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Table of Contents
Other Blogs..............................................................................................................................................3
LAGAAN MOVIE REVIEW.....................................................................................................................3
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ....................................................................................................................6
Her collection :-...................................................................................................................................7
Mario Vargas Llosa................................................................................................................................10
Life.....................................................................................................................................................11
Work..............................................................................................................................................12
Youth Festival 2018:..............................................................................................................................13
(2) One Act Play :- .........................................................................................................................16
Interaction With French Professors......................................................................................................20
Think activity on : Andy Golds Worthy .................................................................................................23
Charlie Chaplin Movie Screening ..........................................................................................................26
Charlie Chaplin The Great Dictator .......................................................................................................29
Visit to Ankur School.............................................................................................................................32
Thinking Activity....................................................................................................................................34
Vinod Joshi's poem ...........................................................................................................................34
Super 30 movie review .....................................................................................................................36
Shashi Tharoor ..................................................................................................................................38
The review of Black Prince movie.....................................................................................................41
Post-colonial Studies on Movie Midnight's Children........................................................................43
Movie Reluctant Fundamentalist......................................................................................................46
August Patriotism and Religious Fervour..........................................................................................48
Shitla Saatam ................................................................................................................................48

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Girish Karnad : Controversial Obituaries ..........................................................................................51
“RANG MOHAN” - Youth Festival 2019.................................................................................................52
SKIT :- ................................................................................................................................................55
Bhajan competition :-....................................................................................................................56
Thinking Activity Arundhati Roy............................................................................................................58
*Arundhati Roy Works :-...................................................................................................................59
Thinking Activity Chimamanda Ngozi ...................................................................................................61
About Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie :- ................................................................................................61
Notable Works :-...........................................................................................................................61
B.A. Text Othello ...................................................................................................................................63
* About the author :- ........................................................................................................................63
* About the Othello :- ...................................................................................................................63
All My Sons............................................................................................................................................65
* About the Author :-........................................................................................................................66
* About the Play :-.........................................................................................................................66
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.........................................................................................................................67
* About the Author :-........................................................................................................................67
Novel :- Moby Dick................................................................................................................................70
* About the Author :-........................................................................................................................70
* About the Novel :-......................................................................................................................70
Poem :- To His Coy Mistress..................................................................................................................72
About the Author :-...........................................................................................................................72
* About the Poem :-......................................................................................................................73
Novel :- Hart of Darkness......................................................................................................................74
* About the Author :-........................................................................................................................74
* About the Novel :-......................................................................................................................75
Play :- The Proposal...............................................................................................................................77
* About the Author :-........................................................................................................................77
* About the Play :-.........................................................................................................................78
Short Story :- Nightingale and Rose......................................................................................................80
* About the Author :-........................................................................................................................80
* About the Short Story :- .............................................................................................................80
Poem :- Ode On Solitude ......................................................................................................................82

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* About the Author :-........................................................................................................................82
* About the Poem :-......................................................................................................................82
Poem :- The Daffodils............................................................................................................................84
* About the Author :-........................................................................................................................84
* About the Poem :-......................................................................................................................84
Short Story :- The Trunk of Ganesha.....................................................................................................85
* About the Author :-........................................................................................................................85
Short Story :- The Postmaster...............................................................................................................88
* About the Author :-........................................................................................................................88
Cultural Studies - Workshop by Dr. Kalyani Vallath..............................................................................90
* She touched upon topics like ;.......................................................................................................90
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LAGAAN MOVIE REVIEW

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 First of all, i did not know the meaning of lagaan, but
after seening the movie, i knew what is lagaan mean.
 15 august we are watching bollywood movie lagaan.
after watching the movie i give my review. bollywood in
the best movie is lagaan. all actors are very good actors.
indianism has been shown inside the movie.
 story based on 1893 "chapaner". this story protegonist
isa normal farmers son become a leader and solve the
problem of village.
 In this movie we find triangle of love story. in this movie
find caste system,also we find that the our indian typical
moralities for caste.
 The film is set in the victorian period of india's colonial
British raj. the story revolves around a small village
whose inhabitants,burdened by high taxes, find
themselves in an extraordinary situation as an arrogant
officer challenges them to a game of cricket as a wager
to avoid the taxes. the narrative spins around this
situation as the villagers face the arduous task of learning
the alien game and playing for a result that will change
their village's destiny.

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 Theory:-
1. ) Post colonialism
2. ) Nationalism
3. ) Indianess
4. ) patriarcy
5. ) cricket as metaphor
6. ) subaltern
7. ) Rural india
8. ) Teamwork and leadership
 The movie," lagaan: once upon a time in india", also
known as "lagaan", took place during the age of the
enlightenment. indians began to feel a sense of
nationalism during the time period and rebelled against
oppressive british control.during the movie, indian
villagers under the leadership of bhuvan, the main
character, oppose british's taxation system. Throughout
"lagaan", bhuvan finds himself caught between two
lovers: an indian village girl named gauri and a helpful
british girl named Elizabeth. although the women come
from very distinct cultures, they both rebel against
powerful men to support bhuvan in his journey against

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british tax imposers, eventually falling in love with him
in the process.
 In the beginning of the movie there is a situation of
drought but at the end of the movie rain is also coming.
and this problem also solved at the end of the movie. in
the movie happy ending is there.
Thank you
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie born on 15
September 1977 is a Nigerian novelist, writer of short stories,
and nonfiction.
Her collection :-
Novels :-
 purple hibiscus (2003)
 Half of a yellow sun (2006)
 Americamah (2013)
Short story :-
 The thing around your neck (2009)
1) Talks on important of story / literature
in 2008,adichie was awarded a macarthur genius
grant. she was described in the times literary supplement as
"the most prominent" of a " procession of critically acclaimed
young Anglophone authors is succeeding in attracting a new
generation of readers to Africa literature." her most recent
book, dear ljeawele, or a feminist manifesto in fifteen
suggestions, was published in march 2017. According to me
chimamanda Adiche's speaking skills is wonderful and she
speaks very clearly. in this vedio chimamanda adiche talls the
story of how she found her authentic cultural voice and warns
that if we hear only a single story of about another person or

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country. she talks about many things like: character, novel,
books, coutry, place, culture, nature, she talks about "the
things fall apart" written by chinua achebe.
2) We should all be feminist
We should all be feminists is a book-length essay by
the Nigerian author chimamanda ngozi adichie. first published
in 2014 by fourth estate, it aims to give a definition of
feminism for the 21st century. we should all be feminists
includes anecdotes and analyses about what it means to be a
feminist. she argues that "feminist" isn't an insult, but rather a
label that should be embraced by all. second video about the
feminism. a very interesting talk on feminism that how social
norms discriminate woman from men.
 she talked about physical differences. but that is not
important.
 but masculine leads more than the creative, innovative.
 people told boy to be hard, not to feel fear.
 for the society a woman fails in marriage it means
personal failure.
 weight of gender expectations
 socialization of gender roles
 caring child is responsibility of both man and woman.
 female should not be apologise to be female.
 in marriage for man it sacrificing of clubs where as for
woman it islike giving up of all the things.
 man has to think more than woman

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 culture subordinates the woman but people makes
culture.
3) Talk on important of truth in post truth era
 Chimamanda adichie talk on truth and lie.
 Truth is more important.
 she shares her experience of lying in hospital in front of
a doctor about her height.
 another is about traffic.
 develop a courage to speak truth...
 lie in politics consider as appropriate in America.
 courage to embrace the truth
 telling truth not because it always work out but you
sleep well at night.
 bending towards truth and to air on the side of truth.
 not stop self to telling truth.
 in politics telling truth will be courageous act.
 never silence your self out of fear that the truth
you speak might provoke.
 listen to the other side at least the reasonable other side.
 keep on trying if it doesn't work out try something else.
 importance of self doubt and self belief.
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Born: 28 March 1936,Arequipa, Peru
Prize motivation : "For his cartography of structures of power
and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance ,
revolt, and defeat".

