2. Prepared by : Avani jani
MA Sem : 1
Paper 104 : Literature of the Victorians
Roll No : 5
Enrollment No : 4069206420220014
Submitted to : Department of English, MKBU
3. Points to ponder
1] Character of Tom Gradgrind
2] Déjà vu
3] Déjà vu from HardTimes
4] जिस थाली में खाना उसी में छेद करना
4. Character of Tom GradGrind
● Son of Thomas Gradgrind, member of parliament
● Brother of Louisa
● Louisa marries Bounderby, a friend of her father just because to secure
financial condition of her brother.
● He is selfish, emotionless.
● He ends up a degenerate gambler who robs Bounderby's bank to pay his
debts.
● He traps a labor of Bounderby, named Stephen Blackpool
● After trapping an innocent, he escapes from the country.
● When Stephen tries to return to clear his good name, he falls into a mining pit
and dies.
5. Déjà vu
● French term.
● Literally means, “already seen”
● Historically, the earliest account of déjà vu-like experience is referred to Saint
Augustine in 400 AD, who named it as “falsae memoriae”. The term déjà vu was
first used by Emile Boirac in 1876 in his Revue Philosophique, wherein he
mentioned “le sensation du déjà vu” to recall this experience in his letter to the
editor. (Brown #)
6. Déjà vu from ‘Hard Times’
to Bank robbers
● People in contemporary time are like Tom Gradgrind.
● Felt Déjà vu to Vijay Mallya, ‘The King of Good Times’ case.
● Who is Vijay Mallya? :
● Vijay Mallya is an Indian businessman at present fighting extradition
from the UK. Mallya, who owes 17 Indian banks an estimated Rs 9,000
crore, is accused of fraud and money laundering in the country.
● Also a former Rajya Sabha member, Mallya is the ex-chairman of
United Spirits. He currently continues to serve as chairman of United
Breweries Group. Previously, he also served as chairman of Sanofi
India and Bayer CropScience, among other companies. (“Who is Vijay Mallya,
7. How Mallya ended up being a fugitive economic offender?
● Mallya inherited UB Spirits, known for the Kingfisher beer brand, from his father and turned it around into
India’s biggest spirits maker. He became the chairman of UB Group at the age of 28.
● Kingfisher Beer brand
● Kingfishe Airlines
● Air Deccan
8. How Mallya ended up being a fugitive economic
offender?
● Mallya inherited UB Spirits, known for the Kingfisher beer brand, from his
father and turned it around into India’s biggest spirits maker. He became the
chairman of UB Group at the age of 28.(“Who is Vijay Mallya, Vijay Mallya Case, Vijay
Mallya Money Laundering Case, Vijay Mallya News”)
● Started Kingfisher Airlines in 2005. His son Siddharth Mallya informs about
how Vijay Mallya was desperate for Kingfisher Airlines in Netflix
Documentary of ‘Bad Boy Billionaires’-
“It was his baby, he incubated it, he nurtured it, and then, finally, launched
it.” ("The King of Good Times." episode 1, Netflix)
● There was not a Business class in ‘Kingfisher Airlines’ as Vijay Mallya
says in one interview which has shown in Netflix Documentary-
“This is Kingfisher Class, this is neither business, nor is it economy, it’s
one class” .
● This Netflics Documentary shows that how Vijay Mallya took Loans
from big public sector banks, which ran by the money of Tax Payers.
9. ● James Crabtree, author of the ‘The Billionaire Raj’ exposes corruption in Banks of India-
IDBI 9, In Netflix Documentary,
“Vijay Mallya charmed the pants off these bankers. These were rather dowdy,
Poorly paid public servants.”
● He wanted to make Kingfisher Airlines more and more luxurious experience by borrowing
more and more money from tax banks and he didn’t much about costs.
● He merged Kingfisher Airline and Air Deccan.
● Took more and more loans from Public Banks. And not only just Airlines but also
expanded at sports also, Formula-1 and Cricket Team also.
