chess Tournament, first ever Virtual Welcome Func-
tion for Batch 2020- 2021, Virtual Teacher's Day, 3-day Virtual Literary Festival, 3-day Vir-
tual Sports Festival etc. These all-Virtual Celebration has given ample opportunities and
chances to students to explore their different ICT related skills.
Virtual ICT Workshop 2020

The year that was 2020. It was not only a year of academic progression but also a year
of learning new ICT tools such as Google Meet, Zoom, Skype, Google Classroom, Slides,
Blogger, Gmail, Drive, MLA citation and many others. In order to carry on the learning pro-
cess, we under the banner of Digital India Cell, organize an ICT Workshop for newly en-
rolled students. Being the leaders and members of the ICT Committee, we guide them, help
them in making their own YouTube channel, Blogger account, Slideshare or Scribd profile
starting their own social media handles in Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and so on.
By learning all these tools, we empower each other and share the integrity of the fair
use of the tools. We not only guide them with the know-hows of the tools but also inspire
them by following the best practices in the respective ICT tools.
Owing to the COVID19 pandemic, physical gathering was not possible. Yet, as our
department’s tradition says, “Show Must Go On”, we continued to work even in lockdown
also. We conducted a 3 day Virtual ICT Workshop in which we stayed at home yet shared the
best of our knowledge of ICT with the newcomers.
The basic function of technology is to make an individual self-reliant. It would be no less to
state that technology brings every individual in an equal stage or platform, where everyone is
evaluated and assessed with equal parameters of ICT tools. By learning all these tools, we
empower each other and share the integrity of the fair use of the tools. We not only guide

them with the know-
hows of the tools but
also inspire them by
following the best
practices in the re-
spective ICT tools.
Back then we used to
have a 2 or 3 day ICT
workshop at our De-
partment. In which all
senior and Junior stu-
dents gather in the
Language Lab and as
Resource person Sen-
ior Students demon-
strate new students
how to use different
ICT tools. But, Unfortunately because of this Covid Situation we aren't able to meet in offline
mode. So, This time We have conducted only 1 day 'Online ICT workshop.' However every
resource person had tried hard to make the new students aware about ICT tools. Still, There
remains some communication gaps which cannot be filled when we are teaching them online
especially about using technological tools. But there is also one positive side of Online
Demonstration is that students can access those recorded videos any time and they watch it
again for better understanding. (ICT Workshop YouTube video link)

Under the guidance of Dr Dilip Barad sir, every student who enrolled for their
Masters in our Department will have to create their own website which is named as Digital
Portfolio,
for students
it becomes a
platform
where stu-
dent's aca-
demic as
well as co
curriculum
activities
are record-
ed. And at
the end of
their Mas-
ters students
also have to
demonstrate
their portfo-
lios and
how they
are able to
integrate their creative and critical abilities through this portfolio. This time because of Coro-
na Pandemic our Department has organised a Virtual Digital Portfolio Demonstration pro-
gram where students had displayed the uniqueness of their portfolios in Live Session.
Apart from this time and again this year we have planned Online Discussion via Meet
in the form of Special DS or Some Talks, Harry Potter Webquest Activity, Online Guest Lec-
tures which all reflects the uniqueness of our Department where Technology integrated Liter-
ature and Language Learning happening.
At the end First we would like to pass our sincere gratitude towards Dr. Dilip
Barad for providing such a wonderful opportunity as well as a platform for students where
they can grow their Literary Sensibilities along with the use of some ICT tools. We are also
grateful to Dr. Heenaba Zala and Miss Vaidehi Hariyani for their support and help. Last but
not least we are also thankful towards all ICT Committee members, our Classmates and Jun-
iors as well.

Thank You...

Library Committee Report 2020 – 21
“Education cannot exist alone in the absence of a library, and a library has no meaning if
it cannot impart education. Education is an eye-opener to a human being; it gives him per-
fect, adequate knowledge, creates civic and rational sense, withdraws him from the subjec-
tion of low habits, selfish passions, and ignoble pursuits, and thus seduces him from abys-
mal darkness to limpid and perspicuous enlightenment, while library is an instrument of
self-education, a means of knowledge and factual information, a centre of intellectual rec-
reation, and a beacon of enlightenment that provide accumulated— preserved knowledge
of civilization which consequently enrich one’s mental vision, and dignify his habit, behav-
iour, character, taste, attitude, conduct, and outlook on life.”
(Shukla, Singh and Mishra)
Leaders and Members of Library Committee 2020-21
Leaders
Kavisha Alagiya and Sima Rathod
Members
Aditi Vala, Asha Dhedhi, Bharti Dharaiya, Chandani Pandya, Daya Vaghani, Dhara Virani,
Dharti Makwana, Hina Malek, Hitixa Goswami, Komal Jadhav, Lata Baraiya, Mehal Pandya,
Nidhi Jethava, Nirali Makwana, Niyati Jani, Payal Chudasama, Ravina Parmar, Riddhi Bhatt,

Rita Dabhi, Sejal Parmar, Sneha Agravat, Stuti Gosai, Tamsa Pandya
A Libraryless world is a dead world. The source of intelligence and knowledge, the
pedigree for imagination, the beginning of our understanding of the world - all can be found
at one place which is at the library. For ages, the library has remained the ever-growing
source of knowledge and inspiration. The library committee leaders have felt that the library
caters to the needs and demands of each and every individual. As it has been rightly observed
‘Books are our best friends’, we believe that books not only have increased our potential to
understand human beings but also enhanced our way of understanding the world around us.
The library is the strong pillar on which education is shaped.
Books help us to teach ourselves about history, the arts, science, religion, nature,
mathematics, and technology –– anything and everything in our universe and beyond. Books
also help us to understand the effect that all those things have on us and our world. Books
entertain and offer a great escape. The Department of English has provided us with a variety
of reading resources for all the students. There are numerous course books, novels and books
on literary theories as well as film Studies. And it also has video resources, yes, our depart-
ment also has a mini–Audio-Visual Library. Audio visual materials provide a learning expe-
rience that could not have been provided more easily with traditional materials. These can
make a real contribution that will be useful and effective in realizing learning goods. Audio-
Visual Materials creates a better relationship between the students and teacher in the class-
room.
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.”
– Walt Disney
The Library Committee operat-
ing at the Department of English,
M K Bhavnagar University eve-
ry year organizes a Library visit
for the students. This year owing
to the COVID19 crisis, and the
lockdown in the universities, the
Committee wasn’t able to carry
out any such visits. So, we
planned to make a video on Uni-
versity Library and Department’s
Library. From journals, catalogues, books, fictions to Online Library that is OPAC (Open

Public Access Catalogue) to RFID enabled facilities, we tried to provide every minute detail
in our Virtual Library Visit. Additionally, it was an immense pleasure to have Prof Sir's in-
sights on the Importance of a Library in a student's life, Online books (e-books, pdf) and
Physical copies, and lastly Italian writer Umberto Eco's concept of Anti-Library.
Have a look at our Library Committee Virtual Visit via these links-
Kavisha Alagiya –
https://youtu.be/2oQ8CONWq30
Sima Rathod –
https://youtu.be/hmbRbmkVVa0
‘There is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a
book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent li-
brary.’
-Pride and Prejudice
I have heard answers from some books, I have
watched them communicating with me, they have
raised pertinent metaphysical questions in my
mind that probe the nature of human existence,
death, memory, time and the unknown. Libraries
have a diverse array of resources. It is remarkable

to observe how in this digital age has transformed our way of owning our personal library.
Today, I carry my personal library in my mobile. I can access it at my fingertip whenever I
wish to charge my mind with powerful and challenging thoughts, ideas, etc. PDFs and ebooks
today have helped me to a great deal in research and assignments. Whenever I wish to find
any word or how many times is it there in the book, I get results within seconds. I also would
like to mention the Umberto Eco’s idea of AntiLibrary. He believed that read books are far
less valuable than unread ones. You will accumulate more knowledge and more books as you
grow older, and the growing number of unread books on the shelves will look at you menac-
ingly. Indeed, the more you know, the larger the rows of unread books will make you feel
about what you don’t know.
-Kavisha Alagiya
“I believe that books are our best friends. They expect nothing from us rather than Our time
and in return they give us universal knowledge. When I came to department I always wanted
to become The Library Leader and luckily i am the library leader now (Co- Leader ), it was a
best experience for me, Due to Corona Crises this year we were not able to organize library
visit but thanks to technology Me and my Co - Leader have organised a virtual visit to our
Departments as well as University Library , So the things that i wanted to do and due to Co-
rona Crisis was not able to do are Barton Library Visit , Or-
ganising books of our Departments Library with the help of
new students, A tour to The Sayaji Vaibhav Public Library ,
Navsari and District Library Visit. I wish that this pandemic
will get over soon and our juniors will get a chance to visit the
Magical World of Books which is normally called a Library.”
Sima Rathod ( C0 - Leader )
Works Cited
Shukla, Shubhendu S., Kunwar Abhishek Pratap Singh and Ashutosh Kumar Mishra. “The
Role of Libraries in Literacy and Education” Pre-Requisite For Education & Sustainable De-
velopment at All Levels of Education.” IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science
(IOSR-JHSS) 4.5 (2013): 35-40. Document. 2021 May 4. <http://www.iosrjournals.org/>.

Celebration Committee Report 2020-21
Celebration: -
Present situation is too much bad because of Corona Virus. But Research says that if one bus
ready to became well they have to be positive. We always find way to be happy and to make
other happy. A celebration is a special enjoyable event that people organize because some-
thing pleasant has happened. Celebration is part of our life. There are so many festivals and
for us (students) we have many academic festivals too.
The Sanskrit word Utsava comes from the word "ut" meaning "removal" and "sava" which
means "worldly sorrows" or "grief.
Leaders of Celebration Committees leaders are,
Kinnari Halvadiya Mehal Pandya
Members are,
Tamsa, Sima, Hina, Payal, Bharti, Hitixa, Ruchi, Kishan, Kavisha, Sneha, Daya, Aditi,
Nirali, Ridhhi, Nishtha.

Every day is a good day. There is something to learn, care and celebrate.
In the department of English Bhavnagar University. In our department we celebrate many
festivals and some special days too. Celebration is part of our life. It's gives us new Energy,
enthusiasm and new ideas to do something new. Life is all about learning and got some expe-
riences to cultivate our oneself. So here some glimpse of our celebration in our English De-
partment.
Teacher's Day
Hindi day
Poetry day
31st day
Birthday celebration
26th January
Women's day
Teacher's Day
As we know that the 2020 year, we faced
some problems because of Covid -19. So, Students of
English department celebrated Teacher's
Day virtually. Here some glimpse of that.
All participants took part with very excitedly and
gave their best to teach and to learn. They al-
so awarded certificate to those who watched the video
and appeared in the test. So, it was a new learning ex-

perience.
Hindi day
Hindi day was also celebrated virtually. On this
day students of English department, they selected any
Hindi literature, like short story, poems and also pre-
sented their opinion about the Hindi language, conflict
of Hindi and English language. So, it was a very worthy
event and we got many lessons from this session.
Poetry Day
We celebrated poetry day. This time this day celebrat-
ed virtually. Students came with their poem and recite.
People also listen them through department Facebook
page and channel of Dilip barad sir.
31st (New year 2021)
As we know every year, everyone is very excited for new year. This
time too. Whole world was curiously waiting for the 2021. Because all

want that corona time should be ended. We celebrated this new year with a positive and mo-
tivated thought. So here you can watch the video of our 2021st celebration.
Birthday celebration
In our department Celebration committee also cele-
brated Birthdays of students to grating them B-Day
Card. This time this celebration also we did virtually,
making cards for them and try add more happiness on
their special day.
26th January
In this year we celebrated 26th January at our univer-
sity. On this day our department student participated
in Group song. The name of Students are, Mehal pan-
dya, Kishan Jadav, Dharti makwna, Asha Dhedhi,
Nishtha Makwana, Rita Dabhi, Hareshwari Kapadi,
Kavisha Alagiya, Tamsa Pandya, Sima Rathod, Dhara
Virani, Latta Baraiya.
Woman's day

On 8th March we celebrated Women's Day at
our department. On this day student presented their
thoughts, poem, quiz on Women's Day.
we spear some time from our department schedule
and try to make these days more enjoyable. Celebra-
tion may not require something grand and even we
wear dresses on particular dress code for celebrates
the days. We (Kinnari, Mehal) would like to thank
our HOD Dr Dilip Barad sir for your every permis-
sion to celebrate and your presence means a lot for us again thank you so much for your sug-
gestions and motivation. Your push for every event gives us the confidence to celebrate more.
Thank you to every members of the committee for your help. And also thank full to our
classmates for your readiness. And also thank full to the ma'am Dr Heenaba zala and Miss
Vaidehi Hriyani. Thank You.

Bulletin Board Committee Report 2020 – 21
Group Leaders
Ravina Parmar Sejal Solanki
Committee members:
Students from Part 2 Students from Part 1
- Nirali -Kavisha
- Nishtha - Asha
- Rita - Dharti
- Hitixa - Rupa
- Dhara - Payal
- Bharti - Hina
- Hareshwari - Komal
- Hansa
• Aditi
• Niyati
• Riddhi
• Daya
• Sneha
Bulletin board is the knowledge board and creative corner of our department. In the bulletin
board we are putting creative works of the students or several information about the confer-

ence, webinars, academic activities, presentation performance and Google classroom perfor-
mance charts etc. On the white board we use to write Literary quotes.
Every student has different types of skills so that the Bulletin board provides a space where
every student can share their creative writing, enhancing their writing skills from observing
others' works.
Here we would like to mention the things which are not being practiced because of the covid
19. This year we are not coming to the department regularly, our classes going on a virtual
platform. So as we know the bulletin board committee is working in the department. All the
students are at their home. So how to deal with the things? that is the question.
We created a WhatsApp group to converse with the members and the other students. This
WhatsApp group through we are informing students to share their work and other important
news or anything which gives us new insight to look forward to. But whatever reason we
don't get active participation of students in sharing their work. Maybe because it is just a
WhatsApp group and when we are at the department then your work pin up in the notice
board and that's a different one. But as leaders we were reminding them to share their writing
or other things.
When the departments are open for students then also students are free to Join online classes
or offline classes. So, we have to manage both sides. Whenever we leaders or members are at
department, we are writing quotes in the white board and sharing it in the WhatsApp group so
those who are studying in an online way they can also get the everyday quotes and the infor-
mation which is pin in the notice board. As Dilip Barad sir always said that the show must
go on. So this is how our show is going on. ( Click here to reach my blog where I had put it
all the board works and WhatsApp group information also).
Here are some of the glimpses of the Notice board and white Board

How Covid 19 ruined our planning?
• I thought we would plan an Age celebration (students write the name of writers and
works of writers belonging to a particular age, each day we would celebrate one age)

in white board. But offline classes are going on with precautions of Covid 19 so we
weren't able to do this celebration.
• Because of the Covid 19 we failed to convert our Notice board to the knowledge
board. (Ravina Parmar)
• We have a lot of things planned this year, but due to this corona epidemic we can't do
many things like we are going to celebrate a special day like Book Day, Poetry Day,
World Day, Environment Day, Education Day, Hindi Days etc.. Etc. And the
things we lose from the earth are some birds even in the days like Sparrow Day and
Animal Day. We would plan this day celebrating on Notice board and white board
with writing and drawing something.
• And the other thing is that we also plan to celebrate the birthdays of famous writers
like Charles Dickens (7th-02-1812), Virginia Woolf (25th-01-1882), Ernest Heming-
way (21st-07-1899) etc. On his or her birthday we wrote his or her famous quotes on
Notice board. (Sejal Solanki)
We are thankful to Dr. Dilip Barad sir for guiding us and all the students who are contributing
something in the notice board.

Gardening Committee Report 2020 – 21
Leaders
Rita Dabhi Nishtha Makwana
'Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.'
William Wordsworth
Aptly said by Wordsworth, let nature be our teacher not mother( feminist discourse). Now
here the question is 'Can we do anything without nature?' There is always debate between na-
ture, culture and technology, but we are the integrated part of nature, can not be departed
from it. To save it, to protect it is our responsibility. Gardening is also connected with our
mental health, in the time of Covid19 Gardening helps to reduce stress. Here the question is
'What is the Gardening Committee doing at English Department? Every year we plan a

'Gardening day' where students from both the part meeting together and work outside of the
department. Where we do Memory tree plantation. But In 2020 there was a spread of Co-
rona Virus, which also taught us that nature doesn't want us, we need nature to live. Due
to this virus we were not able to gather at the department and do gardening work as per our
traditions.
But as Charlie Chaplin said 'The Show Must Go On' amid Corona virus when we find some
relief we have done works like
● Cleaning of surroundings of Department
• Tree/plants plantation
• Colored some blocks
Plantation and Gardening Day celebration :
Earlier in the month of February we brought some Plant Pots and some plants for plantation.
(Due to Covid19) leaders were not able to come to the department, some committee members
brought these on the behalf of the department). Plants were like
(2) Jamrukh
PsidiumGaujava
Gardenia(2)
Jasminoides
Rose (2)
Jasud-Hibiscus
Kalanchoe
Blossfeldiana(2)

Back then fortunately in the month of March things were quite normal, with the consolation
with Prof. Barad sir Gardening Committee Leaders decided to arrange a small gathering of
people to do work.
We invited people via a Whats app message in groups to come on 4th of March earlier
around 9 to 10am in morning to do some gardening work. It was decided to celebrate that day
as a Gardening Day. Because there was spread of Corona virus few students were allowed.
It was not compulsory, but students came to work more than our expectations. We had some
gardening tools provided by Our Department, all students helped enthusiastically. First we
did all the cleaning around the Department, then we stored all the leaf litter in a pit and we
buried another plastic litter in the ground. Here is the table of the students who participated
willingly.
Sr. No Sem 4 Sem 2
1 Samiya Kagdi Aditi Vala
2 Sanjay Jogdiya Jignesh Panchasara
3 Nirali Makwana Kishan Jadav
4 Asha Dhedhi Nidhi Jethva

5 Ravina Parmar Ridhhi Bhatt
6 Kavisha Alagiya Sneha Agravat
7 Sima Rathod
8 Tamsa Pandya
9 Hina Malek
10 Mehal Pandya
11 Hitixa Goswami
12 Rupa Bambhaniya
13 Payal Chudasama
14 Rita Dabhi
15 Nishtha Makwana
Coloring of Blocks :
After gardening day, we decided to color some blocks and trees. Because of Covid 19 we had
to work with very few students. It was like a gardening week, before lecture we decided to
color the blocks daily.