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Life
Mario Vargas Llosa was born into a middle-class
family in Arequipa, Peru. His parents divorced when he was
young, and he grew up with his mother and maternal
grandparents in Bolivia, where his grandfather worked as a
consular officer. Mario Vargas Llosa developed an interest in
poetry at an early age, which was a source of worry for his
father, who enrolled him in a military academy. Nevertheless,
he followed his literary instincts and became a writer. He was
also politically active and ran as a candidate in the Peruvian
presidential election of 1990. Nowadays he spends most of his
time in Madrid, but also lives in Peru. He has three children.

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Work
In the 1960s, Latin American literature experienced
rapid development that has come to be called "El Boom".
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa was at the heart of this
explosion. His extensive, rich authorship consists mostly of
novels, but also of plays, essays, literary criticisms, and
journalism. His works reflect his ardent love of storytelling.
They are characterized by rich language and cover a range of
genres - from autobiographical books and historical novels to
erotic fiction and thrillers.
1) "If you respect literature you must accept not only the very
idealist, altruist vision of human beings but also the infernal
vision of them."
2) Georges Bataille said that in human beings, there are angels
and devils. Sometimes the angels are important, but for
literature, devils are important too.Literature is a testimony of
what we want to hide in the real word.
3) Sartre’s ideas — that words are acts and that you write
things that could make a difference in history or solve
problems.
4) words are the main tools through we can create the history
or make a difference in history or we can solve the problems.
Writing is a main idea through which we can create a different
kind of society, which is more freer, more liberal. Those were
very influential ideas for a young writer.

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5) history and literature both are very closely from each other,
they are different faces of a coin. The literary version of a
historical part prevails over a historian's account. Literature is
also close to living experiences.
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Youth Festival 2018:

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In Maharaja Krishna Kumar Sinhji Bhavnagar
University had organized Youth festival on 26,27,28 October
2018.The name of this youth festival is "Aeshvaryam Yuva
Manthan". This Youth festival is organizd by Takshshila
Institute of Science and Commerce. So this blog is a part of
thinking activity. In which students has observe the events and
then interpret. So In this Youth Festival many events are there
likes:
(1) Elocution Competition
(2) Eassy Writing
(3) Poetry Writing and reciting
(4) On the spot photography
(5) Quiz
(6) Mono Acting
(7) On the spot painting
(8) Poster Making
(9) Clay modeling
(10) Cartooning

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(11) Rangoli
(12) Installation
(1) Mono Acting :-
This act is about Lady Hawker. She is performed
very well. It is difficult to express feeling. And completely
involve in character it is also difficult. But she expresses her
emotions very well. It's like a real situation. Audience also
appreciates her acting.
First she came and there is a happiness on her face.
She does her work very well. She tries to forget her own pain
in her work. She tries to hides her pain in front of others. But
she fails in this and she cried. And she talks about her pain.
She tells that she married her daughter and her husband sold
her for his selfishness. And she lost her daughter. She cried
for daughter. In the beginning we find she is happy. But her
smile is fake. Behind her smile there is pain there. And In

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ending she is upset. She describes her feelings, her emotions
for daughter is very well.
(2) One Act Play :-
The plays ranged from the ones set in classical
times to the ones dealing with modern day social problems.
Bhrugu Samhita dealt with the themes of entanglement of
relations, the importance of progeny and also how parentage
formed the most important parameter of one's identity, etc.
Analyzing the play based on Aristotelian or Platonic
parameters would reveal that though the play was set in
classical times, it was structured as a modern play. Neither of
the dramatic Unities were followed. And yet the play left its
impression on the thinking audience with its intriguing
message i.e humans should not intervene in the workings of
fate. Something which almost all the major classical dramatic
compositions of those times would reflect. But this theory
would rather do injustice to the play since its context is of
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When third gender person knew the reality and came
to bring that child. But her mother saves her child. And she
fights. And she gives effective arguments. And she also does
job for child's treatment. At the end of the play she wins and
she leaves her home, her family for her child.she truely loves
her child. She is ready to raise her child without being scared
of society.
(3) Rangoli competition :-

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In rangoli competition all participants does their
work very well. It needs a hard work. All participants does
hard work. And they made a rangoli very well. Some rangoli
realated to God, some related to digital tool, some related to
social awareness and some related to social message. It is very
tuff competition because all the participants made rangoli very
beautiful. It is difficult to judge and give to rank. All rangolies
are very beautiful. In my department student also participant
in rangoli competition and made a rangoli related to digital
tool like Blogger, G+, Whatsapp, YouTube, Map etc. All the
tool are important at that time and these tools becomes a need
of people. They are the new weapons for this modern time.
All the tools are very useful. And also my department's
student also got third rank in rangoli competition.

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So all the events are very nice and interesting. All the
events provides enjoyment to participants and also to
audience. My Department also got rank in this events. Third
rank is in rangoli competition, second rank is in western solo
and second rank is in western group song.
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Interaction With French Professors
On 22nd January 2019, Fortunately student of
English department get chance to meet and interact with prof.
Saeed palivandi and prof. Fontanini who come from the
university of lorraine, france .

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In a very brief interaction with student of our
department, they talked about on gender disparity in higher
education, mergers of smaller universities as part if making of
world class universities, revolutionary nature of french
people, yellow vest protest, worrisome unequal distribution of
wealth , unemployment and lack of jobs for humanities
graduates etc..

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some, of the students asked questions, it was
also interesting were an they said that there is less percentage
of female in education compare to male same as India. about
society they said that there is big difference between rich and
poor. poor is becoming poor and rich is becoming rich.
So, it was an interesting session Thank you to Dilip sir for
giving us to this opportunities.

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Think activity on : Andy Golds Worthy
We have watched this documentary on 14th march.
which was about nature and also interesting movie. Andy

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Goldsworthy was working with time. this movie related to
natural elements.
creates mountain shape with stone in the river
and show what is reaction of nature carry or change. this
experiment through we can say he respects process of life and
death. he created lot of things something he became success
and sometimes he became failure to making arts but he never
deficted.
GoldsWorthy says that "Art for me is a form of
nourishment ". he notices sculpture, "the very thing that
brought it to life, will bring about its death". the documentary
described about Scottish landscapes. he talks about the impact
of sheep on the Scottish landscape, and made a chain of green
leaves and placed them in the water. beautiful stonewall,
Crosses a field, and goes under a river, and emerges to wind
through the trees on the other side.