● Kingfisher Airlines was grounded in 2012 after a burgeoning debt burden made it
impossible for the beleaguered airline to continue operations. The airline is also being
investigated for suspected diversion of funds and financial irregularities.
● Mallya was running out of money ‘for his business only’,There was no money to buy Fuel
for Kingfisher Airlines.
● Many workers of Kingfisher Airlines including designers, Pilots, and Airhostess.
● Netflix Documentary shows that how airhostess were giving their own food to the
passengers when they were running out of money.
10. ● Many employee of Kingfisher Airlines were fell into depression.
● One lady committed suicide due to tight fiancial condition of her family because her
husband was being unpaid, who worked in Kingfisher Airlines.
● Employee were on strike and crisis were going on and on the other hand Vijay
Malllya was celebrating his 60th birthday with grand party.
● “When we saw his grand birthday party, we realised that he’s actually enjoying
our misery. It felt like he was glorifying our misery by showing us the disparity
between himself and us.”- Neetu Shukla, A Former cabin crew, Kingfisher Airlines.
● “While we were starving, he was celebrating his birthday.”-Anjan Deshwar, A
11. ● This Documentary adds statement of Neeraj Monga- A Former,
Veritas Investment Research that,
“The loan is the example that has been used by the government
of India, that there was some kind of fraudulent activity and some
kind of relationship between the borrower, which is Kingfisher
Airlines and lender, which is IDBI.” ("The King of Good Times." episode 1,
Netflix)
12. Current situation of Vijay Mallya’s Case:
● Mallya left the country on March 2, 2016, the day a clutch of
public-sector banks moved the Debt Recovery Tribunal against
him. In January 2019, he was declared a fugitive economic
offender under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act.
● The Indian government is making all efforts to extradite Mallya
from the UK. In February 2019, UK Home Secretary approved
the extradition. The case is now pending in the London High
Court, where Mallya filed an appeal against the order. The
appeal has been listed for a three-day hearing from February 11,
2020. (“Who is Vijay Mallya, Vijay Mallya Case, Vijay Mallya Money Laundering
Case, Vijay Mallya News”)
● The recovery officer of a Debt Recovery Tribunal at Bengaluru has
told the Supreme Court that neither Vijay Mallya, who was
sentenced to four months in jail for contempt of court, nor any
other beneficiary of the transfer of funds case, have deposited any
amount with the tribunal till August 18. (“Vijay Mallya Hasn't Deposited
Money With Tribunal, Supreme Court Is Told”)
13. जिस थाली में खाना उसी में छेद करना :
● Tom has cheated his own sister and her husband for money.
● Vijay Mallya cheated his own nation and poor employee of his own
company.
● ‘India has always been a land of poverty. It had, now has, riches; but
they have always been unevenly distributed. Side by side have
existed squalid povert, and princely, irresponsible wealth.’ (The present
situation in India)
14. Conclusion :
● People has to pay more
Tax to the banks for
recovering these public
banks which is cheated
by billionaire and being
corrupted.
● We all are the same
as the character of
Stephen Blackpool
15. Works Cited
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https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Deja_Vu_Experience/NNN4AgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0. Accessed 18
October 2022.
Jones, John P. “The Present Situation in India.” The Journal of Race Development, vol. 1, no. 1, 1910, pp. 86–109. JSTOR,
https://doi.org/10.2307/29737849. Accessed 18 Oct. 2022.
"The King of Good Times." episode 1, Netflix ,
www.netflix.com/in/title/80990073?s=a&trkid=13747225&t=wha&vlang=en&clip=81340912.
“Vijay Mallya Hasn't Deposited Money With Tribunal, Supreme Court Is Told.” NDTV.com, 4 September 2022,
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/vijay-mallya-hasnt-deposited-money-with-tribunal-supreme-court-is-told-3315148.
Accessed 18 October 2022.
“Who is Vijay Mallya, Vijay Mallya Case, Vijay Mallya Money Laundering Case, Vijay Mallya News.” Business Standard,
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