Very few students came, they were Mehal, Hina, Asha, Ravina, Dhara, Jignesh and Commit-
tee Leaders. For this we brought Raddle (Geru - Red eco-friendly color) and White lime. We
were planning coloring trees also but because of Covid19 we were not able to complete the
work.
Tree Plantation:
On 16th March one of the Gardening Committee members Sanjay Jogdiya bought a tree to
plant at the department. The name of tree is Umro – Ficus Racemosa(scientific name).
Total Amount of Expenses:
This year we have spent 2000 Rs to purchase vari-
ous things for gardening. It includes 5 Plants, 10
Plant Pots, Raddle and White Lime, and Fertilizer.
Here is the chart and all bills.
Total
Rs. 2000
Pots
Rs. 1200
Plants
Rs. 700
Colors
Rs. 100

Experience sharing as leaders:
At the best we the Gardening Committee leaders would like to Thanks Prof. Dilip Barad sir
for giving the opportunity to us to be a leader.
❖ Rita Dabhi
What I learn as a leader :
We all know that every good work requires hard work. So, as a Gardening Committee leader
I have learnt so many new things like how the team works together and how to convince your
committee members to do work, Leadership is a constant assessment and reevaluation, so the
more you can learn from the experiences of others – good or bad– the better off you’ll be
when you’re positioned to make the decisions. And it builds my confidence. I'm happy to see
that all the Gardening Committee members did their great work. So, here I would like to
thank my co-leader Nishtha Makwana for her support and also special thanks to Dr. Dilip
Barad sir for giving me responsibility as a leader.
"I grow plants for many reasons: to please my eye or to please my soul, to challenge
the elements or to challenge my patience, for novelty or for nostalgia, but mostly for
the joy in seeing them grow."
– David Hobson

❖ Nishtha Makwana
After being a leader I came to know about what it means to be a leader. It is not like you have
all the power and you can do whatever you want to do, it is not to show power to other peo-
ple. To be a leader it means you have to be down to earth. Because of Covid19 we were not
able to work much at department, as a result I have experienced leadership less. But whatever
work we have done it also taught many things. As a leader of the Gardening committee I
came to know about how to convince people, how to get work from people/members. And
when no one is going to come then how to motivate own self. Sometimes I felt humiliated
when students said yes and then not came to work, though I should not treat them badly
which I have learned as a leader. At last it was a lifelong lesson to me, never work for credits
or to show the people. I would like to end my speech with a quote
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit
for doing it. —Andrew Carnegie
THANK YOU

Sports and Recrea-
tion Commit- tee Re-
port 2020 – 21
You Can’t win unless you learn how to lose.
• Kareem Abdul
Here is one famous quote to give stremina to do something on our goal. And this quote
through we can say that winning is not important rather than learning. without participation
we do not feel that what is the purpose of playing the game. So one point first participates
and it is not important to win the match. But participating and taking experience is a very im-
portant part of our life.
Sports committee members:-
Number Name of Sports committee members Semester
1. Sanjay Jogadiya Semester 4

2. Amit Makwana Semester 4
3. Hina Malek Semester 4
4. Sejal Solanki Semester 4
5. Hansa Bhaliya Semester 4
6. Sima Rathod Semester 4
7. Ravina Parmar Semester 4
8. Ruchi Joshi Semester 4
9. Rupa Bambhaniya Semester 4
10. Kavisha Alagiya Semester 4
11. Jignesh Panchasara Semester 2
12. Daya Vaghani Semester 2
13. Riddhi Bhatt Semester 2
14. Aditi Vala Semester 2
15. Kishan Jadav Semester 2
Aims and goals of sports committee in Department of English:
• To encourage the students to participate in various sports activity.
• To bring awareness about physical fitness.
• Celebration of sports day (29 August major dhyanchand birthday celebrated as
a national sports day in india.).
• Every year the Department of English celebrates 21st June Yoga day.
• To Bring out their talent in sports activity.
• Know the importance of sports in life.
• Organized various sports and bring the talent of students.

• Join with the university sports department and give all updates to students so
they are all aware about it and participate in various games.
Activities of sports committee in Department of English:
As a sports committee leader we have very learnful experience to work as a
leader in this committee. We learnt so many things while working as a leader in the sports
and recreation committee. In the whole year we organized so many platforms for playing
sports games. And also, in the year we think about organization of sports activities but later
on the corona pandemic situation. So English Department and we sports leaders do not organ-
ize physical sports games as organized every year. But this year we organized a new feature
to play sports games so we leaders plan to organize an online mode of sports games played
among the students of English department. So, in this year of the corona pandemic situation,
we organized online mode sports games. And in those online mode games we learnt so many
things through playing the games. So here some activities of online mode games and offline
organized games activities we put here.
And also, we thought about that, while we planned to organize the physical sports event.
We plan on that and we make a list of games which were played as sports events. But in the
pandemic situation, we are not able to organize these sports events. We planned to play phys-
ical games like Cricket, Kabaddi, Badminton, squash, Table tennis, Loan tennis, kho-kho,
Running (100 M), Sepak takraw, Nargel etc.
So here we give to you the list of events. In this throughout the year we Organised two
major Activities. First Online mode chess competition and Virtual Sports Festival. In the Vir-
tual Sports Festival we planned to Four events like, Chess, Ludo, Carrom and Snake and
Ladders.
Virtual Sports festival participation by Students List :
Date: 18 to 20 April 2021

No. Semifinal
match op-
ponent
name
Final Match Winner
Name
Game
Name
Semester Screen shot of the
online Final Match
Game
1. Hina
Asha
Nishtha
Rita
Asha
Nishtha
Asha Chess Sem-4
2. Jignesh
Anjali
Kishan
Sejal
Kinnari
Asha
Ruchi
Nishtha
Jignesh
Kishan
Kinnari
Ruchi
Jignesh Ludo Sem-2
3. Asha
Kavisha
Hareshwari
Aditi
Asha
Hareshwari
Hareshwari Snakes
and lad-
ders
Sem 4

Winner of the Game:
NUMBER
PARTICIPANTS
NAME GAMES NAME SEMESTER
1 Kinnari Halvadiya Ludo, Snakes and ladders SEM 4
2 Sima O. Rathod
Chess, Ludo, Carrom, Snakes and
ladders SEM 4
4. Asha
Jignesh
Nishtha
Aditi
Jignesh
Nishtha
Nishtha Carrom Sem-4

3 Hina Malek
ladders SEM 4
4 Ruchi Joshi Chess, Ludo, Snakes and ladders SEM 4
5 Mehal Pandya Chess, Ludo, Snakes and ladders SEM 4
6 Rita Dabhi Chess, Ludo, Snakes and ladders SEM 4
7 Kishan Jadav
ladders SEM -2
8 Nishtha Makwana
ladders SEM 4
9 Kavisha Alagiya
ladders SEM 4
10 Asha Dhedhi
ladders SEM 4
11 Tamsa Pandya Ludo, Carrom, Snakes and ladders SEM 4
12 Chandani v. Pandya Ludo SEM -2
13 Jignesh Panchasara
ladders SEM -2
14 Amit Makvana
ladders SEM 4
15 Nirali Makvana Ludo SEM 4
16 Ravina Parmar Chess, Ludo, Snakes and ladders SEM 4
17 Aditi Vala
ladders SEM -2
18 Latta Baraiya Ludo SEM -2

19 Sneha Agravat Ludo, Snakes and ladders SEM -2
20 Daya Vaghani Ludo, Carrom, Snakes and ladders SEM -2
21 Bhumika Mahida Ludo SEM -2
22 Rohit Vyas
ladders SEM 4
23 Riddhi Bhatt Ludo, Carrom, Snakes and ladders SEM -2
24 Dharti Makwana Ludo, Carrom, Snakes and ladders SEM 4
25 Nanditaba Chudasama Snakes and ladders SEM -2
26 Samiya Kagdi
ladders SEM 4
27 Sanjay jogadiya Ludo, Carrom, Snakes and ladders SEM 4
28 Payal chudasama Ludo, Snakes and ladders SEM 4
29 Sejal Solanki
ladders SEM 4
30 Komal Jadav Chess, Ludo, Snakes and ladders SEM 4
31 Bharti Dharaiya Chess SEM 4
32 Anjali Trivedi Chess, Ludo, Snakes and ladders SEM -2
33 Hareshwari kapdi Ludo, Snakes and ladders SEM 4
34 Niyati Vyas Ludo, Snakes and ladders SEM -2

Participants of Chess Events
Ruchita K Sanjay J Dhaval D Dipti G Hina M
Bharati D Komal J Kailas G Rohit V Rita D
Mehal P Nishtha M Ravina P Asha D Kavisha A
Samiya K Sejal S Sima R
CONCLUSION:
In department of English, we are working as a leader and we learnt so
many things through to organized and participated different games. Here in depart-
ment of English we have a grateful experience to work as a leader in sports and recre-
ation committee. Department of English working in different committees and as a part
of one committee leaders we have a good experience to organized the things and that
help in our life. So, this department provide us to such a helpful environment to de-

velop of our skills of life. We are thankful to also Dilip barad sir head of the English
department to give us the opportunity to organized events in sports.
Thank you,
Regards Sports and Recreation Committee Leader,
Amit Makwana and Hina Malek.
Finance Management Committee Report 2020 – 21
(Review of the year)
“Money is not everything, but is probably just second to Oxygen”
― Manoj Arora, From the Rat Race to Financial Freedom
Money is the most basic requirement of the life without which one cannot fulfil his basic
needs and requirements of the daily routine. The leaders; Sima Rathod and Samiya Kagdi,
were shouldered to look after the finance committee, operating at Dept. of English. As we
know the year of 2020, was entirely corrupted with lethal Covid19 like disease. Where we
people from India, still facing the same situation with more severity, called 'second wave of

corona'. How it would be dictated in upcoming days, don’t know, only one can sense the situ-
ation as the worst of bad.
By the way, we people were forced to avoid gatherings at large scale, and the government
had given some numbers, specifying if the gathering is about to take place. Virtual gathering
was embraced by imparting on ICT TOOLS, a virtual workshop, aired on Dilip Barad Sir's
YouTube channel. Where the classmates, who were required to function as "one day resource
person" had carried upon their duty very well. Therefore, those were rewarded with remuner-
ation of 200 INR each (an excel sheet would-be put-on display, on the very respective page).
Gardening Day – 2021
No Work Expenditure Amount Date
1. Gardening Day Plants- 700
Mitti Pots For Plants
-1,200
Paint - 50
04/03/2021
I was wondering why we students are paid off, is it needed to be as by being at department,
we ourselves are learning and gaining so that it can be implemented in forthcoming life, so
asked Dilip Sir. He reverted back as it was given last year(2018) to our seniors. I came to
know later on that the motto of rewarding in this way, is actually to enlighten us with the

spirit and confidence that we can do many more things as such, to earn our livelihood. -
Samiya Kagdi.
I was so excited while I became the leader of Financial Committee, in normal days we have
so many Events to Do and for the arrangements of all the events money is the first thing
which one needs. Due to Corona Crises, we were not able to do much activities this year, we
only celebrated Gardening Day This Year, I missed a great opportunity to become a good Fi-
nancial leader and I’ll always regret it. -Sima Rathod.
Mass Media Committee Report 2020 – 21
Smt. S. B. Gardi Department of English appoints leaders for Various Committees, and this
year I , Sima Rathod and Sanjay Jogadiya we both were appointed as the leaders of The Mass
Media Committee by Our HOD Dr. Dilip Barad Sir. The Purpose of The Mass media com-
mittee is to prepare the Report of the events organised in the Department and to prepare the
press note of it and to make people aware about the Activities done by the Department of
English.
Press Note Collection
Virtual ICT Workshop 2020 – 21
Virtual Teacher’s Day Celebration 2020 – 21
Virtual Literary Festival 2020-21
Virtual Chess Tournament 2020 – 21
Use of ICT in Teaching Online lecture by Dr. Barad to the Students
of Karntaka University, 2020
Use of ICT in Teaching, Online Lecture by Dr. Barad to The Me-
haghalay University Students .2020
NET –SET Online Classes by Department of English ,2020
I had a good experience as a Co- leader of Mass Media Committee, I have learn
to write about the events happened in the Department, though due to Corona Crisis this year
our department was not able to organise much events like the last year but still we have man-
aged to organize some interesting events on Online Platform. I must Confess that Due to Co-
rona Crisis I have missed a great opportunity to polish my writing skills.
Sanjay Jogadiya (Co- Leader)

I must say that Writing a press note is way more difficult because in that you have to write
about the event, and not about the event only but you have must have to collect the right data
of the event, such as the date and time of the event, how many people participated, major
highlight of the event, and not only that but one must have to write about all these things in a
very clear-cut language without any exaggeration or gaudiness. Being a Co- Leader was great
experience for me, my Co- Leader was always helpful in gathering all the minute details. My
writing skills developed a lot, I have learned to write in simple but effective language. Gath-
ering the information, arranging the words, all these things were fun to do. (Sima Rathod,
Co- Leader)
Photographs of the Press Notes:

Movie Screening Committee Report 2020 – 21
Movie screening committee leaders
1) Samiya Kagdi
2) Tamsa Pandya
"Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn't give you what you desire - it tells you how to
desire"-
Slavoj Žižek
This tradition of watching movie, we were supposed to take forward for the remaining one
year, in manner so that 'the juniors' who are habituated likely as we were, can develop the
specific mental tendency to read movie and can reflect accordingly as we were used to do.
With rapid pace of time, another year approached near with the unwanted news, of 'widely
corona spread’ and we the leaders weren't able to screen the movie, in as usual manner, but it
kept on changing mode; at times online/offline/ in hybrid mode.
The very importance of movie screening in academia should propagate the sheer idea of visu-
alisation techniques, and the importance of visual memories which indeed helps students for
their better understanding in any work of literature.
Thank you

Click here to get detailed Report of movie screening 2020/21, Department of English,
MKBU.

(1)
The Modern Times
Charlie Chaplin
Date:
Autonomy/Sept-1, 2020.
Screening mode:
Online
Summary:
Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times, an entertaining piece at the surface, also serves as a political
and social commentary criticizing the flourishing industrialization, commercialization, and
commoditization of big-business America, which has developed at the expense of the everyday
citizen
Photograph:
(2)
The Great Dictator

Sum-
mary:
Probably the most famous sequence of “The
Great Dictator” is the five-minute speech
that concludes the film. Here Chaplin drops
his comic mask and speaks directly to the
world, conveying his view that people must
rise up against dictators and unite in peace.
(3)
Movie: To the Lighthouse
Adapted by Hugh Stoddart
Date: 13th Oct., 2020.
Screening mode: Online
Summary: In the movie, how the wish to go
to the Lighthouse is fulfilled at last. In be-
tween many events took place; the denied
wish of a child, the mother's empathic words
as a means to heal deep bruising inside, but
gradually what to say either fortunate or un-
fortunate, he is able to go, when his mother
is died.
(4)
Reluctant Fundamentalist
Mohsin Hamid
Date:
18th Nov., 2020.
Screening mode:
Online
(5)
Midnight's Children
Salman Rushdie
Date:

14th Nov., 2020.
Screening mode:
Online
Summary:
Midnight’s Children, allegorical novel by
Salman Rushdie, published in 1981. It is a
historical chronicle of modern India centring
on the inextricably linked fates of two chil-
dren who were born within the first hour of
independence from Great Britain.
(6)
Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
Date: 26th Nov., 2020.
Summary: SAMUEL BECKETT'S FAMED
1940s tragicomedy Waiting For Godot is
about… well, what is it about? ... Some say
the 'Godot' is God, others that he is a charac-
ter who appears in the play. Beckett himself
said that if he had meant 'Godot' to mean
'God', he'd have said God.

(7)
The Birthday Party
Harold Pinter
Date: 26th Nov., 2020.
Summary The Birthday Party Summary ...
Stanley Webber is the only guest staying in
Meg and Petey Boles's boarding house in a
coastal resort town Isolation, Freedom, and
Independence. In The Birthday Party, Stan-
ley Webber lives for a year in isolation in
order to hide from his past
(8)
The Life of Pie
Yan Martell
Date:

5 March 2021
Screening mode:
Hybrid
Summary :
Life of Pi is a 2012 adventure drama film
based on Yann Martel's 2001 novel of the
same name. Directed by Ang Lee, and writ-
ten by David Magee, the film stars Suraj
Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Tabu, Adil
Hussain, and Gérard DepardieuSurvival in-
stinct is highlighted in this movie.

(9)
The White Tiger
Ramin Bahrani
Date:
26th Feb
Screening mode:
Hybrid
Summary:
The movie describes; poverty, corruption
emerging from implementing brutally politi-

cal aspects(where class conflict is given
prominence) how from such conflicts, em-
phasizing more on desire, desire leads to
stab someone else and the void figure is
filled with wealth. That subsequently shows
the journey from rags to riches.
(10)
Slumdog Millionaire
Danny Boyle
Date:
25 february 2021
Screening mode:
Hybrid
Summary:
This is one and the same to the white tiger but here the story is somewhat different, not rags to
riches like concepts, but the gradual development of the character.

(11)
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
Date:
21st March, 2020.
Screening mode:
Hybrid
Summary:
The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 American mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard, written by
Akiva Goldsman, and based on Dan Brown's 2003 best-selling novel of the same name. ... The
film, like the book, was considered controversial.

(12)
The Harry Potter
J. K. Rowling
Date:
23 to 28 February
Screening mode:

Offline
Summary:
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author, J. K. Rowling. The
novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger
and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Documentaries:
Documentary: Rivers and Tides
Andy Goldsworthy
Date:
12th Oct., 2020.
Screening mode:
Online
Summary:
Rivers and Tides is a 2001 documentary film directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer about the Brit-
ish artist Andy Goldsworthy, who creates intricate and ephemeral sculptures from natural mate-
rials such as rocks, leaves, flowers, and icicles.

(13)
Documentary: Biography of Virginia Woolf
Date:
23rd Sept., 2020.
Summary:
In this documentary how Virginia Woolf has
encountered various phases in her life. Find-
ing solace in writing, "written characteristi-
cally on Room of one's own". Where what
things she had willingly sacrificed for writ-
ing, which speaks out unconsciously: Writ-
ing is something that betters position of
women in society, therefore rather than
valuing relationship with her husband for
time being, due to severe depression indulg-
es in consuming drugs.

Creative Corner
Photography by Students
Dhartee Makvana Kavisha Alagiya Jignesh Panchasara
Nishtha Makwana Tamsa Pandya Bharti Dharaiya

Rita Dabhi Sima Rathod Hitixa Goswami
Payal Chudasama Hina Malek Asha Dhedhi
Kishan Jadav Ravina Parmar Komal Jadav
Hansa Bhaliya Mehal Pandya Nirali Makvana

Bhavyang Asari Rupa Bambhaniya Sneha Agravat
Stuti Gosai Nanditaba Chudasama Sanjay Jogadiya
Daya Vaghani Riddhi Bhatt Chandani Pandya

Sanjay Dharaiya Sejal Solanki Khushbu Lakhupota
Hareshwari Kapdi Anjali Trivedi Aditi Vala
Hiral Kashyap Rohit Vyas Niyati Vyas
Nidhi Jethva Latta Baraiya

Painting
Dhartee Makvana Hitixa Goswami Dhara Virani
Kishan Jadav Rita Dabhi Hina Malek
Nanditaba Chudasama Sanjay Jogadiya Aditi Vala

Hareshwari Kapdi Chandani Pandya Hiral Kashyap
Ruchi Joshi Hansa Bhaliya
Book cover and Paintings by Kavisha Alagiya

Short story
સન્નાટો
'અરે ! એક દીકરીના બાપ થઈને િમારાથી
આવુાં કેમ કરાય?'
'આપણે હાંમેર્ા ઝુકીને જ રે'વુાંપડે ધરમભાઇ'
'અરે, પણ દીકરી મરિાની િાિ કરિી હિી,
પછી િો શુાં કરવુાં? ધરમભાઇ થોડા ઢીલા અિાજે
બોલ્યા.
ઓરડામાાંથી એક પાિળો અિાજ આિે છે.
'િહુ છે… સહન િો કરવુાંજ પડે'
'હા બેન! કદયર છે ઇ િો મપિી મજાક કરે, એમાાં
આટલુાં માઠુ લગાિાય?
આટલો ઘોંઘાટ, ચોમેરથી બસ ધારા પર જ
આરોપ લગાિાય છે, પરાંતુ ધરમભાઈ કશુાં
બોલિા નથી, કાંઈક અસમાંજસમાાં છે...શુાં કરવુાં
અને શુાં ન કરે કઈ જ સમજાતુાં નથી એમને. એક
િરફ એમની દીકરી અને એક િરફ અડીખમ
સમાજ, અરે ના ના! અડીખમ પુરુષપ્રધાન
સમાજ (જ્યારે ધરામભાઈના ઘરે ત્રણ
દીકરીઓનો જન્મ થયો ત્યારે એમને સમાજ
િરફથી સાાંભળિા મળતુાંકે 'બબચારા ને ઘેર િણ
િણ છોડીયુાં સે' પણ ધરમભાઇ ને ક્યારેય દુુઃખી
જોયેલા નઈ). પણ આજે, આજે એ મૌન ધારીને
બેઠા છે. કેમ કે એમનો િાાંક એ છે કે િેઓ
િેમની દીકરીને સાસરે જઈને લઈ આવ્યા છે,
કેમ કે એમની દીકરી ધારા મરી જિાની િાિ
કરિી હિી. ધરમભાઈ ચૂપ છે, એમને લાગે છે
કે ક્યાાંક ને ક્યાાંક િાાંક એમની ધારાનો પણ છે,
પણ આરોપ!! જે અત્યારે ધારા પર લાગી રહ્યા
છે, એ સહેજ ખોટાાં છે. પણ ધરમભાઈ કઈ બોલી
ર્કે એમ નથી કેમ કે પે'લા વૃધ્ધ દાદાએ કહ્ુાં
એમ….
'આખરે છે િો દીકરીનો બાપ!'
'એણે મને લાફો માયો, ધક્કો માયો એટલે મેં
પણ સામો લાફો માયો!' ધારા થોડા કડક અિાજે
બોલી.. ત્યાાં એક િીણો અિાજ આિે છે 'ઇ િો
ધણી કેʼિાય, માર ખાિો પડે; સામુ થોડુાં
મરાય!' અને એિામાાં ધારાની સાસુનો અિાજ
આિે છે...
'ઘર ચલાિવુાં હોય િો 'સ્ત્રી' એ સહન િો કરવુાં જ
પડે' આ િખિે ધારાની મમ્મી પણ ચુપ છે!!
આખીય ઘટના કોઈ દુર બેઠીને જોઈ રહ્ુાં છે,
આક્રોર્માાં છે. અને કેમ ન હોય? બધોય
આરોપોનો ટોપલો ધારા એકલી પર જ કેમ?
મલયને કેમ કોઈ કઈ કેʼતુાંનથી?
'અરે ! મલય િો છોકરુાં કેʼિાય, ઇ િો એના
મમ્મી-પપ્પા કેʼય એમજ કરર્ે'
'િમારી ધારા નાના-મોટાાંનુ કઈ રાખિી નથી
સામુાં બોʼિ બોલે છે''અમે િો ધારાને જીન્સ પણ
પે'રિા દઈએ છીએ'