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There is a flow in nature. in the movie covers
many beautiful sides of nature. That's why it creates interest in
our mind. it creates a besuty in ftont of our eyes.
Thank You
Charlie Chaplin Movie Screening

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25 June I am watching the Charlie Chaplin in
modern times movie in English Department. The Charlie
Chaplin movie is a comedy, lighter, tells, and tragic story. this
movie is a economical political satire. this movie in the 2
characters. 2 characters both are a similar. first and main
character is a Charlie Chaplin and second character is one girl.
Charlie Chaplin is a jobless man. Charlie Chaplin is a
homeless man. Charlie Chaplin full movie in a silent. Charlie
Chaplin movie is a very interesting. the movie open with an
good frame of clock. though the uses less language tells us
about that time condition. the movie we can see that the
unemployment and hunger at the center. the movie we find
most of the people are unemployed. for the job they are doing
STRIKES and RIOTS. it was the time of depression. the film
shows ANTI-CAPITALIST. we can also in movie
industrialization and mechanical life of the Human being.
even in the movie thief are coming for food. Chaplin and the
girl were Dream of home, fresh fruit,milk,food.

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But at the end Chaplin get steadily job. the
movie shows three types of symbols which are clock, sheep,
people. the movie ends with the dawn which shows a good
sign of hope and progress, long road with mountains. very
interesting movie to watch me. this movie is not for laugh.
this is the real life connected. Thank you so much to Dilip sir
for organizing this movie screening.
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Charlie Chaplin The Great Dictator
3 July 2019 I am watching the Charlie Chaplin in
the great dictator modern times in English Department.
Charlie Chaplin born 16 April 1889 and died 25 December
1977. This movie is a political satire 1984, Arhood frame, ray
Bradbuy. This movie was parody. this movie language is a
gibberish. Chaplin is a very comedy man.

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In 1938, the world's most famous movie to prepare
a film about the monster of the 20th century. Charlie Chaplin
looked a little like Adolf Hitler. Chaplin devised a satire in
which the dictator and a Jewish barber from the ghetto would
be mistaken for each other. "The Great Dictator", Chaplin's
first talking picture and the highest-grossing of his career,
although it would cause him great difficulties and indirectly
lead to his long exile from the united states.
"The Great Dictator" movie represented satire
on political system, Historically significant & reflection of
world war and aesthetically elements. another side that i found
feminism also. how woman and jew people bearing by central
power and system. moreover i found in movie some condition
of hospital and crash of plane during that time. here i
connected with nowadays times also. mostly nowadays we
suffering lot problem same as that time.

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"Ghetto" is area and marked of Jewish
people in Europe which hews were permitted to live there. in
many times ghettos were places of terrible poverty and during
periods of population growth. here in the movie i could find
they had narrow streets and small, crowded house rather than
another. same as in nowadays poor, low caste people even
villages don't have comfortable houses. Shetto is for rich
people area.
Devaluation of artist was another issue
which were reflected in the movie. being a leader Hynkle
seemed interested in to prepare his portrait though he had not
respect for artist. he just came and stayed for a little and again
went away, while the portrait maker or painter were waiting
for him constantly.
The modern times, it also ends with the
hope of better coming. The last setting of the movie was also
far from urban life.
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Visit to Ankur School
On 28th June the student of English Department
visited by "Ankur School" at Sardarnagar in Bhavnagar. I am
First time visit to Ankur School and look to special children. I
was Listening that there was such a student and also his
school but i have never visited. first time i went to there
organization by department of English. First at all we get
some basic information about special children as well
institute. once upon a time in India disable child has not
proper space in education journey and even in family
membership. i saw mostly people misbehave with any types
of desable children and person also. he was physically disable.
he can learn everything from brushes to dresses or even
clothes in the school he is taught everything from brush to
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There was one mam who guided us through the
visiting. that there teachers were focused only children's basic
routine process of daily. there are many different class for all
students. they are the special student the all teachers using
technology was more attractive to special children. they are
also using music and yoga. when we visited there many
student's behave well with us. i think was a very difficult to
train and teaching this kind of children. they 1 year or 6
month to learn to do brush. i am enjoyed to a Ankur school
visit Thank you to Vaidehi mam to organize this type of
Ankur school visit.
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Thinking Activity
Vinod Joshi's poem
Vinod Joshi is a best writter. vinod joshi born
13 August 1955. vinod joshi is a post modern Gujarati poet,
writer and critic from Gujarat India. his notable works
include, a collection of geets, Shikhandi a long narrative
poem, a character from the Mahabharata, radio Natak. swarup
and siddhant drama: from and theory, an abridged
Ph.d thesis. he is the recipient of the jayant pathak puraskar,
critic's award, kavishwar dalpatram award, sahitya gayrav
puraskar, narsinh mehta award and kalapi award. his notable
work zalar vage zoothadi most loved and sought after
collection of poems.

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vinod joshi's one of the character in
Mahabharata. shikhadi and sairandhri both of the work it like
retelling myth. vinod joshi's recent publications "sairandhri"
poem composed in prabhandh form seven cantos. and dropadi
character of Mahabharata. vinod joshi create imaginary
character of dropadi or sairandhri in his poem. and poet
described sairandhri, she wantes to marry with karna. karna
also lost his real identity in Mahabharata. both character hides
their identity so both condition is same for poet, the poem
poet suggest as human beings. we can't show our inner feeling
and desires everyday we playing different kind of roles and
hiding our self. the Mahabharata's sairandhri was not alone,
she pandava and krishna to poet's imagine in poem sairandhri
nobody her and free from everything she chose karna for
marriage not arjuna. vinod joshi is a intresting writing. all
poet, are a best writing. vinod joshi 's poetry is infused of rural
life. the portrayal of feminine sentiments in Gujarati literature.
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Thinking Activity
Super 30 movie review
 At Top 3 Movie Screening of Super 30
 1st Aug 2019
 MKBU Department of English
 Academic movie screening prof Dilip Barad sir
1 Aug 2019 we all the student of English
Department went to watch the movie "super 30". the movie
directed by vikas bhai. the movie on the life of patna
mathematician Anand Kumar. the movie in real image of our
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kumar family is a poor family. Anand kumar is a mathematic.
he has talent but not proper stage for sharing. this movie is a
real life story. the super 30 movie is a interesting movie. full
movie in a mathematician study. poor children are taught for
free. Thank you for organization to Dilip barad sir.
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Thinking Activity
Shashi Tharoor
Shashi Tharoor born 9 march 1956 in
London is an Indian politician, writer and a former career
international diplomat who is currently serving as member of
parliament, Lok sabha from Thiruvananthapuram, kerala,since
2009. he also serves as chairman of the parliamentary
standing committee on external Affairs and all India
professionals congress.
Shashi Tharoor is one of the best critical
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also. the conference is an acclaim as a considerable success of
Tharoor. Shashi Tharoor that kind of argument give according
to GDP record so he is not said without evidence. so Britisher
also accept they done unfair with India.
Shashi Tharoor also mentioned Robert clave
name who was Indian Railway pioneer and Shashi Tharoor
use for them Hindi word "Loot by Britisher" because they
started train for their transportation not for India people
transportation. even they made road and railway India
people's tax. Shashi Tharoor is an acclaimed writer, having
authored 18 bestelling works of fiction and non-fiction since
1981, which are centered on India and it's history, culture,
film, politics, society, foreign policy and more related themes.
Shashi Tharoor also claim that Britisher ruler
treat Indian people as slaves he also gave example during
world war second four million people was died that for
responsible Britisher. Britishers nature like violence and
racism that is reality of that colonial and Shashi Tharoor laugh
on this fact "sun never set on British Empire". so he said god
also could trust on them if they done wrong in the darkness.
Shashi Tharoor blamed on British. Shashi Tharoor also
mentioned how Britisher change Indian culture and education.
that type of colonaied Indian education. and now we are
studying English language is communication language to
other countries.
The book, "An Era of Darkness" is referring
the idea of post colonial literature. this book describe reality
and hidden condition of the era. i find some interesting key
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conflicts. Ergo, an Era of Darkness without a doubt the most
important book of non-fiction. an era of Darkness renders
yeoman's service to the entire subject of Indian's colonial. this
book most of the arguments paraded in favour of the "British
Raj" by diverse quarters and putting them down, warts and all,
in our place, and some arguments are limited to specific
fields, which, in turn are as diverse as economics, mechanics
of storage of food grains, or a history of textiles, ship-building
and the railways. these is where An Era of Darkness makes it
simple for everyone.
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Thinking Activity
The review of Black Prince movie

