Memorabilia 2017-18

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Table of Contents
The Journey in the Academic spacecraft - Department of English, MKBU:................................................5
Poetic Expression by Ramiz Solanki (Sem 2).............................................................................................5
Prosaic Expression by the Editors: ‘Journey is more precious than destination.’ ....................................6
From the Desk of the Department.................................................................................................................8
About Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar ..................................................11
About Smt. Sujata Binoy Gardi Department of English, Bhavnagar. ..........................................................14
Annual Report: 2016-17..............................................................................................................................16
Achievements of Students:.....................................................................................................................16
Students’ achievement in Youth Festival 2016: -....................................................................................18
Academic Activities by Teachers: - (Year 2016-17).................................................................................18
List of Seminar / Conference / Workshop Attended by Teacher (Prof. Dilip Barad): -...........................18
Research Publications by Teacher (Prof. Dilip Barad) :- (Year 2016-17).................................................21
Out Reach Programmes by Department: - (Year 2016-17).....................................................................21
Photographs of the activities: (Year 2016-17):.......................................................................................23
Glimpses of the Year 2017-18....................................................................................................................25
International Yoga Day................................................................................................................................27
Ph.D Viva Voice and Open Defence 2016-18..............................................................................................28
Library Visit .................................................................................................................................................29
Visiting Faculties .........................................................................................................................................30
Gardening Day ............................................................................................................................................32
Foreign visitors............................................................................................................................................33
Sports Day...................................................................................................................................................34
Academic Activities.....................................................................................................................................35
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Navratri Celebration....................................................................................................................................36
Out-Reach Program ....................................................................................................................................37
One Day Academic Tour – 2018..................................................................................................................39
Kite Flying Festival...................................................................................................................................41
Talk on Various Topics...............................................................................................................................42
Rangoli Competition ...............................................................................................................................43
NET-SET Workshop 2017-18 .......................................................................................................................44

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Holi Celebration..........................................................................................................................................46
Conference of Dr. Dilip Barad....................................................................................................................47
Portrait of Dr. Dilip Barad ...........................................................................................................................48
Annual Reports ...........................................................................................................................................50
Abstracts of Research Papers .....................................................................................................................62
Report on the Survey on NAMO Tab ..........................................................................................................76
Conference..................................................................................................................................................84
Pune Conference.....................................................................................................................................84
7th
A. K Ramanujan Paper Reading Contest 2017 ...................................................................................84
8th
A. K Ramanujan Paper Reading Contest 2018 ...................................................................................84
International Conference BAOU at Ahmedabad.....................................................................................85
‘Yugaantar’ National Youth Conference................................................................................................85
Drawings and Paintings by Students...........................................................................................................86
Photography................................................................................................................................................86
Celebrations ................................................................................................................................................90
New Writers................................................................................................................................................92
Movie Review............................................................................................................................................100
(1) Newton......................................................................................................................................100
(2) Tamasha..........................................................................................................................................101
(3) A Mira Nair Film, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" .........................................................................102
(4) Padman............................................................................................................................................105
(5) Rang De Basanti - By Ramiz Solanki.................................................................................................107
(7) "Midnight's Children" ....................................................................................................................109
(8) Modern Times - By Mital Raval........................................................................................................110
The Great Dictator ................................................................................................................................111
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Play Review...............................................................................................................................................112
1) Review of Play 'DigDarshak' - By Komal Shahedapuri (SEM: 4)........................................................112
(2) Yugpurush- Mahatma Na Mahatma - By Niyati Pathak (SEM: 2)....................................................113
(3) Play: “Digdarshak” - By Megha Trivedi............................................................................................113
Book Review..............................................................................................................................................114
(1)'Mahotu' - By Kailash Baraiya...........................................................................................................114

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(2) Polytechnic book one short story - By Krishna Khamal...................................................................115
E-Mail Addresses of Students and Teachers.............................................................................................118
Co – Curriculum Rankers 2016 – 18..........................................................................................................120
Shyamal Youth Festival – 2017, Department of English...........................................................................122
M.K. Bhavnagar University........................................................................................................................122
Co- Curricular Events Record 2017-18......................................................................................................125
Charts: Co- Curricular activities.................................................................................................................127
Participation of Students in Co- Curricular activities 2017-18..............................................................127
Sem-2 ................................................................................................................................................127
Charts: Co- Curricular activities.................................................................................................................128
Participation of Students in Co- Curricular activities 2017-18..............................................................128
Sem-4 ................................................................................................................................................128
No. of Students Participated in Events 2017-18.......................................................................................129
Online Discussion Forum Details 2017-18 ................................................................................................130
No. of words used by students year 2017-18............................................................................................131
Sem-2 ....................................................................................................................................................131
No. of words used by students year 2017-18...........................................................................................132
Sem-4....................................................................................................................................................132
Graphical Presentation of Daily Schedule ................................................................................................133
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No. of books Borrowed by Students from Department Library during 2017-18......................................134
Semester-2............................................................................................................................................134
Semester-4.........................................................................................................................................134
No. of Books Borrowed by students from Central Library during 2017-18.............................................135
Semester-2.............................................................................................................................................135
Semester-4........................................................................................................................................135
No. of Books Borrowed by Dr. Dilip Barad from Central Library during 2017-18.....................................136
" ર્ડા. દિલીપ બડરર્ "................................................................................................................................137
Group Photos............................................................................................................................................142

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The Journey in the Academic spacecraft -
Department of English, MKBU:
Poetic Expression by Ramiz Solanki (Sem 2)
सफर ये दो बरस का कु छ इस तरह से कट गया
लो कारवाां ये दोस्ती का, आज फफर टुकडो में बट गयाां
बहोत कु छ ससखा है हमने इन दो, बरस में......
हमने हसते हसते इम्ततहान के डर को जाना है,
पढाइ से रूबरु होकर हमने खुद ही को पहेचाना है
साहहत्य की गसलयों में खोकर, समाज की हफककत को टटोलकर
फकताबो को ही अपना सच्चा साथी माना है
बहोत कु छ ससखा है हमने इन दो बरस में.......
कभी कववताओ में छीपी लफ्झो की अांगडाइ को परखा है,
तो कभी कहाननयो में छीपे हुए राझ को जकडा है
ससखा है हमने, के कोरे कागझ पर अपने खयालो को कै से सजाया जाए
फकताबो का आइना बनाकर खुद के फकरदार को कै से सवाांरा जाए
बहोत से तीर चलते देखे है कीसी एक ननशान पर
मगर हमने ससखा है
के बहोत से ननशानो पर कोइ एक तीर कै से उतारा जाए.
लो आज हम कहेते है अलववदा, तुतहे भी कहेना पडेगा
गम दोस्तो से बबछडने का तुतहे भी हसते हुए सहेना पडेगा
कभी सभगा करते थे, उन खूबसूरत लतहो की बरसात में
पर आज खुशी का वो बादल एक ही पल में हट गया.
- Ramij Solanki

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Prosaic Expression by the Editors: ‘Journey is more precious than
destination.’
Our journey of two years of masters at Department of English is very precious that words may
less to express it. It makes us what we are today. Significance of English Department in our
career is beyond anyone’s imagination.
Learning process of these two years at Department that we cannot forget till the end of our life. It
is not our second home but First Home where we like to spend our most of the time out of 24
hours and we also like to come in department even on the holidays and Sundays. We have
absorbed deeply the great lessons of life like (ખેર્, ખડતરી ને ખંજવડળ જાતે જ કરવી), hard work always
pay more than luck, ready with plan B, Dedication to work, punctuality, you are the maker of
your own fate or destiny by your deeds, it’s in your hand if you want be good/bad person, self-
learning and many more things. Department is heaven as well as pilgrimage for us that not only
by reaching here but after doing so many things here, our life became meaningful and successful
that in future we won’t have any trouble regarding our Job because in department, we got
training of everything from doing photocopy and print to teacher training, research methodology,
Digital skill and citizenship which helps us a lot in future. English Department is the Hub of
academic activities and events. Each and every activity plays a vital role in student’s personality
development. Starting from Daily Schedule to Conference everything sponsored our progress.
Our sincere gratitude to our HOD Dr. Dilip Barad, our mentor, guide, source of inspiration and
hard work, who whole heartedly devoted to student’s education. His motto “Readiness is all”
helps us to solve problem not only in our study but also in real world.
These two years of Department gave us golden memories of the journey of our student’s life.
When we write about the memories of Department at that time we feel nostalgia. Barad sir taught
us well about self learning as well as how to learn literature on digital platform.
• Connects the dots
• Sharing is caring
• Readiness is all – plan B
• Critical thinking , arguments
• Trouble shoot
• Keep on Moving
गुरू कु म्हार शिष कुुं भ है, गढि़ गढि़ काढै खोट।
अन्तर हाथ सहार दै, बाहर बाहै चोट।।

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This lines absolutely suit on Barad Sir. He is the great ‘Guru’ who always teaches us lessons of
life. He is always concerned about student’s welfare. Often he passes critical remarks on work
of students. But in true sense it is for the betterment of students. He is our ‘role model’ who
always inspired us for innovative ideas and activities.
We would like to express our sense of gratitude towards Ms.Poojaba Jadeja and Milan Parmar sir
for their dedication to student’s education. They provided us very good guidance and direction
for study.
With the sense of an ending, Department is a tree which has ripen the raw fruits (students) to be
sold on high price in the market in a form employers.
This Memorabilia of the year 2017-18 will play a vital role in preserving our sweet memories.
This Memorabilia is a collage of our innovative activities and events. The sweet memory is very
precious which will remain with us forever.
This Memorabilia is the fruit of all editors’ hard effort to preserve the sweet memory.
Documentation committee is very thankful to all our classmates for their support and work in
making this Memorabilia. Editors of the memorabilia are as follow.
• Surbhi Gausvami
• Komal Shahedapuri
• Megha Trivedi
• Budhiditya Das
• Matangi Bhatt

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From the Desk of the Department
Milan Kundera has rightly observed that it is difficult to understand ‘Memory’ unless we apply
mathematical approach. So, the ratio between the amount of time lived and the amount of time
from that life that is stored in memory is something significant. No one has ever tried to calculate
this ratio, and in fact there exists no technique for doing so; yet without much risk of error one
could assume that the memory retains no more than a millionth, a hundred-millionth, in short, an
utterly infinitesimal bit of the lived life. Except an imaginary device like ‘Pensieve’, it is not
possible to preserve ‘events’ in ‘memory’ as it happened. However, there are dangers of having
Pensieve and so not all Witches / Wizards in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter world kept it. It was
Dumbledore who kept Pensieve.
This Memorabilia is something between Kundera’s mathematical approach and Dumbledore’s
Pensieve. The Memorabilia 2017-18 retains and recreates infinitesimal bit of students and
teachers lived experience in the Department of English, M.K. Bhavnagar University. At the same
time, it is not as magically powerful as Pensieve wherein one can have a peep inside the dark
memory which is to be hidden, ashamed off, holds super secrets and protects the privacy of those
mentioned in it. Nevertheless, the Memorabilia 2017-18 has something more than what Milan
Kundera refers as ‘infinitesimal bit of memory’ and something less than the power of storing
dark memories by Pensieve. After all, we have to be ‘politically correct’ and hence abstain from
‘documenting’ dark-secretive memories even at the cost of imperfections.
Looking back at the memories created by the students of Batch 2016-18, I see yet another bunch
of talented, beaming with spark, and confident young 22 students ready to perform in real life
situations. Let me take an opportunity of this space and refer to some of the incredible talents
they displayed during last two years.
Ajit Kaliya is a gifted artist. His paintings are not only aesthetically pleasing but are deeply
meaningful. He brought several laurels to our Department by winning positions in Cartooning,
Collage and Installations at University, Zonal and National Level Youth Festivals. His art can be
viewed here: https://www.facebook.com/kaliya.ajit.5/photos_albums
Alpa Ponda is a very good in acting and in performing arts like drama. It was her vision and hard
work that after many years, our Department participated in One Act Play, Mon0 Acting and Skit
in the Youth Festival of MKBU. She also presented though provoking research paper on film
adaptation of Devdas at M.S. University A K Ramanujan Paper reading contest. She being the
leader of ‘Film Screening Committee’, has screened several films, plays and programmes with
the help of other members.
Architaba Gohil is excellent in photography. On several occasions, she displayed her artistic
photos in Daily Schedule. It was her concept of Photography competition. The Department
organised first of its kind Mobile Photography Competition and ranks were decided through
online public voting. She being the leader of ‘Art and Creativity Committee’ has envisioned
several creative programmes with the help of other members.
Budhiditya Das was one of the most-remotest students Department ever had. Coming from the
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shocks which, in turn, would have enriched her experience of ‘knowing India as nation’. As the
leader of Library committee, she managed all the affairs related to keeping records of books and
its distribution to students, research scholars and other teachers. Libraries are very important
centres of learning and is the place were ‘soul of academic institute’ is located. Somehow, in
digital times, libraries are fast becoming insignificant, an artefact of digital cultures erasing the
essence of being human. Thus, her task is even tougher. She stood up to the mark and presented
annual report / charts, which is worth watching in this Memorabilia. We hope, she will leave
Department / MKBU / Gujarat with positive imprints in her memory.
Namrata Zala, the leader of ICT committee, has taken technology integration a step ahead. She
and other committee members planned very useful workshop for fresh students so that they can
learn the ‘know-hows’ of use of technology in Department for various academic purposes. This
was a very idea, which Department will institutionalise it for upcoming years. With the able help
of Dharaba Zala and other members, she managed to carry out very tough task of managing
Laptop-Bank and other ICT related issues. This committee has the toughest job as we are not
very good in technology and have to keep on trouble-shooting new errors, time and again.
Rinkal Jani, as a leader of Daily Schedule committee, has displayed astonishing and incredible
punctuality. She never missed to ask about the Daily Schedule and all Daily Schedules were very
well managed. Special attractions of DS were those Special Days celebrated with varied
academic, non-academic presentations made by students. So, the days like Hindi Language Day,
International Women’s Day, Guru Purnima etc were very well accomplished under her able
guidance. This committee members have to come early to manage several things. She and her
committee members stood up to the expectations. Throughout the year, DS became wonderful
assembly of ideas and personal presentations. This year they came up with an idea of Slums
Visit. It was eye-opening to listen to their reports about the lives of poor slum dwelers and their
cravings for quality education for their future generations. All credit goes to Rinkal and her
committee members.
Megha Trivedi, with a sheer talent for academic work, is promising talent and can have bright
career in academics. Her performance in presentations was remarkable. As time ripens, her habit
of hard work will give her the fruits of success in real life. She was leader of Gardening
Committee. Memory tree plantation, cleanliness of the vicinity of Department and maintenance
of planted trees were the responsibilities of this committee. If you are impressed by the ‘green’
outside the Department building, thanks to her and the Gardening Committee.
Mansi, Kavita, Mital, Riddhi, Krishna are silent workers. Being in the committee of Bulletin
Board, they took care that the poems of students, paintings on the occasions of festivals and
quotable quotes on notice board are presented on the bulletin board. What they missed was news
about latest happenings in India and around the world.
Matangi Bhatt was the leader of celebration committee and he was quite enthusiastic about it.
They celebrated festivals like Holi, Christmas and Kite Flying. It was she and her committee
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Komal Shahedapuri, the leader for entire academic year, managed everything with meticulous
care and consideration. This was the year, in which as Head of the Department, I received least
complaints from students about each other. The credit goes the leader who manages everyday
affairs of the Department. With additional responsibilities, she was very punctual in all her tasks
and activities in personal capacity also. Many students stand with an excuse for not doing the
tasks on time on grounds of one or other works. She, to the best of my memory, never gave an
excuse for not completing the tasks or activities. In addition, she and Megha Trivedi has taken
additional project work which requires filed survey also.
It will be odd to use the cliché, ‘last but not the least important’ but let it be used to write about
Documentation Committee and its leader Surbhi Gausvami. It is, indeed, extremely tough to
remain on your toes throughout the year and keep records of all that is happening in and around
institutes, which is busy doing lot many things and almost every week ‘something happens’. She
very well documented happenings on Facebook and thus gave a very good social media coverage
to the activities of Department. What makes social media post significant is - a small but sensible
writeup with the photos of the events – and she was able to do so effectively. Komal, Megha and
other students also helped in social media documentations. This Memorabilia is also edited by
her and the team. It requires lots of perseverance and persistence in working throughout the year
for documentation and then organise it in such a presentable shape. It was a tough call, and I am
glad to say that Surbhi and her team have done far better than expected. (Visit this for the
evidence of the work: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100016979435748 )
I may miss out some students like Arti Vadher (who has excellent talents if used appropriately,
she can achieve unimaginable things in life), Kiran Vora (again a gem of person who outshines
others in Presentations but rather inactive at other times), Binkalba Gohil, Mital Raval, Kailash
Baraiya, Riddhi Maru and Dharaba Gohil (who silently does work in their capacity and are ready
to help others), and Krishna Khamal (needs to remember her for her never-say-die attitude in
learning digital skills), but they were also an integral part of all the good work other committees /
students / teachers and Department was able to do during this academic year 2017-18.
As this comes from my memory, there are all chances that things may not be recorded as
perfectly as the Black Box. There may be imperfections in my memory and what-so-ever
documents supports my perceptions of the students may just be an illusion about them. We never
know what we do not know so none can say with a particular amount of certainty in what they
say from their memories. One thing is sure – the passing students have contributed a lot in
making of me as a teacher and has given innumerable proud moments to the Department of
English, MKBU. You all have added great value to the brand image of Department of English
which previous students has established and strengthened. With a promise to see that none of
your contribution in strengthening the brand of Department of English will ever be weakened or
maligned, I hereby, give rest to my fingertips.
- Dilip Barad

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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 contributing
towards.
The Mission
To evolve and execute educational & developmental programmers, training programmes, faculty
enrichment programmes, social awareness programmes, knowledge acquisition, development,
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
Samaldas College, which is the oldest college established in 1888, which is today run by
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University. Bhavnagar District is situated between
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sq. km. The University was established way back in 1978 by the state of Gujarat 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 Science, 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 research 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 Bioinformation
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 actively
engaged in research and consultancy services.
Centre of Excellence in Nano-technology:
It is funded by Gujarat Council of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar.
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 Department 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
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Productivity, Coastal Pollution & its Control, Microbial Ecology and Socio-Economic aspects of
Coastal Ecosystem and its management.
Entrepreneurship Development Cell:
It is funded by National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board,
Government 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 involved
in imparting Skill Development through Science and Technology (STST) Programmes 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
Engineering 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
Samaldas 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.