ઓરડામાાં થી અિાજ આિે છે, ત્યાાં ધારાની
માસી બોલી ઉઠે છે 'બેન! મયાુદા િો સાડી મા જ
રેʼય; િમારે ધારાને સાડી જ પેʼરાિિી'
ધીરે ધીરે સાાંજ ઢળિા િરફ છે… કોઈ ઉકેલ
આિિો નથી. ધારાના પપ્પા હર્ુય ચુપ છે;
પેલા ર્ેકર્ેક્સવપયરના હેમલેટની જેમ 'to be or
not to be' મા ફસાયેલા છે; આખરે ચચાુનો અંિ
આિે છે( ફક્િ ચચાુનો જ). બધા મળીને નક્કી
કરે છે કે ધારા એના સાસરે જ રે'ર્ે. બધા
મહેમાનો વિદાય લેʼ છે. સાાંજ ઢળે છે… આખીય
ઘટના મે જોઈ અને સાાંભળી; છેિટે વપિરાઇ
ભાઈ સાથે ચચાુ ર્રુ થય આ બાબિે
'લોકો કેમ આિા છે, આટલાાં પુરુષપ્રધાન કેમ?'
મે થોડા કકુર્ ભયાુ અિાજે પૂછ્ુાં.
'બેન, નારીિાદ ફક્િ ચોપડીઓ સુધી જ સીવમિ
છે, િાપિવિકિા બો'િ ર્ુદી છે' ભાઈ વનરાર્ા
ભયાુ અિાજે બોલ્યા.
'પણ ભાઈ, આપણે ઘણા આગળ િધી ગયાાં
છીએ…..'
'હર્ુ ાં અકહયાાં બદલાિ આિિા િષો િીિી
જિાનાાં…..અહીં feminism ફક્િ પુપિકોમાાં જ
છે……'
અને હુાં મૌન ધારણ કરી લિ છાં, એક ડર મનમાાં
પેસી જાય છે; ચોમેર સન્નાટો છિાઈ જાય છે.
-Nishtha Makawana
The meeting pool
The meeting pool also known as my Boy-
hood days. The story starts with Rusty, the
narrator. Strolling on a Road, it is about to
rain, and then suddenly he hears the sound
of water running, like in a stream behind a
dark line of
forest. The
best part of
their child-
hood revolves
around a pool,
which was
discovered by
Rusty and thus
came to be
known as Rusty 's pool. As soon as Rusty
discovered the pool near the ravine. He was
excited to convey the news to his two
friends.
The secret pool became their meeting point.
They indulged in activities like fishing,
swimming, wrestling and buffalo rides. The
pool not only symbolized the bond of
friendship between them but also became a
part of their consciousness. They decide to
return on a fifth of midday ten year letter the
pool again. Rusty keeps up his word and
comes to the pool. Rusty was the only one
who went to the pool on the schedule day.
Conclusion
So, However, there is no bitterness or ran-
cour as he understands that with the passage
of time, their needs and priorities, his
amazement, he discovers another pool an-
other group of friends splashing about in it.
The story thus convey the message that life
goes on come what may.
-Hitixa Goswami

Epidemic Affected Human be-
ing
For every human being, any epidemic like
situation is a "Rat's alley, where the dead
men lost their bones" the voice is suppressed
as a human being ain't having that much
courage to speak and not having that loud
voice as there is no room for stimulation. It
is like: "Sweet Thames run softly for I speak
not loud or long". But It happens at times,
though we're as such but the surroundings as
something which seems to be as "being for
others" if given much importance, and if not
it will have a smooth way of running like
"sweet thames".
The situation was like: "the living is now
dead" and "those who were living are now
dying with a little patience". For those who
fail to retain hope for them the very situation
is like hopelessness so they may succumbed
to death and others in ignorance as failing to
understand the situation, now dying with
little patience and those who dictates the
very notion of 'the survival of the fittest' like
"Dr. Rieux" in the plague, "The white
whale" in 'mobydick', "Mr. Utterson" in 'the
strange case of Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde',
"Santiago" in 'The old man and the sea' etc.
If found there may be many examples as
such, unconcerned of if it is whether fiction-
al or non-fictional or based on day to day
life. Those rather than succumbing to any
tempted situation, will have its alternative to
fight out and come out victoriously.
Having seen the outline above of the Corona
crisis and epidemic, I would like to share my
experience during lockdown, in a poetic ver-
sion...
Epidemics haven't much affected my life,
but It provided some outlook to look into.
Epidemics can't only be characterized with
the spread of disease, that is going to affect
large scale people. As it is related to infec-
tious, it can be anything, the prime thing
which one can focus on is, if it is having the
tendency of "affecting". Any situations, cir-
cumstances, influences can affect, negative-
ly or positively. While it depends on the
very tendency of human nature, how one can
perceive this, and use it for specific outlets.
-samiya kagadi

વવદ્યા , નાસ્તો તૈયાર કર , મારે મોડુું થઈ ગયુું છે
સમજતી કેમ નથી....સવારે પોણા
નવ વાગે વવનય એ સાદ પાડ્યો...
અરે નાસ્તો ક્યારનો તૈયાર છે તમે બહાર તો
આવો પેહલા હવે..વવદ્યા હાથ માું
વવનય ની ઘડડ્યાળ લઈ ને એને પેહરવતા
બોલી ..
વવનય : અરે વવદ્યા..આ તુું હુંમેશા એડ્વાન્સ જ
હોય છે તો મને ટાઇમસર કેમ નથી
જગાડ્ી દેતી તુું?
વવદ્યા : હુું દરરોજ ટાઇમસર જ આવુું છું સાહેબ ,
ક્યારેય સાુંભળી તમે મને એમ ક્યો
?
વવનય : એવુું છે એમ ને....પણ તને સાુંભળી ને
ઉઠી જઈશ તરત...તો આ ઉતાવળ
માું તુું કરાવે છે એટલા લાડ્ ના મળે...એટલે એ
તો નથી સાુંભળતો...અને
આમેય..પછી આખો ડદવસ તને જ તો
સાુંભળવાનુું હોય છે...
વવદ્યા : આખો ડદવસ જોડ્ે નથી હોતી તમને
સુંભળાવવા. અને એટલુું જ કડ્વુું લાગે
છે તો નય બોલુું બસ ? ( વવદ્યા ડરસતા બોલી )
વવનય : જાણે તારે બોલ્યા વવના ચાલવાનુું
હોય..હુું પણ જોઉં આજે કેટલુુંક ચૂપ
રેહવાઈ છે તારા થી હવે...
( વવદ્યા કઈ ન બોલી )
વવનય જાય છે...
અને પાછો ફરી ને જય શ્રીકૃષ્ણ કહે છે..વવદ્યા
ચૂપ રહે છે...
વવનય ( મનમાું મીઠા હાસ્ય સાથે ) : હમણાું દોઢ
કલાક માું ફોન આવશે..જમ્યા કે
નય..શુું થયુું વમડટિંગ નુું.. ઘરે ક્યારે આવો છો !...
ચૂપ રેહતા ક્યાું વસખી જ
છે...જોઈએ
વવનય જાય છે..
બે કલાક થાય છે...પાડ્ોશી મેહતા ભાઈ નો ફોન
આવે છે
વવનય : બોલો બોલો મેહતાજી મજામાું?
મહેતા ભાઈ : વવનય ભાઈ..વવદ્યા ભાભી બહાર
કપડ્ાું સૂકવવા સૂકવવા માું ઓચચિંતા
ના બેભાન થઈ ગયા છે..દવાખાને લાવ્યા છે હુું
ન તમારા ભાભી...ડ્ોક્ટર એ કીધુું
હાટટ એટેક છે...
વવનય : હે !! હુું આવુું છું...હુું પોહચ્યો......હુું આવુું
છું...
વવનય દવાખાને પોહચે છે......ડ્ોક્ટર ને મળે
છે...ડ્ોક્ટર સાથે વાત ચીત કરી અંદર

જાય છે..
વવનય : એ વવદ્યા..એ..જાગ ને...વવદ્યા...કેમ એમ
કરે છે..શુું થયુું તને..એ
વવદ્યા..પ્લીઝ જાગી જા હવે..
ડ્ોક્ટર : દદી ની હાલત નબળી છે..એમને હજી
થોડ્ા ડદવસ અડહયાું જ આઇ સી યુ
માું રાખવા પડ્શે..
1 ડદવસ જાય છે..વવનય ને આ એક ડદવસ માું
વવદ્યા સાથે જીવેલી એક એક પળ યાદ
આવે છે...એની વાતો..એનો અવાજ..એના
નખરા..વવદ્યા ક્યારેય રીસાતી
નહોતી...વવનય વવદ્યા પાસે જાય છે
વવનય : વવદ્યા...આખી જજિંદગી નો તારો
ડરસવાનો કોઠો હવે પૂરો... તારી ચૂપ
રેહવાની શરત હુું હરીગયો..તુું જીતી..સમજી
ગયો તને ચૂપ રેહતા આવડ્ે છે...પણ
હવે બોલી જા ને...આવુું કોણ ડરસાય વવદ્યા? એ
વવદ્યા..કઈ તો બોલ...આજ સુધી તે
ક્યારેય મનાવવા નો મોકો નથી આપ્યો..આજે
તને જો ઘૂુંટણ પર બેસી મનાવુું
છું...એ વવદ્યા તારા શબ્દ ની ડકિંમત સમજાઈ
ગઈ બસ?..તુું રોજ મને જગાડ્ે..આજે
હુું તને જગાડુું છું પેલી વખત નઇ માને મારુું?
વવદ્યા ની આંગળી વવનય ની આંગળી પકડ્ી લે
છે..વવદ્યા હળવે થી આંખ ઉઘાડ્ે
છે..અને બોલે છે..
વવદ્યા : જય શ્રીકૃષ્ણ
- Hiral Kashyap
-
સાચા સરનામે, સરનામા વવનાનો પત્ર
નમપકાર વમત્રો,
િૈધા એ સડસડાટ પગવથયાાં ઊિરિા
નુાં ર્રુ કયુું. નીચે આિી. ચારે િરફ
જોયુાં. જો ન જોયુાં હોિ િો પણ અંધકાર
વસિાય કશુાં જ હોિાનુાં નહોતુાં. ખબર
નકહ કેમ પણ છેક સુધી ન આિી.
પગવથયાાં પર અટકી ગઈ. વિચારે િેગ
લીધો. લાઇટની પિીચ ર્રૂ કરિી કે
કેમ? િૈધા કોઈ વિચાર કરે એ પહેલા
ડરે પગ પેસારો કરી લીધો. કશુાંક ખૂાંચી
રહ્ુાં હતુાં, ખૂાંપી રહ્ુાં હતુાં ને કાંપાિી રહ્ુાં
હતુાં. િૈધા નીચે ન જઈ ર્કી. ઉપર
ફરીથી અગાસી માાં પહોંચવુાં સરળ
નહોતુાં એમ છિાાં િૈધા પહોંચી. આદિ
િર્ ડાયરી સાથે હિી એટલે ધ્યાન ભાંગ
કરી ર્કાયુાં. ફોન ની ફ્લેર્ એ પેન
દેખાડી. િૈધા એ જોઈ. લીધી. ઉપાડી.
ખોલી. ર્રૂ કયુું. ગ્રીિા ના સાંબોધન અને
સરનામે લખાણ ર્રૂ થયુાં.

િૈધા વિચાર ને િાચા આપી રહી હિી કે
િાચા ને વિચાર ન આિે એ માટેની આ
િકનીક હિી?
To
,
ગ્રીિા
સરનામુાં: જેને િાાંચવુાં જોઈએ એને નકહ
જેને િાાંચિાની ઇચ્છા છે એને!
એક આખો લખાયેલુાં છિાાંય સાિ
અધૂરો જાણે કે ફાડી ને ફેંકિી હોય એવુાં
લખાણ. ર્બ્દો વસિાય કશુાં નકહ. આમાાં
ર્બ્દો છે હુાં નકહ! અત્યારે આ ર્બ્દો
મારા છે, પ્રવિવનવધત્િ પણ મારુાં જ કરે
છે પણ એ મારા િફાદાર નથી. મારે
કહેવુાં છે એ નકહ, પોિાનો પિિાંત્ર અથુ
લઈને જે અસ્પિત્િ ધરાિે છે એ !જ
કહેર્ે એ!
રાિ ના બાર િાગ્યા છે બરાબર. જાણે કે
ધસમસિો પ્રિાહ. અમાસ
િરફ,અંધકાર ને મેળિિા માટે જિા
ચાાંદે આજે પોિાનો િધ્યો ઘટયો પ્રકાર્
આપિાનુાં કષ્ટ પણ ન કયુું. બીજો કોઈ
જ વિચાર નથી આિિો, વસિાય એક!
અગાસી માાં સુિા હોય ને કશુાંક થાય
ત્યારે આ જ વિચાર સૌથી પહેલા આિે,
મારા માાં કશુાંક ખૂબી િાળાં છે એવુાં નકહ.
નીચે જવુાં હોય િો અત્યારે અહીંથી કૂદી
જ જિાય. નીચે જિાના બહાને ઉપર
પહોંચી ર્કાય. બે જણાાં પોિાની જાિ ને
હોમે છે, એટલા માટે નકહ કે કશુાંક પોિે
ખોટુાં કયુું છે પણ એટલા માટે કે જે કશુાં
પણ કયુું એ મે કયુું ને ભાર એિો
ઊંચકાિી દીધો કે ના પાડિાનુાં જોર
ભૂલથી ય નો કરી ર્કે. કદાચ મે કશુાં જ
નહોતુાં કયુું પણ કશુાં જ નકહ કરીને મે જે
કયુું એણે આ પકરસ્પથવિ ને નોિરી.
જેમનુાં પિિાંત્ર અસ્પિત્િ કલ્પી ન ર્કાય
એિા સબાંધમાાં મારે જગ્યા જોિી હિી.
મેળિી લીધી જગ્યા, આજે બેયને
ગુમાિીને. એક માાં જેરના બીજ રોપ્યા
ને એકમાાં ત્યાગનુાં બબલદાન. રોષ અને
આક્રોર્ કોઈનો પણ હોય, પકરણામ
મારી વસિાય બધા ભોગિર્ે. હુાં
ભોગિીર્ કશુાં નકહ કરિાનુાં પકરણામ.
કદાચ આ રોષ ઉિરી જાય આિનારી
પળોમાાં પણ આ ર્બ્દો િાાંચનાર ને ડાંખ
કાયમ માટે રહેર્ે, હુાં ઇચ્છાં જ છાં કે હુાં
સિિ દાઝ લગાડયા કરુાં કારણ કે આજ
સુધી કયુું િો એ જ છે પણ છપાઈને.
જાિ થી પણ છપાઈને. આટલા વિચાર
પછી પણ કૂદી જિાની કહમ્મિ કરનાર
હુાં નથી. કાયર માણસ આજે કહિંમિ ની
દુહાઈ આપે છે. હુાં કઈ નથી કહેિી, કઈ
નથી કહેિી એવુાં બધુાં કહી કહી ને જાણે

કે મે કેટલી િાર સામેિાળા ને મારી
મોટપ દેખાડી. દેખાડિા વસિાય િો રસ
હિો જ કઈ િાિ નો મને. સિિ દેખાડો
અને દાંભ. આજે ય છે. આમ િો ખબર જ
હમણાાં હમણાાં પડિી થઇ કે દાંભના
એિા પડદા ને લઇ ને જીવુાં છાં કે કોઈ
દાંભ કહેિાની કહિંમિ પણ કઈ રીિે કરે?
ને કોઈ કહિંમિ ન કરે એનો અથુ એિો
િો નથી કે દાંભ નથી! દાંભ છે ને હિો!
ભવિષ્ય નુાં કશુાં કહી ર્કિાની િાકાિ
નથી મારામાાં. ભૂિકાળ અને િિુમાન
માાં ઝોલાાં ખાિાની ભૂલ કરિો માણસ
હાંમેર્ા ભવિષ્યથી ડરીને, ભાગીને અને
ભટકીને જીિે છે. મને િો મારા ચાલુ
િિુમાનકાળ માાં ય રસ હોિા વિર્ે ર્ાંકા
જાય છે કારણ કે મારી પાસે કર્ી જ
ખામી નથી છિાાંય ખામી પાડી છે મે
જાિે. જ્યાાં ખાડો નથી ત્યાાં એક
વ્યસ્ક્િમાાં ખાડો ય પાડી દીધો મે ત્રીજા
એક વ્યસ્ક્િને ખાડામાાં ઉિારી પણ
દીધી.
દાંભ છે આ પણ. આ લખવુાં પણ કેમકે
મારી સાથે જોડાયેલ નકહ પણ મારા માાં
રહેલ બાંને કદાચ એક પણ ર્બ્દ નકહ
લખે િોય એમની પીડા - િેદના
મારાથી અનેકગણી િધુ છે એ િાિ
પિીકારિી જ રહી. પણ હા, કશુાંક
લખિાથી લોકો મારા દાંભને પણ દાંભ
નકહ ગણે એની મને ખબર છે ને એટલે
જ હુાં એ કરુાં છાં. દરેક ને જરૂકરયાિ
બનાિિાની જ ઈચ્છા રાખી, સપનુાં
હમેંર્ા કોક ની ખ્િાકહર્ બનિાનુાં! બની
લીધુાં, માણી લીધી ને જોઈ લીધુાં. આજ
એટલો બધો ધસમસિો પ્રિાહ છે કે
મારે તુાં જોઈએ છે, અત્યારે જ! આ
નીચેની ધૂળ મને રાડો નાખિી બાંધ
થઈ જાય એ પહેલા. આર્ુબાર્ુમાાં બધા
સૂિા છે. ડરાિિી નથી પણ કહુાં છાં
ખાલી. મારે પરાણે ખરેખર કશુાં નથી
કરાિવુાં યાર, િારી કસમ! પણ શુાં કરવુાં,
છિાાંય મારી િાિનુાં ધાયુું થાય એિી જ
ઈચ્છા છે. બીર્ુ ાં કશુાં જ નથી, વસિાય
આંખ માાં આંસુ. તુાં પણ નકહ ને એ પણ
નકહ. નકહિર આ કૂદિાનુાં વિચાર મને
ડહોળાિી નાખે. િારી મરજી વિરુધ્ધ
કઈ નથી કરવુાં છિાાંય િારી મરજી નુાં
પણ ક્યાાં કશુાં કરુાં છાં. િમે બન્ને એ પણ
ક્યાાં િમારી પોિાની મરજી નુાં કશુાંક કયુું
છે! એક સમયે કશુાંક એક જોતુાં તુાં, થોડી
ક્ષણો પહેલા બધુાં ને અત્યારે જાણે મારી
જરૂર નથી એ ર્બ્દો એ ફાડી ખાધી. પણ
કૂદી જવુાં જોઈએ?! કૂદી જનાર આટલુાં
વિચારે જ નકહ. ઝમીર નુાં સત્ય જોઈએ
એ માટે, એ જજિંદાકદલી જે મારી ર્કે.
ખોખલાપણુાં, દાંભ િો જીિિા માાં જ કામ
લાગે ખાલી. પણ હુાં આ પવિમ િરફ