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The Black Prince is a 2017 international
historical drama film directed by Kavi Raz and featuring the
acting debut of satinder sartaj. it tells the story of Duleep
Singh, the last maharajah of the sikh empire and the punjab
area, and his relationship with queen Victoria. in the movie
how panjab's king as treat like servant. Duleep Singh has no
his individual thought and living life freely because he always
control by majesty Victoria. Duleep Singh deeply colonied
mentally and physically by Britisher because once day he
killed two three enemy he became injured so he is physically
not strong against fight with enemy. he almost forgot he is
Indian then his mother try to show reality of that Britisher and
convince fight against them. queen Victoria always called
Black prince to Duleepsingh, its through present their strong
beliefs like racism on skin Color of White and black. and also
other countries people help for freedom like turkey, Russia,
Irish but Duleepsingh condition like his own people fraud
with him he ready for go punjab at that time he faced trouble
and his condition like because he not able to free Indian from
British ruler. and movie last seen are a Duleepsingh death.
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Thinking Activity
Post-colonial Studies on Movie
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children is a 1981 novel by British
Indian author Salman Rushdie. it deals with India's transition
from British colonialism to independence and the partition of
British India. it is considered an example of post colonial, post
modern and magical realist literature.
Midnight's children is a 2012 Canadian-British
Film basedom Salman Rushdie. Midnight children movie

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directed by Deepa Mehta. it is story of Saleem sinai, he is
protagonist character in the movie. saleem sinai tell his life
story to padma. the movie we can see that saleem life journey
and also he mentioned his mother life journey as like he
started his story at Kashmir with his grandfather. grandfather
as doctor he love his patient and married with patient. his
mother first marriage with Nadir Khan then second marriage
his father Ahmed Sinai. Ahmed is business he move away his
wife Amina to Mumbai. in Mumbai they meet William
Methon he is British. Amina has a pregnancy. both child as
some date midnight, 15 August 1947, as independent India.
children.
The birth of Saleem and Shiva at same time, it
also shows the birth of two nations India and Pakistan. there is
strong voice of marxism. poor become rich and rich become
poor. the movie two child born at same hospital one is Vanita
and William methon poor family child other Ahmed sinai and
Amita child rich family and nurse Mary exchange that child
each other according to joe. and she changed destiny of there
child Saleem and Shiva. but she filled to that ideas and she
felt guilty. Saleem mother died but after exchanging children
situation completely change then shiva mother child so many
has more sympathy. Saleem not for shiva, shiva is without
mother child.
Movie central Realigious in Muslim. Mary one
mistake it became changing to children. Saleem is a Hindu
son. and shiva is a Muslim son. Saleem as Muslim and he is
married with Hindu girl Parvati. shiva really is a Muslim son
but identity in Hindu son and saleem really is a Hindu son but
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This movie post colonial perspective, movie is not
well narrated because saleem forgot everything due to one
accident and he remembered parvati. and shiva to slums
family he was not go school but officer his learning process.
this movie is a very interesting.
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Thinking Activity
Movie Reluctant Fundamentalist
The reluctant fundamentalist is a 2012
political thriller drama film based on the 2007 novel, the
reluctant fundamentalist by Mohsin hamid, directed by Mira
nair, starring Riz Ahmed and thekate hudson in lead. the
reluctant fundamentalist is a post 9/11 story about the impact
of the Alqaeda attacks on one Pakistani man and his treatment
by Americans in reaction to them.
The film is Suspence thrilled, political
thriller and frame narration. character name is Changez Khan.
he was born in Pakistan. he went to USA for dream top

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businessman. after come back to place Pakistan and he
professor in Lohore University American professor. movie
start with Muslim jushna and other seed kindnapping of
American professor. Changez Khan his movie directed use
flash back method. Changez to the opening of her atr show,
but he angered to discover she had used intimate of their
relatinship in her art, breaks up.
Changez Khan has a pakistani identity.
Changez character with lkabal who is character of "Train to
Pakistan" novel by Khushvantsinh. changez's father is poet.
changez's father's work in to Turkish and published. changez
he quits his job and come back to Pakistan and start job as
professor. changez as proffesor at Lahore University. at the
end of movie kidnapped professor dead photos reveal in
mobile so bobby thought changez reveal that photos and
murmured his friend. changez and demands to see his phone.
the crowd destabilizes and lincoin falls to the ground, and
accidentally shoots and kills sameer changez's brother. then
bobby know reality changez is not involved in that murdered.
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Thinking Activity
August Patriotism and Religious Fervour
Shitla Saatam

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Shitla Saatam is concept of Indian
culture and tradition normally this festival celebrates in
Shravan Mahina as an India religion calendar. it's a part of
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religious festival. Shitala Saatam is the day which we witness
the conflict between religion and science.
Shitala like small pox. many years ago this
small pox shown to people's faces and thinks that shitala
goddess became angry so people do puja archana and build
temples for shitala mata to make happy. but now a days
shitala is under control.
The Tradition of not making goddess
shitala an happy by making hot food in the homes continue.
we celebrate saatam because behind this scientific reason. we
eat cold food some jumes come in the cold food in saatam this
food make vitamin. a part society still worshiping goddess and
celebrate that day with cold food. normally one day ago
people made some kind of food in Gujarat like thepla, raitu,
puri, chanamath,...etc. as a part of celebration. why we don't
eat fresh food and hot food ? if we eat hot food so what
happen with us ? so behind this shitala saatam there is
scientific reasons.
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Thinking Activity
Girish Karnad : Controversial Obituaries
Girish Karnad born 19 may 1938 and death
10 June 2019 was an India actor, film director, Kannada
writer, playwright and a rhodes scholar, who predominantly
worked in south India cinema and Bollywood. his rise as a
playwright in the 1960s marked the coming of age of modern
India play writing in Kannada.
When we talk about Girish Karnad we
found that he has lived very controversial life. his statement
sometimes become so controversial. Girish Karnad when he
passed way on 10th June 2019. Girish Karnad we see that he
was famous for his literary contribution but in part of his
political career he was more critic. Grish
Karnad's Hayarkadana is based on Thomas Mann's
"Transposed Heads" story. This is based on the version of the
story of vate panchavimshati. but Girish Karnad heavily
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successful career drama is Yayati. in 1960, Canadians planned
to leave India to oxford, and for three years they were in
violation of his parents hope as a scholar of Rhodes.
Therefore play is related to the sacrifice of the old generation.
Girish Karnad played roll as a Karnataka
films, as a actor and director, writer and play wright, critic
also during his life. his death at the age of 81 and his funeral
held in Kalapalli Electro Dahargah at bengulure without
rituals. Girish Karnad was not only accomplished actor and
celebrated playwright but also strong public voice. who
decried fundamentalism mad defended the freedom and
expression. Girish Karnad is a intelligent and Famous written.
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“RANG MOHAN” - Youth Festival 2019