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About Smt. Sujata Binoy Gardi Department of English,
Bhavnagar.
Address:
Smt. Sujata Binoy Gardi Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji University,
SardarVallabhbhai Patel Campus, Bhavnagar. 364001. Gujarat
Email: eng.dept.bu@gmail.com
Phone: 0278-25144401 Year of Establishment: 1988
Faculties:
Dr. Dilip P. Barad, Professor and Head Masters of Arts (English)

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Visiting Faculties: Poojaba jadeja and Milan Parmar
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.
Courses offered under CBCS to other students:
Two courses are offered to the students of all the P.G. Departments of Maharaja
Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University to earn additional credits and to enhance their
Communicative Competence, where as to the students of other Departments (i.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 Literature,
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 is utilized for the same.
Achievements:
1. The students have passed Gujarat State Level Eligibility Test for Lectureship.
2. One of the students has been awarded Full Bright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant
Program (FLTA) scholarship.
3. The students are recruited as Teachers, Assistant Prof. and Associate Prof. in various
educational institutes of India.
4. The faculties have contributed to academic research by publishing books and research articles
in national and international publications.
5. The students have passed GPSC and other competitive exams for administration and academic
recruitments.
6. The students have presented research papers in national & international conference and
conducted workshops at various colleges on Language Skills and Communicative Competence.
7. The students have participated and won prizes in Post Graduate Paper Reading Contest (M.S.
University, Baroda), youth and cultural events (Saptdhara Swarnim Gujarat &Yuva Mahotsava)
Sports and other academic events.
8. All students have their personalized learning websites and educational blogs.

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Annual Report: 2016-17
(A)Staff Members: -
Department Professor Asso.
Prof.
Asst.
Prof.
Support Staff
English 1) Dilip P. Barad - -
1) B.B. Jadeja (Asst.)
2) Rajubhai Beradia (Peon)
3) Jagdishbhai Gohel (Sweeper)
(B) Number of Students: - (During 2016-17)
Department M.K.B. University Other University Total
English Girls Boys Girls Boys
M.A. (I + II) 50 6 18 3 77
M.Phil. 3 1 0 0 04
Ph.D. 5 3 6 1 15
Total 58 10 24 04 96
Achievements of Students:
a. Rank in Examination (Year: 2016-17)
Name of Student Programme Rank
Bhatt Yesha M.A. First
Parmar Dipali M.A. Second
Hariyani Vaidehi M.A. Third
Joshi Bhumi M.Phil. First
Parmar Milan M.Phil. Second
Solanki Pratiksha M.Phil. Third
b. Other academic achievements by Students:
Name of Student Academic Achievement
Alpa Ponda Presented research paper in international conference at
Pune – 10/11 Feb 2016
Namrataba Zala Presented research paper in international conference at
Pune - 10/11 Feb 2016
Budhiditya Das Presented research paper in International Conference
on Literature, Culture and World Peace. Pune. Sept
2016
Divya Chaudhary Presented research paper in International Conference

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2016
Chintavan Bhungani Presented research paper in International Conference:
Contemporary Research in English Studies: Global
Perspective
Yesha Bhatt Successfully completed MOOCs on Coursera
1) Modern and Contemporary American Poetry –
Pennsylvania University
2) The Modern and The Postmodern – Wesleyan
University
3) Writing in English at University – Lund University,
Sweeden.
Divya Chaudhary Presented research paper in International Conference
2016
Jayti Thakar Presented research paper ‘Study on Exiled and Banned
writers and their selected work in the disposal of
Cultural Paradigms’ in International Conference on
Literature, Culture and World Peace. Pune. Sept 2016
Ami Sojitra
Komal Sehdadpuri
Presented research papers on Film Studies in M.S.
University P.G. Student Paper Reading Contest
c. Research Scholars who completed Ph.D.: - (Year 2016-17)
Sr.No
.
Notificatio
n No.
Name of
Research
Scholar Title
Nam
e of
Guid
e
Department/
College
Gende
r
Da
y
Mont
h
Yea
r
1 2009/68
Mr.Mehta Jay
Navinchandr
a
"A
COMPARATIVE
PSYCHOLOGICA
L
EXPLORATION
OF SELECT
SHORT
STORIES BY
EDGAR ALLAN
POE, ANTON
CHEKHOV AND
DR. JAYANT
KHATRI"
Dr.
Dilip
Barad
Department of
English, Maharaja
Krishnakumarsin
hji Bhavnagar
University,
Bhavnagar
M 15 10
201
6
2 2009/66
Ms. Trivedi
Krutiben
Maheshkuma
r
Socio-cultural
and
psychological
Issue in Some of
the Sahitya
Akademi
Awarded
Novels in
English.
Dr. M.
B.
Gaija
n
Samaldas Arts
College, Mahatma
Gandhi Campus,
Maharaja
Krishnakumarsin
hji Bhavnagar
University,
Bhavnagar.
F 20 9
201
6

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3 2009/99
Mr.
Mangukiya
Vijaykumar
Dungarshibh
ai
"A Critical
Interpretation
of Afro-
American
Poetry and
Gujarati Dalit
Poetry"
Dr. M.
B.
Gaija
n
Samaldas Arts
College, Mahatma
Gandhi Campus,
Maharaja
Krishnakumarsin
hji Bhavnagar
University,
Bhavnagar.
M 12 7
201
7
4 2009/112
Ms. Dabhi
Dhara
Devendrabha
i
"More than
Victims: A
Psycholinguisti
c Inquiry of
Female in
Partition
Fiction of
Amrita Pritam,
Bapsi Sidhwa,
and Saadat
Hasan Manto"
Dr.
Dilip
Barad
Department of
English, Maharaja
Krishnakumarsin
hji Bhavnagar
University,
Bhavnagar
F 29 11
201
7
Students’ achievement in Youth Festival 2016: -
Sr Name of Student Event
1 Ajit Kaliya First in Collage
2 Surbhi Gavsvami First in Essay
Third in Elocution
3 Budhiditya Das
Surbhi Gavsvami
Ranker in Debate in Excel Expression 2016
Academic Activities by Teachers: - (Year 2016-17)
d. Seminar / Workshop organised by Department:
Sr Name of the Event Date
1 Workshop – Online Feedback Mechanism 23 Aug 2016
2 Workshop on Professional Development 30 Dec 2016
3 Workshop – Google Form for Quiz and
Feedback
14 Feb 2017
4 Workshop – UGC/CBSE NET-GSET 13 – 15 Feb 2017
5 Digital Portfolio Poster Presentation March 2017
List of Seminar / Conference / Workshop Attended by Teacher (Prof. Dilip
Barad): -
S.N. Title of the paper
presented / Workshop
/ Poster Presentation /
Title of
Conference/
Date(s) of the
event
Organized
by
Whether
Internation

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Chaired Session Seminar al/
National/
State/
Regional/u
niversity or
College
level
1 Personality
Development and
Communication
Skills
Development of
Technical
Education
24 March 2017 RUSA –
BPTI,
Bhavnagar
Regional
2 From Multimedia to
Digital Humanities
Literature and
Multimedia
26 Dec 2016 Arts, Sc
and Comm
college,
Manmad,
Nashik
National
Conferenc
e
3 Synergy between
Teaching and
Technology
TEQUIP-II
sponsored Two
Week FDP on
Enhancement of
Professional
Skills
7 June 2016 Dept. of
Humanitie
s and
Science,
Guj
Engineerin
g College,
Bhavnagar
TEQUIP-II
State level
FDP
4 e-Content
Development
8 June 2016
5 Flipped Learning 9 June 2017
6 Digital Portfolio 9 June 2017
7 Online Testing and
Evaluation
17 June 2017
8 eContent: Modern
Tool for Learning
Adroitness in
eContent
Development for
Higher Education
12 Jan 2017 Parikh Arts
& Sc
College,
Petlad
UGC
National
Seminar
9 Pedagogical
Implications:
Teaching and
Technology
Three-Day
Workshop on
Flipped Learning
5 Jan 2017 S.S. Govt.
Engineerin
g College
TEQUIP-II
State level
FDP

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10 Online Session on
Intro to Flipped
Learning
6 Jan 2017
11 Flipped Learning:
Four Pillars
7 Jan 2017
12 Key note address:
Threats and
Opportunities to
eSociety
eCommerce and
eSociety
5 March 2017 Dept. of
Commerce
, MKBU
and
SSCCM
3rd
National
Conferenc
e
13 Digital Platforms and
Hindi Language
Out Reach
Workshop for
Hindi language
teachers
4 March 2017 Dept. of
Hindi,
MKBU
UGC-
MHRD
sponsored
Out Reach
Programm
e
13 Workshop on
Literary Theory and
Practice
27 Feb 2017 Anna
Women’s
College,
Chennai
State level
for PG
Students
14 Workshop on Flipped
Learning for English
Teachers
Four Day
International
Workshop Series
on Integrating
Technology for
University
Classrooms
25 Feb 2017 Anna
University,
Chennai
ELT-
RELO, US
–
Consulate
General,
Chennai
15 National Education
Policy 2016 - VIII.
Opportunities in
Technology Enabled
Learning
2nd International
Conference on
Global
Perspectives on
Higher Education
24 Dec 2016 Dept. of
Commerce
, MKBU
and
SSCCM
Internation
al
Conferenc
e

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Research Publications by Teacher (Prof. Dilip Barad) :- (Year 2016-17)
Sr Title of
Publication
Published in
1 Report on the Use
of Technology
JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY FOR ELT
A Quarterly Online Journal for Teachers of English
Volume:VI-No. 3
July - September 2016
ISSN (Online): 2231-4431
Impact Factor (2015): 4.310
e. Academic Blog Publication by Prof. Diip P. Barad (Year 2016-17)
Sr Title of the Blog Month of Publication
1 Review of Books on Education System April 2016
2 Selfie in Literature September 2016
3 The Teacher is an Iceberg October 2016
4 Review of ‘The Remains of the Day’ November 2016
5 Review of Harry Potter series November 2016
6 Ecofeminism in Mass Media Imagery December 2016
7 Can Technology Replace Teacher? January 2017
8 Techno-teachers are Entrepreneurs February 2017
9 Cultural Studies: Media, Power and Truly
Educated Mind
March 201
Out Reach Programmes by Department: - (Year 2016-17)
Read complete report:
http://dilipbarad.blogspot.in/2017/04/report-of-outreach-programme-feb-march.html
Sr Funding
agency
Date Place Objectives and Activities
1 MHRD –
UGC
Total Funds:
3,00,000/-
21 Feb 2017
To
23 Feb 2017
Samter Village
Una Chanakya
School
Kareni Primary
School
Kareni High
School
HMV College
NSS Camp
Diu College
The objectives of these outreach
programmes were:
1. To disseminate research outcomes of
the research projects (funded by MHRD
and UGC) carried out by teachers of
Department of English, MKBU.
2. To disseminate procedure,
methodology and outcome of action
research (Flipped Learning, Digital
Portfolio etc) carried out by teachers of
Department of English, MKBU.
3. To disseminate innovative teaching
practices where in Information and
Communication Technology is
integrated with teachers of rural schools
and colleges.
2 6 March
2017
To
PDPU, Raisan,
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11 March
2017
Shamlaji High
School
Mt. Abu
Secondary School
Mt. Abu B.Ed.
College
Ambaji College
4. To display best practices in
technology integrated teaching and
learning with teachers and students of
premier academic institutes located in
urban spaces.
5. To suggest teachers to implement
outcomes of action researches and best
practices successfully carried out at
Dept. of English, MKBU in their urban /
rural spaces.
6. To carry out surveys regarding: a.
English Language Proficiency among
rural and urban students b. Reading and
Writing skills of school children c.
Reading habits of school, college
students d. Use of ICT by teachers in
schools and colleges e. Attitude towards
English language f. Attitude toward
technology in teaching g. ICT
infrastructure in schools and colleges
7. To teach basics of English language to
school children in rural spaces
8. To teach communication skills to
National Service Scheme female
volunteers in NSS camp
9. To teach grammar components
through PowerPoint presentations
10. To teach communication skills
through innovative teaching methods
like play-cards, role-play etc.
11. To teach speaking skills with the
help of nursery rhymes, tongue twisters
and songs
12. To build confidence among students
of Department of English, MKBU
13. To develop L-S-R-W skills among
students of Department of English,
MKBU
14. To develop skills like teaching,
public speaking, negotiations,
communications etc. among participating
students.
15. To make participants proficient for
Junior Research Fellowship
16. To orient and train former students,
teachers and regular students in National
Eligibility Test for Asst. Professorship
17. To inculcate the spirit of adventure
sports among participating students.
18. To make people aware about various
schemes like Digital India, Skill India,
SCOPE, Swachh Bharat, Start Up India.
f. Self-Financed Programmes:
i. M.Phil. Programme
ii. SCOPE Programme

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Photographs of the activities: (Year 2016-17):
Photo 1: Dr. Kalyani Vallath (Kerala) – conducting NET workshop for teachers and students
Photo 2:During Our Reach Programme, the students of Rajasthan Govt. School, Mount Abu – Learning to self-teach English
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Photo 3: Inauguration of Reading Room at Dept. of English by Hon. Vice Chancellor Dr. S.N. Zala and Prof. Vinod Joshi
Photo 4: Press-note on Out Reach Programme by Dept. of English.

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Photo 5: Promoting Digital Education as part of Digital India Programme of Govt. of India.
Glimpses of the Year 2017-18

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International Yoga Day

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Ph.D Viva Voice and Open Defence 2016-18
(1) Krutika Trivedi
Sub: ‘Socio-Cultural and psychological issues in some
of Sahitya Academic Awarded Novels’
External Referee: Dr. J.K Dodiya
Research Supervisor: Dr. M.B Gaijan
Date: 14th
September, 2016
(2) Jay Mehta
Sub: “A Comparative Psychological Exploration of
Select Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, Anton
Chekhov and Dr. Jayant Khatri”.
External Referee: Dr. Ravi Zala
Research Supervisor: Dr. Dilip Barad
Date: 15th
October, 2016
(3) Vijay Mangukiya
Sub: Afro-American and Gujarati Dalit poetry.
External Referee: Dr. Atul Parmar.
Research Supervisor: Dr. M.B Gaijan
Date: 12th
July, 2017
(4) Dhara Dabhi
Sub: "More than Victims: A Psycholinguistics inquiry of Female in partition
fiction of Amrita Pritam, Bapsi Sidhwa and Saadat Hasan Manto
"External Referee: Dr. Ami Upadhyay. Research Supervisor: Dr. Dilip Barad, 29th
November,
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Library Visit

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Visiting Faculties
(1) Dr. R.K. Mandaliya
S.P. University, Vallabh Vidhya Nagar
Subject:-John Donne- Metaphysical Poetry
Date- 25, 26 & 27th
August, 2017
(2) Dr. Vinod Joshi
Head- Department of Guajarati, M.K Bhavnagar
University.
Subject:- Indian Poetries with Reference to Rasa Theory
Date- 19, 20,28th February, 2018
(3) Atnu Bhattacharya
The Central University of Gujarat
Subject: English Language Teaching
Date- 24, 25 &, 26th February, 2018
(4) Dr. Sanjay Mukharji
Professor from Saurastra University
Subject:- Cultural Studies, Date- 25,26 & 27th
February, 2018

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(5) Dr. Vishal Pandya
Principal of Commerce NMC College, MKBU
Subject:-ELT
Date- 24, 25th
September, 2017
(6) Dr. Jay Mehta
Professor at Engineering college, Ahemdabad
Subject:- Poe’s Short Stories
Date- 3, 9 & 10th
September, 2017
(7) Ms.Poojaba Jadeza
Visiting Faculty
(8) Mr. Milan Parmar
Visiting Faculty

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Gardening Day

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Foreign visitors
A group of senior academicians from Uczelnia Jana Wyżykowskiego (Jan Wyzykowaki
University, Poland) visited our Dept. It was very brief but significant conversation with Zdzislaw
Polkowski, Wtodzimierz Olszewski and Teresa Olszewska. His work on Developing Innovative
Methodology of Teaching Business Informatics is very inspiring. Thanks to Pushpa Dixit Bhatt
for escorting them to our Dept from the International Conference organised at Ssccm Bhavnagar
under the guidance of Principal Dr. Hetal Mehta. Department of English - Maharaja
Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.

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Sports Day

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Academic Activities

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Navratri Celebration

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Out-Reach Program
Academic Outreach Program was organized by English Department. Our sir Dr. Dilip Barad
believed in picnic with education. Our department’s students made many forms,reports and
presentations for rural and urban area’s schools. So we can say that it was our academic tour.
This time we all are very excited because in a history of our department of English it’s happened
very first time that we arranged picnic at very far place from Bhavnagar and for so many days.
And the places were Diu and Abu.
Our journey was on 21st
February 2017. First we reached at Una. There we arranged program in
school for academic purpose. Then we reached at Diu college and presented academic things.
There we enjoyed a lot.
Our second journey started on 6th
march 2017 at PDPU. There we had opportunity to listen
many professors. Then we went for Abu. We did various surveys of students at Abu school. We
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One Day Academic Tour – 2018
On 13 March, 2018 Department of English, M.K. Bhavnagar University organized one day
academic tour for students of semester 2&4. We have visited various places like Akashardham
Temple, Central University of Gujarat, Mahatma Mandir and Science City.
First we visited the Akashardham Temple. Life of 'Swami Nilakhnth' was portrayed well in
musical, instrumental, and sound effect.
Second place was CUG (Central University of Gujarat). It was very fruitful visit for us. Dr
Atanu Bhattacharya sir warmly welcomed us. First we seen Virtual learning center, they have
provided better facilities like net, computers to the PhD and M.Phil students/scholars that they
are allowed to work till 10 pm and they provided bus facility according their schedule.
Then Dr. Balaji Rangnathan sir introduced us about PhD course of central University. It is
mainly based on comparative study and translation studies; it was very fruitful session on
research methodology, Research aptitude, Research proposal etc. That how students can get
admission and which types of entrants’ exam they take. He talked on various research fellow
ship also that how these types of facilities given by government like JRF and other for further
research or study. He said one thing that one has to do, is open 20 paths not only 1 and out of 20
you will definitely get 1 right way for your bright career but for that you should have faith in
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We visited their library which has very interesting facilities to find books with the help of
technology. Librarian introduced the all systems that how they arrange books, how students issue
and submit their books and if any book misplace then they have one electronic machine and
through that they can easily find it. This kind of operating system also we have in our central
library of Bhavnagar university but their library have more facilities for authentic research
works, journal.
Then we visited Mahatma Mandir which is full of technology integration in shows on Gandhi
and his life with good 3D effect. We have given valuable feedback on all things that are shown
in technical way; there are also digital touch screen books on Gandhi’s life. Such a wonderful
museum, it is like we are in the world of Da Vinci Code, a novel where is we find the same
structure of Mahatma Museum like Louvre Museum from outside architecture and at bottom of
that we find same pyramid also. When we visited the museum at that time we felt that we are in
Hogwarts school of Harry Potter not because of magic but the way they use of technology it is
very good and that’s why we can feel the whole journey of Bapu.
At last we enjoyed fountain show at Science city as a perfect ending.
At last I would like to thanks Dr.Dilip Barad to permit us for this academic tour out of busy
schedule.