મોઢુાં રાખીને બેઠી છાં. પૂિુ ને ખાળિા.
મારે મરવુાં નથી. મેળિવુાં છે, પણ કોક
આપી દે સીધુાં એવુાં નકહ! સાથ જોઈએ
પણ મજબૂરી થી મળિો નકહ. જીિવુાં છે.
જીિવુાંછે,
પણ આમ િમને મારિા મારિા નકહ.
મારુાં કામ સિિ બધુાં વિખિાનુાં ને
બચિંથરેહાલ કરિાનુાં રહ્ુાં. આજે જ્યારે એ
થઈ ગયુાં ત્યારે આંખો ફાટી ગઇ. બે જીિ
હોમી દીધા મારા માાં. છિાાંય મારામાાં
મળિાાં નથી. ખોઈ નાખ્યુાં મે અસ્પિત્િ
એમનુાંપણ!
ઘકડયાળના ચાર. માથે બેબાકળો ને
ગાાંડો કરી મૂકે એિો પિન. િાિાિરણ
પહેલા કરિા કેટલુાંય સારુાં છે. પિભાિને
ર્ાાંિ પાડી દીધો છે, કોણે એ ખબર નકહ!
કૂદવુાં હજીય નથી પણ વિચાર જિો જ
નથી જાણે કે ઓલી ધૂળ ને મને અડવુાં
જ છે! અડવુાંધૂળ ને છે મારે નકહ!
હિે ધસમસિો પ્રિાહ ર્મી ગ્યો છે ને
વિચારો એ વિરામ લીધો છે. હિે ચીસો
નથી પાડિી કે નથી રડવુાં. ટુાંક સમય
માટે ખાલી. પણ હજીય રડવુાં છે, એ
બાકી રહી ગયેલી ઉધારી ચૂકિે કરિી
છે. રડીને, પણ જો કશુાંક પાછાં ખેંચી
ર્કાતુાં હોય િો!હિે કશુાંક કહી દેિાનો
ઉમળકો પણ નથી. આંખો ને માથુાં બેય
ભારે છે. હિે ખરેખર સૂવુાં છે, અડધી
રાિની ર્રૂઆિમાાં કરેલ દાંભ માટે નકહ
પણ સૂવુાં છે એટલા માટે! સૂઈ જવુાં છે
અમુક વનવિિ ર્ાશ્વિિા નેં કર્ાક બીજા
પિરૂપમાાં િબદીલ કરિા.
આ માત્ર આટલુાં નથી, િાાંચિાનુાં િધારે
હતુાં, આમ િો કદાચ લખિાનુાં િધારે
હતુાં પણ સમય ને સરખો સમય આપ્યો
િો એણે મને આ િચલી કલાકોને ર્બ્દો
મળી ર્કે એિો સમય ન આિિા દીધો.
અહીંયા સુધી પહોચર્ો ત્યાાં સુધીમાાં િો
હુાં સાચે જ સૂઈ ગઈ હઈર્, સૂઈ જ ગઈ
હોઈર્ જ્યારે મારે ખરેખર જાગિાનુાંહતુાં
એટલે હિે સૂિાનો કે નકહ સૂિાનો કઈ
પણ ફેર નથી. િો સૂઈ જવુાં જોઈએ. સૂઈ
જવુાં જોઈએ એ પહેલા કે એ ધૂળ પર
મને દયા આિી જાય, કારણ એ મારુાં
કશુાં નથી, નકહ પ્રેમ, નકહ વમત્ર અને નકહ
પિજન. મારા એને મળી ગયા પછી પણ
એને કાંઈ નકહ મળે, િો ર્ાને એને
મળિાની આટલી ઉિાિળ! બાકીની
કલાકો બીજી કોઈ રીિે મળર્ે મને,
િમને બધાને.
કોઈ ના િાિડ ન હોય એિા ઘનઘોર
ઘટાટોપ છાયા નીચે પડછાયાાં ની રાહ
માાં..રાિમાાં ફીટ સાડા ચાર!

હા, આ લખવુાં એ દાંભનો ભાગ જરૂર હર્ે
પણ ર્બ્દો એ કરેલી ઊથલપાથલ માટે
જિાબદાર હુાં નકહ!
બલ
,િૈધા
િૈધાાં એ પેન બાંધ કરી. મૂકી. મુકાઈ
ગઈ. ડાયરી ની ઉપયોબગિા મટી ગઈ.
ગ્રીિા ને આ પત્ર નકહ મોકલિાના
વનણુય સાથે, િૈધા એ કાગળ ને ડાયરી
માાં જ િાળી દીધુાં. ર્રીર લાંબાવ્યુાં.
સિાર થિાાં રાિ થઈ.
-રૂચચ જોશી.
Poems
Kinnari Halvadiya Payal Chudasama Mehal Pandya

Nirali Makvana Hansa Bhaliya
Kishan Jadav
Nidhi Jethva Aditi Vala
भ्रम
लोग कहते है की हमे सही गलत का फक
क मालूम
होिा चानहए,
लेनकि जि हम क
ु छ करते है तो वह हમેં सही
लगता है;
लेनकि लोगो को गलत लगता है।
अि हमें वह करिा चानहए जो लोगोिं को सही
लगता है
या नफर वह जो हमे सही लगता है?
जो हमे सही लगता है वह तो लोगोिं क
े नलए गलत
है
जो लोगोिं को सही लगता है वह तो हमें गलत
लगता है
तो क्या हमें गलत करिा चानहए?
ये सही गलत तय कौि करेगा?
या नफर ये सही गलत महज हमारा भ्रम है?
चलो लोग कहते है वही कर लेते है गलत ही सही
पर क्या खुद को धोखा देिा भी सही है?
या नफर हमेशा से खुद को धोखा ही देते आये है?

क्या हम जो अपिे आप से कहते है वह सि सही
है?
या नफर महज हमारा भ्रम?
हम हमारे सामिे जो હૈ वैसे लोगोिं क
े सामिे िही है
पर हम जो हमारे सामिे है वह हम ही है या नफर
हमारा भ्रम?
- Nishtha Makwana
आकाश
आकाश, ये नक सी लडक
े का िाम िहीिं
ये तो नक सी अपिे का धाम है॥
उडते पतगिं को देखकर
मािोिं क
े हमारे पखिं उगल आये
लेनक ि, हमें कहााँ पता था
हमारे पास तो पखिं ही िहीिंहै॥
िभ, गगि, अिंिर ि जािे
नक त नक तिे िाम रवैया
लोग तो है नद वािे तेरे
जैसे तू है नि ष्ि कियै ाा॥
है आकाश, है क्या तेरी ही ये माया
जो हमें भूला दे धरती की छाया॥
- Komal Jadav
Baisakhi(13th April, 2021)
We the poeple;
Wanted to go for peaceful protests,
As our two baisakhis were snatched from us.
Is it wrong to have a call of want for some-
one?
Why this so?
Ability? Inability?
Able leaves imprint, a feel of belonging, a
feel of grace and gratification,
Inability leads to jealousy;
You see others as red lava is coming out of
your eyes,
Whether found any fissures/gaps,
Emerge out as belching fire,
Wildly but gradually coming out of Beo-
wulf,
Furthering its land, disproportionate in form,
Engulfing you, don't know from where..
What we were doing?
Weren't we waiting for ables!!
Such were they;
A reason for rising a hope,
Weren't we the ables,
But those were capacitated differently than
us,
Thus relying on them.
You people,
You couldn't digest that we people have our
Messiah,
Keeping hand on our shoulders, garnering
round as a friend, only to ask!
How was your experience of observing to-
day's sun!
If unlike than usual,
Treading forward,
Becoming the resisting voice.
How such people can make out from our
lives?
Gift us with such people;
Please lend us with our eyes,
It seems as eyes are given,
But the vision is opaqued.
If sprinkling of water,
One can rub and see,
But nothing as such,
It is grave solidity,
With a huge bulky volume,
Only the side is visible,
Unequated.
The visibility is in the form of;
A barren land, from upwards as well as
downwards,

Drying wind, blowing ghastly,
Meeting through the side face,
Felt as an initial fire bulged,
That is too raw and so lethal,
Possessing the nature of ruining every-
thing.See what!
The further anarchy of killing more than
1500 people!!
Still inaccurate data record!
379 killed, 1200 injured and 192 seriously
injured,
In injury also two types!!
Strange!
Can people sufferings be measured?!
It is so abstract, it can't be!
If incase in concretization,
It would have been made possible.
The people would have provided the actual
figure, the measurement, the intensity of
their grapplings,
Perhaps then abstraction would have been
given voice,
But still it can't be acutely voiced in words,
As words aren't enough to provide the voice,
Then what else is needed?
Something that can't be uttered and thus be-
comes a philosophy of an event, life, inci-
dent, situation, visible through invisible
gaps!
~Samiya Kagdi
સુંતોષ♥
કહેિાય છે ગાજ્યા િરસિા નથી
સમાંદરો ક્યારેય િરસિા નથી
આખી દુવનયા ન જે જાણી બેઠા
એ ખુદ ન ક્યારેય સમજિા નથી
માંબઝલ િો ઘણી મળી જાય
છેરાહગીર ને
માણસ ને
જોઈએ એિા કોઈ રપિા નથી
પોિે જાિ ને જ છેિરી ને બોલે
પ્રભુ અસત્ય માાં િસિા નથી
નાનકડી ખુર્ી માાં પણ ખુર્ થઈ જ
ર્કાય
પણ માનિી નાાં એિા કોઈ સપના જ
નથી
કાંઇક મેળિિા કાંઇક િો ગુમાિવુાંજ
પડે છે
સાંિોષ ન ભાિ એટલા સપિા
નથી…
- Hiral Kashyap
લાગયુું મને લોકો સમજી રહ્યા
છે..
લાગ્યુાંમને લોકો સમજી રહ્યા છે…
પણ ના જાણુાં શુાં એ સમજી રહ્યા છે..
પોિાના જાણી મે કયો જ્યાાં પ્રેમ
પારકી ગણી મને વ્હેમ સમજી રહ્યા
છે..
િાપે િપી સૂરજ ની િપન માાં
િરાહ બની વિખેરાઈ ગગન માાં

ને ટાઢક ની ઝાાંકળ એ સમજી રહ્યા
છે…
કાળા િાદળ નો મેઘ છિાયો
પ્રેમ નો પિન થયો રઘિાયો
મન ભરી જ્યાાં મેઘ િરસાવ્યો
ત્યાાં જાાંજિા ના જળ લોકો સમજી
રહ્યા છે..
લાગ્યુાં મને લોકો સમજી રહ્યા છે…
ન જાણુાં શુાં સમજી રહ્યા છે..
- Hiral Kashyap
Drops of Wisdom
Life is a race,
so make your place,
Run as fast as you can,
Fun is all may come along,
Use your net and digital tools,
Or you may remain a fool,
Exercise is all you need,
In order to succeed.
Make your marks on this Earth,
The ones who got this human birth,
Before you may say goodbye,
Look in the mirror in your eye,
All that life brings,
Before the death bell rings,
Run for your dreams,
For you are the cream,
Be cool and calm come what may,
Peace and bliss is in your way.
- Khushbu Lakhupota
Because of the poor network…
Because of a poor network , life becomes
boring.
Because of a poor network, I am unable to
concentrate in classes.
Because of the poor network, I can't partici-
pate in events.
Because of poor network rural areas remain
rural.
Because of poor network urban areas remain
urban.
Because of poor networks, irritation increas-
es day by day.
Because of poor network happiness left me
with loneliness.
Because of poor network decreasing of love
between two.
Because of poor network dreams they die by
themselves in life.
Because of poor networks becoming habited
for listening taunts .
Because of poor network dull becomes dull
day by day.
Because of poor network smart remaining
smart.
Oh my God do something reasonable in this
matter , I don't know... may if you also have
the poor network , you can't listen me, only
because of poor network
- Bhumika Mahida
આવ્યો રે,આવ્યો કોરોના આવ્યો,

િાઇરસ ફેલાિિો, દેર્નુાં અથુિાંત્ર
બગાડિો, બધા દેર્ો ને કલ્થ કરિો,આવ્યો
રે આવ્યો....ઘરના ન ઘાટ ના રાખિો,આ
િાઇરસ ફેલાિિો,રોજી-રોટી
ભાાંગિો,આવ્યો રે આવ્યો.. છૂટ-છાટ છોડિો
માણસો ને િોડિો, બાળકોને બાાંધિો;
ઘરમાાં પુરી રાખિો, બાંધનોમાાં
બાાંધિો, આવ્યો રે આવ્યો..... બાળકો નુાં
બખલબખલાટ હાપય છીનિો, વૃદ્ધ-જિાનો ને
આદિો છોડાિિો, ઘરની બહાર ન
નીકળિા દેિો, આવ્યો રે આવ્યો.માણસો ને
મરણ પથારી એ છોડિો, આ જીિલેણ રોગ
ક્યાાંથી રે આવ્યો ?? ડોકટર-પોલીસ નુાં કામ
રે િધારિો... આ કોરોના ક્યાાંથી રે
આવ્યો?? અરેરે.... ક્યારે જાર્ે આ કોરોના
???
- Anjali Trivedi
-
એક કદિસ ઉદયને જાિે મને કહેલુાં,
કે અમૃિા એ પિયાં પિીકાર કરેલો. કોનો?
ખબર નકહ,પણ એણે અપિીકારની રેખા
ઓળાંગી ને કહેલુાં,'હુાં િને ચાહુાં છાં ઉદ્દયન!'
હિે ઉદયન મનગમતુાંસત્ય ફગાિી ને જીિે,
જીિે?જો નકહ,િો અમૃિા એને મરિા
પણ કેમ નથી દેિી?
મને થયુાં કે હુાં એને કહુાં,'ઉદયન! િને હુાં પણ ચાહુાં છાં.
પણ અમૃિા ની જ માફક,હુાં નાહક,
િારા થી દુર ધકેલાઈ છાં,ને
એ પણઅવનકેિ ના અસ્પિત્િ િગર!
- રૂચચ જોશી

- Hansa Bhaliya
Book Review
#Hind_Swaraj
#Indian_Home_Rule
#Mahatma_Gandhiji
The very title says, the book is describing the story of struggles, taken over by Mahatma Gandhi-
ji. Where what was the state of India, prior to the hind swaraj movement, then how it was seeing
the condition of India and lastly what were the initiations taken by Mahatma Gandhiji. The initia-
tions taken in response to the movement are aptly describing the situation with its pros and cons
and hardships, just going to confront you. Though seems to be as hard first but gradually the
troubled lessened out. To know how the concept of nationalism is used, with what benefits in
mind. How the people aren't seen in fragmentation but in whole. How the greed transforms into
love. How machinery needs to be utilised rather than overused for personal gains.
- Samiya Kagdi
વતબેટના_ભીતરમાું
લેખક_હેનડરક_હેરર

લોક ડાઉન દરવમયાન િમે લોકો િો કદાચ િમારા ઘરની બહાર નીકળ્યા પણ મેિો છેક વિબેટ સુધીનો
પ્રિાસ કયો છે એ પણ સાિ મફિ..☺☺હમમ અદભુિ હિો આ પ્રિાસ. આ લોક ડાઉનમાાં બીજા પ્રદેર્
ફરિા િો શુાં? ઘરની બહાર પણ ના જિાય ત્યારે આપણને મજા, મનોરાંજન અને જ્ઞાન આપનારુ પુપિક
બને.મને આ વિબેટના પ્રિાસ કરાિનાર પુપિકનુાં નામ 'વિબેટના ભીિરમાાં'. આ સફર લ્હાસા થી થઈને
છેક વિબેટની, કહેિાય છે ને કે "પુપિક દ્વારા એક પણ ડગલે ભયાુ િગર ની સફર કરી ર્કાય છે".આમ
િો હમ િો સફર માાં ક્યારેક અટકવુ પણ પડે એટલે કદાચ જ્યારે આ મારા પુપિકરૂપે િાાંચનની સફર
ર્રૂ થઈ એમાાં બે કદિસનો વિશ્રામ લેિાયો. આમ િો મને પ્રિાસ િણુનો બહુ ઓછા ગમે ,કારણ જાણી
કદાચ હસિા જેવુાં પણ લાગે! કેમ કે ઘરે જ બેઠા બેઠા પથળ કે પ્રદેર્નુ િણુન િાાંચવુાં એના કરિા િે જ
પથળની પ્રત્યક્ષ મુલાકાિનો અનુભિ કાંઇક િધારે આહ્લાદક હોય છે,સાચુને? એટલે એટલે આ િણુનો
િાાંચિી િખિે એવુાં લાગી આિે કે આની પ્રત્યક્ષ મુલાકાિ િો થિી જ જોઈએ લેખક જ્યારે પ્રિાસ નો
અનુભિ પોિાના ર્બ્દોમાાં રર્ુ કરિા હોય અટલે થોડીક ઈષાુ આિે કે આપણે જઈ નથી ર્કિા અને
ક્યારે મુલાકાિેજિાનુ થાય. કદાચ એ લોકોને પ્રિાસ કરિો ખુબ જ ગમિો હોય નવુાં નવુાં જાણવુાં ગમતુાં
હોય જોવુાં ગમતુાં હોય એિા લોકો માટે આિી ઈષાુ કદાચ પિાભાવિક કહેિાય.(મારા મિે) પણ એ બધુ
એકબાર્ુ મુકી સફર િો ર્રૂ થઈ ભાઈ !.
લેખક ની સફર િો ડુાંગરખેડૂ િરીકે કહમાલય સર કરિાની હિી. પણ પેલુ કહેિાય ને સારા કામમાાં
વિઘ્નો બહુ આિે! એટલે સૈવનકોની દ્રારા પકડાયા ને ભાગ્યા પણ. વિબેટ સુધીના સફરમાાં કેટલાક નિા
પ્રદેર્ોની મુલાકાિ િેમને થઈ અને ત્યાાંના ખાનપાન ,રીિકરિાજો પહેરિેર્ િગેરેનુાં િણુન િેમણે આ
પુપિકમાાં કરેલુાં છે.િચ્ચે આિિા ગામમા િસવિ ખુબ ઓછી જોિા મળે. જેથી િે પ્રદેર્ની સાંપકૃવિ