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Here I wish to share my experience. Youth
festival is one of the best festivals in which university or
specific college gives you the opportunity to perform or to
show your skill or talents in different fields. It is very
important that someone observe your skill and motivate you
or encourage you to do more and gives you platform were the
talent is valued . So Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar
University had organized a four-day youth festival and given
the name "RANG MOHAN” and the theme of YOUTH FEST
was “RANG MOHAN” attributed to 150th Birth Anniversary
of Mahatma Gandhi. It's up to you how you interpret this
title. In this festival there, the university organized various
events and there were many participants from various
colleges. It is very interesting to meet new people or to know
something new or we can learn as well.
Sir always encourage us to participate in every
event and to learn something or to have experience of it. So,
our from the department, students participated in various
events. I didn't participated in event, but I was there as a
volunteer and I got to learn many new things and also how to
handle the situation and the crowd. My other classmates were
also there as a volunteer named Ashish and Krishna who
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The first event was Kalayatra. In the event, I
found many interesting themes.
After that, on the second day, we had
Inauguration Function in the amphitheatre of MKBU campus.
In this function I only found one best performance, the folk
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this performance. After that, various competitions were held
at the Campus.
On the second day, there was an event like
Mimicry, Spot Painting, One-act Play, Quiz, Poetry
Recitation, Folk Dance, Paper Collage, Mime, Bhajan.
On the third day, the university organized
the events such as Classical Dance, Elocution, Essay writing,
Mono acting, Mehendi, Mono acting, Rangoli, Photography,
Falk song, Clay Modeling, Poster Making etc.
In the final day, the university organized the events such as
Installation, Skit, Group Song and the valedictory Function.
SKIT :-
I would like to congregate my class for the best
performance. Hina, Nirali, Alisha, Prinjal, Nasim, Monica
participated in the Skit competition under the guidance of
Alpa Ponda and Kaushal Trivedi performed an extraordinary
skit on LGBT theme. We have to think about LGBT. When
we watch, at that time you may feel Catharsis or as we know
that in skit they give us one important massage.

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Bhajan competition :-
In bhajan competition, Nasim Gaha from
Department of English participated in the event to showcase
her vocal skills. She performed a well.
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Topics for Spot painting are Festival of
Ganesha, war and peace, and village of Bhavnagar. In this
competition, Kavisha Alagiya participated from Department
of English.
Overall, we enjoyed a lot. Thank to our
university that organised this wonderful Four Day Rang
Mohan festival.
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Thinking Activity Arundhati Roy
Suzanna Arundhati Roy born 24
November 1961 is an India author best known for her novel
The god of small things (1997), which won the man Booker
prize for fiction in 1997 and became the biggest-selling book
by a non-expatriate Indian author. she is also a political
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*Arundhati Roy Works :-
1. The God of small Things (1997)
2. The Ministry of utmost Happiness (2017)
3. My seditious Heart (2019)
4. The end of Imagination (1998)
5. Capitalism a Ghost story (2014)
6. Listening to Grasshoppers (2009)
7. The Algebra of infinite Justice (2001)
* The God of Small Things :-
The God small Things was Roy's first
book and only novel until the 2017 publication of the ministry
of utmost Happiness twenty years later. this novel broken
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two characters are protagonist Esha and Rahul. both are twice
child and their mother separated from their father, so here
protagonist parent's failed marriage then other characters
failed marriage also shown like their maternal uncle, maternal
aunt and Rahul and Esha (twice-brother-sister) marriage
failed then at the end of the novel Rahul and Esha having
sexual relation with each other. so here Arundhati
deconstruction idea of Indian society.
* The Ministry of utmost Happiness :-
The timing was very perfect with Roy's novel,
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, after a Frenetic tedious
gloomy autumn day and completely overwhelmed. in the
novel two protagonist characters are two Anjum and Tilo
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ideas Kashmir Issue as well as community conflict and reflect
political party's politics. through the novel she show modern
India history, from land reform that dispossessed poor farmers
to the 2002 Goodhra train burning and Kashmir rebellion. and
included an intersex woman as it called them Hijara, also
shown their rebellion in the novel.
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Thinking Activity Chimamanda Ngozi
About Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie :-
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie born 15 September
1977 is a Nigerian writer whose works range from novels to
short stories to nonfiction. she was described in The times
Literary supplement as "the most prominent" of a "procession
of critically acclaimed young anglophone authors is
succeeding in attracting a new generation of readers to
African Literature.
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1) Purple Hibiscus (2003)
2) Half of a Yellow Sun (2006)
3) Americanah (2013)
4) The Thing Around Your Neck (2009)
5) We should All be Feminists (2014)
1) Talk on importance of story / Literature :-
=> In this video she talks identity. she talks about that how
identity is connected with our culture, Colour of skin. through
this identity markers everybody judges our character. she also
refers Chinua Achebe and camara Laye. skin colour also has a
part of literature. thorough the literature peoples knew the
another story. in single story everybody focus on one
Purseption.
2) We should All be Feminist :-
=> In this second video she talked on female character and
feminism. she focused on reality of the world so that she
remains into our mind. she shared as a black skin woman
which types of problem and issues facing by her? through the
gender there were taken differences into caring and growing.
she shared her school experience where she rejected as a
monitor into the class.
3) Talk on importance of youth in post-truth Era :-
=> In this last video she addresses the students at Harward,
Cambridge University. where she gives some motivation and
asked about writing. she says if our writing was not praising
or recommended then also stuck with your ideas. if we are
real and we have confidence on our writing then we should
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that she was a very influential writer of Nigeria and she has a
power in her speech to speak truth of whatever happens with
her.
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B.A. Text Othello
* About the author :-
William Shakespeare born 26 April 1564 and
death 23 April 1616 was an English poet, playwright and
actor widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English
language and the world's greatest dramatist. his plays have
been translated into every major living language and are
performed more often than thouse of any other playwright.
* About the Othello :-
Othello is a highly esteemed general in the service
of Venice. Iago is Othello's ambitious friend and ensign.