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Kite Flying Festival

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Talk on Various Topics

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Rangoli Competition

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NET-SET Workshop 2017-18
Three days workshop by Kalyani
Vallath from Tiruvandaram, Kerela
on 13th
, 14th
and 15th
February 2017.
Ms. Poojaba Jadeja
Two days workshop by Dr. Atanu Bhatacharya and Dr. Sanjay
Mukharjee on 24th
and 25th
February, 2018

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Dr. Chetan Trivedi
Mr. Milan Parmar

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Holi Celebration

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Conference of Dr. Dilip Barad

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Portrait of Dr. Dilip Barad
Prepared by Ajit Kaliya

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Portraits of Visiting Faculties
Ms. Poojaba Jadeja
Mr. Milan Parmar

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Annual Reports
(1) Documentation Committee
Surbhi Gausvami
"If it’s not in writing, it didn't
happen"
General meaning of Documentation is a 'Material
which provides official information and evidence and
serves as a record'. In any field there should be
Documentation. Which keeps the event alive for
longer period of time. If history is not documented
very well by someone then perhaps we don't have the great heritage.
Every event should be recorded in academic field. Which will show the chart of progress of
particular field. It is said that "If it’s not in writing, it didn't happen". People would not believe in
your words if you haven’t documented the things properly. British have very good habit of
documenting the things, where ever they go, they always keep diary, pen and camera. So
knowledge and information can be survived for long time.
Documents can be exciting, inspiring and creative form of expression. Documents are living
data. Additionally, Documentation creates trust. Documentation sets expectation, provides clarity
and creates safety. Documentation creates things more real. As we know that writing is a helpful
tool for memory. We even can't think clearly if it is not written clearly. "How do you
document?" is equally impotent with “What do you document?" There are certain creative ways
of documenting the events.
English Department is the Hub of academic activities and events, and we document the events in
the form of blog. We record all function and festival that took place at Department. We have
documented the events in the form of Blog with appropriate images. All events are documented
in book too. English Department provides enchanting platform to students for personality
development. We have various kinds of committee such as Bulletin Board committee, Library
Board committee, ICT Committee, Art and Creativity Committee, Gardening Committee,
Celebration Committee, Daily Schedule Committee etc. it’s prime Duty of Documentation
committee to document all creative activity of every committee.
Students are free to do innovative and inventive activity in Department. Documentation is a
“Mirror” of all those activity. It will serve as ‘Light House’ for next generation and also it will
handover great heritage and tradition to new generation. This memorabilia will play a vital role
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I would like to mention the important role of ‘Facebook’ in documenting events. Every day I
preserve academic memories in the form of digital diary ‘Facebook’. It helped me to record the
things date vise and in chronological order. While preparing the Blog I just have to copy the link
of particular post from my facebook wall. But it requires tremendous effort to write every event
everyday on facebook. This is how integration of technology can help us in preserving activities.
Innumerable events celebrated at English Department. New Semester was started with the grand
celebration of “International Yoga Day”. Two Ph.D Viva had been done in English Department.
One of the Research scholars was guided by our HOD Dr. Dilip Barad. Students participated in
two National and one International Conference. International conference was organized by
BAOU, Ahmadabad and National conferences were organized by M.S University Baroda. More
than Thirty students have participated in Conferences this year. Very enthusiastically students
performed in “Shyamal Youth Festival”. One of the students of our Department ‘Ajit Kaliya’ got
third rank in installation at National level. Guest lectures and visiting facilities’ lectures are
worth attending for every student. Very excitedly we celebrated Kite flying festival, Navratri
celebration, Christmas celebration, Republic day, Independent Day, Guarding Day etc.
Department organized two days “NET – GSET” workshop for M.A, Graduate students and
Research Scholar.
We feel very proud that our HOD Dr. Dilip Barad Sir becomes “Dean of Arts Faculty” this year.
His hard work and dedication is reflected in his Achievements.
I have golden opportunity to record all events of English Department and also remain keen and
objective observer of every activity. I would like to thank my committee members for collecting
photographs of events. I want to express my sense of gratitude towards Dr. Dilip Barad who
teaches me the importance of Documentation.
2) Daily Schedule Committee
Rinkal Jani
”The secret of your future is hidden in your daily
routine” – Mike Murdock
Daily Schedule is not just committee but more than that
is as tradition of Department of English. A day without
Daily Schedule in Department seems incomplete. We
start our day by Chanting of University song and Prayers and with various columns like Thought
for the Day, News Reading, Vocabulary Drill, Personal Presentation, Opinion Building, Poetry
Recitation, Regional Literature, Book Report, Movie review, General Knowledge, Photograph of
the day, Humor of the day, Board work and ends with our National Song. The activities are a
blessing for us as we get academic as well non-academic things which presented by students in
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speaking skills. It is like a energy drink from which we get energized. Since our school time, we
have been doing prayer and this tradition is going on here too. Prayers are done in various
languages like English, Hindi, Gujarati and Sanskrit. Coolum’s like News reading, vocabulary
drill enhance student’s outer knowledge of the world. Vocabulary drill is not limited with Words
and Dictionary meanings but student find various word or phrase which are used in social media
or any other place by any other authority, for example word “Hugplomacy” {Political word use
by Rahul Gandhi for Pm Modi/ means Hug + Diplomacy = Hugplomacy} So students can
express their views on different kind of political or social activities with participating columns
vocabulary drill like personal presentation, they can present video and with that they can express
their view points. Poetry recitation column in which students presents any poems from any
language and they also in which they can show their creativity of creating poetry, Students trying
their creativity like poems, movie reviews, book reviews as it needs ideas to think and write
review or a report. Students learn how to manage the things when they are anchoring in the Daily
Schedule, they can overcome their stage fear by anchoring Daily schedule specially they can
learn the management skill and speaking skill also. Movie review or book review are also
projected here because movies are also has so many things to tell or taught so what they can see
or read they can share and sharing their experiences among all. Board work column is for to
appreciating the student who done wonderful board work throughout the year. Daily schedule
committee not only limited to department activity but also organized a visit to a Slum area,
where students voluntarily donating a money and by that distribute a food packets to slum
children’s. Also had a discussion with slum people hear their problems of day to day life and also
decided to help them all student together. At last I would like to say that the daily schedule is
enhancing students various kinds of skills and knowledge. Daily schedule committee also gives
an annual chart of participation of students so its enhance encouragement to students. To work in
this committee is not an easy task, or also work in committee require not only member and leader
but also require co-operation collaboration and support, especially in to organizing the visit to
slum and for that I would like to Thank to all my member.
I would like to show my gratitude to
Member of Ds committee
Hema Goswami, Niyati Pathak, Ramiz solanki, Reena Khasatiya, Riddhi Joshi, Vipul Dabhi,
Sagar ladhva, Architaba Gohel, Binkalba Gohel, Budhiditya das, Drashti Nagala, Kavita Meheta,
Mansi Parmar, Surbhi Gausvami.
Board work by students throughout the year, though they are not member they help me in that
things so I heartily thanks to…
Ajit kaliya,Vipul Dabhi, Ravjibhai, zankhna Matholiya,