વિર્ેનુ જ્ઞાન આપણને પણ પ્રાપ્િ થાય.એમ કરિા િેઓ વિબેટ પહોચ્યાાં. ત્યાાં િેઓ પરદેર્ી હોિા
છિા િેમના માટે ઘણી સગિડો ત્યાાંનાાં પથાવનકો િથા રાજા દ્રારા કરિામાાં આિી. િેમણે ખુબ જ
િકલીફો િેઠી ડુાંગર ને નદીઓ પાર કરી વિબેટ સુધીની મજલ કાપી હિી. િેમણે ત્યાાં સુખી સાિ િષો
સુધી વનિાસ કયો. લેખક હેનકરક હેરર સાથે િેમના વમત્ર પીટર પણ હિા.િે બાંનેને િેમની આિડિ
અને સુઝબુજ થી કામ પણ મળી રેહતુ એટલે આિક પણ થઈ જિી. િેમના મિ અને સલાહ માટે લોકો
િેમની પાસે આિિા. અકહિંસા ના ગુણ ત્યાગી પ્રજામા હિા. િેઓ બૌદ્ધ ધમુ પાળિા. 1950-51 મા ચીન
દ્વારા ત્યાાં આક્રમણ થયુ ને િે બાંને એ એક િિન છોડી િિન પાછા ફરિાનુ નક્કી કયુું. એ વનણુય પણ
િેઓના માટે સરળ નહિો પણ છિા િેમને િે જ ઠીક લાગ્યુ એટલે હેરર િો ભારિ થઈને િિન પરિ
ફયાુ પણ પીટરે માત્ર સામાન જ મોકલ્યો હિો િેમણે થોડા સમય માટે હર્ુ ત્યાાં રહેવુ હતુ જે પછી
કાયમનો વનણુય બન્યો . પીટર િે પથળ ને િેની આર્ુબાર્ુના પથળ ફરિોને િે કીરોંગમા રહેિા ગયેલો
હિો અને જીવિિ હિો એિા સમાચાર પત્ર દ્વારા લેખકને મળ્યા હિા.ને લેખક િિનમાાં. આમ આ જાત્રા,
યાત્રા કે સફર ક્યો િો એ, િેનો અંિ આવ્યો.
આ જે કીરોંગ જે ગામનુ નામ છે િેનો અથુ 'સુખી ગામ' એિો થાય છે. આપણે પણ જો ગામ થી માાંડીને
વિિને સુખી બનાિિા હાલ ઘરે જ રહેવુ.
િસુધૈિ કુટુાંબકમ
- Mehal Pandya
Movie review
Movie Guilty
#21_day_Lock_Down
#Covid_19
#Waching_Movie
#Guilty_2020
#Netflix
#World_theatre_day
The Feminist literature is always with different response and upshot on society. When a wom-
an's literature is produced, such approaches as #Feminism, #Me_Too Movement in 2017 mare
turned the whole Crux of movie Gulity.
All in all The Cases like #Ragging, #Rap are found to be genuine in the college period but seri-
ous one. The movie running through very accordingly #Legal_action, #Judicial_procceding case

against Rape , as well as the involvement of Me Too movement draws the film towards strong
feminism. Leading character #Nanki Doing all the investigation on her own, the other girl( rape
victim Tanu) is struggling a lot to get justice about the rape which has been done by Nanki's
Boyfriend Vijay Prtap the son of politician . Considering , avoiding all kinds of powers Nanki
gives a girl the courage to fight against #sexual_assault.
film directed by Ruchi Narain and written by Narain, Kanika Dhillon and Atika Chohan. When a
college heartthrob is accused of rape by a less popular student, his girlfriend navigates various
versions of the story in search of the truth. Time to connect and refer #Cultural_studies.... This
study make sure How #Power_Culture becomes a implied quality of society. #Controlling, #es-
caping The reality.There are many similar things we can connect and found in movie #Pink 2016
that #No_means_No that the girl should always be careful and in welldress herself because the
man cannot control themselves.
िेशक सामानजक रूप से असामानजक मािनसकता चलती आनय है ग्लियोिं को खुद से ही सिंभलकर रहिा
चानहए क्योिंनक ग्लियोिं का #bold रहिा पुरुषोिं को #मेिुपुलेट करता है जो नक इस मूवी में िडे ही सहजता से
नदखाया गया है, लेनकि नफर भी सावधाि और सिंयम में रहिा हर इिंसाि को समजिा, सीखिा चानहए।
"क
ु छ िाते जो हम सनभको
समझ में आिी चानहए..."
नफल्म की क
ु छ िाते नदल को छ
ू लेती हैं, नजस प्रकार karan johar िे मािनसकता खोलिे की कोनशश की है
नजस प्रकार ये नफल्म क
े नकरदार खुद से सारे क
े स सुलझाते हुए नदखा रहे हे में सोचती हिं नफल्म का असली
मतलि ये जाििा और सीखिा हे। मािनसकता इतिी आसािी से िहीिं िदल सकती, जनटलताएिं आसािी से
दूर िहीिं हो सकती लेनकि नहम्मत का नवचार देिा ओर सच्चाई क
े साथ खडे रहिा ऊपर िताए गए कामोिं से,
ज्यादा सही भी और आसाि भी मालूम होता है.
-Tamsa Pandya
Movie Review
Title : Pariksha
Directed by, Produced by, and Written by Prakash Jha
Staring : Adil Hussain - as Bucchi
Priyanka Bose - as Radhika
Sanjay Suri - as SP Kailash Anand
Shubham Jha - as Bulbul
Release Date : 6th of August, 2020
Language : Hindi

Storyline - Some basic information
Here the story is very simple, one Rickshaw Puller man named as Bucchi comes from a lower
class. His wife named Radhika works in the vessel factory to clean vessels. They have a son
named Bulbul Kumar, and they wanted him to become a rich man. His son is very clever but
studies at Government school, Bucchi used to pick up and drop children from their home to a
national school. He thinks if his son will study in this school then he would have more chances
and opportunities. But his income is not enough and the fees are very high, meanwhile he started
doing robbery to fill up his son's fees and then kept by police. Then one SP comes and helps him
as well as other children from the slum area to pass the 10th class examination. There are hur-
dles, the management team of the school and rich class parents try to stop Bulbul from giving
exams. And finally after all this Bulbul succeeds to give the exam
Some facts and Truth
The story is based on the real life story of an IPS officer named Abhayanand. Who's posting
was in Bihar and he used to teach in the village. Here we can see SP Kailash Anand is doing the
same. In his free time he used to go to one of the slum areas and used to teach poor people. (Tak-
ing information from Wikipedia)
Basic Information
If we see in the term of structuralism then the movie has the same pattern of story. A man from
the darkness comes in the light. We can also connect it with Rich to Rags stories. Here in this
movie, Bulbul kumar is not becoming rich but with the help of higher study perhaps he can be a
rich man. Because we know his story when he passed 10th, further we don't know. This story is
also the same as the movie 'Super 30'. And the novel is Arvind Adiga's 'The White Tiger',
which has a similar structure like this. Balram is doing wrong deeds to come out from Darkness
and here Bucchi is doing wrong deeds for the same.
Here the title is very interesting, Pariksha - પરીક્ષા in english it is Exam. Here we can find the
significance of the title, the Pariksha is not only about the 10th exam but it is connected with the
exam of life. And every character is going through a life exam. At the end of this movie Bulbul
says
'अब तो ये परिक्षा भी मुझे िोक नहीींसक
ें गी'
India of Light and India of Darkness
In Arvind Adiga's novel 'The White Tiger' Balram Halwai makes this statement
'That India is two countries in one: an India of Light, and an India of Darkness'

Similarly in this movie we can find how one group of people are given more chances, better fa-
cilities, better education and the other group of people are given less facilities and education.
Bulkul Kumar is a boy who wants to study and he is a bright student, but the school in which he
is studying is terrible. Teachers are so responsible, they have no interest to teach students, well
all government schools are not the same, it is not the whole truth the only private institutes are
the best. The high level of fees shows that how in these days education has become a business.
Buchi have this idea that
अगि सिकािी इस्क
ु ल में पढ़ेगा तो बड़ा आदमी क
ै से बनेगा
Now this dialogue or his thinking also shows that how people from darkness think about educa-
tion and opportunities, we can also find class conflicts in this movie, when Buchi Pawan is try-
ing to convince the Principal of National school, one of the persons from school management
says to him
'स्क
ु ल की पढाई बूची, पढें ललखे बच्चो क
े ललए है, यहााँ तुम्हािा बेटा सेट नही कि पाएगा'
It clearly shows how there are two India.
Critical Review
'The screenplay has noble intent at its heart but only manages to touch upon the periphery
of the subject of the Indian education system and its shortcomings – an issue that required
an in-depth handling.'
• The Times of India
Let's talk about what is good in the movie, cinematography is good, all characters well played by
the starring cast. At the end we can find 'Poetic Justice'. Now the question is what is Poetic Jus-
tice?. Poetic Justice means at the end of any story Virtue should be rewarded and evil should
be punished. Bucchi the father of Bulbul does wrong things to earn money, the reason is good
behind it but the way he is doing it is bad, as a result he is punished to be jailed for two years.
Now, let's talk about where the movie failed to convey the right message. Probably the main idea
of the movie should be how from darkness the boy comes to lightness. Rather than this the movie
largely shows the so called india culture where father is sacrificing everything for the bright-
er future of his children (where there is less contribution of mothers, as shown in this mov-
ie.) Rather than this one should see this rationally. But this movie is more melodramatic and
emotional. We know parents are making sacrifices for children but this type of movie makes us
more emotional, as Pluto has remarked that poetry makes people emotional, we need rational
people. ( Well, he said at that time when being rational was essential).
The other problematic thing is SP Kailash is an officer, rather than solving other cases he teach-
es the poor children(it is okay if the village is very poor and people do this) but with the inspec-
tor other officers and constables are also staying there with him, now what is the need of this?

Are there no crimes in India? Moving further, there is a muslim man who had done BA in his
time, but he is selling secondary books. He says that
'मैने भी BA तक की पढ़ाई की है, पि हमे मौका ही नही लमला'
Here the problem is that it is true as George Orwell says 'All are equal but some are more
equal' but people who are coming from darkness are also getting chances. Government is giving
chances to them, it is an exaggeration that from lower class no one can go further. But it is true
also, in the darkness people are given less opportunities.
References :
Adiga, Aravind. The White Tiger: A Novel. Simon & Schuster, 2008.
• Pareeksha - the last test. Written by Prakash Jha, Directed by Prakash Jha, Produced by
Prakash Jha, performances by Adil Hussain, Priyanka Bose, Shubham Jha. 2020.
• "Pareeksha - The Final Test Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Vide-
os | ETimes." News: US News, Top News in India, US Election News, Business News,
Sports & International News | Times of India, 6 Aug. 2020,
m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/pareeksha-the-final-
test/movieshow/77386453.cms.
-Nishtha Makwana
Samia Y. Kagdi
A learner at PG Center
MKBU
#Live_Streaming
#National_Theatre
#Charlote_Brontte
#Jane_Eyre
#Covid19
#Lockdown_Day18

With reference to the message shared in our "Whatsapp Academic Group" as well as circulated
on "Facebook"(by Prof. Dilip Barad Sir) I am writing this stage depicted performance, from nov-
el called #Jane_Eyre by #Charlotte_Brontte reflecting #Victorian_Era.
the whole #musical_drama revolves around the two characters; #Jane_Eyre and #Rochester and
the stage is taken over by them.
The stage aptly similarises #horse_stable like structure, made of wooden. Iron ladders are passed
through the wood, to comfortize the movement from one side to another. While back part of the
stage is separated. Stage atmosphere is being changed with a variety of colours like; blue, red,
orange etc. Sometimes to enhance the terrible effect specific shadowed effect is implemented,
which foreshadows the concern character's future.
"I must have changed" and many other "liberantian words" are used as archetypal symbols,
which predicts #Jane_Eyre ultimate fate, which was priorly in unconscious state and later on
being reflected in her own life.
#Search_for_an_identity engulfes the rest first half scence, seen in the form of the heroine her-
self struggling for #to_be_or_not_to_be as she is given by a preacher, #a_childs_guide and fur-
ther sermons to follow and is equally being followed by her at times, revolted against it and
likewise is being punished by the preacher in the name of opposing the very prospect of #sub-
mission_to_religion as expected from #Eve in #Paradise_Lost. Where #Jane_Eyre is blamed as
"a servant of evil" and hurled in red room for an innocent deed's punishment. The last half part
describes the two main characters and their love story.
As the play proceeded further, the intimacy between the two characters is shown. How with sati-
ation of emotionality it is being advanced and given a triumphant feeling of love, relation trans-
forming into marriage identity, but somehow interrupted in between and lastly living a relation-
ship with bonding of two hearts. Which perhaps will be seen as beyond our understanding and
giving an unpleasant feeling of ignorance as if the society will become this much free at extremi-
ty, then what will be said for upcoming generation...

The mood transforms, through enhancement and lowering the music effect as well as by chang-
ing the very stage atmosphere, by a variety of colours, photo frames, cloaks and iron bars. Which
seems to be very effective to increase and decrease a scence's impact on audience. Pragmatically
can be said this drama would have achieved a measurable success.
Must see the frame structure as foreshadowing "Liberantian Aspect" of marriage. How it first
symbolises "patriarchy" then sudden release of those frames, giving her the sense of freedom and
ultimately blessed with liberty, but with different concept.
A worth watching movie, it depends, how we watch it, whether by convex or concave lens and if
adjusting, then shrinking or broadening? Or just seeing what the lens want us to see..
Thankyou very much Dr. Dilip Barad Sir, as you always keep on sharing on any of the platforms
of social media, so that we students can see and contemplate on it accordingly..
Thankyou
Masaan-Movie Review
Masaan is an Award winning film of 2015 directed by Neeraj Ghaywan and written by Varun
Grover. Here, the clear intent of the movie is to set Indian morals, social construction and how
people are bound in those circumstances. And if they try to free themselves from those stereotyp-
ical upbringing then they are punished for their so-called crimes according to society. As Deepak
and Devi are punished.
The movie presents two different generations with their two distinct sides…
-Modern Generation who wants to liberate themselves from stereotypical societal rules
• Traditional Generation which believe more on social rules and norms and restrict their
actions in the circumstances of society.
Significance of Title
Masaan is a Hindi word which means Shmashan (श्मशाि), a place where human bodies are cre-
mated after death. The setting of the story is at holy place Varanasi, situated near the bank of
Ganga River. Place Varanasi has a mythical connection or a strong belief of people that the bod-
ies which are cremated in Varanasi get salvation. And the protagonist of the story Deepak and
his family belongs to lower caste and works at Cremation Ghat by burning funeral pyre. And the
second character Devi whose father Vidhyadhar has one shop at ghat.
So, what this setting reflected is that everyone is going to died one day, whether we are rich or
poor, upper caste or lower, man or woman then why we are making our own life tough by
bounding ourselves in rules and regulations of Gender Stereotypes, Casteism and Morals which
restricts one to being what they actually are.

Here our first character Devi suffered because she was caught in an anonymous hotel room with
her boyfriend while the second character Deepak fell in love with a girl and she belongs to upper
class Brahmin family. So, in both relationships characters suffer, because they are growing in a
village where such expression of emotions is not allowed or accepted by society. So, society is
the ultimate barrier of individual's freedom but we all know that society is not coming with us
when we die. So, it raises the question that...
Why do we confine ourselves to the norms of society?
So, the title of the movie which means "Crematorium" is apt for this movie and it is also known
as "Fly Away Solo." The title is well chosen because both characters are in constant struggle to
go away from this conventional construction of society. Significance of the title is proved in the
very first lines of the movie…
Conflict between Individual and Society
In the modern world there is constant conflict between individual self and society. Back then
human beings were in a fight with nature. But, Here we can notice the conflict between genera-
tion gaps. Characters are well educated and they are liberated and arbitrary in their way of ex-
pression. They are step ahead in their thoughts from their parents. That's why Shalu chose his
boyfriend Deepak over their family. She said to her boyfriend that first you need to become fi-
nancially secure and get a decent job, I am with you…
Agar Bhagna pada to bhag Bhi jayenge.
And Devi, her father blamed her for all this stuff, But the girl denied his accusation and said that
it is not my fault, I haven't done anything wrong.But at some point, both characters have to fight
with society, there is hidden fear both Devi and Deepak are going through. That's why Deepak
doesn't want to reveal about his family background in front of Shalu. So, Gender stereotypes,
women as periphery always try to control Devi and Casteism stops Deepak from talking about
his family and his family background to Shalu. But at the end in both relationships characters
pursue their individual voice against society. So, this movie is considered as a modern generation
movie, which portrays society as an obstacle in personal development. But the characters pursue
their own individual freedom.
Characterization
Here are mainly four characters and everyone has their personal crisis. All are living in a kind of
grief or guilt. The flow of actions and activity done by character came one by one smoothly.
They are constantly in turmoil and trying to win over their individual self.
The Grieving Lover
Deepak who accidentally fell in love with a girl from upper cast. Both love eachother but unfor-
tunately Shalu died in a bus accident and Deepak remains only with her memories. He spent his
whole day in mourning and weeping by seeing the ring of Shalu. At one moment he omitted his
emotions and said….

"Sala ye dukh kahe ko khatam nai
hota hai bey"
And one day he was sitting at the banks of Ganges and in rage he threw the ring in water, sud-
denly he realized what he had done in anger and jumped into the river to find the ring but he did-
n't get it. And after that he realizes that he spent much of his time in grieving and pain, now he
should move on to get a better life. And this is how he moved forward and got a job at Allahabad
Railway Station.
The Guilty Lover
On the other side Devi, when police caught them in Hotel room, her Lover locked himself in
bathroom and in shame he pursue sucide. As a free thinker Devi doesn't have any kind of shame
because according to her she had done nothing wrong, but at the corner of her heart she has guilt
that because of her he kills himself. She used to repeat to her father that I hadn't done anything
wrong. But she has a complex feeling with which she constantly fights that he takes his life. So,
she decided to go to his home and meet his parents. But in anger they shouted at her and slapped
her. And in guilt she sits at Ghat and throws the gift given by her lover in water and cries. From
there she gets new insight and moves forward in life.So, this is how a grieving lover and guilty
lover meet at the end and give a kind of new hope and solace to each others.
So, Film can be considered as a masterpiece by Neeraj Ghyawan. It is well drafted, carries a
strong message for the audience. A very interesting use of camera makes film more eye catchy
and use of symbols provides a new binoculars to see things from different perspectives. Both
characters are struggling and both get new hope from water, Deepak after throwing a ring in wa-
ter and Devi after flowing the gift given by his lover. So,Here Water can be considered a symbol
as well as it presents a message that Life is like water...Flow with water and you will meet with
new people at a new place. Life is never going to stop, if you stick to one thing it is only a loss of
yours.
- Asha Dhedhi
I.A.RICHARD : VERBAL ANALYSIS OF THE POEM
Hello readers!
Hear in this blog I am going to verbal analysis of film song
lyrics. As a thinking activity we have select one poem, song,
devotional song or any poetic expression for verbal analysis.
According to the I. A. Richard's essay on figurative lan-
guage.I select one Bollywood hindi movie song.Shaitan ka
shala lyrics in Hindi from
movie Housefull 4 sung by vishal Dadlani, The song is writ-
ten by Farhad samji and composed by sohail Sen. Starring

Akshay kumar. Ritesh Deshmukh, Bobby Deol, kriti Sanon, pooja Hegde, music label T-series.
બાલા બાલા ર્ૈિાન કા સાલા
બાલા બાલા રાિન ને હૈ પાલા
બાલા બાઈ ર્ૈિાન કા સાલા
બાલા બાલા રાિન ને હૈ પલા
સબ kahein મઝુ
ર્ૈિાન કા saala
બાલા બાલા બાલા બાલા
Looto looto looto looto
Japta હૂ
માલા
સબ કહાાં મઝુ
ર્ૈિાન કા સાલા
લોગ બોલેં બાલા ક્યા ચીઝ હૈ સાલા
લોગ બોલેં બાલા “ક્યા
ચીઝ હૈ સાલા” રાિન ને હૈ પલા
બોલેઇન બેટી મૌસી ખલા
ગોર સે ગોર કા મન્ હ કિાુ હૂ
કા કા
ખુદ કી કદ િાળી aરો કા કા કદ િાલા
બાલા બાલા બાલા છીચોરી પાઠર્ાલા બાલા
બાલા નાલા
- Hitixa Goswami
Kinnari Halvadiya
Sem- 4
(Movie Review)
ANUBHAV SINHA’S THAPPAD
Thappad એ ખરેખર એક નાની િાિ છે િેના માટે એક સ્ત્રીએ જતુાં કરી દેવુાં
જોઈએ જો ઇમોર્નલી વિચારિા જોઈએ િો આિો વિચાર આિે પરાંતુ ના
નાની એિી થપ્પડ ર્ા માટે જતુાં કરવુાં? ના નથી અહીંયા આિ તુાં અબભમાન,
ઈગો પણ હા જે િપતુ ખોટી છે એ ખોટી છે ઘણો બધો પ્રેમ ઘણી બધી ,
લાગણી ઘણી care બધુાંજ એક થપ્પડ થી પૂરુાં થઈ જાય છે. ખાલી પ્રેમ ખૂટે
છે પણ ખાલી પવિ અને પત્ની િરફથી જ સાહેબ બાકી એક સ્ત્રી પોિાના
ઘરની જિાબદારી છે પાછળ નથી હટિી...,હા જરૂર કે થપ્પડ ખાનાર સ્ત્રી