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However, he promotes the Florentine Michael Cassio to the
position of personal lieutenant and Iago is deadly jealous. Iago
begins an evil and malicious campaign against the hero.
Othello elopes with Desdemona, daughter of senator
Brabantio and Iago enlists Rodrigo, a former suitor of
Desdemona, to slander him to Brabantio. Desdemona's father
then complains to the Duke of Venice, claimimg the vile,
black man, used spells and charms to win Desdemona's
favors. Turkey threatens Cyprus and the senate charges
Othello to defend Cyprus to become the new governor. the
duke of venice listens to Brabantio's charges against him but
after hearing Othello speak of his love for Desdemona the
duke finds in his favor.
Othello is totally unaware that the treacherous Iago
was behind all the charges and orders Iago to accompany his
wife to Cypress. Roderigo egged on by Iago, also
accompanies them convinced that Desdemona will tire of her
lover. Not content with slandering him, Iago also persuades
Roderigo that Cassio must be discredited to prevent any
possibility of Desdemonia turning to Cassio.
In Cyprus, Iago gets Cassio drunk, then has Roderigo
start an argument with him. Montano, the outgoing governor
of Cyprus, intervenes, and Cassio wounds him. Othello
arrives on the scene and Iago convinces him that Cassio is to
blame and he disowns Cassio. Iago then persuades Cassio that
he can get back into Othello's favour if he gets Desdemona to
intercede on his behalf.
Desdemona pleads on behalf of Cassio making her
lover suspicious and extremely jealous. A handkerchief
belonging to Desdemona comes into Iago's possession via his

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wife Emilia, which he plants in Cassio's room. Iago tells him
and when Desdemona is unable to produce the handkerchief
her lover is convinced that she and the younger and more
handsome Cassio are having an affair. He is consumed with
anger and jealousy and confides in Iago that he plans to
poison Desdemona - Iago suggests that he strangle her instead
in the bed that she 'contaminated' with Cassio.
Letters are the received from the Duke of Venice
recalling Othello and naming Cassio the new governor. Iago
persuades Roderigo to kill Cassio for him, but he fails only
managing to wound him. Cassio strikes back and wounds
Roderigo. Iago rushes past unseen and wounds Cassio in the
leg. Othello arrives at this point and watches from a distance
and believes that Iago, his good and honest friend, has killed
Cassio. Iago finally kills Rodrigo.
Othello returns to the castle to kill his wife. Othello,
who still loves his wife, kisses her awake and after more
accusations and denials from Desdemona he finally smothers
her to death.Emilia tells Othello the truth about the scheming
Iago and the wounded Cassio corroborates her story. Othello
wounds Iago, then kills himself. Iago kills Emilia. After Iago
is led away, in chains, Cassio becomes governor of Cyprus.
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* About the Author :-
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February
10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist, and a
controversial figure in the twentieth-century American
theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons
(1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953) and
A View from the Bridge (1955, revised 1956). He wrote
several screenplays and was most noted for his work on The
Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman has been
numbered on the short list of finest American plays in the
20th century.
* About the Play :-
All My Sons is a 1947 Play by Arthur Miller.
All My Sons is indeed appropriate for Miller's play Of that
name .The title refers to 21 Air Pilots Who were killed during
the war on Account of the Defective Cylinder head fitted into
the P -40 which men had been flying in the course of their
Raids over the Enemy Territory .The Aeroplane had Crashed
because of Engine failure resulting from the defective cylinder
which had been supplied by Joe Keller's Factory and which
had been fitted into those Aeroplanes. This is incident which
had been included in plot of the Play.
Chris Keller is the son of Joe and Kate Keller. His
affection for his parents is great. His younger brother Larry
fought as a pilot in the Second World War and was reported
missing. Everyone believes that he is dead but his mother
refuses to accept it. Chris is very considerate to his mother.

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He wants to marry Ann who was Larry’s girl but does not
want to upset his mother. He wants a regular wedding and
wants everybody to be happy.
So he waited for three years hoping that his
mother would accept Larry’s death. Chris is a good man who
likes everybody around him. Dr. Jim Bayliss is a successful;
doctor who would like to do medical research. Chris always
encourages him to continue with his research and discover
things. But Sue Bayliss who wants only money calls it
‘Phoney Idealism’ and complains to Ann that Chris is ruining
their lives she resents ‘living next door to the Holy Family’.
According to her, Chris is also compromising when he enjoys
his father’s money (because everyone knows that Joe Keller is
also responsible for sending the defective cylinder heads.)
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850-
3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist and travel writer,
most noted for treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange case of
Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde, and a child's garden of verses.
Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde is a gothic novella by
Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in
1886. the work is also known as the strange case of Jekyll
Hyde, Dr.Jekyll and Mr Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde. it is
about a London legal practitioner named Gabriel John
Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his
old friend, Dr.Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde. the
novella's impact is such that it has become a part of the
language, with the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" entering the
vernacular to refer to people with an unpredictably dual
nature: usually very good, but sometimes shockingly evil.
Dr. Henry Jekyll feels he is battling
between the good and bad within himself, thus leading to the
struggle with his alter ego Edward Hyde. he spends his life
trying to repress evil urges that are not fitting for a man of his
stature. he develops a Serum in an attempt to mask this hidden
evil. however, in doing so, Jekyll transforms into Hyde, a
hideous creature without compassion or remorse. Jekyll has a
friendly personality, but as Hyde, he becomes mysterious and
violent. as time goes by, Hyde grows in power and eventually
manifests whenever Jekyll shows signs of physical or moral
weakness, no longer needing the serum to be released.
Stevenson never says exactly what Hyde
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something of an evil and lustful nature. thus, in the context of
the times, it is abhorrent to Victorian religious morality. Hyde
may have been reveling in activities such as engaging with
prostitutes or burglary. however, it is Hyde's violent activities
that seem to give him the most thrills, driving him to attack
and murder sir Danvers Carew without apparent reason,
making him a hunted outlaw throughout England.
Eventually, the stock of ingredients from
which Jekyll had been preparing the potion ran low, and
subsequent batches prepared by Dr. Jekyll from renewed
stocks failed to produce the transformation. Jekyll speculated
that the one essential ingredient that made the original potion
work must have itself been contaminated. after sending poole
to one chemist after another to purchase the salt that was
running low only to find it wouldn't work, he assumed that
subsequent supplies all lacked the essential ingredient that
made the potion successful for his experiments. his ability to
change back from Hyde into Jekyll has slowly vanished in
consequence. Jekyll wrote that even as he composed his letter.
he knew that he would soon become Hyde permanently,
having used the last of this salt and he wondered if Hyde
would face execution for his crimes or choose to kill himself.
Jekyll noted that, in either case, the end of his letter marked
the end of his life.
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Novel :- Moby Dick
Herman Melville born 1 August 1819 and
Death 28 September 1891 was an American novelist, short
story writer and poet of the American Renaissance period.
Among his best-known works are his magnum opus, Moby
Dick Published in 1851 and Typee 1846, A romantic account
of his experiences of Polynesian life. Moby Dick although
now considered one of the great American novels was initially
not well received by contemporary critics. his psychological
novel.
* About the Novel :-
Moby Dick or The Whale is an 1851 novel by
American writer Herman Melville. The book is sailor
Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, Captain of
the Whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the
giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit
off Ahab's leg at the knee.
The tale of seen through the eyes of Ismael, a
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the Pequod, a whaling boat. The purpose of their excursion is
to hunt whales and profit by harvesting their oil. However, he
is driven to seek revenge against Moby Dick, a great white
whale who took his leg. It is apparent by the first day, when
he offers a reward for whoever harpoons Moby Dick.
The captain of the ship, the dark brooding
Ahab, is obsessed with hunting a giant white sperm whale,
Moby Dick. Some years ago during an encounter at sea, Moby
Dick had bitten off Ahab’s leg. Thirsting for revenge, the one-
legged Ahab decides to hunt the whale down. Thus, Ishmael,
along with the ship's crew, is caught under the spell of Ahab’s
obsession for Moby Dick.
Several days into the voyage, Ahab finally
appears as a man seemingly made of bronze who stands on an
ivory leg fashioned from whalebone. He eventually gets into a
violent argument with Stubb when the second mate makes a
joke at Ahab's expense, and kicks him. This leads Stubb to
dream of kicking Ahab's ivory leg off, but Flask claims that
the kick from Ahab is a sign of honor.At last, Ahab tells the
crew of the Pequod to look for a white-headed whale with a
wrinkled brow: Moby Dick, the legendary whale that took
Ahab's leg. Starbuck tells Ahab that his obsession with Moby
Dick is madness, but Ahab claims that all things are masks
and there is some unknown reasoning behind that mask that
man must strike through. For Ahab, Moby Dick is that mask.
Ahab himself seems to recognize his own madness. Star buck
begins to worry that the ship is over matched by the mad
captain and knows that he will see an impious end to Ahab.
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responsible for Captain Ahab losing his leg. Now Ahab is
obsessed with destroying him. Despite being written during a
time when whaling was acceptable in the western world
Melville shows a distinct sympathy for the whales who were
destroyed in their thousands by the whaling industry. The
protagonist in this novel is Ishmael, an ex-schoolteacher who
arrives in the coastal town favoured by whalers and signs up
as a deckhand. He befriends Queeqeg, a harpooner, who helps
him adapt to life aboard ship. Melville describes his subjects
down to the very last detail so this book is almost as good as a
text book on the whaling industry and the whales themselves.
Ahab is one of those dark and brooding characters familiar in
literature who is prepared to risk his ship, his crew and his life
to capture his prey. Moby Dick, however, thinks differently
and evades Ahab till the end.
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Poem :- To His Coy Mistress
About the Author :-
Andrew Marvell born 31 March 1621 and
Death 16 August 1678 was an English metaphysical poet,
satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at
various times between 1659 and 1678. During the