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A special thanks to Dr. Dilip Barad and Department of
English for giving me an opportunity to handle all the things from which I also enhanced my
skills and also my stage fear wiped away.
“Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of
taking them” - Jim Carrey
3) Film screening committee
Alpa Ponda
“Cinema should make you forget, You are sitting in a
theatre.”
The story itself involves the images which we can imagine
with open eyes that
illusion is established
upon screen it
becomes the movie and it finds its
audience. The film screening committee
has been started for this year.
Throughout the year, it came with many
screening of films, drama and talk of the
town video. The students and teachers
witnessed the screening of Play
“Digdarshak” directed by Rishith Jhaveri,
written by Priyam Jani and played by
Priyam Jani and Aditya Thakor. The drama talks about the theatre, sacrifice in it, and the
philsophy of life involved as we are the all the director of our lives to make it run till the end.
Another screening was of film Rang de Basanti on 15th
August 2016, the movie runs together
bringing two stories that of current and past. The third screening was of Kangana Ranaut’s talk
in Aap ki Adalat which also manifested talks among the students and the discussion went on
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Moreover the journey of watching films not only stayed in department but one movie “Padman”,
the students also watched in theatre which discusses the personal issue of women.
As we have drama, novel, stories in syllabus we are supposed to feel its essence together. Not
only watching but also discussion on any movie or drama took place to make the students aware
about what is the thoughts behind the making of movie or play. As the films also have the social,
historical etc, reference. Movies represent the society and we are supposed to analyze the society
through movies.
Throughout the two year, we have done many screening of films. The students and teachers
witnessed the screening of the movies like, Waiting for Godot, Mourning becomes Electra, The
great Dectator, Modern Times, To the lighthouse, Midnight Children, Scarlet letter, Relucted
Fundamentalist, Robinson Crusoe, The Birthday party, Da Vinci Code, Harry Potter series,Life
of Pie, Slumdog Millionere,. Apart from syllabus, we also had the screening of a play Digdarsh k
and other movies like Rang De Basanti, Sardar and talk of the town video of Kangna Ranaut in
AP ki adalat. Also Students manifested the talk discussion went on various ideas.
Following films were screened during our academic study:
Films on Texts in Syllabus 21. Harry Potter and Philisopher’s stone
1. Hamlet 22. Harry Potter and chamber of secrets
2.Frakenstein 23. Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
3. Dr. Faustus 24. Harry Potter and Goblet of fire
4. Oliver Twist 25. Harry Potter and the order of phoenix
5. Robinson Crusoe 26. Harry Potter and the half blood prince
6. Guliver’s travels 27. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part-1
7. Tom Jones 28. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part-2
8. Sense and Sensibility
9. Mourning becomes Electra Films on texts not in syllabus
10. Middle March 29. Sardar
11. To the lighthouse 30. Rivers and Tides
12. Waiting for Godot 31. Slumdog millionere
13. The Birthday Party 32. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
14. The old man and the sea 33. Kangana Ranaut in Aap Ki Adalat
15. The scarlet letter 34. Breathe (play)
16. A Tempest 35. Digdarshak (play)
17. Modern times 36.Padman
18. The Great Dectator 37. Rang de Basanti
19. Midnight’s children 38. Life of Pie
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4) Art and creativity committee
Architaba Gohil
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is
knowing which ones to keep.”
-Scott Adams
There is different definition of art for everyone; for some it is passion, for some it is essence of
life and for some it is elixir of life. Everyone is not gifted with artistic sense and therefore art and
creativity committee gives platform to art lovers to express their creativeness and students can
explore more innovative ideas. The garden of art and creativity committee provides an
atmosphere where flower of student’s creativity can blossom.
Two years back committee was created and was entitled as creativity committee, but title was
changed into Art & creativity committee by our senior from the previous year.
This year we have arranged different competition. In the starting of the year we had Mobile
photography competition in which students have presented photographs which they have
clicked through their mobile phones. There was no theme and yes Photoshop was not allowed.
Winners were given prize. Then we had Rangoli competition in the first week of February. We
didn't kept any themes or rules so that students can make Rangoli in their own way without any
restrictions.
Students made Rangoli out of various kinds of materials like, clay, water, flower, leaves, wooden
waste, broken pieces of glass, sand, stones, grass, cello tape, vegetables etc. Such kind of
competitions allows students to think out of the box and gives opportunity to sprout in explicit
domain.
I would like to thank our Head of the Department Pro. Dilip Barad sir for allowing us to do such
activities and yes of course my committee members Ajit kaliya, Alpa Ponda and Kiran Vora for
their support. I hope this effort by our seniors and by us will be carrying forward by upcoming
batches in upcoming years.
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5) ICT Committee:
Namrataba Zala
21st century is considered to be a century of
unparallel knowledge and in order to gain that it is
the basic need of the hour that one should have a
sound grounding in the field of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT). It is generally
believed that students of Literature or Arts are poor at
the use of ICT but our Department, Smt.S.B.Gardi
Department of English, Maharaja
Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar university redefines learning Literature with extensive and
productive use of ICT. Our Professor and Mentor, Dr. Dilip Barad makes us habituated with
ICT. He possesses profound knowledge of technology and with his irrevocable intention of
making us prepare for future prospects through the use of it provides us guidance because of
which we are able to learn literature with the help of technology.
In our department, literature and technology thrive side by side and are two sides of the same
coin. We have in our department, many committees for various purposes like, ICT committee,
Documentation Committee, Celebration Committee, gardening Committee, etc and all are
mobilized by students. ICT committee takes care of things related to technology based learning
through Projectors, Language Lab, Music System, Laptops and much more.
From the very first day, students have to equip themselves with technology as the department has
a very techno friendly environment. After getting admission in department one of the benefit is
you are being introduced with many new tools as our department has a total of 27 laptops for
students to develop themselves with the optimum use of ICT.
Department of English has a distinct identity because of the best use of technology. Here, we use
tools like mail, G+, Google forms, Flubaroo, urkund, slide share, etc. And for teaching the above
mentioned things to new students, we had organized one workshop wherein all seniors put in
maximum efforts and make the Presentations accordingly for the juniors which works as an ice
breaker in more Ways than one.
Under the guidance of Dr. Dilip Barad we created our own Google site for making of digital
portfolio where one can find all the academic activities under one roof which accommodates
varied interests of the students. Furthermore, we have presentations where sir himself sits for
hours together patiently and listens each and every presentation to provide us with feedback and
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Apart from the above mentioned activities, we have here, group activities, online discussions,
unit test etc. Throughout the year, we saw a lot of film adaptations of the classics like, Hamlet, A
Birthday party, waiting for Godot, To the lighthouse, Midnight’s children, A Reluctant
Fundamentalist, One night @ the call centre, The Da Vinci code, Harry Potter etc.
Dr Dilip Barad sir has always been a pillar of strength and encouraged us in using technology to
the maximum by motivating us to learn with the trial and error method. He is indeed a teacher
with a vision to improve us at various levels.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Parth sir and Milan sir for their help and
support throughout. I would also like to thank Chintvan Bhai, our senior and previous ICT leader
and last but not the least Surbhi, Alpa, Komal, Megha, Kailash, Dhara, Arti, and all classmates
and juniors for their help throughout. Without all of them, this journey of learning would have
been incomplete.
Thank You.
6) Gardening Committee:
Megha Trivedi
“The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun,
heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just
the body, but the soul. – Alfred Austin
We all know that trees played very vital role in our life.
Without it we can’t survive. That’s why we have to grow
more trees around our area. As a good citizen also it is our
responsibility that we have to care nature and planting
more trees. So from this view we grew garden at
Department of English under the guidance of Dr.Dilip Barad.
In department, we have tradition that various committee do various activities throughout the
year. There are 24 members of both semesters in this committee. Here are some glimpses of all
the activities that did in whole the year by gardening committee. We celebrated gardening day
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This time at 5th
August, 2017 we did memory tree plantation as part of Clean India
Mission/Swachh Bharat. We have cleaned area around department of English, we also have re-
arranged blocks so students can use it during recess. We enjoyed snacks together by sitting on
blocks. Many students came department by cycles for the purpose of save environment. Then
we all visited university tennis courts, gym and played tennis together Sem – 1 and sem-3
students. Then 26th
January, 2018 celebrated Republic Day as the Gardening day. After attended
Flag Hoisting ceremony, we worked to clean campus around the Department of English. We
painted trunks of trees with geru and Lime which all protect tree/plant trunks. We painted and
designed all the pot also with geru. We put some pot birdhouse and feeders for birds in garden,
because through these birds protects them in summer.
Garden is the best place and in department’s garden we passed many sweet memories and
happiest moments. Here I would like to thanks to all members of this committee and all members
who help us, thanks to Dilip Barad sir for build up such a wonderful garden as a part of
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7) Celebration Committee Report
Matangi Bhatt
“The more you celebrate your life, the more there is in life
Celebrate”
How to make life beautiful? Does anyone know that? The
secret is to enjoy every bit of it with enthusiasm, and for that you
need to celebrate every moment of life; this will give you
grand joy and unlimited amount of happiness. After all Celebration is the part of our Life. So
why not we add the same thing in our study life also? To make it more beautiful as well as
memorable? Well… let me tell you one amazing thing about our Department. We make every
single occasion very memorable by celebrating it with pure joy.
This work’s responsibility is on the “celebration committee”. Let me introduced our committee
to you all. Matangi Bhatt the leader, Kiran Vora, Namrataba Zala, Arti Vadher, Dharaba Gohil,
Alpa Ponda, Khushali Dave, Rinkal Jani from our semester. We have celebrated many events
here that can never be forgotten by our minds.
We have celebrated these events : ‘International Yoga Day’, ‘Guru Purnima’, ‘Welcome
function’, ‘Memory tree Plantation by new students’, ‘Flag Hosting Ceremony’, ‘National Sports
day’, ‘Navratri celebration’, ‘Teachers day celebration’, ‘Youth Festival’, ‘Christmas day’, ‘Kite
flying festival’, ‘Gardening day on 26th
January’ etc.
I want to thank everyone for taking part in every event we celebrated with glee. And also
thanking my committee members for always being there and supporting me with every work
regarding the events. And special thanks to our Head of Dept, Dr. Dilip Barad for allowing us to
celebrate, and also participating in happily. Last but not the least, dear Poojaba madam Jadeja
and Milan sir Parmar who were always there to cheer us up in any kind of event. And thank you
so much to Jadeja sir, Raju Bhai, Jagdishbhai without whom our department is incomplete.
Thank you.
8) Bulletin Board Committee
Mansi Parmar
Bulletin Board is a place where we see many kinds of message
like announce events and information. Bulletin Board is not
only for educational purpose but it is a place where anybody
can put their various knowledge and creativity. Here I would
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Bulletin Board, Information Board, White Board
Bulletin board: - There is place were student put their various creation things like poems,
painting, short stories drawing, article etc.
We can say that this place is for those students who does not sharing their all creativity and
ability so here they all put their thing so that they can be seen by many people.
Here we do many things like any festival came so we decorated bulletin board like this way for
example in Christmas we put various thing related to this festival in Makarsankranti we put kites
on the board so this kinds of activities we do.
Information board:- where we putting various notice and announce event and students
information.
White Board: - where write various thought which is written by students and faculty member.
As a leader of Bulletin Board Committee I would like to say that all the bulletin Board' member
has help me a lot to collect students creativity and put into notice Board also.
At the last I would like to thanks Pro. Dr. Dilip Barad sir to give this kind of place. Apart from
academic information they give freedom to put student’s creativities and ideas.
Thank you…
9) Library Committee
Budhiditya Shankar Das
“A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a
place where history comes to life.”- Norman Cousins.
Unlike the above mentioned quote it’s very true that Library
gives birth to new way of looking at things. It is also
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in their silence opens up with new and unknown facts. In today’s world who wants to go to
Library when we have become so techno-friendly but the realities which books can show,
technologies fail there. Books and libraries always welcome their readers open-heartedly
whoever the reader might be. Once we get the taste of entertainment it provides with all of its
knowledge then we would get tempted towards it for its hypnotic magic easily.
Department of English, MKBU is known as techno-friendly department because though being an
Arts Department it makes use of technology as much as possible but rather than it has got a
Library of its own. It’s made for the ease of the students so that time and again they don’t have to
go to the Central Library and also they don’t have to get tensed about the availability of books.
This Library is open for all the students during the Department hours.
Along with the Library the Department has also got its own Reading Room which any student of
the Department or any Research Scholar can access according to their own need. Our Head of
the Department Prof. Dr. Dilip Barad Sir has also got his own Library inside his office from
which he also lends books to students.
Every year the Leader of Library Committee keeps on changing and it’s a very good opportunity
to learn many new things. And as it’s always said without a support system a Leader alone can’t
run the show, that’s why along with the Leader a Committee is also elected.
As the Library is open for all so along with the students, teachers and Research Scholars takes
the advantages of it. In our Library we have got many self- help books, CDs and DVDs of
movies related to our syllabus, NET/SLET help books, and materials of SCOPE to improve
Language and many reference books also. Every year this list gets extended with new books.
It would be appropriate to quote Zappa-
“If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.”
–Frank Zappa
Working as a Leader of Library Committee was an awesome experience. Every day when the
Department started I had to open Library for someone’s book renewal so for issuing books to
someone, and then I had to maintain record of who took which book with their return dates.
During Department hours at any point of time someone might come and say that he or she wants
to issue a book than I can’t deny and have to do my duty. This is what this Library taught me
how to manage your own responsibility. Last but not the least, I would like to thanks Prof. Dr.
Dilip Barad Sir, all other faculty members and also my Committee members without whom the
proper functioning of Library wouldn’t be possible throughout the year. I hope in the
forthcoming future also all the batches would carry on this tradition and would also contribute in
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Abstracts of Research Papers
1) Lihaaf’ for whom and 'Fire' in whom:
Masculine responses to Lesbianism
Presented by Komal Shahedapuri
Student of S.Y B.A
komaltara1311@gmail.com
International Conference
Rohilkhand University,
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
There has been a great deal of the discussion regarding
the concept of ‘masculinity’, which is more pertaining to the psychological behaviors of humans
rather than merely biological and physical appearance. There is probably a misconception that
the stronger (active in sex), one is the more masculine he is than one who is passive, however, it
seems to be a partial conceptions of the notions. A man with muscular body may also be a
feminine psychologically. Hence, it is a matter one’s own identity- as perceived by others. We
have made an attempt to find out masculinity in females/women and its consequences and how it
is a part of lesbian/ bisexual relationships.
Easthope (1990) states that ‘masculinity tries to tries to stay invisible passing itself off as
Normal and Universal'. The nation of masculinity tries to become a norm in society so then its
counterpart, femininity is seen as different and deviant. Against this backdrop, femininity is
constructed around the adaptation to male power. Its central feature is attractiveness to men,
which includes physical appearance, suppression of “Power” and nurturance of children,
heterosexuality, sexual availability and sociability. Masculine and femininity are societal
euphemism for male dominance and female subordination. Women became masculine because
of her depression, pain and her position in society so, she decides to be a masculine to live good
and free life in the society. Some girls or women live as a boy or a man. She believed that in our
society, there is also important of men not women so she live as a boy and became a masculine.
The word Lesbian can refer to a woman's identity to desire or to romantic or sexual activity
between women. A lesbian is a female homosexual who experiences romantic love or sexual
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regardless of sexual orientation or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female
homosexuality or same sex attraction.
To serve these purposes we have taken an Urdu short story ‘Lihaaf’, the Quilt by Ishmat Chugtai
and a movie ‘Fire’ 1996 by Deepa Mehta, which provide us explicit account of how (Wo)men
instincts are “shown” in the Indian household and their reasons for their metamorphosis in
‘Homos’ and ‘Hetros’.
Key Words: Queer, Fire, Quilt, Ishmat Chughtai, masculinity, lesbianism, feminity,
bisexual
2) Representation of Colonialism and its Resistance in Literature
Master of Arts (English Literature)
MK Bhavnagar University
International Conference at BAOU, Ahmadabad.
Frantz Fanon has rightly observed in context of Language of Colonized, ‘Every colonized
people in other words, every people in whose soul an inferiority complex has been created by
the death and burial of its Local Cultural originality - finds itself face to face with the language
of civilizing nation; that is, with the culture of Mother country. The colonized is elevated above
his Jungle status in proportion to his adoption of mother country’s cultural
standards.’ (Bass) Colonialism is the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political
control over another country, occupying it with settlers who unsettle the native people in their
own homeland by exploiting them economically. (English Oxford Living
Dictionaries) While Postcolonial view is talking about effects of colonialism and human
consequences of external control and economic exploitation of native people and their
lands. (Wikipedia) Rereading of literary works happen a lot with the help of the critical analysis
of history, culture and literature. This paper seeks to point out the power of colonizers through its
representation in literary work, ‘Robinson Crusoe’ by Daniel Defoe while in post colonial
aspect the ‘Silence’ of colonized people is broken and voice of resistance for their identity and
freedom is given in the literary works like ‘A Tempest’ by Aime Cesaire (French writer) is an
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Thus, this paper focuses on the narration of colonialism done by two different writers, white
writer Daniel Defoe and black writer Aime Cesaire and how their writings can be distinguish
by examining their works.
Keywords: Colonialism, Post colonialism, Robinson Crusoe, A Tempest, Daniel Defoe,
Aime Cesaire
3) Representation of LGBT in Parallel Cinema
Student of Master of Arts Part-I, Department of English, MK Bhavnagar University, Gujarat.
7th AK Ramanujan National Paper Reading Contest, Baroda.
Rohit K. Dasgupta has rightly observed that ‘established academic debates surrounding
representation of queer identities in India have time and again illuminated the relationship
between sexual (gendered) subjectivities and the state. More often than not queer individuals
themselves have fixated on heteronormativising their queerness.’ While most would prefer to ‘fit
in’ for socio-cultural and political progress, the radical queer activists and scholar challenge the
‘norm’ for a different kind of progression. Similarly, Gayatri Gopinath argues that ‘wither the
queer woman is erased from patriarchal nationalist rhetoric that refuses her existence or she is
colonized by a liberalist western discourse of sexuality that seeks to codify her subjectivity
through indexes of ‘gay’ and ‘lesbian’. (R. K. Dasgupta)
Queer Theory is a field of poststructuralist critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s, out of
the fields of Queer studies and women’s studies .Queer theory builds both upon Feminist
challenges to the idea that gender is part of essential self and upon Gay and Lesbian studies. It
focuses on mismatches between sex or gender and desire, since early 1990s, it has been adapted
by gays and lesbians themselves as a non-invidious term to identify a way of life and an area of
scholarly inquiry. These studies have maintained a close relation to the activists who strive to
achieve for gays and lesbians political, legal and economic rights equal to those of the
heterosexual majority.
The portrayal of LGBT is not essay task in India because homosexuality is mostly a taboo
subject in Indian civil society and for the government section 377 of Indian penal code makes
sex with persons of same gender punishable by law, LGBT people in India face legal and social
difficulties, sexual activity between people of same gender is illegal and same sex couples can’t
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occurred with the release of Deepa Mehta’s ‘Fire’ (1996), which shows that queer sexuality is
not visible within the culture of India through a dialogue between major two characters Radha
and Sita that ‘There is no word in our language that can describe what we are and how we
feel for each other’ said Sita. Michael Foucault also agree with Mehta’s views that sexuality
based identity were invented in 19th
century in Europe.
Through the lenses of these observation, this paper attempts to look into lesbian and gay
identities as portrayed in a serious way in two films of Parallel Cinema ‘FIRE ’(1996) by
diasporic Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta and ‘BOMgAY’(1996) by Riyad Wadia.
Key Words: Lesbian, Gays, Queer Film, Fire, BOMgAY
(4) Report of Survey on ELT Group Activity to Examine Speaking Skill
Prepared by Komal Shahedapuri and Megha Trivedi
(Sem-4)
Group Members: Komal Shahedapuri, Megha Trivedi,
Krishna Khamal, Matangi Bhatt
Introduction:
ELT is the teaching of English language to the people
whose mother/first language is not English. ELT is an
abbreviation for ‘English Language
Teaching’ specifically to the students whose native
language is not English. English language taught as the Foreign or the Second language (L2) to
the people whose native language is different like in India, which is the multilingual country.
CALL (Computer assisted Language Learning) is not a method but tools for learning and
teaching language. In CALL, tools like laptop, smart phone and social media like Face book,
Whatsapp, G+, Google classroom, YouTube can be used in language learning and teaching.
Objectives:
To Carry out Survey regarding:
✓ English Language Proficiency among students of Master of Arts (English).
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✓ Attitude toward Technology in learning language.
✓ Attitude towards English language.
✓ How to improve speaking skill through innovative learning tool.
✓ To enhance recitation skill with the help of poem (Daffodils by Wordsworth)
In order to check the language proficiency of students, Whatsapp group can be created as a web
tool to improve language skills by writing, chats and recording your voice to convey your
message. Here in this task, we have used Whatsapp as a web tool to test speaking skills in
English language of the students wherein instructions for activity has given in audio form and
ask students of Masters of English to recite poem ‘Daffodils’ by Wordsworth with proper
pronunciation, rhythm, tone and stress on the lines by using recoding option in Whatsapp. For
this activity, we have provide them a video where a poem recited and its transcript also given, so
if some parts of poem are left by students while listening, they can read the poem. We have
received good responses from students in which 11 girls and 6 boys are there. Here is the video
of that given speaking activity.
This is the Mind Mapping chart created by Dr. Dilip Barad while students are giving the analysis
of their findings of various activities on ELT. We have dealt with Group-1 where activity is on
speaking skill that you can see in chart.
Findings
• Common Errors in pronunciation for example, many students have done mistakes to
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• There are long sound at the end of the lines of the poem in responses of many students.
• Tone of some students seems to be artificial during the recitation of the poem.
• Students do not focus punctuation marks, as they do not pause at right place and do not
put proper stress on particular words in the poem.
• Sometimes, speed of the recitation of poem by students is very fast that we can’t
understand some words or lines properly.
Thanks.
(5) Representation of Gandhian thought in selected Indian English Novels
Presented By Krishna Khamal
Master of Arts (English), Department of English
Email id: krishnakhamal01@gmail.com
“Be the Change, you wish to see in the world’’
-Mahatma Gandhi.
Mahatma Gandhi had been a great influence not only on Indian but also the world Literature. He
was a socio-political figure who cannot be forget or ignore. He has influenced every aspect of
human consciousness.
This paper focuses on how Gandhian Thought and Ideology inspired and influenced the
Literature especially Indian writing in English. Gandhi believed that “Literary education is of no
value, if it is not able to build a Character” And Gandhian philosophy is Non -violence,
Untouchability, home economy also presents. In the period from 1918-1950, in the anti-colonial
against the British time was grossly occupied by Gandhian ideology from social to culture and
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deep effect on the Indian writers especially on the Indo-Anglian novelist.Gandhi also wrote in
English for the writers of this generation. Gandhian thought became a powerful metaphor. R.K
Narayan and Raja Rao were most celebrated novelists of India in 1930 and 1940.Both novelist
had depicted Gandhian thoughts in their novels like, “Waiting for Mahatma’’ and “Kanthapura’’
are best for analyzing. To study the influence of how Gandhian ideology and thought are
influenced in Indian Writing in English.
Thus, there are so many ways in which Gandhian thought and ideology have affected the
Literature in a positive way.
Key words: - Gandhian thought, Indian writing in English, Untouchability, Non-violence,
home economy, etc.
(6) INDIA’S IDEA OF SPIRITUALITY AND PHILOSOPHY
Presented by
1. Hema D. Goswami (MKBU, M.A Sem 2)
hemagoswami474@gmail.com
2. Jagruti R. Vasani (MKBU, M.A Sem 2)
jagrutivasani17@gmail.com
3. Kavitaba P. Gohil (MKBU,M.A Sem 2)
kavitabaprahaladsinhjigohil@gmail.com
This research paper is based on India’s idea of
Spirituality and philosophy. The motive behind this topic is to make Indian people aware about
the concept of spirituality and philosophy, because in present time this term lost its value in
Indians mind. Whereas the western world is influenced by this concept .The word spirituality is
connected with the re-formation. The basic idea of spirituality in India is connected with the
religion but there is controversy about this connection. Spirituality is much more of an Individual
practice.
“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There
is no other teacher but your own soul.” –Swami Vivekananda
Philosophy is about the study of fundamental problems. Spirituality goes much deeper than the
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numerous spiritual and philosophical leaders have delivered their idea about both the term. Sri
Aurobindo and Swami Vivekananda were two prominent figures who talks about these terms.
“What the souls sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudices and
opinion.” – Sri Aurobindo
Key words: Western world, re-formation, religion, individual practice, fundamental problems,
spiritual and philosophical leader.
(7) Popular Fiction in The Light of Paulo Coelho’s “The Alchemist” and
“Eleven Minutes”
Presented by Megha Trivedi
Student of S.Y B.A
E-mail:-meghatrivedi666@gmail.com
International Conference
Rohilkhand University,
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
“The Alchemist” and “Eleven Minutes” have now
become an important contribution to the field of popular fiction. But one should ask a question
that what makes these two fictions ‘Popular fiction’, the straight answer would be they
encompass in them certain traits of popular fiction like, wide spread appeal, large readership, use
of simple and lucid language, use of popular and interesting topics, less ambiguity of plot and
many more. It is often argued the popular fiction are not concerned with the serious aspects of
life and they aimed at entertainment rather than message or moral but when we read novels of
Paulo Coelho we learn that they offer us a message, teach us something vital about life and at the
same time they entertain us.
But the novels talks about journey: from inexperience to experience, from the world without to
the world within, from one place to another in search of dreams. Paulo Coelho himself says that
he tries to share with his readers his inner experiences and basically his spiritual quest. He
doesn’t have to explain about the universe but he wants to share. Through these novels Paulo
Coelho suggests that even if everything that we want is near us, we should move forward
patiently to find the ultimate truth. The reasons for popular fictions or literature being considered
as inferior would be the bias which people hold for about popular fictions in general. The critics
have not tried to find anything from the works belonging to the field. Now the time has come
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This paper therefore attempts to look into the impact of both these novels by focusing on the
genre popular fiction as they have occupied an important place in the wide perspective of world
literature.
(8) Postcolonialism and Hindi Movies
Presented by Megha Trivedi
International Conference at BAOU, Ahemdabad.
As per Oxford dictionary, A theoretical approach in various disciplines that is concerned with
the lasting impact of colonization in former colonies. ‘Post colonialism continues to unite
historians and literary scholar’. (htt1) Post colonial studies are very vast field and this term that is
the subject of an ongoing debate, because it is connected with the decline of colonialism and
colonial identity. Through this study we can identify the effects of colonialism on culture and
society, especially on “Third world” countries by a European nation. Postcolonial identity
connected and depended on ‘Hybridity’. They struggle a lot for their rights. Under this theory
many theorist gave their views regarding this, for example- Edward Said , Homibhabha, Gayatri
Spivak, Salman Rushdie etc. These aspects represented in Hindi Film in a good way. The study
focuses on these films - Lagaan , Rang De Basanti, English Vinglish, Queen. Through the help of
this ‘ lens’ we can find that how movies worked on this kind of subject and portraying which is
very well interwoven with cultural, political and literary perspective. Through these movie we
can identify that how human subconscious mind works toward the black and white people,
because our minds are conditioning. That’s why the Postcolonial studies already outdated but
still even more necessary because still when we look from the margin, we find that ‘Whole
World is postcolonial’.
Key words – Post colonialism, Lagaan, Rang de Basanti, English Winglish, Queen.
(9) Third Gender: In movies and serials
Presented by MeghaTrivedi
Student of Master of Arts, Sem-3
Department of English,
MK Bhavnagar University, Gujarat, India
Third gender is an umbrella term. In India they known as a "Hijra". This paper tries to highlight
the issue and problems of the third gender, with a special focus on films "Pink
Mirror" and "Chitrangada" and how psychology of Hijra is represented in serials, for example

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- "ShaktiAstitvakeEhsaas ki" and many other. So how media explores the taboo subject of
transsexual in India.Which is still much misunderstood and ridiculed.
Key Words: Third Gender, Hijras, Kinnar, Pink Mirror, Chitrangda,
ShaktiAstitvakeEhsaas Ki, Ek Bund Ishk, Gulal, Imtihan
(10) GENDER TROUBLE IN LITERATURE
Presented by Budhiditya Shankar Das
Department of English
Maharaja Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
“I myself have never been able to find out precisely what
feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist
whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a
doormat or a prostitute.” (West, 1913)
Research means careful investigation or inquiry especially through search of new facts in any
branch of knowledge. Gender trouble feminism and the subversion of identity is a book of
society which argues that gender is a kind of improvised performance. The work is influential in
feminism, women’s studies, lesbian and gay studies. The objective of this paper is to highlight
the difference between the male and female of the present and past times in and outside India.
Another objective is to highlight the problems of the feminine gender which they are still facing
in today’s world. The paper also highlights that women are not only facing problems inside the
confined walls but they are also facing problems outside the confined walls instead of the ample
rights given to them.
Keywords: - Gender trouble, feminism, Literature.
(11) A.K. Ramanujan as a Translator and/or Translation Theorist
Presented by Gausvami Surbhi A.
SEM: 4 M.A English.
Smt. S. B. Gardi, Department of English, MK Bhavnagar
University.
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8th A.K Ramanujan National Paper Reading Contest
An attempt has been made in this paper to investigate the theory and methods that A.K
Ramanujan used in Translation. A.K. Ramanujan was remarkable translator who helped foreign
readers to appreciate the beauty of ancient Indian texts other than the Sanskrit ones. A.K.
Ramanujan occupies a unique position among Indian and postcolonial theorists and practitioners
of translation. This paper explores how Ramanujan was well aware of his responsibilities of
having to convey the original to the target reader and also of having to strike a balance between
the author's interest and his own interest. His task was made all the more difficult when it came
to the translation of ancient Tamil or Kannada poetry into English, because there were
differences in culture, language and temporal framework between the source and target
languages. Ramanujan says that a translator is “an artist on oath …caught between the need to
express himself and the need to represent another, moving between the two halves of one brain,
he has to use both to get close to ‘the originals'” According to A.K Ramanujan translator has to
achieve a communicative intersection between the two sets of languages and discourses. And to
construct parallels between the two cultures and the two histories or traditions that it brings
together. This paper deals with Ramanujam’s translation of poems and the theory that he applied
to translate those poems. Such as metaphrase, ‘outer’ and ‘inner’ poetic form, intertextual
encounter. When two languages are as startlingly different from each other as modern English
and medieval Tamil, one despairs between loyalty and betrayal, commitment and freedom,
reflection and refraction or, in one of Ramanujan’s own late metaphors, mirrors and windows
Ramanujam efforts to bring the Tamil poems faithfully to an English reader. This paper
exemplifies one Tamil poem that is translated into English by Ramanujam. It explores brevity
that is shining illustration of intertextuality that paves way for hermeneutics with multiple
connotations. The quaintness of the inner and figural landscape of Tamil text and the way
Ramanujam conveys it succinctly.
This paper examined two Hindi poems translated into English. That is “Sadharan Kamij” by
Mohan Rana and “Kanjika Kuch Vilap: 3” by Gagan Gill. As great philosopher ‘Plato’ firmly
stated that “ imitation is twice removed from reality”. In the same way these poem once removed
from nature then second time it is translated from original poem. This paper analyzed literal and
final translation, subjectivity of translator, language, change of meanings due to metaphors,
rhythm and intertextuality. It explores advantages and limitations of translation. One who is
multilingual will find that translated poems lack originality.
Key Words: Metaphrase, Method of translation, intertexual encounter, reliable to original
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‘Language, Gender and Power’
Presented by
Surbhi Gausvami (M.A. SEM: 3)
Dharaba Gohil (M.A. SEM: 3)
International Conference at BAOU Ahmadabad.
An attempt has been made in this paper to enquire if
women experience linguistic discrimination which reduces
them to invisible frail creatures devoid of individual
identity. Gender is not same as sex. The latter is being
biologically male or female. Gender is constructed while
sex is given. It is through language that we construct
gender. We have vocabulary related to the behavior of
izzat, haya, sharm etc. All these words are given to only particular gender that is female.
According to French philosopher Jacques Derrida, we always find a binary opposition between
man and woman. Woman always portrayed inferior to man. It is language that makes the all
differences. Language always connected with the issue of power and ideology. Even the text of
tools can be read through gender and power. Girls being more delicate must be given softer and
harmless things. Boys being stronger can be given harder objects. Language of toy indicates that
girls are weaker. These discourses are patriarchal and treat woman as inferior, gentler and
requiring protection. Slang words are always connected with woman, there the language that
plays a vital role to abuse woman. Several Bollywood movies explore the Language, Gender and
power conflict such as Angry Indian Goddesses, Nil Battey Sannate, and Lipstick under my
Burkha, Parched, and Pink. Gender is not something we are born with and something we have
but something we do and something we perform, particularly through our linguistic behavior.
Key Words: Power conflict and Gender, Linguistic discrimination, Power controls
language.
(12) Identity crises: Journey of women in Bollywood cinema
Presented by
Namrataba Zala (MA SEM 3)
Ramiz Solanki (MA SEM 1)
Stm. S. B. Gardi Department of English,
Namratazala2707@gmail.com
Ramiz.solanki39@gmail.com
This paper mainly focused on representations of
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issue because women are a major chunk of the country’s population and hence their portrayal on
screen is crucial in determining the furtherance of already existing stereotypes in the society.
And how a rigid ritual snatches the freedom of woman and these are the rapist of woman's
feelings. The paper begins with a discussion on the field of feminist film criticism and how
mainstream Hindi Cinema has restricted itself to defined sketches of womanhood. It seems like
even if the trend of equality is going on but for women situations are same in all the fields. The
feeling of "otherness" is constantly remaining present for women.
Here, we are trying to put emphasis on several movies which deals with identity crisis which
women are facing in mainstream Bollywood movies like, “Pinjar", "Mother India", "Water",
"Highway", "Damini", "Lajja", and "Videsh".
Cinema provides escape from the daily smashes of life. Cinema is a popular media of mass
consumption which plays a key role in moulding opinions, constructing images and reinforcing
dominant cultural values. This discussion is on contemporary realistic brand of cinema and its
understanding of women.
In conclusion, a debate derives on whether mainstream Hindi cinema has been successful in
portraying Indian women of different shades in a society dominated by patriarchal values or
there is also any loophole through which one can escape from reality of trite woman life.
Key Words: Cinema, popular, media, women, Bollywood, movies, stereotypes, feminist,
mainstream, patriarchal
(13) Film literature and culture
Presented by Rinkal Jani
E-mail:rinkaljani1807@gmail.com
International Conference at BAOU, Ahemdabad
Aims of presenting this paper
1) Representation of society, culture, literature in film
through language
2) Breaking of gender stereotypes
Pursue a broadly inter disciplinary course of study focusing on the comparative analysis of film
in its relationship to literature, society as well as culture and its aesthetic traditions. Film and
literature are two mediums one literary the other performative. Which use language and image in
order to capture the lived reality of cultural construct. Films are cultural artifacts created by
specific cultures. Literature is considered as the mere reflection or mirror of the society, as well
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Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, have seamlessly transformed the words on the dialogue on
screen. This paper focus upon the adaptation of literature in Indian cinema and how literature is
being visualize by film and its impact upon audience and literature readers. Indian filmmakers
are always in search of to show some new story, new society, or its tradition and culture through
the film. They are in search of presenting something new and different in film. Writers are trying
to capturing the issues are surrounding them, past- present socio-political issue like Indian
independent movement, or Indian emergency era, partition of Pakistan and India, or some social
issues like child marriage system, and all others. Cultural tradition like ‘street play” like
“Bhavai”, “Akhyan” which are representing Gujarati tradition. This paper tries to find out that
through film how this tradition or various socio-political issues is presented. How society and
culture reflects in the film?
As we know India is nation which has numerous varieties of culture and language. The
prominent language in India besides English and Hindi are Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, and
Guajarati or many others. Language is a powerful tool in representing and structuring the world.
Language is very essential source of society through which one community or society is built up.
It also can help to construct identity of human, its stereotypes, identities and human relationship.
Stereotypes like Gender inequality, marginalizes identity of women and third gender. In this
context of Gender and inequality Language and hegemony is also important part to study here.
Language is control by the power. Now a day these stereotypes are also on the way of changing.