પોિાનુાં ઘર છોડીને ચાલી જાય છે છિાાં પણ જ્યારે િેની સાસુ બીમાર પડે છે ત્યારે ખડેપગે ઊભી રહે છે
અને હા પોિાના પવિનુાંબાળક ને પણ નિ મકહના પાલિે છે.
હા આજ મુિી અનુભિ વસન્હાની થપ્પડ ટ્રેલર જોઈને ઘણા લોકોને કાંટાળો આિે િેથી જ જ્યારે અમે
પણ જોિા ગયા ત્યારે બે િખિ ધક્કા ખાધા પછી અમને વપક્ચર જોિા ની કટકકટ મળી અને આ
જોિાિાળા પ્રેક્ષકો પણ ૧૨ થી ૧૫ હિાાં છિાાં પણ વપક્ચર ખરેખર સુપરકહટ છે હા ફેવમવનઝમ પર નહીં
પણ Gender equality પર જરૂર છે
અમૃિા- િાપસી પન્નૂ મુખ્ય કેરેક્ટર છે આ પીચરના કે જે લગ્ન કરીને પોિાના પવિના ઘરે જાય છે જે
પોિે વમડલ ક્લાસ ફેવમલીમાાં થી belong કરે છે છિાાં પણ એક સારા ઘરની હાઉસ િાઈફ છે એનુ daily
routine કે પહેલી િાિ કે સાઉન્ડ પ્રત્યે બહુ જ કોસ્ન્ર્યસ હોય છે કે સિારે પોિાનુાંછ િાગ્યાનો આલારામ
િાગે એટલે િરિ જ ઝબકીને જાગી જાય છે અને બાંધ કરે છે કે જેનાથી િેનો પવિ ઝબકીને જાગી ન
જાય. Super schedule જે આ એક સ્ત્રી જ કરી ર્કે અને હા 100% સ્ત્રી ની જ જિાબદારી છે. ઘરમાાં
કામિાળી આિે ને િો પણ િેને કહે કે મારા મમ્મી જી સુિા છે િો મને ફોન કરીને આિજો એના બેલ ના
અિાજ એના સાસુમા ને નીંદર મા ખલેલ ન પહોચે.
Main part of THAPPAD while Celebration is going on...િેના પવિ London જિાના છે િે ખુર્ીમાાં
રાખિામાાં આવ્યુાં હતુાં ત્યારે િેને એક થપ્પડ મળે છે.દુવનયાની સામે પણ....જો આ જ િપતુ કદાચ સ્ત્રીએ
પોિાના પવિ સાથે દુવનયાની િચ્ચે ઊચા અિાજમાાં પણ િાિ કરી લીધી હોિ િો ,જેટલા થપ્પડ ની
નોંધ લેિામાાં આિી િેના કરિાાં દસ ગણુાં અિાજને માનિામાાં આિિ. Yes, here's the Gender equali-
ty...
"रिश्ते बनाने में एफ्फोटट्स नहीीं लगते लितने लनभाने मे लगते है....उसक
े साथ सुब एफ्फोटट्लेस्स
था..."
મૂિી જોિા જોિા ખરેખર મને પણ એક િખિ એમ થયુાં સ્ત્રી હોિાના ખાિર કે નાનકડી એિી થપ્પડ કે
જે િમારા સાંસારને હચમચાિી ર્કે છે િો ર્ા માટે આવુાં પગલુાં લેવુાં જોઈએ પણ ના ખરેખર જરૂરી છે .
પરાંતુ દર િખિે એવુાં જરૂરી નથી કે એક સ્ત્રી પોિે બધી જ િપતુ નુાં બબલદાન આપે અને એ પણ જરૂરી
નથી કે ખોટી િપતુમાટે કે સાચી િપતુમાટે આ અિાજ ઉઠાિિો ખૂબ જ જરૂરી છે.
અને હા, ખરેખર ડાયરેક્ટરે દરેક સ્ત્રી પાત્ર ની પાછળ સ્ત્રીની પોિાની બબલદાન ની કહાની દેખાડેલી છે.
જેમકે અમૃિાની મા, અમૃિાની ભાભી, અમૃિાની સાસુમા,અમૃિા નો કેસ લડી રહેલ સ્ત્રી િકીલ , પાડોર્ી
સ્ત્રી અને અમૃિા ખુદ.

સારી બાબિ આ movie મા દેખાઈ રહી છે કે જેમ અમૃિાએ પોિાના માટે પોિાનો કેસ લડયો એ િાિ
સાચી પણ અમૃિા જે સ્ત્રી િકીલ પાસે પોિાનો કેસ લડાિા રહી હિી એ સ્ત્રી પણ ક્યાાંક ને ક્યાાંક આિી જ
પીડામાાંથી પીડાઇ રહી હિી અને િેને પણ મોટીિેર્ન મળ્યો અમૃિાના કેસ પરથી એટલે અહીં આ
મુિીમાાં ઘણી બધી સ્ત્રીઓ આઝાદ થાય છે અને એમનુાંમહત્િનુાં ઉદાહરણ ક્યાાંકને ક્યાાંક અમૃિા નુાંSpir-
it, Confidence, Firmness મહત્િનો ભાગ ભજિે છે.
So, in the last but not the list there's nothing about your qualifications like... કોઈ ઊંચા હોદ્દાની
સ્ત્રી જ આ કામ કરી ર્કે કે િેને જ હક હોય છે... આ માન્યિા ક્યાાંકને ક્યાાંક સાિ ખોટી છે... ઘરના કામ
કરિામાાં પોિાના પવિને , પોિાના બાળકને , પોિાના સાસુ-સસરાને સાંભાળિામાાં સ્ત્રીનો હોદ્દો આડો
આિતુાં નથી િો હા એ િાિ પણ ખરી છે કે જ્યારે અિાજ ઉઠાિિાની િાિ આિે છે ત્યારે પણ સ્ત્રીનો
હોદ્દો િચ્ચે ના જ આિિો જોઈએ... અને જ્યારે િાિો કોલીફીકેર્ન ની આિે ત્યારે સ્ત્રી ભણેલી હોય કે
અભણ હોય પણ સ્ત્રીએ િો સ્ત્રી જ કહેિાય. અને ખાસ કરીને ક્યાાંકને ક્યાાંક આ કહેિિ ખાસ કરીને સ્ત્રી
માટે મને ખૂબ જ લાગુ પડિી દેખાઈ રહી છે.."ભણેલી કરિા ગણેલી" િધારે હોય છે.
HAMLET MOVIE REVIEW
We completed movie screening of hamlet by Shakespeare and than we
wrote a blog on review of that movie given work by Dilip barad sir .so
we watched movie of hamlet directed by Kenneth brenath .and on that
movie our sir give us to task and that i done here in this blog.
INTRODUCTION OF KENNETH BRENATH'S HAMLET :
we know that hamlet wrote by Shakespeare
but this film also adaption of that original play
and this film also popular because of the director use each scene in
movie like original play's all scenes include by director.and this movie
is very long to compare other movie because of this play of hamlet so
many director make film but all films not shoot all scenes of real play
of hamlet but this movie of kenneth branagh movie we see each scene
of the film based on the real play of Shakespeare's Hamlet. In this mov-
ie of kenneth branagh main protagonist of hamlet role done by director
.hamlet is a 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play hamlet
, adapted and directed by Kenneth brenath who also stars as prince hamlet . This film was pro-
duced by David Barron and screenplay by William Shakespeare. This film duration is 4 hours
and 2 minutes long as compared to any movie because of kenneth brenath include all scenes of
real play of Shakespeare's Hamlet.hamlet has been regarded as one of the best Shakespeare film
adaptations . This film received four academy award for best art direction , best costume design ,

best original score and best writing . This film follows the plot of the original play , and is the
first adoption to have the complete original text .so let's start thinking activity on movie screen-
ing of hamlet.
1.How faithful is the movie to the original play?
We know that every movie based on the real works are very different from the original book .that
is my review but in this movie of hamlet we can say that movie is done very well by director be-
cause of that every scene of the play include in the movie that is very difficult for director and
also audience because of any long play movie we boar to see the long movie but this movie
break my old thinking about long movie .i fully enjoyed of this long movie with concentration
.and so many film come from the original play like in Hindi cinema on hamlet make movie of
Haider directed by Vishal bhardwaj but that is very different from the original play of hamlet
.some scenes include by director but in this kenneth branath film each and every scenes as origi-
nal play of hamlet .
2. AFTER WATCHING THE MOVIE , HAVE YOUR PERCEPTION ABOUT PLAY ,
CHARACTERS OR SITUATIONS CHANGED ?
Here i put my own experience about the film so i know the story of hamlet but i not remember
each scenes of the play but film version we remember some scenes as much read the original
book so i remember most of the scene of the play because of in the story i only know one percep-
tion seen that story of the suffering of protagonist other important things i not observe but when
sir give us to this task of thinking activity that time i observed and point out some main points
about story which i don't know ago about story. And also some characters we see in movies are
very different from the original text in some scenes like in movies we see the main hero age is
more from the original text hero age . And in movie cloths and also building are very highly de-
veloped in the film and see most of library in the movie so that based we can say that that people
of that time interest in the reading books .
3. DO YOU FEEL ' AESTHETIC DELIGHT ' WHILE WATCHING THE MOVIE ? IF
YES , EXACTLY WHEN DID IT HAPPEN ? IF NO, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WITH REA-
SONS ?
Yes I feel aesthetic delight in the movie Hamlet because most of this play is tragedy but in some
plays I feel aesthetic delight in the play like in the play i see that king hamlet ghost is talking
with prince hamlet that is also aesthetic delight for me .
4.Do you feel ‘catharsis’ while or after watching a movie? If yes, exactly when did it hap-
pen? If not, can you explain with reasons?
Yes in this movie i feel that we release our pity and fear towards that story as well as protagonist
.so in this movie that scene of catharsis is done in the story of the play like the scene of when
king claudius have to died the king of hamlet that scene is also that audians to catharsis and in
the play last scene when all are died that is very serious condition of the play and that time audi-

ence to see and that is also in my perspective is catharsis.
5.Does screening movies help you in better understanding of the play?
Yes of course this play is very good for understanding the
play of the hamlet as compared to other films this film is best
for the comparison of the other play . because of most of the
book version films do not follow or we can say not as much
as we seen in the book that very difficult for the director .
because of that play is very long so that's why most of films
made on this play but most of scene cut by director so that's
why this kaneth brenath movie is very good for understanding
the story and play of HAMLET because of director including
most of the scenes as we seen or read in original play.so that's
why this movie is very appropriate for the understanding of the original play.
6.Was there any particular scene or moment in the movie that you will cherish lifetime?
In this movie i like scene of the communication of
prince hamlet and Ophelia because of when that scene is
come that time king and Ophelia's father hide behind
mirror and that know about hamlet and than he make
drama with Ophelia that scene is very remember to me
in this movie
7. If you were the director, what changes would you like to make in the remaking of the
movie based on Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’?
If I am the director, I will not put the behaviour of Hamlet to communicate with Ophelia because
that is not right behaviour to talk with the woman and that's why that scene spreads the wrong
message into the audience. And other changes do like in the film ghost of king hamlet to seen his
brother so that's why he know his mistake and take punishment .and also if i director i make
ghost to Kong hamlet which done good behaviour with prince but also seen by king and Queen
and not done good behaviour with them in the story .
8.In the beginning of the movie, camera rolls over the statue of
King Hamlet out side the Elsinore castle. The movie ends with
the similar sequence wherein the statue of the King Hamlet is
hammered down to the dust. What sort of symbolism do you
read in this? (Clue: In Book IX of Paradise Lost', Satan reflects
on his revenge motive: "But what will not ambition and re-
venge; Descend to? Who aspires must down as low; As high he
soared, obnoxious, first or last, To basest things. Revenge, at

first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils." Is it not King Hamlet's ambition
to avenge his death responsible for the downfall of his kingdom which is symbolically pic-
tured in last scenes?)
In the beginning of the movie camera focused on the large statue of the king Hamlet, it symbol-
ise that the big and huge empire of king Hamlet. The movie ends with the same statue, the cam-
era focused on the hammered down statue of the king Hamlet, it symbolises the fall down of the
empire of King Hamlet. Because at the end of the play we see the new empire of FORTINBRAS.
The prince of the Denmark Hamlet, Claudius, Polonius Laertes all dies at the end of the play.
The new ruler of Denmark is Fortinbras. Another meaning of fall down of status is that the fall
down of human being.
9. While studying the play through the movie, which approach do you find more applicable
to the play? Why? Give reasons with illustrations.
In this play i find the moral approach because of HAMLET not decide to kill his uncle and
when he decided to kill his uncle and try to kill that time his uncle do prayer so he not want to
that his uncle go to heaven so that time he not kill his uncle and in the last he kill his uncle. And
others approach her more appropriately. That approach is feminine approach.
10. Which of the above mentioned approaches (in Pre-viewing task) appeals you more than
others?Why? Give reasons?
In this play psychology approach is more appropriate to compare other approaches in my per-
spective . because of that approach we see in the HAMLET like he think about to kill his uncle
so that is one type of the psychology approach to suffer by HAMLET in the story and also he
talk with ghost and take revenge of the ghost so that is one type of psychology approach to suffer
by main protagonist in this play. Another approach is feminine approach to seeing the behaviour
of Gertrude and Ophelia in this play .
CONCLUSION :.
This blog i write on my own perspective to see the story of HAMLET movie of kenneth Brenath
so this interpretation is mine and also i try to use my own thinking in this blog .I hope that you
will enjoy to read my blog.
Thank you to all my readers
- Amit Makvana
The White Tiger (Film Review)
कहतें है की नफल्म भी समाज का आईिा होती है। ि जािे नकतिी ऐसी नफल्म होगी नजसिे समाज की
चमडी को उधेड कर रख नदया हो? नफल्मे भी दो तरह की होती होगी। िहीिं... िहीिं….शायद इतिे मुखौटे
पहिकर समाज क
े सामिे आती होगी जहािं मुखौटा है या िहीिं, झूठ को सच क
े आकार में तराशा गया है या

िहीिं या नफर सच खुद अपिे झूठ क
े कपडे उतारकर, खुद ििंगा होकर हमारे सामिे कि खडा हो गया ये
पता ही िहीिं चलता। शायद िहुत ही कम एसी नफल्मे होगी जो इस िात को मुिानसि ठहराती होगी!
आज की ऐसी ही नफल्मोिं में से एक नफल्म है 'द वाइट टाइगर' सालोिं पहले जि 'स्लमडॉग नमलेनियर' आई थी
ति उसिे नकतिे नववेचकोिं का ध्याि खीिंचा था। आपिे देखी होगी, िहीिं देखी है तो ये जाििा िहुत जरूरी है
की उस वक़्त नफल्म 'स्लमडॉग नमलेनियर' और मेि िुकर पुरस्कार नवजेता अनडगा की िवलकथा 'द वाईट
टाईगर' िे मािो हल्ला िोल नदया था। ति ऐसा लगा रहा था जैसे क
ु छ कमी रह रही हैं। ये कमी पुरी हुई
2021 की, रानमि िहरािी की नफल्म 'द वाईट टाइगर' क
े साथ! अि दोिोिं पल्ले िरािर हो गए हैं, नफल्म को
समझिे क
े नलए, इस िए इिंनडया को देखिे क
े नलए या नसर्फ
क सोिे की नचनडया मािे जािे वाले इिंनडया का
अपचिीय सत्य जाििे क
े नलए ही िहीिं मगर ये भी देखिे क
े नलए की िदलते हुए वक़्त क
े साथ भी यहािं पर
आम इिंसाि क
े साथ क
ु छ भी िहीिं िदलता। िदलते हैं तो नसफ
क चेहरे और उिक
े पीछे नछपी हुई गुिहगारोिं
की अपिी-अपिी एक जैसी होते हुए भी अलग सी कहानिया। खैर छोनडए, गर इि िातोिं क
े नसलनसले में
नफसल गए तो ये दलदल हमे उस दलदल से रुिरु िहीिं होिे देगा जो हमें रानमि िहरािी िे देखिे का मौका
नदया है।
मगर सवालोिं की िौछार यही पर खत्म िहीिं होगी। क्या िहरािी िे सच में उस दलदल को नदखाया है या
नफर उसिे दो चार कमल ओर ग्लखला नदए हैं।
सवाल ये भी हैं क्या ये सि उसिे अपिी मजी से नकया है? नकया है भी या िहीिं?
मार्फ करिा, इस िात की तसल्ली आप को खुद करिी होगी, क्योिंनक मेरा जमीर मुझे इस िात की इजाजत
िहीिं देता।
इससे पहले की िातें क
ु छ और िता दे जो आपको खुद जाििा हैं , चलो वो जाि लेते हैं जो हम दोिोिं देखकर
भी अिदेखा कर रहे हैं। क्या कभी आपिे अपिे नपता को, अपिे ही अिंनतम सिंस्कार क
े वक्त जीिे की
ख्वाईश करते हुए देखा है? खुद ही की पढ़ाई इस तरह छ
ू टते हुए देखा है जहा पुरे स्क
ु ल में नकसी नशिक िे
नसर्फ
क आप ही मे देश का भनवष्य देखा हो - वो भी 'द वाईट टाईगर' कहकर!गर िहीिं तो आप िलराम िहीिं
मगर नफर भी अगर आप िहरािी क
े दीखाए गये इिंनडया से जुदा हो पाये तो छोटे मूिंह िडी िात- यह इिंनडया
का नचत्र सच िहीिं है यह माििे की अिुमनत खुल्लेआम दी जा सकती है। पर अर्फसोस मत करिा इसकी
िोित कभी िहीिं आएगी।
शब्ोिं को नफल्म में चलते नचत्र की आवाज देिा उतिा ही मुग्लिल होता होगा नजतिा िलराम क
े नलए एक
सफल आदमी होिा। नफल्म क
े िजारोिं िे, ि जािे नकतिे फासले पास रहकर िता नदए। शुरुआती दृश्य में
मग्लिद िीचे चलते हुए असिंख्य लोगोिं को नदखाकर नकसकी महत्ता नदखाई गई है? उतिा ही िहीिं, पर जहााँ-
जहााँ मानलक को दीखाया गया है वहा खुद ही रोशिी नदखाई पडेगी और क्या अि यह कहिा जरुरी होगा
की गुलामोिं क
े साथ अन्धेरा…िहुत खूि ही एक फासला नदखाया गया है मानलक िौकर क
े साथ हो या िौकर
मानलक क
े साथ! यह फासला िहरािी िे इस तरह जोडा है जहा फासले को फासला िा समजते हुए भी इसे
अिदेखा िहीिं कर पाओगे। शायद अच्छी नफल्मो में क
ै मेरा की यही भुनमका होती होगी।