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Commonwealth period he was a colleague and friend of John
Milton. His poems range from the love-song "To His Coy
Mistress".
* About the Poem :-
"To His Coy Mistress" is divided into three
stanzas. it's spoken by a nameless man. the speaker tells the
mistress that if they had more time and space, her "Coyness"
wouldn't be a "crime". he be a "crime". poem focus more on
"love" and "God". This poem is also about "love" and shyness
of the beloved. the poet starts with the coyness of beloved
saying that if both the lover, had enough time then beloved's
coyness was no crime but hence beloved is so shy that is like
a crime her shyness has become a crime because they have
very less time left and if they could think over how to pass
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Then poet says that if beloved shall continue
her coyness then one day when the death will arive her beauty
will be no more as well as the echoing song also want be there
once she is dead. the beloved is very coy and therefor she is
not allowing the lover came close to her and therefore the poet
says once she dead. then the poet compares with "youth" with
mourning due. This poem is a very interesting.
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Novel :- Hart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad born 3 December 1857 and
Death 3 August 1924 was polish-British writer regarded as
one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language.

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Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties,
he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English
sensibility in to English literature. Conrad wrote stories and
novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the
human spirit in the midst of what he saw as an
impassive,inscrutable universe. Heart of Darkness published
in 1899.
* About the Novel :-
Heart of Darkness published in 1899 is a
novella by polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad about a
narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo free state
in the Heart of Africa. Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his
story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames.
This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his
obsession with the successful ivory trader Kurtz. conrad offers
parallels between London and Africa as places of Darkness.
Marlow takes a job as a river boat captain with
the company, a Belgian concern organized to trade in the
Congo. as he travels to Africa and then up the Congo, Marlow
encounters widespread inefficiency and brutality in the
company's stations. the native inhabitants of the have been
forced in to the company's service,and they suffer terribly
from overwork and ill treatment at the hands of the company's
agents.
Marlow arrives at the central station, run by
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character. he finds that his steamship has been sunk and
spends several months waiting for parts to repair it. his
interest in Kurtz grows during this period. the manager and
his favorite, the brick maker, seem to fear Kurtz as a threat to
their position. Kurtz is rumored to be ill, making the delays in
repairing the ship all the more costly. Marlow eventually gets
the parts he needs to repair his ship.
They reaches at the area surrounded by a
dense fog. when the fog clears, the ship is attacked by an
unseen band of natives, who fire arrows from the safety of the
forest. the African helmsman is killed before Marlow
frightens the natives away with the ship's steam whistle. not
long after, Marlow and his companions arrive at Kurtz's inner
station, expecting to find him dead, but a half-crazed Russian
trader, who meets them as they come ashore, assures them
that everything is fine and informs them that he is the one who
left the wood. Kurtz has established himself as a god with the
natives and has gone on brutal raids in the surrounding
territory in search of ivory.
The manager brings Kurtz, who is quite ill.
aboard the steamer. a beautiful native woman, apparently
Kurtz's mistress, appears on the shore and stres out at the ship.
The Russian reveals to Marlow, after swearing him to secrecy,
that Kurtz had ordered the attack on the steamer to make them
believe he was dead in order that they might turn back and
leave him to his plans.
Malow listens to Kurtz talk while he
pilots the ship, and Kurtz entrusts Marlow with a packet of
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savages which ends with a scrawled message that says,
"Exterminate all the brutes!" the steamer breaks down, and
they have to stop for repairs. Kurtz dies, uttering his last
words "The horror! The horror!" in the presence of the
confused Marlow. Marlow falls ill soon after and barely
survives. Eventually he returns to Europe and goes to see
Kurtz's finance. she is still in mourning, even though it has
been over a year since Kurtz's death, and she praises him as a
paragon of virtue and achivement. she asks what his last
words were, but Marlow cannot bring himself to shatter her
illusions with the truth.
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Play :- The Proposal

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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov born 29 January
1860 and death 15 July 1904 was a Russian playwright and
short story writer who is considered to be among the greatest
writers of short fiction in history. his career as a playwright
produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in
high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practiced as a
medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "
medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, " and literature is
my mistress".
* About the Play :-
A Marriage Proposal is a one act farce by Anton
Chekhov, written in 1888-1889 and first performed in 1890. it
is a fact paced play of dialogue based action and situational
humour. A young man Lomov comes to propose his
neighbour Natalya but they keep on fighting on various topics.
it has three characters. Natalya, Lomov and Chubukov.
Lomov is 35 years old unmarried ladlord. Chubukov his
neighbour who have twenty five years old daughter, Natalya.
Lomov wants to marry her and so go to her house with
marriage proposal. Chubukov warmly welcomes him. he tells
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proposal to Natalya. Chubukov is very happy to hear that and
kisses him. he goes to call his daughter. Lomov starts to think
about him and Natalya. he thinks that if he will not marry now
then he will never get married.
Natalya is a good housekeeper, not bad
looking and well educated. Chubukov had not told Natalya
that Lomov has come for marriage proposal. Lomov was very
nervous and he can not speak about his intention. he speaks of
the old relations of the Lomov and the Chubukovs. he tells her
that his late aunt and his late uncle had a great regard for her
father and her late mother, and furthermore his property
adjoins hers; his oxen meadows touch her birch woods.
Natalya is shocked to her that the oxen meadows belong to
Lomov. she claims that the meadows are hers, and not his.
Chubukov comes and he takes his daughter's
side. Lomov starts to palpitate and like he will faint. he runs
out of the house and Chubukov warns him to never come
again. when Natalya come to know that Lomov had came for
marriage proposal, she blames her father for not telling her
that and asks to bring him back. Chubukov brings Lomov
back and they start conversation. again they starts quarrel. this
time on their dog. Lomov says that his dog guess is best while
Natalya says that her dog leap is far better than guess. again
Chubukov enters and yell on Lomov. Lomov starts to faint
and like he is dead. Natalya starts crying and asks to call
doctor. Lomov starts to recover and Chubukov thrusts Natalya
hand into Lomov's hand. both kiss and Chubukov gives them
blessing. This play in Happy ending.