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Report on the Survey on NAMO Tab
Prepared by Komal Shahedapuri and Megha Trivedi
What is the aim behind providing this Namo
Tab?
As Government has provided this Tab to the
first year students, there should be a clear
aim behind that and that is to make youth
aware about technology which is very
important thing to survive in 21st
century.
And technology should be integrated in
education which makes it more interesting.
What is main function of it?
Main function of it is to see how it can be
used by the students for educational purpose
and how it works/helps students in their
learning.
What we can learn through this Namo Tab?
By the usage of this Namo Tab, we can learn
to deal with technical tool, we can enhance
our technical skills like how to use
Whatsapp, YouTube, Dictionary, Web
sources etc which help in our studies.
Why did we do this survey?
We have done this survey in different
Colleges to examine that how many students
are using Namo Tab for educational purpose
or they use it for only entertainment. And is
weak point that students don’t use it
properly; is it facility of internet or lack of
Teacher’s technical skills?
The Survey as a field work on the usage of the Namo Tab by the students of First Year of
graduation including girls and boys. The Survey has done with the first year students of different
fields like Arts, Commerce and different branches of Engineering from GEC Bhavnagar,
SSCCM Bhavnagar and Shamldas Arts College.
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Process
In order to examine that how the first year students of graduation use Namo Tab which they
received from Government of Gujrat , we have done survey with students of different fields like
Engineering, Commerce and Arts. For that we have prepared questionnaire as Google form to
know the views and attitude of students towards technical tool like Namo Tab. First, we have
done survey with engineering students from different branches like Mechanical, Civil,
Production, EC and Computer engineering from where we got very different views that if they
are using then how and if they don’t use it what are the reasons behind that.
From this, we got total 158 res
Figure 7 Image 1 Explaining the process of
filling the Google Form
Figure 8 Image 2 Help them to fill the form

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From this, we got total 158 responses from the students.
Colleges Government
Engineering
College,
Bhavnagar
SSCCM
College
Commerce
Shamaldas
Arts College
Gender Based
Responses Total No of
the Responses
No of
Responses
130 0 28 71.5 % boys
and 28.5 %
girls have
responded
158
Figure 9 Image 1 Explaining the process of
filling the Google Form
Figure 11 Image 1 Explaining the process
of filling the Google Form
Figure 13 Image 1 Explaining the process
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Limitations of the Research
• The survey is done by using online Google form filled by the students of different
fields, so its outcomes are dependent to truthfulness and reliability of the answers
given by the students.
• Students who have filled the forms are around the age of 17 to 19 so, their technical
understanding of the questions and survey process may impact outcomes.
• Instead of giving Individual impressions/answers, it is possible that the students are
giving answers from outer impressions like nearby student about their usage of
Namo Tab.
• The survey has done mostly with the students of Bhavnagar City.
• From commerce students even after enough explanation we can’t get any responses
may be because of their unawareness or carelessness towards research project
• The students may have psychological impact that their answers are analyzed so,
they might have given answers with this consciousness, that their answers may be
prove them wrong to their teachers if they don’t allow to use Namo in classrooms
without being honest to themselves.
• In some Colleges, Mobiles or Tabs are not allowed in the classrooms
Objectives of the Survey
To Carry out Survey on the Namo Tab given by the Government of Gujrat
Figure 15 Image 2 Try to understand the questions

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• To observe technical usage of students of different genders.
• To examine that how students are using Namo tab for educational purpose
• Attitude towards technology and readiness of the students to work with technology
• Do the institutes/ colleges have Wi-Fi facilities and Computer lab?
• How technology integrated in education
• Are Teachers ready to work with ICT and support students?
Research Observations
• Use of Tab for Educational purpose
Wi-Fi facility: Among colleges/institutes that we have visited, some of them have better Wi-Fi
facility which is provided or their personal one. From the survey, we come to know that 60 %
students are using Namo Tab regularly and 40% are not.
We have offered many reasons to Students that why they are not using Namo regularly 61.7 %
students responded that the Quality of Namo Tab is not good ex. speed is too slow to work which
may distract them from proper learning that should be happen by this Tab.

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When we have asked them that how they are using Tab, we get more responses that they are
using it for the educational purpose like reading online books in PDF forms, video lectures from
YouTube, Reading News etc. They are using dictionaries like English to Gujrati, Koza, Oxford
Dictionary, Google Translation etc. They are using educational apps like GK 2018, WPS office,
GTU maths, Khan Academy, Startup India learning program, School planner, Stupid Studies etc.
If we do the observation on the basis of the Gender, we find that we got more responses from the
boys than girls and in their responses there also differences based on the mindset.
Social Media
89 % of them are using Whatsapp as a tool for educational purpose by creating the group and
discussing things about education. They are using English Language while chatting in Whatsapp.
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30 % of them are using it for only entertainment like watching movie & listening songs.
Figure 16 Image 5 completing the work
For Findings and Conclusion
• In Commerce college, students are not allowed to use mobile/Tab even for
educational purpose in the classroom
• Some students don’t know the importance of the any research work and careless for
giving authentic responses
• Students can’t get proper guidance about technical tools that can be used in a
educational way from the teachers
• In same case, Teachers are interested in using technology in the classroom but don’t
apply practically in the classroom.
• Namo Wi-Fi are mostly outside the classroom not inside the classroom which means
students don’t allow to use tab in the classroom but outside the classroom in the free
time
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Suggestions
After the observations and findings, we come to know that some students are very
eager to learn new technical things as when we introduced them with many
educational apps like Kahoot they have downloaded immediately and try to prepare
quiz in it. So, we can say that if proper internet facility, proper teachers and guidance
about Tab that how it can be integrated in educational way provided to them, they can
learn more things and start to use Namo Tab in an innovative way.
Teacher’s Feedback
‘This is to acknowledge that as the immediate effect of
conducting this survey at our college, since that day
we , English faculties have started allowing our
students to use tablet during our Contributor
Personality Development Classes.Ourclasses are
becoming more interactive, interesting and
enlightening for our students.. Till date the device has
been used as medium to read e- book but soon we will
integrate it into our teaching- learning process.’
- Aahuti Dhandhukia
Assistant Professor, English at GEC Bhavnagar

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Conference
Pune Conference
7th A. K Ramanujan Paper Reading Contest 2017
8th A. K Ramanujan Paper
Reading Contest 2018

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International Conference BAOU at Ahmedabad
BAOU International Conference
‘Yugaantar’ National Youth Conference

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Drawings and Paintings by Students
Riddhi Joshi
Semester 2
Ajit Kaliya
Semester -4
Vipul Dabhi
Semester-2
Hema Goswami
Semester-2
Photography

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Above the clouds
By- Abul Abedi (Sem-2)
Hope
By- Architaba Gohil (Sem: 4)
Solitary boat
floating in sea
By- Komal Shahedadpuri (Sem: 04)

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My love is like a red rose
By- Kailash Baraiya (Sem- 04)
Sailing Ship
By- Surbhi
Gausvami (Sem-04)
To autumn
By- Mital Raval (Sem- 04)
Shimmering of Nakki Lake
By- Kavita Mehta (Sem- 04)

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Full Bloom
By- Megha Trivedi (Sem- 04)
Independency
By- Mansi Parmar (Sem: 4)
Nature speaks it all
By- Budhiditya S. Das (Sem- 4)

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Celebrations
International Yoga day
Welcome function
Navratri celebration

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Sports Day
Kites Flying Festival
Christmas celebration

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New Writers
Death – my sweetest dream
My sweetest dream is Death
When I am on my bed
When my eyes are wet
With every moment of my life which I had
I will feel proud on my Death
Because my sweetest dream is Death
I want everyone to smile
And say me good bye
I want my heart full with delight
Because I don't want anyone to cry
When I am going to Die.
-Dharaba Rayjada (Sem: 2)
Wandered Youth …….
भरी जवाबी में लोग
िराब के समुंदर में सोने लगे
भगवान को सुंभालजे बबठाया,
और खुद के होि खोने लगे,
एक हाथ में प्रसाद का थाल,
तो दुसरे में िराब के जाम होने लगे
भगवान को बेंचकर पैसे कमाए,
और िराब के बि़ते दामो पे रोने लगे
सोचता हुुं छोड दु इस जवानी को अपने हालात पर,
जब भगवान खुद मय की महेफिलो में जाग जाग के सोने लगे.
- Ramiz Solanki (Sem: 2)

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“Jamal-ae-Do Jahan"
(Beauty of Universe)
ए मेरी नूर-ए-मुजस्सम,
मेरी बेजान जजन्दगी की गुल-ए-तबस्सुम.
मेरे नफ्ज की िजजलत है तु,
तु ही सूबह की हसीन इनायत
हूकु मत है तेरी मेरे ढदल पर ए मजललका-ए-जन्नत,
जैसे बबलकीस की सुलैमान पर.
गुलाबी लब तेरे जैसे जाम-ए-कौसर,
कत्ल करता हुस्न तेरा जैसे मैदाने महेिर.
गुल-ए-रुखसार तेरा, जैसे रवानी में उठता भुंवर,
सुखख अुंधेरी रातो में जैसे ननकलता कोइ कमर.
शसयाह पदे में उठती ये मदहोि ननगाहे,
तन्हा रात में तुुंलु होते हुए चाुंद शसतारे.
- Abulhasan Abedi (Sem: 2)
દોરીની આત્મકથા
कहानी तो सबकी लाजवाब होती हैं
चाहे वह गगन छू ऐ या शमट्टी में शमल जाए
आरुंभ से अुंत की दास्तााँ जवााँ होती है...
હું પતુંગથી છૂટી પડેલી... મારા જ સાથીઓ વડે મારી જ ફીરકી થી
કપાયેલી...અને ક્યારેય ન ઉકેલાઇ શકે એવી દોરીની ગન્છ છું. મને એનો કોઈ રુંજ નથી કે હવે હું અહીઁ જ
રહીશ અને મારું સૌંદયય પતુંગ કપાતાું ની સાથે જ ઉડીને પરૂ થઈ ગય પરુંત, મને આનુંદ તો એ વાતનો
છે કે મે જીવી જાણયું, મેં એ કરી બતાવયું જે મારા જીવનનો ઉદ્દેશ્ય હતો. આજે આ સકાયેલાું પાુંદડાું સાથે
મારી પણ ખરી પડેલી જજિંદગીને જોઈને ખીલવાના આનુંદની યાદ કરું છું. આમ તો પૃથ્વી પરના સ્થ ૂળ કે
સ ૂક્ષ્મ દરેકને નામ હોય છે અને એ જ આપણને સમૂહથી આગવી ઓળખ આપે છે. કેવી અજીબ વાત છે
ને એકસરખી માટીમાુંથી સજાયયેલા ને પાછા ભિન્ન ભિન્ન! આમ તો બધા મને દોરી ના નામથી ઓળખે છે

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પરુંત એમાુંય પાછા પ્રકારો મોટા મોટા વહાણોમાું દોરડાથી લઈને નાનકડા ફાટી ગયેલા કાપડના
કાણાને જોડતા રેસાને પણ દોરી જ કહેવાય છે. આમ, દોરડાથી લઈને દોરા સધીના બધા જ દોરી ના
પ્રકારો.
ક્યારે હું કપાસમાુંથી દોરી બનીને આ સરસ પેકેટમાું એક લય મા બેઠી ગઇ એની મને ખબર પણ નથી...
કારણ, શું હોય??? ટેકનોલોજી બીજ ુંશું?! એકમાુંથી બીજામાું અને બીજામાુંથી ત્રીજામાું એમ અનેક
મશીનમાુંથી પસાર થઇને તૈયાર થઈ પણ મને હુંમેશા માનવીય લાગણીની ઝખુંના રહેતી પણ, હવે
એ'ય પ ૂરી થવાની હતી. જેવી મને એક માણસે ખરીદીને લઈ ગયો, મને રુંગવા મતલબ મને વધ
મજબૂત બનાવવા માટે અને ત્યાું થતાું માાઁજાવાળા ના હાથના સ્પશે અહેસાસ કરાવયો કે.. 'ઊડવ છે તો
પહેલા લાયકાત કેળવી લેવી' ને ત્યારે જ એક સરસ વાત સમજાઈ ગઈ કે-
ઉન્મક્ત ગગનમાું ઉડવા...
ઊંચાઈઓને પામવા..
ઉંબરો ઓળુંગીને દૂર ક્યાુંક ઉડવ જોઇયે...
ઉત્સાહ એકલાથી જીવન ઉત્સવ ન બને.
કહેવાય છે ને કે ટર્નિંગ પોઇન્ટ એ મારા જીવનમાું ત્યારે આવયો જ્યારે હું નવવધ ૂની જેમ ગલાબી રુંગની
બનીને તૈયાર હતી અને ફુમકા વાળા પતન સાથે કન્ના બાુંધીને મેં જ્યારે આકાશ તરફ પ્રયાણ કયું અને
બુંને એકબીજાના સહારે ઉડયા બુંને ને પોતાનું અલગ અસ્સ્તત્વ છે, પણ એકબીજા ર્વના કશું નથી એમ
પણ કહી શકાય!!!
આખરે મારી મજબૂતાઈ કામે લાગી ગઈ હવા સાથે મેળ બેસી ગયો અને પતુંગે સાથ આપ્યો મારો
લક્ષ્યને આંબી લીધું એવું લાગયું પણ મારી મજબૂતાઈ કોઈની આંગળીઓ તો કોઈની ઉડતી પાુંખો માટે
પણ ધારદાર નીવડી મને આજે પણ એ વાતનો અફસોસ છે, કે મે મારું વયસ્ક્તત્વ અરીસા જેવું રાખયું
જેમા બધા સાથે સરખો ન્યાય નથી મારે પણ દર્નયાદારી શીખવી જોઈતી હતી, કોની સાથે કેમ કરતું એ
જો મને આવડતું હોત તો કદાચ કોઈની સાથે ખોટું ન થયું હોત... પણ, अब पछताए होत क्या जब
चचड़िया चुग गई खेत 'મે કાપ્યાું તેમ હું પણ કપાયો' અને એ પણ નક્કી તો હતો જ ને પેલા ન્ય ૂટનના