िौकर अपिे मानलक से तो आाँख नमला सकता है या िहीिं पता िहीिं, मगर मानलक क
े , िाथरूम क
े आयिे
तक में खुद ही की आिंखें नमलाकर देखिे की जुरतक िा करे- और यह इतिा सामान्य कर नदया गया हो की
प्रेिक वो िा देख पाए जो उन्हें सच में देखिा हो।
नकतिी रोचक िात होगी िा!
जहा एक इन्साि डर ाइवर िििे क
े नलए अपिे पररवार से भीड जाए जहा भीडिा िामुमनकि हो।
पररवार की नफकर इन्साि को इन्साि तो ििा देती हैं मगर जीिे क
े ख्वाि नछि लेती हैं!
नफल्म में िहुत से ऐसे सीि ही िलराम क
े खुद से नमलते हुए, खुद को आईिे में रुिरु करते हुए इस तरह
दीखाया गया हैं जो आप शायद ही देख पाएिं गे। िलराम को जैसे क
ु छ समज िहीिं। वो तो यह भी िहीिं जािता
की अपिे दािंतोिं को साफ क
ै से करे पर क्या समाज क
े इस वगक को कहे जािे वाले मानलक वगों िे ही विंनचत
िहीिं रक्खा? मानलक अच्छा हो या िुरा मानलक आग्लखर मानलक होता है! और जैसे अनडगा कहतें है िा '
हिुमाि िििे की चाहत इस तरह भर दी जाती हैं की िौकर राम िििे की ख्वाईश तक भी िा पहुिंच पाए।
क्या यह कहिे की जरूरत होगी की मयाकदा पुरुषोत्तम श्री राम क
े राज्य में सीता ल हमेशा विवास में रहिा
होगा, यज्ञ में नसर्फ
क मुनतक िि क
े िैठिा होगा और अनिपरीिाए देते रहिा पडे! पर दील मत दहौलाओ, इस
फ
े नमनिज्म-पोस्ट फ
े नमनिज्म युग में भी नप्रयिंका चोपडा िे या तो फीर यह कहे की रानमि िहरािी िे इसे िहीिं
दीखाया हैं। क्या करें प्रोड्यूसर जो हैं! जो लाईन्स कही ओर है कोई और कहकर गया है वो नपिंकी मैडम जो
शायद आज क
े इिंनडया में भी नपिंकी मैडम इस तरह िहीिं कह पाती खैर, वोिं लाईन्स आपको भी सुििी
चानहए-पढ़िा चानहए पर वह भी नििा नफल्म देखे आपको सुिािे की इजाजत मुजे मेरा जमीर िहीिं देगा।
सोनचए, यह भी सोनचएगा की इस पर सोच पािा नकतिा आसाि है, पर सोचते-सोचते गलती से भी िलराम
मत िि जािा अगर आप वाकई में िलराम िही है तो! वरिा सच और झूठ कल भी सापेि थे आज भी
सापेि हैं और आप भी जािते है आिे वाला हर 'कल' आज ही ििकर आएगा।
- Ruchi Joshi
Quote written by students

Ravina Paramar Samiya Kagadi
Dhartee Makwana Sejal Solanki
Rohit Vyas Sanjay Jogadiya

Let me think of me, let me think of you. If I
say let me, let me otherwise it may outlet the
damage which Tony brought, not which
Adrian was gifted - of course gift only - gift
of friendship. But in my case, Tony brings
damage to the self only, himself - to each
and every self. Of course, this is Tony, real
Tony
- Ruchi Joshi
दरु हैं तो क्या हआु आज का नद ि तो हमें याद है
हम ि सही पर हमारी दोस्ती तो हमारे साथ है॥
अरे दोस्तोिं ये चानल स नक लोमीटर की दरू ाी
कया अिंतर वो काटे जो अिंतर िा पें हमें क
ु छ
काटिा है कया ? सपिा था पर हकीकत ि िि
सका
कहिा था िहतु क
ु छ पर पता िहीिंथा नक वो
समझ िहीिंसक
ें गे॥एक नद ि हमिे नज से चुिा था
आज वो ही हमें िेचिे चले हैं॥
-Komal Jadav
"ઈશ્વર જો મળે તમારા તો કે'જો એમને,
સવાલો અહીં મૂકી રાખયાું છે થોડ્ા પૂછવા;
આખરે ભેદભાવની શરૂઆત તો એમણે જ કરી
હતી…."
"Do we know that the language is shaping
and conditioning our minds in such a
way and controlling us by its words? No,
because language is a part of our
culture and we used to love our culture
and hate other cultures. As a result we
are unable to find negative elements in
language"
-Nishtha mkwana
The more you ask for freedom the more
this world
denies it!
- Niyati Vyas

It's the true fact of my life, when I am happy I never notice any particular voice or anything
but when I'm sad I think that all these sounds give some message, it reflects my emotion. I
see it in some deeper meaning.
"When we are happy we never notice any sound around us,
But when we are sad, in pain, in trouble we take every sound as a meaning"
-Latta Baraiya
Write – up
Living and Leaving.....
When someone leaves you don't blame them or even Don't blame your self, just live with the
truth. Feel positive and take it as a most beautiful thing that happened with you. Don't feel
sad and shed tears but feel happy that there was a time he or she was with you, you were to-
gether in this beautiful and bumpy Rollercoaster ride of life. Feel blessed for the beautiful
experiences , always remember the good things in each other. Always talk about the happy
times never mention about the things you did for each other. Yeah it hurts when someone
leaves you but that doesn't mean we feel neglected, sad or used but feel blessed. Handle the
situation with maturity and grace. Do the things that you love, I personally believe that music
and nature has the best healing power in the whole world. Whenever you feel happy or sad
just travel and listen the music of your own test. Be bold, don't feel shy in expressing your
feelings whether it is good or bad. Just learn to express them with grace and dignity without
any biases for each other. Life is full of uncertainties and surprises, life is the most difficult at
the same time most adventurous journey where we meet all kind of people some makes us the
best version of our selves while some brings out the dark side of us but we should appreciate
and respect both kind of people after all each situation and person teaches us something new.
- Sima Rathod

Samiya Kagdi
Article
Language- Masculine Imagery
Kavisha Dilip Alagiya
Email- kavishaalagiya@gmail.com
Contact- 8155819292
It is a fact that Language makes communication conveniently possible, right? And one is
ceased to imagine a life without language, like how would one be able to express the emo-
tions, ideas, desires, superiority, authority, without language...Oh! Rather would look fine if
the last two words are not included. How can one establish his superiority or authority
through language, right? Of course, the colonialism is ended a long time ago, and more than
half of the countries are democratic in the world. Let’s try to understand this with the very
word ‘authority’ by searching the meaning of it in chrome. And the result would be:
authority
/ɔːˈθɒrɪti/
noun
1. the power or right to give orders, make decisions and enforce obe-
dience.

"he had absolute authority over his subordinates"
2. a person or organization having political or administrative power and
control.
"health authorities issued a worldwide alert
How amazingly the word’s meaning and the usage of that word in a sentence is mentioned!
Try to search for any random word like superiority, speech, etc. Majorly, the result that
would be available in any dictionary would have ‘he’, ‘his’, and ‘him’ as a pronoun that illus-
trates the word in a sentence. Or we generally find words like mankind, businessman, sales-
man, and the common man (layman) used in our speech on a daily basis. We will hardly en-
counter a woman being addressed as a businessman or salesman.
A language should be flawless and equal for people but when it comes to gender, it is partial
or perhaps we use it in a partial way. And that is why most of the time, we unconsciously
gender certain words and actions as feminine and some as masculine. For example, we asso-
ciate speech with masculinity and silence with femininity. This gendering of words and emo-
tions is an issue, isn’t it? It is...It is.. Because it is commonly said that language is patriarchal!
Language is a whole system which runs images and symbols and generates meaning on the
basis of that. And these meaning indirectly controls us in one or the other way.
Catherine Belsey, in her work on poststructuralism, clarifies the appropriateness of Language
that it demands the users’ subscription to the meanings already given in it which she believes
always precedes the users’ familiarity with it.
To use the English language appropriately and in an unbiased manner, it seems we must in-
quire whether this language has a neutral singular pronoun.
If inquired in dictionary or encyclopedia, it says: "His superior intelligence has enabled man
to achieve things impossible for other animals."
We also say often 'man' and its associated generic myth excludes woman from it. Even, if
closely observed, the colours pink and yellow are associated with girls and blue and red with
boys, making strict binaries in gender. This way language becomes conservatively social.
Coming back to the prime objective of establishing superiority through language, it can be
assumed that the social meaning which this kind of dominated language generates makes
some allergic distinctions into gender. As a result, certain words will be used for and by cer-
tain gender and hence the later gender will always be privileged. All that matters here is gen-
der equality of language.
In finding out certain words in the dictionary, children generally tend to grasp the meanings
and contexts with which the use of the word is associated politically. This language rather has
masculine imagery of words which is needed to be modified by replacing certain words. And
the way this language is taught lefts a deep impression in young minds. It nurtures their
thought process and their roles of performance in future. Some of the words can be replaced
by using some neutral words like ‘entrepreneur or representative’, ‘humankind’, ‘salesper-
son’, ‘ordinary person’, etc. There has been a release of Gender-neutral vocabulary but the
query is that why is it not found in regular writings? For example, the pronouns ‘he’ and ‘she’
can be referred to as ‘zhe’ (a gender-neutral pronoun) then why is it not in use. It is assumed

that linguistic authority is hegemonic in nature. Can it be because it will decrease the patriar-
chal domain of the language? What force is stopping the reconstruction? Some of the critics
find it inconvenient to use such language for regular usage. They argue it will make the sense
more general.
If the gender-neutral language begins to be used on a regular basis, then it will reduce the
gender partiality and will also make a difference in the native tongue of human. This will lead
us to think more about other languages that are all languages phallocentric in nature. As men-
tioned above that language seems to have a patriarchal construction, the scope of improving it
will become a necessary force. The UNESDOC Digital Library has released guidelines on
gender-neutral language but it is a matter of concern to observe whether it will remain appli-
cable only on the theoretical level.
Should we let the language be phallocentric?
Happy thinking!
References-
Belsey, Catherine. Poststructuralism: A very short introduction. OUP Oxford, 2002.
Cameron, Deborah. Language and Gender: Mainstreaming and the Persistence of Patriarchy.
5 March 2019. 5 July 2020 <https://items.ssrc.org/sociolinguistic-frontiers/language-and-
gender-mainstreaming-and-the-persistence-of-patriarchy/>.
Pandemic and Me
As we know that 2020 is very different year than before. This Covid -19 a small virus brings
many change in entire world things. But there are some positive and negative things as well.
But here I like to say not positive in this disease otherwise it will be can take our lives also if
we have not that much enough immunity. So now here I like to share some my experiences
about during this pandemic. Shall I start... ?of course yes.
First I want to share negative things because I like to suffer before the enjoyment. So when
this situation was not that much serious our exam was occurred but because of this govern-
ment change the decision and exam was pospand.but it was a lost of time because after the
time which we can get if exam was taken that would be very precious to get more
knowledge. And yes it is now as well but there will not a tension of the exam or forget what
we read. I planned to go some place for visit and travelling which can not be happened so it
was a great lost I must say. From the new place we can get a new and different knowledge
and the from the nature a different kind of divine feeling.
Now time for positive... I have so many hobbies like cooking singing reading and other also.
So during those time I read 5-6 books made so many delicious dishes,and I got time for
singing as well.
So after some time our sir Dr. Dilip Barad sir organised Webinar on Pendamic which was
national webimar and it was very insightful and very knowledgeable one. He also organised
one more webinar which was on ICT, digital and about web tools.In present time every-

thing is became digital now if you don't no how to use these kind of digital tools then you
are illiterate for a certain kind of things.
I would like to Say that during this pandemic I get many new things, people and come to
know about the different people and their nature. I learnt new things, dishes.As we know that
in this kind of time we can't eat food from outside and fastfood so I try it how to make it
and It was quite delicious so every time I got 8 or 9 mark out of 10 from my brother be-
cause he is very foody,so he know the test d all and he also help to make food more tes-
ty.Thank you to him.
Here some picture of book which I read during this time...
Some picture with nature here click by me
So I can say that it was very nice to learn something from home who are working people
they work from home and like me they learn from home... Now sir started online class
with new creative idea of glassbord so he can teach us with new and traditional way so thank
you sir ,you thought so much for us and I will also give my best from my side...
Thank you
- Mehal Pandya

What is Literature: A quest for Definition
Have you ever wondered about the world? Like the World is So, Dynamic. Here and there
you meet various people from different societies having diversified culture and unique behav-
ioral patterns. And If you take a project to understand this weird, eccentric World, Then I bet
you, You will end up by plunging into a deep, horrific blackhole. So, the question is: What
could be a better way to understand society?
Literature? Well… Maybe Yes. Literature can be the best way to understand the world. Be-
cause as many critics define literature as a 'Mirror of Society,' Literature is an 'X-ray image
of the world.' Manier time literature is also depicted as Window of the World. Or if we put
in the words of Matthew Arnold then 'Poetry is a Criticism of Life.'
Do you think these definitions of Literature are enough to make sense of What exactly Litera-
ture is? Let's see some more definitions of Literature that shows how time and again various
Scholars define literature.
In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Literature is the record of the best thoughts."
So, Literature according to Emerson is a bunch of good thoughts and experiences which are
helpful to other people in understanding their meaning of life.
Now, Thomas DeQuincy goes more deeper and unfolds another hidden layer of literature by
describing it as following..
"All that is literature seeks to communicate power; all that is not literature to com-
municate knowledge"
Winchester argues that "Literature is criticism of life or, perhaps better, an expression
and interpretation of life." The definition of Julian Barnes almost covers most of the parts
of Literature. He says in 'Sense of an Ending'...
The things Literature was all about: love, sex, morality, friendship, happiness, suffering, be-
trayal, adultery, good and evil, heroes and villains, guilt and innocence, ambition, power, jus-
tice, revolution, war, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, the individual against society,
success and failure, murder, suicide, death, God. And barn owls. Of course, there were other
sorts of literature—theoretical, self-referential, lachrymosely autobiographical—but they
were just dry wanks.
So, These are some of the definitions through which we can make sense of What exactly Lit-
erature is? But are these definitions able to display the height of Literature? Perhaps not.
Because as Derrida says text is "Free play of meaning" and Literature is a bunch of texts so
if we narrow down at several definitions for Literature then it might be unfair.
Literature is not exact or accurate Science, which can be framed in certain definitions. Litera-
ture is an Art and Art can never be confined into walls of Language, Because Human Imagi-
nation and Creative Skills always transcends beyond Imagination. And Human Imagination
cannot be expressed in words.

So, In a way every definition of Literature is true and we cannot define Literature wholly in
one definition. Because the current understanding of Literature is different from the etymo-
logical meaning of Literature. And our current understanding is constantly changing with the
passage of time. So, Literature is all about how individuals are persuasive towards Literature.
Now, Coming down to my point of view about Literature. What Literature means to me?
Well...First of all as we have seen above that Literature is multidimensional and cannot be
confined into a single cage. But Still I will try to define Literature by giving a metaphor. Be-
cause metaphor gives multiple meanings to a single word. So, For me Literature is Tele-
scope. How and Why will be answered further.
Telescope is an instrument which is used to get a better sky
view at night. Similarly Literature helps people to understand
the meaning of life. Telescopes provide a wider view of the sky
which we are not able to see through our naked eye. As a hu-
man being we are also not able to travel through the whole
world but Literature by providing telescoping view of Society
creates a multifaceted view of the world which gives an indi-
vidual a better understanding of Society.
Telescopes allow you to peer into the vast unknown stars, planets and galaxies of the universe
which we are not able to see through our open eyes. In the similar manner Literature also
provides a kaleidoscopic view of the individual which urges an individual to look inside, look
within self and give an opportunity to explore the unconscious self of the human mind. Un-
explored parts of Human consciousness can be explored by reading great serious Literature
like 'Sense of an Ending.' Which asks individuals to doubt their own memory and history be-
cause as Tony Webster says, "What you end up remembering isn’t always the same as
what you have witnessed."
There are mainly two types of Telescope: One is Reflectors which uses a mirror to collect
light and used to look at deeper sky objects. Second one is Refractors which uses lenses and
is useful for planetary observation. Now Literature can also be divided into two parts like
Classical Literature and Popular Literature. Classical literature deals with some abstract ques-
tions which have no answers at all. It goes deeper and deeper and explores the darker side of
human existence which requires implicit reading of the text. So, Like reflectors Classical lit-
erature collects all lights surrounding the world and gives a more clear and ideational picture
of human existence which demand as Matthew Arnold says 'high seriousness and sinceri-
ty' of readers, critics as well as of writers. So, Classical literature raises philosophical ques-
tions. Now contrary to this Refractors are used for planetary observation which can be seen
with parallel to Popular Literature which are not raising deep questions to some extent it also
lack high seriousness in its subject matter. That doesn't mean that Popular Literature is not
worthy at all. Of Course they are valuable but it is more superficial and explicit in compari-
son to classical literature.
So, This is how we can give a metaphor of the Telescope to Literature. Telescope's light
gathering ability gives a better and clear picture of the universe, same with Literature which
gives us a Telescopic view of Society and Individual Self. Telescopes are also capable of
magnifying the distance elements which will give a larger view of objects. Same with Litera-
ture which transcends beyond the text and develops a more critical and rational perspective of

looking at self as well of others. Let's end this write up by one poem written by me. This po-
em is a collage of various lines taken from great Literature and here I tried to give order to
these lines so it can become a meaningful poetry.
What does Literature
Mean to me?
Literature is 'In such apt and gracious words
That aged ears play truant at his tales,'
Literature is to delight under which
I built my soul a lordly pleasure house.
Literature? Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?
Myself an Hell,
Terror made me cruel,
You are your best thing,
But, I don't want to be a Michel Obi here..
So, Do you think something called Literature actually exists?
Yes may exist for the curious explorer of the soul.
It is a far far better thing that I do, than I have ever done,
It is a far far better rest I go to than I have ever known..
You were looking for the key for years
But the door was always open!
He closed the book.
"That's called poetry."
- Asha Dhedhi
Feelings for a cactus 🌵…
What kind of image we have to got when we thinks about cactus …
Yes,
You are right, the image we have got one kind of plant which is ugly, unuseful, full of
thrones.

Alone…
Without water…
Without care…
Alone in the desert…
It is common that nobody shows love for this cactus . And it also correct that " Why we have
to show ?" To utter It's name also is a sign of bad act by our mentality.
But, this is not fair… God also cheated with this tree;
Why they gave a cruel punishment to this plant by situating in the desert ? Alone and without
any kind of care. Only the heat is it's food and the Sun is icompanion of it's life.
If I See myself in it's place , I definitely blame the God, for this entire matter. But , when I
ask this to other people that why God punishes this poor plant? They answered me that "this
is all about karma and it's working on a human lives also". So, What we used to say that ," If
anybody doing bad works in their entire life, they were going to living like a he'll into their
second Life on the earth". But is it true?
I don't sure about this. But whenever I think about the cactus I feel like , I'm a cactus. By this
,it doesn't mean that I am living in a desert, but with showing the compassion to this poor
plant. Because I feel it's imotions and I think that the cactus also has a heart, It also wants to
fall in love with a balloon. But It can't. Why! Because It have a thorns , so the balloon never
comes to it because if it comes then it was going to die.
But what will happened when the balloon also loving with cactus then it must should be
ready for dying … then it will called a true love .
Similarly, this law of cactus well working in human lives .There were thorns will come in
between the relationship of people.
Thorns of caste…
Thorns of look (outlook)…
Thorns of religion…
And because of this thorns the true person sacrifices his love for his loved ones.
- Bhumika Mahida
Illusion
Illusion is just word that can change your world within a second
According to me illusion is a very cruel enemy of anyone and a very horrible situa-
tion of mind , it can give you temporary light and that temporary light is able to
give you permanent darkness !