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આઘાત-પ્રત્યાઘાત ના ર્નયમ જેવું કે કરીયે એવું જ પામીએ અને માટે જ વધ જીવાણ હતો એવો કોઇ
રુંજ આજે નથી થતો ફીરકીથી છૂટી પડેલી દોરી એક ટકડો માત્ર આજે એવી તો ગૂુંચવાઈ ગઇ છું કે મારા
સવાલોના જવાબ પણ મારા જીવનની જેમ વણઉકલ્યા રહી ગયા છે. એ ખરી ગયેલા પાુંદડાઓ તમે
મને સાુંિળો છો? શું ઊંચાઈએ ઉડનારનો આ જ અંત હોય છે.?!
-Reena Khasatiya (Sem- 2)
न जाने क्यूुं...
अबुल मेरा दोस्त मेरा भाई।
न जाने क्यू हमें साथ देखके दुननया की आुंखे खटकतीथी ,
हमारी यारी देख के उनकी निरतें हम पे अटकतीथी,
मेने अबुल के घर की सवायया खायी है।
ढदवाली की शमठाईया मेंने उसको भी खखलाई है।
हर अवसर से उनके घरसे मेरे घर बधाईयाुं आयी है।
मेने अपनी तकलीिें उसको सुनायी है।
मेने उसको अपनी पूजाुं शिखाई है।
उसने भी मुजे अपनी नमाज़ पढाई है।
ढदवाली में उसेने िू लझड़िया जलाई है।
रमजान के मढहने मे मेंने अपने घर की खख़िफकयों पे लाईटे जलाईं है।
क्यूुं क्यूुं तुम्हारा प्रमाण मेरे शलए जरूरी है।
क्यूुं में मेरे ढहसाब से जी नढहुं सकता।
क्यूुं वो मेरे घर का खा नहीुं सकता।
क्यूुं में उसका झूठा पी नहीुं सकता।
में मजस्जद गया हूुं वो मुंढदर भी आया है।
ओर प्रसाद भी हमने साथ मे खाया है।
ढहुंदू मुजस्लम एक नही हो सकते कोन कहेगा तुझे ये कौनसा पररुंदा था।
तुझे क्या पता राम रढहम एक जजगरी दोस्त रहे होंगे तब तुुं क्या जजुंदा था।
मेने उसके घर की िाढदयों मे मजा खानपान का शलया है।
मेरे घर की िाढदयों मे उसने कन्यादान भी फकया है।

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क्यूुं क्यूुं ये भाईचारा देख के तुंग होते हो।
की ये नतलक ओर टोपी का शमलन होते दुंग होते हो।
गीता और कु रान मे कहा कु छ अलग बताया है।
दोनोने शसिख और शसिख अमन शिखाया है।
यढद इस पर भी आपत्ति है तेरी तो खुली चुनौती है मेरी बता तो फकस आयत या श्लोक मे ये बात बतायी।
फक मुसलमान मेरा दोस्त हो नहीुं सकता ओर ढहुंदु उसका भाई।
-Ravji Jalondhara
હું નવા યગ નો ચેલો છું
હું નવા યગ નો ચેલો છું
ડડજજટલ યગ માું જજવતો જીવડો,
લાિ મળે ત્યાું લોટ છું..... નવા યગ નો ચેલો છું
િવય આ ડડજજટલ દર્નયા
ગજબ ની મારી આ જજિંદગી,
ગર ની પાસે કુંઠી બુંધાવી
મોબાઈલ મહીં મહાલું છું..... નવા યગ નો ચેલો છું
રોજ ની આ કડાકૂટ ના ટાણે
કુંઈ ર્વચાર આવતા જ રોજ
અહીં ટાકું છું,
બ્લોગસ,ફેસબક, whatsap,
Slideshare, Instagram નાું
િવર માું હું તો રાચ છું...... નવા યગ નો ચેલો છું.
છપ્પન િોગ ના થાળ મને ના જાચે
આજ તો ડડજજટલ ડાયરી ના પડઘમ મને સાજે
િજન ધ ૂનો ગાઇ માઇક માું
રોજ નવા ટાસ્ક નો લ્હાવો માણું છું...... નવા યગ નો ચેલો છું.

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- Niyati Pathak (Sem: 2)
સમય નથી..
મને કયાું ખબર હતી કે મારો સમય નથી,
મારા પોતાના ને જ મારી કદર નથી.
હતી કદર ત્યારે ખબર નો'તી,
અને હવે ખબર છે ત્યારે સમય નથી.
આવી હતી કુંઈક માુંગવા તમારી પાસે,
પણ એ આપવા નો તમને સમય નથી.
જીવનમાું મને બસ તમારાું જ પ્રેમની કસર હતી,
પણ તમને તો અમારાું પ્રેમની અસર જ નથી.
તમને અમારાું સાથેની કોઇ જરૂર નથી,
અને તમારા સાથ વગર અમારી કોઇ સફર નથી.
- Kailash Baraiya (Sem- 4)
Meri Digital Diary..
है नही ये इश्क और कोइ िायरी
कहेती है ये मेरी डडजजटल डायरी,
बात नही ये कोइ बरसो पुरानी
कहेते है इसमे लोग नयी कहानी,
अब ये जमाना है डडजजटल क्ाुंनत का
जजसमे है सुंदेि िाुंनत का,
है नही ये कोइ मुजश्कल काम
आज ही बनाओ अपना ब्लोग अकाउुंट,
इसमे है कइ िायदे
नही है इसमे कोइ कायदे

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रहेती है इसमे हर एक बात सेि
चाहे फकतना भी समय बीत जाए,
नही रहेता इसमे कोइ खेद
तो अब है फकसका इुंतजार
छोडो ये पुरानी डायरी,
और अपनाओ ये अदभूत डडजजटल ड
- Hema Goswami (Sem- 2)
સજા (આત્મકથડ-વ્યથડ)
આમ કવ તો માર રપ બોવ અજજબ છે,જેમ કે ક્યારેક હ નાની કે મોટી
હોવ તાેે ક્યારેક ઓછી કે વધારે.
આમ તો માર કામ કોઇ ને ડરાવવાન તો નથી પણ પોતપોતાના કમય ન
આધારે મને આપવામા આવે છે.
હા,આપવામા આવે છે એટલે હું કાઇ ભબકાવ પણ નથી એક વાત કહું? આમ તો કહી જ દવ હાલો ને
કોઇને કેતા નય હો, મને એક વાત બહ ગમે છે કે માર નામ િલિાલા ને ધ્રજાવી દે છે. મને એ જરાય
નથી ગમત કે હું કોઇ ને મળુ, શું કામ કોઇ એવું કરે કે બધા એ મને એને આપવી પડે? મેં પહેલા જ કીધું ને
કે હું ભબકાવ નથી માર કામ ગનેહગાર ને સબક શોખવવાનું છે. પણ, પણ અત્યારે તો કાુંઇક અલગ જ
ર્નયમ છે હે ને!! હું એ ર્નયમ ની જ વાત કરું છું જેમા ગનેહગાર હોય
એને મને આપવામાું નથી આવતી
અને બેગનાહ ને હું બેજજજક આપી દેવાવ છું .
મને એ જરાય નેથી ગમતું જ્યારે કોઇ બેગનાહ ને હું મળુું.
પણ શું કર માર કુંટ્રોલ બટન મારા હાથમા નથી
મને કોને આપવી અને કોને ન આપવી એ બધું હવે પૈસા નક્કી કરે છે.
હા તમે સાચું જ સાુંિળયું
પૈસા થી જ નક્કી થાય છે કે હું કોઇને વધારે મળીશ કે ઓછી.

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પૈસા જ મારો િાવતાલ કરે છે.
જેની પાસે પૈસા નથી હોતા એ?
એ તો ભબચારા એ મમે કારણ વવર સ્સ્વકારવી પડે છે .
કેવું છે નહી? પૈસા ને જ બધા પોતાનો રાજા ગણે છે.
પૈસા જ સવયસ્વ બની ગયા છે .
એનાથી માણસનું જીવન નક્કી થાય છે.
જેની પાસે નથી હોતા એને પગની જતી માનવામાું આવે છે.
મારી આ વાત તમને બહું કડવી લાગશે
પણ તમને તો ખબર જ છે સત્ય હુંમેશા કડવું હોય છે.
અને હા જો
મને તો પહેલેથી સાચું કહેવાની જ ટેવ છે.
એક બાત જોઇ તમે હું અત્યાર સધી રાડો નાખતી હતી કે હું ભબકાવ નથી
હ ભબકાવ નથી
પણ આ પૈસા ના જોરે તો મને પણ ભબકાવ બનાવી દીધી
હા પણ છું તો હું માત્ર એક સજા જ.
-Nirali Dungarani (Sem- 2)
Talk without utterance
Rather talking with you
I feel the talk
In Silence
The extreme feelings
Of unsaid words
And you speak
In your presence
In your absence
If moments of distance
Are there
No fear of leaving
My Love

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Wherever you go
We talk
Without utterance
-Alpa Ponda (Sem- 4)
Movie Review
(1)Newton
By – Megha Trivedi
Newton movie is black comedy by Amit Masukar. This movie takes on a completely
unremarkable subject. In the movie Nutan Kumar means Newton (Rao) played a very central
role as a presiding officer. He is sent on election duty in a very conflict and risky jungles of
Chhattisgarh, which is under the control of the naxalites. But in the very tough situation and in
many problems Newton did his best. He worked well and tried to collect more vote.
In the movie I found that how power controls this polish man when his other polish officer came
with the reporter who is not Indian. And movie shows the various nature of government officers
also that some like Newton, who work hard and very punctual also and on the other side some
are very lazy or not intersected to perform their duty well. Character of this lady Malko ( Anjali
Patil ) also played a good role, she speak Gondi Language well and such a good representative of
that tribal or local community. She had a such a good confidents and hope also for their
community and very helpful to collect vote also. Aatma Singh (Pankaj Tripathi) armed officer
also gave good massage that “you can do your duty with a honesty, Nation can be good
automatically .” And he also said that “honesty is good but the ego of that honesty is not
good”. Theme of miss use of power we can see well that how the tribal people treat by polish of
that area.
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Chal tu apna kaam kar
Ve chal tu apna kaam kar
Chal tu apna kaam kar
Newton movie tells us that never choose easy option, do your 100 present in any work, never
give up and be punctual etc.
(2) Tamasha
By Krishna Khamal
When I watched movie “Tamasha” at that time I found that the plot structure of the movie is well
and the main character of the story is the narrator of the story (intranarrative technique). I think
that movie and literature both are same, movie is a kind of literature. Movie and Literature both
are tells the story and reflect the society and culture.
In the very beginning of the movie there is a little boy who is very curious to listen different
stories. Every day he visits one Old man and offers him to some money and Old man tells the
story to boy. One day Old man mixed two stories English and Indian story. At that time boy tell
him that this is another story. Reply of the Old man is very interesting, that ‘stories are stories’.
Stories are remain same everywhere. As same we found in literature that the stories are same but
name, place, character and culture are different. For example, the story of Hester and Meera,
American have story Hester and we Indian have story of Meerabai. Story of Hester Meera,
Kunti, Sita and other are some different, but what they teach us is same things. So, what old man
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muje kya puch rahe ho apni khani” indirectly he suggests that live your life the way you want
to live, don’t ask anyone.
Other thing I found in this movie is about human psychology and social effects. In movie there
is dual face of man. The hero of movie also has dual face one is what he is in real and another is
what society make him. In original Dev (a hero of movie) is very notorious and free from all
kind of bounties of society. Another one is totally different from original one well-behaved,
cultured and with manners. In the ending part of the movie, there is one girl name Tara, she is
heroin of the movie, She told to Dev that ‘you are not who you are, you are different from
this Dev’ .It shows that how person leave their original personality.
How the drama of goodness become real personality of person. A person wear mask of cultured
and well behavior, slowly it becomes real face of person and real personality of person is hide
behind this mask. We can say that conditioning of mind. In short a person cannot live life as
she/he wants to live but someone introduce them their real personality. As in movie when Tara
introduce Dev to his original personality, she gives one spark that you are something eels. Be
whatever you are.
Here some other symbols are found like, ‘Boss’, ‘tie’ etc. Boss is symbol of power. In our life
power plays very vital role. Person or employer must follow the rules of Boss and also society,
and do what is wish of Boss. Tie is kind of boundary or binary and chain for workers, which is
control by Boss. Say for example we have belt for dogs on their neck, through which we control
dog. Why we do all this things?
In movie there is one interesting monolog of Dev is ‘Yeh Paisa na hota to Kaisa hota?’ why
people started behaving like ‘Robots’, because of money. We found in our busy daily life that
man becomes Robot. In the movie words like ‘ordinary,mediator, smile pulse, walk, stop,
average this all wordsshows how person live their life.‘Apni race khud chuno fir dekho,
tum asani se jitoge.’
At the end of the movie Tara gets one chit that “DON IS RETURNS” it suggests that original
Dev is returns. Here we can say that how one person (spark) changes your life. At the end he
says that I am born as DON but society makes me genital and cultured man. At conclusion I
want to says that it is very good movie. In the beginning of the movie we found that there are
two characters one is joker and another is robot. It suggests that what the story of the movie is.
And the title itself suggests that how society makes ‘TAMASHA’ of one’s life. Rather we can
says our life is kind of ‘Tamasha’.
(3) A Mira Nair Film, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"
By Komal Shahedapuri
This is 2012 political thriller drama film based on 2007 novel, ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’
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Riz Ahmedad and Kate Hudson in lead. This movie is post 9/11 story about the impact of the Al
Qaedaattacks on one Pakistani man and his treatment by Americans in reaction to them.
Historical events are as canvas like American Dream and 9/11 attack. Techniques like
monologue and Frame narrative. One frame is that Journalist and CIA Agent, Boby Linkon is
taking Interview of Changez Khan throughout the whole movie. Film starts in Lahore, Pakistan
2011, introducing with Urdu Literature through function of Qawaali in family of Changez Khan
and parallel on other side American colleague Prof. Anse Rainier of Changez Khan in Lahore
University has kidnapped. Story of the film is unfolded through flashback technique, told by
protagonist and narrator Changez Khan about his struggling past journey in New York (America)
because of his identity as Muslim. Idea of Racism is portrayed through dialogue “Looks are
Deceiving” which reflects the post colonial aspect of Racism. Changez Khan was judged by his
appearance in so-called equality presented by America.
The film is also known as “Dreams are lost in the melting pot”. We can see the whole story
through flashback technique that everything is going well until the attack on World Trade
Center. After this event the life of protagonist Changez Khan (Pakistani) is totally changed that
everyone see him as a terrorist only because of his identity as a Muslim. This one attack change
his whole life that he insulted a lot, lost his job, visa and returned to Lahore. Then, he start to
think about his own land that he says
"When I was there I have American dreams
but now you will help me to create Pakistani dreams"
He also started this by giving education to students because he knows the power of pen than
weapons. He begin to live in present than dream which he has seen in America to make his
career. His dream shattered because of his identity and appearance as a Muslim which shows the
colonialism is still present in subconscious mind of people in one way or other. The feelings of
being ‘Other’ in America became stronger foe Changez when he started keeping beard which
make other people sure to blame him as terrorist. So here how outer appearance became
controversial this is very effectively present in a movie ‘PK’ , when PK want to prove that all
humans are same by presenting the people from different religion and change their outer
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effective and significant that through outer appearance we can’t identify the real nature of human
beings but we have to understand everyone, it is not necessary that all people from same
community are similar, some are different.
Movie has used very significant music and songs according to situations. From the beginning,
during the kidnapping of Prof. Rainier there was loud Sufi music going on parallel.
हे कुं गना हे कुं गना हे कुं गना हे कुं ग
हे कुं गना हे कुं गना कुं गना कुं गना
During the meeting of Changez and Erica, there were romantic lyrics like “I want you". When
Changez was upset for the mistreatment that he got from America and he come back to Lahore
for his sister's marriage and discussion was going on between his father and him about
business with background
"You say things to burn heart, yet I am smiling”.
When he left his job, there was contradictions in his mind and he tired of all this and come back
his homeland, on the way he pray to God that
मोरी अरज सुनो, दस्तगीर पीर
मोरी अरज सुनो, मोरी अरज सुनो
चुंगा िाह बनाई रब सोननया
पौले खान्दया वार ना औुंदी ये
मेनू िाही नाइ चाही दी रब सोननया
मैं ता इज्ज़त दा टुक्कर मुंजददया
“Hear me! O Lord, A fine King You
I don’t want this kingdom,
I want the grain of respect
We are introduced to an interesting word ‘Janissaries’ which is used in an ironically here to
show how western people use others against their own nation. During the discussion between
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Urdu Poet for that his pride grow when he come to know that his father’s books have read by
western people. But was much interested in business.
The end of the film is very significant that when Changez was not involved in the case of
kidnapping but Boby misunderstood it and killed Samir, assistant of Changez but after knowing
the truth Boby regrets for his crime. This give deep message of humanity that before being
anyone, we all are humans and humanity is our religion. The film is worth watching with the
perspective of post colonialism, terrorism & literature, terrorism as business and racism still
present in mind of people. The whole texture of the film including use of Urdu language , Sufi
music, costume etc is very powerful to create an effect of whole movie on the mind of the
audiences.
Hope this will help you to understand this film in a post colonial way. ‘Apni race khud chuno fir
dekho, tum asani se jitoge.’ At the end of the movie Tara gets one chit that “DON IS
RETURNS” it suggests that original Dev is returns. Here we can say that how one person (spark)
changes your life. At the end he says that I am born as DON but society makes me genital and
cultured man. At conclusion I want to says that it is very good movie. In the beginning of the
movie we found that there are two characters one is joker and another is robot. It suggests that
what the story of the movie is. And the title itself suggests that how society makes ‘TAMASHA’
of one’s life. Rather we can says our life is kind of ‘Tamasha’.
(4) Padman
By Hema Goswami
Today we watched Padman film. Total eight students went to watch the film. This film is not
ordinary one; it is different from common love story based film. R. Balki is the director of the
film; this film is based on the real life story of the real Hero Arunachalam Muruganantham. Here
I am going to highlight basic points about the film.
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The main character of the film is "Lakshmi", and Akshay Kumar played this role very effectively
and proved himself "a true man in real sense" at the end of the film. Even if this film based on
female menstruation problem, it needs a male protagonist who can resolve the problems of costly
sanitary pad. In this film Lakshmi wishes to make sanitary pad for the convenience of his wife
Gayatri, who normally used untidy napkins. Lakshmi was worried about his wife's health that's
why he decided to make pads.
ii) Backward thinking of society
In this film most of the women were shown as too much shy and obedient. The very first shy
character is Lakshmikant's wife Gayatri. She obeys each and every warning given by her family.
All five days of menstruation, she spent outside of her room and remain untouched with her
husband. She never think about to break these all rules. When her husband thinks about 'change'
all the society members treated him as characterless person. He still goes on selling his
handmade pads but from all places he finds disappointment. The main thing to consider is,
Women herself becomes the enemy of her own health, and denied to use sanitary pad which was
sold by a man.
iii) Mechanization of God- Deus ex Machina
In some scenes we can see that, the God is present as a machine. The very first scene about the
mechanization of God is 'Hanuman temple scene' where Hanumanji is presented as a machine.
The Devotees can insert rupee coin in the hand of Hanumanji and when they put coconut in the
mouth, it goes down in the body of Hanumanji and comes out in pieces. The satire was used
there that all the devotees moving towards machine God and besides it the temple with ordinary
idea remained uncrowded. It signifies that this is time to moves towards modern in spite of
following only ancient idea. It also shows the impact of machinery on humans.
In the second scene also we saw that The Machine God himself comes out to take money from
the devotees and then went inside behind the curtains.
iv) Pari as a representation of strong woman character
In the film Sonam Kapoor played the role of Pari. She is too much strong and confident
personality. She supports Lakshmikant, a lot to make him the real hero who made pads at
minimum price by himself, even Lakshmi gave name of Pari to the pads he made. Pari left her
job interview and goes on to help Lakshmikant. In last scene also when Lakshmi was not able to
speak in front of huge audience, Pari supports him and encourage him to speak.
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In the film climax came when the wife of Lakshmikant left him all alone and went to her
mother's home. At some point we feel that Lakshmi may be put off his business of making pads
because all things were not going right with him. But he didn't do that and decided to move
towards city and there he can prove his genius.
vi) Catharsis
In the last scene when Lakshmi get confused whom to chose, his wife or his friend Pari we feel a
kind of fear, that what should done with Gayatri if Lakshmikant leave her, but we feel relax
when he chose his wife and his friend Pari helps him in doing so. So there is kind of fear and
after sometime, we feel satisfaction and get relieved of that fear. This brings Catharsis.
The protagonist is whatever doing, he is doing for the benefits of his wife, but his wife was
believes in him in the last scene of the film. The main Idea that the director wants to show is the
making of healthy and not much costly sanitary pad for the benefits of the women in village, as
well as in cities too. Somehow the idea is justified also; the village women also started doing
business of selling pads with Lakshikant. There is one dialogue in the film which is spoken by
Sonam Kapoor that a woman can talk with other woman about the problems of women in far
better way then to talk with man. That's why the women refuses to take pads when Lakshmikant
went to sell it door to door and takes all pads when it were sold by Pari.
Contrast
The whole film is not ordinary one but a satire on the society who still remains under backward
thoughts about the menstruation. At one side it also shows the celebration of a teenage girl who
first comes in menstrual cycle and on the other hand it shows the the shy women who refuses to
takes pad from man. This is totally contrasting situation that a society doesn't feel shame when
they celebrate the festival of a teenage girl who comes of her age, but feel shame when someone
wants to help that girl to use sanitary pad for her better health.
(5) Rang De Basanti - By Ramiz Solanki
First of all I would like to thank our professor
(H.O.D) of English Department, Bhavnagar
University, Dr Dilip Barad sir, who organized film
screening of Rang De Basantee (director: Rakeysh
Om Prakash Mehra) on Independence day-2017
(India).
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In The Kapil Sharma show, Kapil has asked in comic manner to Rakeysh Mehra that "don't you
think that you shows two movies(stories) in your one films, and by this way audience take
double entertainment in the purchase of one ticket? He answered on that question that as I
usually take almost five years to make one film, that's why I believe that I should show more
than others for the sake of audience's satisfaction.
So here, the statement of him in The Kapil Show can be proving through the movie Rang De
Basanti and Mirzya. Rang De Basanti movie has two stories, one is that how the young
generation tries to stand against the dull system of our government and second is that how the
freedom fighters of India had tried to oppose the reign of English rulers even at the cost of their
life. Though the freedom fighter movement seen very less in the movie. But, we can say that
director wants to express that if we want India clean from the garbage of corruptions, scams, and
lot of other things, than we should/must put our feet in those direction at which our freedom
fighters has gone. In the movie mirzya, there is also two stories showed by rakeysh Mehra.
Rakeysh Mehra has tried to hide something.
Yes, we can say that Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra has tried to hide something before release
RangDe Basanti. When we search for the poster of Rang De Basanti or watch the movie trailer,
we can not find even the glimpse of the story of freedom fighter's movement. From the poster
and trailer of movie, we can say that, this movie would on the college life or on the theme of
friendship as the posters indicates us. What would be the reason behind this? Is because audience
doesn't like those movies that show the freedom fighting moment or audience always wants a
kind of Masala Films (artificiality) rather than the naked truth.
(6) Analysis of the Gupt movie by structuralist Method - By Kailash Baraiya
Structuralism or sructuralust criticism is the offshoot of certain development in linguistics and
anthropology. The best work in structuralist poetic had been done in the field of narrative. Order,
Frequency, Duration, Voice and Mood are the five concepts used by Genette in narrative
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With the point of a structuralist, i would like to analyses a Bollywood movie Gupt: The hidden
truth 1997, suspense thriller film, directed by Rajiv Rai. It stars Boby Deol, Manisha Koirala and
kajol in lead roles.
The story of the horror thriller film Gupt revolves around the murder of a political chief and the
reason of this murder by an unknown killer remains utterly mysterious. Iniyially the murder
seems to be familiar.
The plot of the film is fashioned in a way that makes the viewers suspect that everyone had an
axe to grind in the murder. At the end, the revelation of the killer horrifies the viewers.
(7) "Midnight's Children"
By Gausvami Surbhi
'Midnight's children' is a novel by the famous writer 'Salman Rushdie'. Midnight's children won
both the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black
Memorial Prize in 1981. It was awarded the "Booker
of Bookers" Prize and the best all-time prize winners in
1993 and 2008 to celebrate the Booker Prize 25th and
40th anniversary. it is a postcolonial novel in
which writer gives account of events happened during
British India and Independent India. He adds the beauty
to these events by using the tool 'Magic Realism'
which makes novel imaginative piece of
literature instead of boring historical novel.
The protagonist of novel
Saleem sinai was born on the exact movement when India gained it's freedom from British rule,
15th august, 1947. He is the narrator of story and starts telling from the life of his grandfather.
His grandfather named Adam Aziz was doctor begins treating Naseem his grandmother. Here
one can read postcolonial feminism that Adam was not allowed to treat Naseem directly. Even
Doctor can not check woman, she remained in 'parda'. Novel begins in Kashmir; the place is
already problematic for India and Pakistan. Novel speaks about some minority Muslim people
who didn't want partition. But 'Islamophobia' spreads in such a way nowadays that we always
blame them for everything.
Saleem born on the midnight of India's independence with giant nose therefore possesses
telepathic power to gather children who born on the same midnight. Other children also possess
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question or accept surreal things as telepathic power of Saleem, Even the mother Naseem can go
into the dreams of daughters, Parvati's power of doing magic 'Abra ka dabra'.
Novel raises the ontological question of Saleem's life. We can find several gray areas about
Saleem's identity. When we ask question epistemologically at that time we find several
information about his existence and identity. Perhaps he is child of William Mathwold and slave
lady so the problem of hybridity takes place. But then exchanged by nurse and got rich family.
'Let the rich be poor and poor be rich'. it suggests that we are thrown in this careless universe,
we don't have control over birth. The identity which is given to us or label with which we live as
Hindu, Muslim or Christian is fake. Because we don't know the fact about someone's birth.
Saleem lives with given identity but all of a sudden he come across the truth that 'he is not what
he is'. And suddenly lost his fortune and becomes poor person. so at the end he speaks that 'I had
many family and no family'.
Political crisis is one of the major events of the novel. This portrayed the India during ‘Indira
Gandhi’s’ rule. Emergency is world-know political crisis for India. Novel evokes the pathetic
condition of poor people. India got the democracy, freedom and progress at the cost of poor
people. Salman Rushdie makes fun of India's progress by suggesting that India and Saleem grew
together.
One can find a postcolonial aspect in novel and film. Because salman Rushdie was abandoned
writer for India and 'Deepa Mehta' the director of the film is Canadian. So they portrayed India
as a country of 'snake charmers' and the people who believe in superstitions. So they narrate
'Orient' people as inferior and badly poor.
In a way this novel has the postcolonial characteristics. This gives picture of India during British
rule and after the independence.
(8) Modern Times - By Mital Raval
Modern Times is a comedy film by Charlie Chaplin. It is written and directed by Charlie Chaplin
in 1936. In which he represented iconic little tramp character who struggles to survive in the
modern industrialization world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and also
poor condition of people. This movie is also “Culturally significant”. Charlie Chaplin has
doing satire on mechanical life with the help of this movie. He has played a role of factory
worker and how he lives life as a factory worker it shown in this movie. With the help of this
character Chaplin show industrialization of 20th century. He shows very well how man became
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He also shows poverty of 20th
century in this movie with the help of Gamin’s character Because
of Chaplin interested in poor and also working class. Gamin’s father was unemployed and
mother was died that’s way she stolen food from the different places. He shows department store
in this movie it is also satire of that time. The end of the movie is with the rode journey and some
mountain it is also symbolic. It shows the journey of life goes on, it never end an till the death as
well rode. It was also never end. So the end of the movie is very symbolic. There are many
symbols in the movie like, clock, sheep.
The Great Dictator
This movie is released in 1940 during the Second World War. This movie is American political
satire comedy drama. It is written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. In this movie we have see
satire on politics. It is written in Jewries language. Charlie Chaplin played double roll in this
movie. One of them is great dictator like Hitler and anther is Jewish barber. How Hitler ruled on
Jew people and makes fear towards people So both the movie is very helpful to understand 20th
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Play Review
1) Review of Play 'DigDarshak' - By Komal Shahedapuri (SEM: 4)
We had screening of Hindi play ‘Digdarshak’, written by Priyam Jani and directed by Rishit
Jhaveri in Department of English MKBU, organised by Film Screening Committee. Generally
story is about a theatre director who reunites with one of his student who become
Bollywood Superstar but Director disappointed that his student leave him and theatre
too. Director is very serious and conscious about theatre as he gave his whole life to it than his
family. So, here he can’t balance his family along with his work, which is very important skill
that how you maintain your work and all family relations together. Here the work is first priority
than family. Here the main and interesting topic is Cinema v/s Theatre. When we are
talking about Cinema is all about your facial expression and gestures, sound of the dialogues is
not high because camera captures all things. Cinema is not cup of tea of any single person to
make movie, it need many people like director, actor, cameraman, costume ,designer,
scriptwriter and many more , so it became democratic while Theatre is controlled by single
person that is director or trainer of drama, so it became autocratic. Trainer may be angry, rude or
have no passions where as teacher passion should be there.
Asva Play is in flashback technique or we can say that art within art, it’s like the Play within Play
of Hamlet where Hamlet have talk with actors and play a role in that, name of the play was “The
Murder of Gonzago”. Digdarshak is like a Kunstlerroman means work of art that portrays the
growth to maturity of an Artist, so here it can be apply as it shows the growth of a theatre Artist.
Every new generation is smarter than old one , so here student became Bollywood star and his
trainer don’t happy with that but slowly he accept his student’s success.
There is also one play named “Six Characters in Search of an Author” by Luigi Pirandello, is an
Italian play and performed in
1921. It is an absurdist
metatheatrical play about the
relationship among authors, their
characters and theatre practitioners
which somehow have similar plot to
‘Digdarshak’. Here, we have also
familiar with the director and
writer’s intention to make play like this which is very difficult to know in literature.
I don’t have much knowlegde about theatre but as literature student and after the valuable
discussion on this play among teachers and students, I have written my views on this play. So,
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(2) Yugpurush- Mahatma Na Mahatma - By Niyati Pathak (SEM: 2)
Yugpurush: Mahatma Na Mahatma is a 2016
Gujarati play based on the relationship
between Jain philosopher Shrimad Rajchandra
and Indian independence leader Mahatma
Gandhi. The play depicts the spiritual journey
of Gandhi. It was written by Uttam Gada and
directed by Rajesh Joshi. The original song for
the play is composed by Sachin–Jigar. It is
produced by Shrimad Rajchandra Mission, Dharampur. The play is also adapted in other
languages including English and Hindi. It won the Best Drama award at the 16th Annual
Transmedia Gujarati Screen and Stage Awards 2016.
Yugpurush highlights the values of love, selflessness, diversity, truth and community building
through the story of Mahatma Gandhi and Shrimad Rajchandra. The play examines how Gandhi
met Shrimad for the first time after returning from England in 1891. Even after Gandhi moved to
South Africa, the meetings still continued not personally but through letters. These letters played
a pivotal role in shaping Gandhi’s character. Their honest friendship blossomed and Gandhi
proclaimed Shrimad as his spiritual mentor. Shrimad was the one who inherited principles of
truth, ahimsa and dharma which were later crystallized as the fundamental tenets of Gandhism.
Shrimad left at an early age of 33 and the letters composed by him were then, the only
companion of Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi remained indebted to the teachings of his mentor and
now he is celebrated as the global messenger of non-violence.
In the last picture, I like the most and also inspired to the relationship between this mahatma and
Mahatma .The all performer of the play enacted very well on stage. Over all this is very
entertaining play and also helps us to increase our knowledge. After watching this play my faith
on God has much increased and on Mahatma also, this motion I liked the most.
(3) Play: “Digdarshak” - By Megha Trivedi
The Film Screening Committee organised the show of play" Digdarshak", which was
performed in Natya Shoth 2017 - Online
one Act completion. This play was written
by Priyam Jani and directed by Rishit
Jhaveri.
This session became very knowledgeable
for us, because as a student of literature
it's a good opportunity to watch
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both the characters are Gujarati and they performed Hindi drama so it's a good job because it's
little bit difficult also. They used very less property as well as in a simple dress ( Black and white
clothes) they performed good, because their acting was superb, flashback technique used well in
this dram , and only two characters cover entire stage , and how beautifully both characters
means Actor and directer played more role at a same time. This play also follow same pattern.
The main themes of this play are:
1) Cinema V/S Theater: in which we find during the watching play that, how the man of theater
try to save the original form of art like drama. And it's very debatable point also, and performed
this point in very interesting way also in drama. But directer of this play does not criticize any of
them but he tries to give importance and balance to both of the things.
2) Sacrifice for the theater: As an artist which kind of sacrifices this character did it shows
very well.
3) Theater vs Family: this play gave the massage that balance is necessary between your
personal and professional life, "Apno ko Janna vo bhi ek Kala hai ". Spend some time for
your family also. So, symbol and language also used well.
Myth of Ashwatthama also symbolically represents. Relation of student as an artist and teacher
as a trainer are also portrayed good. So such an interesting play. This play is like
a Kunstlerroman play.
Book Review
(1)'Mahotu' - By Kailash Baraiya
Here I am sharing my review and experience of the reading
the Gujarati book 'Mahotu'. The book 'Mahotu' is the
notable work of Ram Mori, which published in 2016. Ram
Mori is primarily known for his short stories depicting the
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written by him, which brought him the Sahitya Academy’s Yuva Puraskarin 2017. 'Mahotu' is
the collection of the short stories, which was critically acclaimed by some of the Guajarati
writers and critic including Raghuveer Chaudhary and Kirit doodhat. His short stories are
centered on women of rural Saurashtra. Mahotu is also name of his first story in this book.
'Mahotu' is about the stories full of colors of life. It is about the realistic situations of life. In his
all the short stories in the book 'Mahotu' is narrated as first person and every stories are narrated
by the women. Ram Mori writes about the general problems of the rural society and how women
suffer in the society and compromise with their desire because of the absurd rules and traditions
of the society. The language which Ram Mori used is very rural and he also portrayed the
modern or the urban life and their problem also. During the reading the reading of the stories we
feels some different types of curiosity for further reading and about what will happen next. The
ends of the every story are very interesting, because all the stories have an open end. It shows the
post-modernist literature of 21st century.
So, I want to say that this is the amazing
book, and my experience of reading this
book is totally enjoyable.
(2) Polytechnic book one short story - By Krishna Khamal
Udancharkaldi’ by contemporary Gujarati writer Mahendrasinh Parmar from his
book “Polytechnic” (a collection of short stories). They are 'Polytechnic' short story it is modern
short story. Modern
literature uses the
triviality in any space of
literature. Some modernity
put in trivial aspect of this
short story ''Udancharkaldi''.
About the Author:-
Mahendrasinh Parmar is born on 2nd
October 1967 in Naliya (Kutch, Gujarat). At present he is a
faculty member at Department of Gujarati, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University.
Recently, In February 2016 he launched his two books.
1) “Polytechnic”
2) “Rakhdu no Kagal”
The Plot:-
The plot of the story revolves around the female protagonist ‘Jivi’. Jivi is a girl from rural area.
She gets married with Mansukh and moves to his urban house. The new house was very nice
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and keeps it so clean. In village, Jivi and her friends had lots of problems as they didn’t have
facilities of toilet.
Jivi loves her new house so much that when her mother and brother invite her for her brother’s
wedding. At first she denies going with them and promises to come soon. Jivi was so attached
with the new house and specially the facilities, which it was hard for her now to live without this
facility. Mansukh also explains Jivi that they should go for her brother’s wedding. The end of the
story is open for interpretation that whether Jivi visits her mother’s home or not.
In this story, the author has used a very interesting metaphor “Raamsabha” for the nature’s call
in nature. Jivi and her friends use this metaphor to talk about the nature’s call in nature. It
generates laughter among the readers. This metaphor is used several times in the story.
Example:-
This dialogue is spoken by
‘Savli’; Jivi’s best friend. When
Jivi’s Bidaai is taking place,
Savli tells her that she is very
fortunate to have the facility of
sanitation, but she has the same
“Raamsabha”. It shows how the
girls suffer due to lack of
facility of sanitization. The girls
can get it only if they get married. The question is why????
Here we can see how an old
lady sings song of
“Raamsabha”. It reflects the problems she might have suffered and must be seeing the younger
girls suffer.here use this many trivial image in story also.
Here we can see a glimpse of a
conversation between Jivi and
her husband. Jivi tells her
husband about “Raamsabha”.
Here is a very interesting line
which reflects the salient feature
of postmodernist literature.
This is what we as a reader should understand the hidden meaning behind the comic elements.
Both Jivi and her husband cried on the situations faced by Jivi. A woman faces this serious
problem of poor or no sanitation facilities. It not only creates problem about hygiene of women
but also security of women. In August 2014, two girls in Uttar Pradesh were raped during their
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Nowadays we also see the advertisement of the Government program for the use of toilets with a
tagline.
“Jaha soch waha sauchalay”
Rather than portraying Jivi in a tragic way, the author gives her a touch of comedy mixed with
innocence. We might wonder that can there be anyone who doesn’t want to go at her mother’s
place. We should imagine the condition of Jivi and the problem girls like her faces. Jivi reflects
every girl who is the victim of these kinds of social issues. With the use of pure local Gujarati
language, use of metaphors and the comic elements makes the story worth reading.
Many times people are also ashamed of talking about toilet facility or maybe they think these are
not important things to be discussed or talked. Modern literature makes use of comedy, satire and
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E-Mail Addresses of Students and Teachers
Sem- 2 Name Email Address
1 Abulhasan Abedi abediabul@gmail.com
2 Charmi Vyas cmvyas1996@gmail.com
3 Chiragkumar Solanki chiragksolanki7@gmail.com
4 Daksha Makwana makwanadaksha9@gmail.com
5 Darshna Parmar parmardarshana1997@gmail.com
6 Devika Boricha devikaboricha08@gmail.com
7 Dharaba rayjada dharabarayjada021@gmail.com
8 Dharma Gohel dharmagohel71@gmail.com
9 Disha Gediya dishagediya11@gmail.com
10 Ekta Jayswal ektajayswal12@gmail.com
11 Heerva Bhatt heervabhatt96@gmail.com
12 Hema Goswami hemagoswami474@gmail.com
13 Hetal chauhan hetalchauhan137@gmail.com
14 Jagruti Vasani jagrutivasani17@gmail.com
15 Jyotiba M Gohil jyotibagohil96@gmail.com
16 Jyotiba P. Gohil Jyotibagohil08@gmail.com
17 Kajal Bambha kajalbambha16@gmail.com
18 Keraliya Kajal Www.kajalk1@gmail.com
19 Kavitaba Gohil kavitabaprahaladsihjigohil@gmail.com
20 Krupa Parmar parmarkrupaj25@gmail.com
21 Mahir Pari Goswami goswamimahirpari786@gmail. Com
22 Mayuri Solanki mayuribensolanki24@gmail.com
23 Mehul Dodiya svkmehul97@gmail.com
24 Nirali Dgrani dungaraniirali@gmail.com
25 Niyati Pathak napathak02@gmail.com
26 Nusrat Jaha Sheikh nususheikh1@gmail.com
27 Ramiz Solanki ramiz.solanki39@gmail.com