Illusion is that your mind tell you about something that is not true or something
that your mind makes you feel presence of an object in front of or around you but
in actual there is nothing , just an absence of that object
Illusion in a misleading concept of personal negativity that is in your subconscious
mind !
Illusion can make one happy too , but i guess when it is an illusion of that happi-
ness then it is just going
to fadeaway sooner and that would be very hurtful
Illusion is kind of feeling & fear
But illusion is like a ray of hope in your worst time ! Because it can make you feel
something that you need to feel to be happy and calm….but as it’s an illusion that
came from imagination part of your thoughts and dream….it has ended ! That is
horrible
- Hiral Kashyap
Dairy Pages
5th January 2021
-Kavisha Alagiya
In the mid few months of 2020, the human race moved through a remarkable series of up-
heavals than during perhaps some 5 6 years in the past.
We all have observed that the teachers/ students who have never thought to teach or learn
through technology have adapted technology this year and some of them are working fluently
with it. Well. well, let me try to reflect my experience of this year’s ending.
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those
who cannot LEARN, UNLEARN AND RELEARN.”
-Alvin Toffler
A lot of unlearning and relearning happened during the last week of December 2020 in plan-
ning, thinking, rule-framing, asking, answering, suggesting, deciding, modifying, reframing,
editing, re-editing, proofreading, and becoming change-ready!!!
The raw idea ‘what if we plan a virtual event wherein this...this…. this…. kinds of competi-
tions can be incorporated so that it can be the first of it’s kind’ to Sir and then planning rules,
modifying it, working on documentation Committee blog, encouraging everyone, everyone’s
interest, answering and explaining the details through 4-5 Informal Google Meets with the
rest of the students, convincing everyone to participate at least in 5 events. It wasn’t a piece
of cake to go and ask Sir to plan out but it absolutely required a lot of writing because I had

the idea in my mind which I shared with Sir and as Sir always say that keep everything in
writing. The process required a lot of hard work which can rarely be observed by the one who
stays ignorant of the real facts. A good deal of writing is required with frequent thinking and
reframing when Sir planned DS.
Additionally, many students asked me about the Guideline -rule book I have designed like
how I made it. Well, it was prepared on the Microsoft word single-handedly. Have a look at
the book here-
But I must mention here the error occurred while uploading Microsoft word document in
Google docs, so that you all can get an idea, so the error was when Microsoft word document
On one side, because of COVID 19, it was impossible for us to meet at the Department but
thanks to Google Meet and various other platforms which gave us an opportunity that we
continued our gathering at virtually. This event almost tested my time management skill. As
an event host, I used to receive numerous calls where I used to explain everyone about the
details personally though it was discussed in DS.
This event tested ‘Management’ of events skills, collaboratively we submitted our entries for
the exhibition events which were open for public voting. This year along with other skills, I
learnt to make POSTER, BANNER AND VIDEOS - teachers day poster, poetry day poster
posters and certificates. I thank Prof. Dilip Barad Sir for providing a platform to all of us to
exhibit our talent. Gratitude.

Expert Lectures
Prof. Attanu Bhattacharya
Semester 4
23/24 January 2020
ELT – Teaching Language Through Liter-
ature
Dr Jay Mehta
Semester 3
18 - 20 October 2020
E.A.Poe’s Stories
Prof. Balaji Ranganathan
Semester 3
Oct 31 to Nov 4, 2020
Postcolonial studies

Prof. Mandaliya Sir
Semester 1
3 to 9 December 2020
Expert Lecture on Metaphysical Poetry
Nishant Pandya
Semester 1
20 -25 January 2021
Importance of Being Earnest
Prof. Vinod Joshi
Semester 2
24-31 March 2021
Indian Poetics

Prof. Oindrila Ghosh
Semester 1
28-30 January 2021
Jude the Obscure
Online Talk with Experts
Sr.
No.
Talk by Online Talk
information
Photo of the Event
1
Devang Nanavati
10 November
2020
Ecocriticism
2
Riddhi Gupte
10 October
2020
Talk on GPSC
Exam guidance

3
Prof. Bill Ash-
croft
22 November
2020
Talk on Post
colonialism
today
ELT Project
ELT practical project at ‘Shree Swaminarayan Secondary and Higher secondary
school, Lathidad”
10th and 12th March, 2021

Ruchi Joshi had done Two days ELT practical project on paragraph composition on
how to compose a paragraph. To support and for better understanding of students,
she used Google Docs to correct the errors by student themselves.

Email IDs of students
Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
Part 1 students
Roll no. Name Email ID
1. Aditi Vala valaaditi203@gmail.com
2. Anjali Trivedi anjali.trivedi305@gmail.com
3 Bhavyang Asari asaribhavyang7874@gmail.com
4 Bhumika Mahida mahidabhumika6128@gmail.com
5 Chandani Pandya pandyachandani11@gmail.com
6 Daya Vaghani dayavaghani2969@gmail.com
7 Hiral Kashyap hkg779@gmail.com
8 Jignesh Panchasara jigneshpanchasara5758@gmail.com
9 Khushbu Lakhupota khushbu22jan93@gmail.com
10 Kishan Jadav jadavkishan55555@gmail.com
11 Latta Baraiya Lattabaraiya1204@gmail.com
12 Nanditaba chudasama Nkchudasama1111@gmail.com
13 Jethava Nidhi jethavanidhi8@gmail.com
14 Niyati Vyas niyativyas8182@gmail.com
15 Riddhi Bhatt riddhi28bhatt@gmail.com
16 Sneha Agravat snehaagravat2000@gmail.com
17 Stuti gosai stutigosai104@gmail.com

Part 2 students
Roll no. Name Email ID
1. Amit Makvana a.makwana10998@gmail.com
2. Asha Dhedhi ashadhedhi1806@gmail.com
3 Bharti Dharaiya bhartidharaiya123@gmail.com
4 Dhara Virani dharavirani601@gmail.com
5 Dharti Makwana dharteemakwana789@gmail.com
6 Hansa Bhaliya hansabhaliyav@gmail.com
7 Hareshwari Kapdi kapdihareshwari1122@gmail.com
8 Hina Malek hinamalek21@gmail.com
9 Hitixa Goswami hitixagoswami28@gmail.com
10 Kavisha Alagiya kavishaalagiya@gmail.com
11 Kinnari Halwadiya kinuhalvadiya17@gmail.com
12 Komal Jadav komaljadav3498@gmail.com
13 Mehal Pandya mehalpandya252@gmail.com
14 Nirali Makvana niralimakvana9599@gmail.com
15 Nishtha Makwana nishthamakwana169@gmail.com
16 Payal Chudasama chudasmapayal1997@gmail.com
17 Ravina Parmar ravinaparmar827@gmail.com
18 Rita Dabhi dabhirita1198@gmail.com
19 Rohitkumar Vyas rohitvyas277@gmail.com
20 Ruchi Joshi ruchivjoshi101@gmail.com
21 Rupa Bambhaniya rupabambhniya166@gmail.com
22 Samiya Kagdi samiyakagdi313@gmail.com
23 Sanjay Dharaiya dharaiy9@gmail.com
24 Sanjay Jogadiya snjogadiya@gmail.com
25 Sejal Solanki sejal.solanki3107@gmail.com

26 Sima Rathod rsima144@gmail.com
27 Tamsa Pandya tamsapandya25@gmail.com
Plan ruined by COVID19
An academic tour plays an important role in a student's life. And in that, if the tour is aca-
demic then its benefits and enjoyments double up. Every year the Department of English
plans academic tours mostly within Gujarat. But this year, due to the corona pandemic, this
activity remained in dreams only.
The documentation Committee leaders Kavisha, Ruchi and members like Sima, Tamsa, Rohit
had planned a tour for all the students and even have decided the place to visit with a budget.
But COVID19 had failed them in carrying out any academic tour.
Not only this tour but each and every small event which can be carried out routinely at the
department- the academic and non-academic activities were also hard to organize. As it is
said that adversity makes an individual more innovative, similarly happened with us. Stu-
dents, therefore, had given their best efforts to celebrate and enjoy the online or virtual festi-
vals rather than crying on the same pandemic songs.
For example, the students of the department couldn't plan a visit to the University Central Li-
brary, the Committee Leaders planned and came up with a virtual visit video. Even some
teamwork tasks like group tasks were also carried out enthusiastically by staying at home, by
all the students of the department.
By Celebrating virtual sports events, students proved their ability and skills virtually and
demonstrated that even the enjoyment of physical games can be gained at virtual levels.
The documentation Committee had also planned to shoot a documentary on the Department
of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University but the pandemic and its
second wave won against the deep desire of documentation Committee leaders.
Though this year run almost online and a part of the year was conducted in hybrid mode, we
are glad to learn such new things and without this pandemic, this won't be possible to learn
these many things.
-Documentation Committee

Participation Chart 2020-2021
0 5 10 15 20 25
Hiral
Sanjay D
Nanditaba
Hansa
Anjali
Niyati
Stuti
Latta
Riddhi
Chandani
Amit
Rupa
Aditi
Bhavyang
Bharti
Sanjay J
Khushbu
Bhumika
Sneha
Sejal
Nidhi
Kishan
Jignesh
Kinnari
Daya
Komal
Hitixa
Dhara
Dharti
Nirali
Rita
Hareshwari
Samiya
Tamsa
Ravina
Rohit
Payal
Sima
Ruchi
Mehal
Nishtha
Hina
Kavisha
Asha
Number of Events participated

Abstracts of Research Paper
Paper Presented in Webinar on 'Use of Web Tools in Teaching, Learning, Evaluation
and Research
Title: Micro-Learning through Mobile-
Learning by Asha Dhedhi
"Bite sized nuggets can Super-size your
results"
Very recent upheavals of 'Corona Crisis' in Hu-
man civilization opens up with new challenges
along with some opportunities. Amidst COVID 19
Pandemic various sectors are impacted and one of
them is the Education System. The pandemic sig-
nificantly disrupted higher education as well. In
this uncertainty reopening of schools, colleges and institutions is risky. Study from home,
work from home and adoption of online teaching methods remains blissful in lockdown. But,
despite all this stuff, a possible alternative or solution to recover interrupted education is to
explore digital learning platforms. Alongside, rapid progression in Science and technology
demands novel innovative ways of teaching and learning through digital equipment. With
changing dynamics, the structure of schooling and learning including teaching and assess-
ment methodologies are also affected. Sudden change in lifestyle opens a requirement of
online teaching. Use of web tools is also increasing. So, as part of eLearning this article, try
to throw some light upon the role and importance of Microlearning through mobile and social
media apps. We can include Microlearning Nuggets which is short, sweet and swift in our
Mobile Learning Strategy. This particular article is designed in terms of highlighting the ef-
fectiveness of Microlearning nuggets in Getting information and Recalling Information. It is
a scientific and easy way for quick learning of a specific topic at the click of a button from
anywhere at any time.
Keywords- Microlearning, Mobile Learning, Nuggets, Education Methodology, Social Media

Presented a paper in National Webinar on Literature and Epidemic
(16-17 May 2020)
Apocalyptic Pandemic Fiction: Reality or Reference in Covid 19 Pandemic Asha
Dhedhi
“People are naturally going to turn to Netflix because of Escapism”
(Christina Scott)
Covid 19 turned the world into hell, globally people are dealing with Covid 19. And this con-
tagious disease tuning the world upside down. Fear of virus imprisoned the human being in
their homes and Surprisingly, as a kind of relief people became more attracted towards Pan-
demic Fiction. After all, “Art reflects Life” right. So, every human action is in direct or indi-
rect way recorded in Literature. Sometimes Literature like Science Fiction provides binocu-
lars to upcoming events. Ad Apocalyptic or Post-apocalyptic Fiction is a subgenre of science
fiction which concerned the end of civilization and the world after the end of disaster. This
particular paper highlights the Apocalyptic Fiction as reality or reference. Here I am dealing
with a major attention seeker movie Contagion (2011). Major concern of this paper is to How
these movies play a vital role in these Scary realities as reference, and ease your worries?
What Apocalyptic pandemic fiction teaches about the present situation? How did these films
predict the forthcoming disaster? Are these movies potential enough to overcome fears of in-
evitable disaster? Are these Pandemic Fictions a tool to escape from horrible reality?

Research Paper published in an Anthology titled ‘Humanity during Pandemic’
A Study of Katherine Anne Porter's "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" as a narrative of
Hope in Times of Crisis by Kavisha Alagiya
It is always an interesting phenomenon to observe how humanities, literature, in particular,
play an important role in shaping humans and their behav-
iours. Literature, in the times of crisis like the ongoing global
pandemic of coronavirus, not only develops sustaining capac-
ity in humans but also lends a helping hand in carrying out
hope through its powerful narrative. The fictional universe
weaves the dark and light aspects of the time and presents a
tale which motivates people in different ways. Humanities
provide perspectives to lives and make them worth living with a view to defining the better
version of humans.
“Come now, Graylie, she said, taking his bridle, we must outrun Death and the Devil.”
- (Porter)
The present paper studies Katherine Anne Porter's "Pale Horse, Pale Rider" as a novella car-
rying the narrative of hope and draws the parallels between the outbreak of Spanish flu or the
1918 influenza and the novel Corona pandemic emphasizing on 'hope' as a powerful tool that
strengthens the mental and physical potential of a human being. Porter’s above-mentioned
statement urges to fight against the crises like a disease which can result in death. So, Hu-
manities, particularly referring to literature and fictional writings, have the power in stories
and Katherine Ann Porter’s apocalyptic novella reveals her intensely personal struggle of de-
feating Spanish flu, one of the deadliest pandemics in human history. (Brooker) Literature
helps in finding the innermost self and develops what Camus says “a common decency” to
survive gracefully in the terrible time of the pandemic. The goal of this paper is to analyze
how a book on crises can prove to be a motivating factor by the characterization that is done
in the literature. This demonstrates the ability of literary narratives of hope during the pan-
demics at large.
Keywords-

Humanities, Literature, Hope, Pandemic, Crisis
Paper presented in Webinar ‘ELT and Technology’
Are We Learning? Re-visiting the ‘Learning’ process via Technology
– Usage, Hindrances and Improvements by Kavisha Alagiya
It seems that COVID 19 crises had made a huge impact on the education system globally, as
a result of which teachers and students have responded immediately by integrating technolo-
gy for teaching-learning purpose. No doubt, technology has provided many opportunities for
potential learning but a sudden shift from classroom teaching to online teaching has chal-
lenged the users for qualitative usage and with proper etiquette. So it would be wise to high-
light the effects of online learning happening in remote areas as an emergent reaction to the
pandemic. More importantly, this research work aims to see how far the "learning" is happen-
ing via technology as well as to identify the barriers causing the disturbance in the learning
process.
We say "Learning is Living.", Are we actually learning or not that is the question to be fo-
cused on and will be discussed in the paper.
Keywords-
Learning, Online learning,
SOARING THE FOREIGN SKIES by Khushbu Lakhupota
This paper deals with the passion of youth in the quest of a bright future in the novel The
Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri. In this novel we see the character Ashoke goes to the USA
along with his wife and settles there. They had two children Gogol and Sonia born there.

Gogol goes to Yale for his college studies instead of following his father’s footsteps to MIT.
Mary Shelley's The Last Man: Alienation in the time of COVID 19 by Nirali
Makwana
It is very interesting to know how the Corona virus or
COVID 19 has spread around the world today and how it
has affected the mind of people all over the world. Lone-
liness, seriousness, indifference, fatigue, fear, boredom,
anxiety etc. seem to have made a home in the mind of
man. As a result, man is drawn to do some activities
which have very serious consequences. Cases like Sui-
cide, theft, rape etc. are increasing day by day. Although
it is very important for people to take care of themselves to prevent this epidemic which is
spreading all over the world and continue spreading day by day. The government has given
instructions to make some procedures mandatory such as use of masks and sanitizers, self-
quarantine and lock down. " Alienation " is the main topic of my research paper. Why does
man feel lonely during COVID 19 or during such an epidemic? What could be the reasons
behind it? Besides, what are the possible consequences? with the reference of the protagonist
character named " Lionel Verney " of the novel " The Last Man " by Mary Shelley. Mary
Shelley vividly describes how people suffer because of the epidemic as well as political cor-
ruption. It also depicts how many people die worldwide until a specific pandemic or vaccine
is discovered. The story of the main character of Mary Shelley's The Last Man can be very

well connected with the situation of COVID 19. Literature takes us beyond statistics of global
pandemic and death and degree of spread to show how the crisis has affected the individual
lives of people in the society and those infected persons
Key words :
Introduction, Literature and Epidemic, Alienation, sympathy, To Conclude
Pandemic Fear and Literature: Jack London's 'The Scarlet Plague' by Nirali
Makwana
Abstract
The apocalyptic scenario illustrates a common fear of epidemics. As we are witnessing every
day, a toxic brew of uncertainty and fear also flows into well-worn channels of scapegoating
and cruelty, turning an invisible viral enemy into an illusory but visible foe. The continued
sense of living death, of an experience that marks us with its shadow, echoes even after a
pandemic pass. Literature is recording our pandemic, setting in place the reverberations that
will echo into our future. In the ancient time the Plague and pestilence were frequent calami-
ties. Ordinary people were likely to have witnesses of such calamities and heard vivid reports
about their terrible revenges. Pandemics can bring forth deeply rooted fears and modify hu-
man behaviour greatly. 'The Scarlet Plague' was one of the post-apocalyptic examples in
modern literature, set in ravaged and exploring the motif of the Plague, coherence and well
spread topos in literature.
Key Words:
Abstract, Epidemic and Literature, Artistic Sensibility, Pandemic Fear, Conclusion

“WHERE THE INFECTIONS PESTILECE DID
REIGN”- ROMEO AND JULIET AS SHAKESPEARE’S
PLAGUE PLAY by Tamsa Pandya
This research paper investigates the historical context of early epi-
demics of plague with the accuracy of today’s epidemic corona vi-
rus. Moreover, from the 1340s to the 1720s, Europeans are lived in
well-justified terror of plague. In the space of a century, London was
suffered four plagues in (1563, 1603, 1625, and 1665) that each
killed probably one fifth of the city’s population, alongside lesser plagues in 1593 and 1636.
Many literatures has been written on epidemics and pandemics in the past and even today.
The skill of the writers and the specialty of the writing is to transform this horrible fact of an
epidemic in to a beautiful way and a wrathful work of art with their own art, fair example of
it is ROMEO AND JULIET by SHAKESHPEARE.
Eco criticism and literature by Tamsa Pandya
Abstract:
Indeed, Ecocriticism investigates the relation between humans and the natural world in litera-
ture. It deals with how environmental issues, cultural issues concerning the environment and
attitudes towards nature are presented and analysed. One of the main goals in ecocriticism is
to study how individuals in society behave and react in relation to nature and ecological as-
pects. Here I want to present some scenarios for relating the universal aspects of nature as
well as human nature with the reference of Merry Shelly's novel Frankenstein. The way it is

an imaginary, scientific novel but I try justify that special relationship of nature and human as
well as want to justify some questions related with ecocriticism. So the questions are………..
(1) How is nature represented in the novel/poem/play?
(2) What role does the physical-geographical setting play in the structure of the novel?
(3) How do our metaphors of the life, beauty influence the way we treat it? That is, what is
the link between pedagogic or creative practice and actual political, sociocultural and ethical
behaviour towards the land and other non-human life forms?
(4) How is science —in the form of genetic engineering, technologies of reproduction, sexu-
alities—open to critical scrutiny terms of the effects of science upon the land?
With the reference of Merry Shelly's Frankenstein and movie Kong : skull island by Jordan
vogt Roberts, I will try to justify mentioned questions in my paper. I hope it will work to
clear an idea of nature and it's relationship with human.
Key words: Eco criticism, literature, human nature, universal aspects of science, metaphors of
life, Frankenstein, Kong: skull island, technology, reproduction.
Abstract by Tamsa Pandya
Psychology is not just the study of weakness and damage; it is also the study of strength and
virtue. Treatment is not just fixing what is broken; it is nurturing what is best within us.
My paper is about to very particular psychological Disease with significant sings and symp-
toms.

I try to convey this disease and symptoms with particular character of literature. (From nov-
els, drama and poetry).
1)Anxiety is an unpleasant feeling of fear and apprehension accompanied
by increased physiological arousal. Anxiety disorders are those in which fear
or tension is the primary disturbance, include phobic disorders, panic
disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive disorder and post-traumatic
stress disorder .
2) Phobia
Deﬁnition: “A disrupting, fear-mediated avoidance that is out of proporon to the danger
posed by a particular object or situation”
3)Depression can be understood as a sign of the loss of self, and consists of a denial of one’s
own emotional reactions and feelings. The denial begins in the service of an absolutely essen-
tial adaptation during childhood, to avoid losing love.
Psychology firmly study of human behaviours and mental health...in this particular paper
give a very brief description of various Mental disorder and social backgrounds and various
perspective of mental illness.

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