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28 Jalondhara Ravji J ravjijalandhara@gmail.com
29 Khasatiya Reena khasatiyamili21@gmail.com
30 Joshi Riddhi Www.riddhij8@gmail.com
31 Rudrika gohel rudrikagohel97@gmail.com
32 Sagar Vaghela sagarvaghela2020@gmail.com
33 Utsavi Mori utsavibarajput18@gmail.com
34 Vijay Makwana vijaykm7777@gmail.com
35 Dabhi Vipul dabhivc04@gmail.com
36 Zankhana Matholiya zankhanamatholiya96@gmail.com
Sem- 4 Name Email Address
1 Ajit Kaliya kaliyaajitbhai@gmail.com
2 Alpa Ponda alpa.ponda7@gmail.com
3 Architaba Gohil architabagohel94@gmail.com
4 Arti Vadher artivadher10@gmail.com
5 Binkalba Gohil binkalbagohil1995@gmail.com
6 Budhiditya S. Das budhiditya900@gmail.com
7 Dharaba Gohil dharagohil2907@gmail.com
8 Drashti Nagla nagladrashti38@gmail.com
9 Kailash Baraiya kailashbaraiya21@gmail.com
10 Kavita Mehta kavitamehta164@gmail.com
11 Khushali Dave khushalidave8@gmail.com
12 Kiran Vora kiranvora5196@gmail.com
13 Komal Shahedapuri komaltara1311@gmail.com
14 Krishna Khamal krishnakhamal01@gmail.com
15 Mansi Parmar mansibaparmar212@gmail.com
16 Matangi Bhatt matangi.bhatt25@gmail.com
17 Megha Trivedi meghatrivedi666@gmail.com
18 Mital Raval ravalmital5292@gmail.com
19 Namrataba Zala namratazala2707@gmail.com
20 Riddhi Maru riddhimaru27@gmail.com
21 Rinkal jani rinkaljani1807@gmail.com
22 Surbhi Gausvami gausvamisurbhi17@gmail.com

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Co – Curriculum Rankers 2016 – 18
27th Youth Festival “Shyamal”, MKBU.
Kavitaba Gohil, Architaba Gohil, Budhiditya S. Das,
Kavita Mehta.
Third rank: Installation
27th Youth Festival “Shyamal”,
MKBU.
Ajit Kaliya
First rank: Cartooning
27th Youth Festival “Shyamal”,
Devyaniba Jadeja
Third rank: Poetry Writing and Recitation
Sri Sai
Sahitya
Sabha
Elocution
Competition
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Empowerment.
“Suvarnrang Youth Festival” 2016, MKBU.
Surbhi A. Gausvami
First rank: Essay Writing
Third rank: Elocution Competition.
National Youth Festival
Ajit Kaliya
Third rank: Installation
Excel Expression
Budhiditya S. Das and Surbhi Gausvami
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Shyamal Youth Festival – 2017, Department of English
M.K. Bhavnagar University
(1) Poster Making (2) Quiz
(3) Essay writing and Elocution competition (4) Rangoli
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(7) On the spot Painting (8) Installation
(9) Clay Modeling (10) Classical vocal singing
(11)
Voca

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l Music (12) Drama
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Co- Curricular Events Record 2017-18
No. Date of Event Name of Events Total Number of Students
Participated
1. 21-06-2017 International Yoga Day 07
2. 04-07-2017 Orientation Hour at Central
Library
52
3. 10-07-2017 Celebration of Guru Purnima 40
4. 10-07-2017 Introductory session of
Committee
08
5. 12-07-2018 Ph.D Viva of Mr. Vijay
Mangukiya
35
6. 03- 08-2017 Mobile Photography Competition 19
7. 05-08-2017 Memory Tree Plantation 41
8. 29-08-2017 National Sports Day 30
9. 02-09-2017 Technology Integration Workshop 30
10. 05-09-2017 Teacher’s Day 16
11.
05-09-2017
06-09-2017 Sahitya and Lalit Kala Shibir 02
12. 11-09-2017 Live Webcast of Prime Minister’s
Speech on Young India, New
India
100
13. 24-09-2017 National Service Scheme (NSS) 10

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14. 28-09-2017 SWAYAM MOOC 10
15. 03-05 Oct 2017 Shyamal Youth Festival 23
16. 14-15 Oct
2017
International Conference (BOAU) 08
17. 29-11-2017 Ph.D Viva of Ms. Dhara Dabhi 08
18. 11- 13 Jan 2018 Yugaantar National Youth
Conference
22
19. 26-01-2018 Gardening Day 35
20. 02- 03 Feb
2018
8th
A.K. Ramanujan National
Paper Reading
02
21. 08-02-2018 Rangoli Competition 21
22. 25-26 Feb 2018 NET-SET Workshop 70
31 March 2018 Digital Portfolio Demonstration 22 + 40
23 10 April 2018 Workshop on Answer Writing
Skill
40
24 26 April 2018 Girls In ICT Day 40

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Charts: Co- Curricular activities
Participation of Students in Co- Curricular activities 2017-18
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Charts: Co- Curricular activities
Participation of Students in Co- Curricular activities 2017-18
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No. of Students Participated in Events 2017-18

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Online Discussion Forum Details 2017-18
No. Discussions Topics of Discussions
1. Discussion 1 Education System: Class in Forest
2. Discussion 2 Post-Truth word of the year
3. Discussion 3 Atheism and Morality
4. Discussion 4 Literature and Politics Dystopic Novel:
BNW and 1984
5. Discussion 5 Psychological Advantage of Literature
6. Discussion 6 Pehredar Piya Ki: Progressive or
Regressive
7. Discussion 7 Oneness of Literature
8. Discussion 8
Huxley vs. Orwell: Dystopian Truth in
Post- Truth Era
9. Discussion 9 Fiction and Lies
10 Discussion 10 Stop Telling to Photoshop Reality
Total Number of wors used per Online Discussion Thread Year 2017-18

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No. of words used by students year 2017-18
Sem-2

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Graphical Presentation of Daily Schedule

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No. of books Borrowed by Students from Department Library
during 2017-18
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No. of Books Borrowed by students from Central Library during
2017-18
Semester-2
Semester-4

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No. of Books Borrowed by Dr. Dilip Barad from Central Library during
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" ડાય. ડદલીપ બારડ "
ઘણડં દિવસોથી વવચડરોનડ વમળો ઉઠતડં હતડં, લડંબડ સમયથી કંઇક
લખવડની ઇચ્છડ હતી. પણ કિડચ તે ઇચ્છડ યોગ્ય વવષયની રડહમડં હશે. પ્રખ્યડત
લેખકો અને કવવઓને વડંચીને, જાણીને ઉંર્ે- ઉંર્ે એવી આશડ ખરી કે કંઇક આપણં
- પોતીકં લખડણ હોય. પણ જો યોગ્ય વવષય ન હોય તો તે પડયડદહન છે. 2016 મડં
" અંગ્રેજી ભવન " મડં પ્રવેશ મેળવ્યો. આ ભવન અને તેનડં વશક્ષણ વવશે ઘણી વડતો
સડંભળેલી. એટલે કોલેજકડળ િરવમયડનથી જ અહીં વશક્ષણ લેવડની અિમ્ય ઇચ્છડ
રહેલી. પ્રથમ મલડકડત વખતે જ એક અિભૂત ચેતનડ અને અનોખડ વડતડવરણનો
અહેસડસ થયો.
અંગ્રેજી ભવનનં ચોગડન એવં કે જે વવદ્યડથીઓને ભણવડં, પ્રગવત કરવડં,
જીવનપડઠો શીખવડં, હસવડં, રમવડં, કૂિવડં, અને સડથી અગત્યનં જીવન વવવેચન
કરવડનં જ્ઞડન મેળવવડ પ્રોત્સડદહત કરે છે. અને આ સડનં મૂળ, પ્રેરણડસ્‍તરોત, લદહયો,
જન્મિડતડ અને દિશડિશાક એટલે,
" ડાય. ડદલીપ બારડ "
જેનડં વ્યદકતત્વને ચચતરવડં બેસો તો ર્ડયરીનડં પેઇજનડં પેઇજ ટૂંકડ પર્ે. પણ
જો કોઇ એક શબ્િમડં પ ૂછે તો હં કહં,
"The spirit of English Department"
જેમનં સમગ્ર જીવન વવદ્યડથીઓનડં વવકડસ અને ભણતરને સમાવપત છે. તેવી
વવવશષ્ટ અને વવરલ વવભૂવતને મડરડ હિયપ ૂવાકનડં વંિન.
એક " પવવર આત્મડ " જેમડં સતત ઘબકતો રહે છે. જેમણે " મડનવતડની
વમસડલ " ઉભી કરી છે, સડિગી, સડમ્યતડ, અને વવનમ્રતડ જેમનં આભૂષણ છે, મઘર

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વડણી જેમને વરેલી છે, વવવેચન અને મીમડંસડ જેનડં શસ્‍તરો છે, સજજનતડ અને
શડલીનતડ જેમનડં વસ્‍તરો છે, એ એટલે " ર્ડા. દિલીપ બડરર્ સડહેબ "
" અંગ્રેજી ભવનનો આત્મડ " એટલે ર્ડા. દિલીપ બડરર્". જેમનડં થકી, જેમનડં
દ્રડરડ સમગ્ર ભવન સગંવઘત અને ઘમઘમતં છે. વવદ્યડથીઓને " દર્જજટલ દવનયડ " થી
વડકેફ અને અચભમખ કરનડર, "Real and True Teachear" શીલવડન અને
ગણવડન, પ્રવતભડશડળી, વવકટ પદરવસ્‍તથતઓ સડમે લર્ી તેને તડબે કરવડની પ્રેરણડ
આપનડર, "Readinessis All" પડઠો શીખવનડંર, વનષ્ઠડ અને પ્રડમડચણકતડનં ઉતમ
ઉિડહરણ, ગહન વવચડરક અને વવવેચક, વશક્ષણનડં પડયડને મજબૂત અને સિઢ
બનડવનડર, યોગ્ય જીવન જીવવડનડં પડઠો શીખવનડર એટલે " ર્ડા. દિલીપ બડરર્
સડહેબ".
અત્યંત સડદ અને સરળ જીવન જીવનડરડં સડહેબ " મડનવતડની સરવડણી" છે.
મડરડં વનરીક્ષણમડં એ હંમેશડ આવ્‍ં છે કે તે પટડવળડથી મડંર્ી અવઘકડરી સઘીનડં
ઉપરી પોસ્‍તટનડં લોકોને એકજ સરખડં મડનથી બોલડવે. એને મન આ ભેિભડવનડં વડર્ડં
અવસ્‍તતત્વ જ ન ઘરડવે.
કડયાપ્રવતબઘ્ઘતડ અને કડયાવનપણતડનં ઉતમ ઉિડહરણ એટલે ર્ડા. દિલીપ
બડરર્. રોજ સવડરે િસ વડગ્યે દર્પડટામેન્ટ આવવડનં, સડની પહેલડં અને સડ પછી
સડંજનડ સડત વડગ્યે પરત ફરવડનં, આ તેમનો વનત્ય ક્રમ. િરેક કડમ યોગ્ય સમયે
અને યોગ્ય રીતે થડય તેવી એમની ચીવટ. અને આ જ અપેક્ષડ તેમને તેમનડં
વવદ્યડથીઓ પડસેથી પણ ખરી.
સડહેબનડં વ્યદકતત્વનં એક ઉમિડ અને રચળયડમણં પડસં એટલે " પ્રખર
વવવેચન" વવદ્યડથીઓનડં પ્રવતભડવોને વવવેચનનડં રડજવડથી તોલતડં જોવડનો લહડવો
કંઇક અલગ જ હોય છે. િરેક વવદ્યડથી તલવડરની ધડર પર ઘસડય અને ઉજળો થડય.

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જેમ પડરેવડં જાળમડં ફસડય અને ફફર્ે એવો અમડરો સડનો ફફર્ડટ કે સડહેબ શં કહેશે
? િરેકનડ મનમડં બસ આ એક પ્રશ્ન જ ઘૂમરી લીઘડં કરે. જેમ તમડરં કડમ વઘડરે
સડરં તેમ વઘડરે વવવેચન પ્રડપ્ત થડય એ ઉતમ કડયાની વનશડની. નડની - નડની
વડતોનં ઝીણવટભ‍ ૂા વનરીક્ષણ કરી " મોટી- મોટી " પોસ્‍તટ ફેસબક પર ચઢડવે અને તે
જોઇ અનેકને પ્રેરણડ મળે એ દિશડમડં વવચડરવડની. " Online Discussion " એ
સડહેબનં ગમતં કડયા. સડપ્રડંત સમયમડં ચડલતડ પ્રવડહો વવશે વવદ્યડથીઓ
ઉંર્ડણપવાકનો વવચડર કરી તેમનડં પ્રવતભડવો ગગનમંર્ળમડં તરતડ મૂકે તેવી એમની
મહેચ્છડ.
તેમનં વશક્ષણ અને કડયા છેલ્લી પડટલી સઘી બેઠેલડ વવદ્યડથી સઘી પહોંચે તેવો
તેમનો આગ્રહ. અને 100% વવદ્યડથીઓનો પ્રવતભડવ મળે તેવો તેમનો હઠડગ્રહ.
"Don't give Excuses" એ એમનડં મખમડં સતત વડગોળતો શબ્િ. જો કડયા પ ૂર્ા ન થ‍
તો તેમનડ કટડક્ષો અને વવવેચનની ઝપેટમડં આવ્યડ સમજો.
આમ, જોઇએ તો સડહેબને Marxist ગણી શકડય. તે અવડર નવડર કહે કે "
લોકશડહીમડં હંમેશડ "Minority" નો વવચડર થવો જોઇએ. તેમની Theorey અને વડતો
હંમેશડ Anti- Power રહેલી. Though He is in Power position. ટૂંકમડં કહેવડનં એ કે
નડનડ અને ગરીબ મડણસનો વવચડર તેમને પહેલો આવે.
ભગવડન અને સડહેબને દૂર દૂર સઘી કોઇ સબંઘો નદહ. જેમ કચ્છનડ સફેિ
રણમડં નજર નડખો ત્યડં સઘી કંઇ ન મળે, એમ સડહેબનડં વ્યદકતત્વમડં દૂર દૂર સઘી
ભગવડનની બડબતમડં કોઇ આસદકત જોવડ ન મળે. કયડરેક કયડરેક તો એવી એવી
Logical arguments આપે કે આપણે વવચડરતડં રહી જઇએ કે અત્યડર સઘી આપણે જે
ભગવડનને જાણતડં હતડં તેનં અવસ્‍તતત્વ શં ? બસ આ જ એમની ખડવસયત લોકોને
વવચડરતડ કરી મૂકવડની. ભગવડનની વડતમડં "Existentialism" આવ્યડ વવનડં ન રહે

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તે વવદ્યડથીઓને શીખવે કે તમે પોતે તમડરડ જીવનનડં ઘર્વયડ છો, કોઇ ભગવડન
તમડરડં અઘૂરડ રહી ગયેલડ કડયો પ ૂણા કરવડ નદહ આવે. ભગવડનને "Derrida" ની
વડતોથી "Deconstruct" કરે ત્યડરે એમને ચેન મળે. પરંત કયડરેક આ બઘી વડતોમડં
ભગવડનનં નડમ એટલં બઘં લેવડય જાય કે ભગવડન પણ રડજી થતો હશે કે એ
બહડને મડરં નડમ લે છે. ખરડ ! કડરણ કે ઋષી- મવનઓએ કહ‍ં છે, " કચલ‍ગ એક
નડમ આઘડરડ. "
એક બીજ ં પડસં એટલે "Research Guide" તરીકેનં તેમની Under મડં કેટલડંય
Research Scholars Ph.D. કરે. M. A. નડ વવદ્યડથીઓમડં Research નડ બીજ ઉગડર્વડની
એમની અિમ્ય ઇચ્છડ. અવડર - નવડંર Ph.D મડટેનડં Subject ચચિંઘડર્તડ રહે.
"Research Methodology" પર અનેક સેમીનડરો પણ ભડરતભરમડં કયડા છે. તેમની
બઘીજ પ્રવવતઓ દરસચા પર આઘડદરત. જેથી વવદ્યડથીઓ તેનડથી વડકેફ રહે.
કયડરેક તો એવં લડગે કે બડરર્ સડહેબનો પ્રડણ તેમની લડર્કવડયી એટલે "
ટેકનોલોજી " તેનડં પર તેમની અકથ્ય પકર્, પડવરઘડપણં જાણે કે ટેકનોલોજીને
ઘોળીને પી ગયડ હોય. " He has Integrated Technology in the classroom" અમે સડ
વવદ્યડથીઓ ટેકનોલોજીનડ ખોળે જ્ઞડન મેળવીએ. આ મડદહતી અને જ્ઞડનનડ આઘવનક
‍ગમડં તેમનડં વવદ્યડથીઓ કિમ સડથે કિમ વમલડવે તેવી તેમની મહેચ્છડ. "Trouble
Shoot" કઇ રીતે કરવં તેનડં વવદ્યડથીઓને પડઠો શીખવડર્ે. Blog અને Thinking
activity દ્રડરડ વવદ્યડથીઓને "Reflective Learing " શીખવે. Coursera, edxoline જેવડં
પ્લેટફોમા પર િેશ દવનયડની ‍વનવવસિટીઓમડં અભ્યડસ કરવડ પ્રોત્સડદહત કરે. વળી,
સડથે પોતે પણ આજમડવે. વવદ્યડથીઓને કહેતડ પહેલડ તે પ્રયોગ પોતડનડ પર કરી
જએ. "How to convert ideas into action" તેનં સચોટ ઉિડહરણ પ ૂરં પડર્ે. િેશભરમડં
અનેક સેવમનડરો કરી વશક્ષકોને ટેકનોલોજી અને implementation of technology in the

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classroom નડ કડયિડઓ વવશે સ-મડદહતગડર કયડા છે.
આ બે વષ્ા િરવમયડન અગણીત જીવનલક્ષી અને જ્ઞડનલક્ષી પડઠો અમને
શીખવ્યડં છે. "Fminism" ની શડયા અને સ્‍તવડચભમડનભરી વડતો, Derrida નં
Deconstruction, T. S. Eliot નં Tradition and individual talent વચ્ચેનડં વમળો અને
સંઘષ્ાાડાો, Saussure નં Sign, Signifer, Sigified, Arbitrainess of Language,
Technology integrated Learing, Northrop Faye's Contribution to Archetypal
criticism cultural studies and social criticism, of Roland Barthes, michel foucault,
Albert camus and existentialism, Edward said and orientalism. આ અને આવં
અચગણત, જે જ્ઞડને અમડરડમડં critical Thinking ની ટેવ વવકસડવી.
એક objective observer તરીકે મેં સડહેબનડં સમગ્ર વતાનનં વનરીક્ષણ ક‍ા
એમનં વતાન મને શબ્િોમડં કંર્ડરવડ જેવં મલ્યવડન લડગ્‍ં. અને મેં એક નડનકર્ો
પ્રયડસ કયો. ર્ડા. દિલીપ બડરર્ સડહેબ અમડરડ સડ મડટે એક આિશા વ્યદકત અને
આિશા વશક્ષક છે.
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