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Short Story :- Nightingale and Rose
Oscar Fingal Wilde born 16 October 1854
and death 30 November 1900 was an Irish poet and
playwright. after writing in different forms throughout the
1880, the early 1890 saw him become one of the most popular
playwrights in London. he is best remembered for his
epigrams and plays, his novel The picture of Dorian Gray, and
the circumstances of his criminal conviction for "gross
indecency", inprisonment, and early death at age 46.
* About the Short Story :-
An allegorical fable of love, sacrifice and
selfishness. As with all of Wilde's short stories it embodies
strong moral values and is told with effervescence akin to that
of the 1001 nights.

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It is the tale of a love struck student who must
provide his lover with a red rose in order to win her heart. A
nightingale overhearing his lament from a solitary oak tree is
filled with sorrow and admiration all at once, and decides to
help the poor young man.
She journeys through the night seeking the
perfect red rose and finally comes across a rambling rose bush
but alas, the bush has no roses to offer her. However, there is
a way to MAKE a red rose, but with grave consequences.
Early it is a great feeling to read the short story
of Oscar Wilde. Because if we look into the personal
lifeReally it is a great feeling to read the short story of Oscar
Wilde. Because if we look into the personal life of the writer
then it is full of suffering. he was heavily talking opium. at the
same time he has spent his last year of life in prison, so no one
can expect great thing from him. but it is not so.
What we have learn from the theory of
DEPERSONALIZATION , that work of art and poet-
writer are two different entity. we shouldn't be judgmental
that if writer's personal life is disturbed, then his writing also
not will be good.there are many examples in literature, for
example, Eugene O'Neill that his personal life was also full of
pain and suffering. but then even he is famous as
American Shakespeare. His works are tremendously
popular among the people. My point is that WORK IS
IMPORTANT, not the personal life.
Nightingale and Rose is very short, simple
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can't be told in even long books. on the one side we
have beautiful, sweet Nightingale who sacrifice life for
love, and when we come to know that boy has thrown
Red Rose , we feel sorry for Nightingale.
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Poem :- Ode On Solitude
Alexander Pop born 21 May 1688 and death
30 May 1744 is regarded as one of the greatest English poets,
and the foremost poet of the early eighteenth century. he is
best known for his satirical and discursive poetry, including
The rape of the lock, The Dunciad, and an Essay on criticism,
as well as for his traslation of homer. after Shakespeare, pope
is the second-most quoted writer in the English language, as
per The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, some of his verses
having even become popular idioms in common parlance. he
is considered a master of the heroic couplet.
* About the Poem :-

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"Ode om Solitude" is written by Alexander
pope . Initially in the poem , the poet talks about lonely
life of a farmer we think that the life of the farmer is
unfortunate because he has to live in the farm away
from the society but the poet considered the life of the
society but the poet considered the life of the farmer a
fortune one because farmer get the change to breath his
'' native air '' and he also get the opportunity to live in
motherland.
The poet again emphasis on how lucky the farmer
are in the second stanza. the poet says that farmers get to out
broad from his owe field and ''looks supply the farmer
disattire .'' and during the summer if the sunlight annoys the
farmer with its hits than tries in the farms provides ''shades''.
Especially the society people consider
solitude a course but Poe thinks that solitude is a ''bliss''.
As the explains in the third stanza a farmer can take
pleasure of pure air and food and he can stay close to
nature which provides him the piece of mind while we
the people has to struggle a lat to aims.
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Poem :- The Daffodils
William Wordsworth born 7 April 1770 and
death 23 April 1850 was an English Romantic poet who, with
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age
in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical
Ballads (1798). Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally
considered to be The Prelude, a semi autobiographical poem
of his early years that he revised and expanded a number of
times. it was posthumously titled and published by his wife in
the year of his death, before which it was generally known as
"the poem to Coleridge". Wordsworth was Britain's poet
laureate from 1843 until his death from pleurisy on23 April
1850.
* About the Poem :-
Wordsworth is widely known as 'Nature poet". He was
one of the representatives of Romantic period. They believed in
subjectivity. Nature was at the center in every piece of work. Literary
artist should be free in his expression of feelings and emotions. they
were completely opposite to 'Classic writers', who believed in rules
and regulation. Wordsworth was of the opinion that;
One can find Nature as central element in Wordsworth
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saying that he was wandering as a cloud floating above high hills and
valleys. He discovered a field of daffodils by a lake. he was quite
amused by the beauty of flowers and stares at it again and again. the
wealth which Daffodils have given to him is priceless. he compared it
with human being and said that Daffodils are dancing, fluttering and
tossing their head as man. This is the great ability of poet to compare
man with nature. For now, whenever he feels "vacant" or "pensive"
the memory flashes upon "that inward eye / that is the bliss of
solitude," and his heart fills with pleasure," and dances with the
daffodils."
The poem follows 'ABABCC' rhyme scheme. First two
stanzas are written into present tense while last stanzaa is written into
past tense. I think that this poem is wonderful as it lets people love the
nature and understand its real beauty, more nicely.In the last part of
the poem, the readers learn the importance of nature and also know
about the feelings of the poet.
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Short Story :- The Trunk of Ganesha
Jayanta Mahapatra born 22 October 1928 is
a major Indian English poet. he is the first Indian poet to win
Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry. he is the author of
popular poems such as Indian summer and Hunger, which are
regarded as classics in modern Indian English literature.

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Jayanta Mahapatra was awarded padma shri, the fourth
highest civilian honour in India in 2009. however, he returned
the padma award in 2015 to protest against the rising
intolerance in India.
This short story is written by Indian English
Writer Jayanta Mahapatra who is famous for his allegorical
and symbolic writings. Here, in this very story he presents the
elements of superstitions as pervaded in India life style. The
characters are typical from Indian colony and the protagonist
is Govinda Maharana. There is the Bengali atmosphere and
the tradition of celebrating festivals with the worship of
different Gods and Goddesses.
When the story opens the character named
Govinda is very concerned because of the rift in the idols of
Gods especially Lord Ganesha he made. He was master idol-
maker and prepared idols with a great skill. He is one of the
bets image – maker in the whole valley. He has learnt the craft
from his father. His father had learnt it from his father. Thus,
Govinda has inherited the art of making idols of The Durgas,
The Ganesha and The Siva's from his forefathers. His
wife Sulochana Feel very proud for him.
With the Passage of time, Govinda has to bring
about certain subtle changes in the designing of the Clay –
Figures – idols. Now he prepares the Goddesses with slim and
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feels a sense of guilt. He feels that he is using his powers too
carelessly. He fears that because of these changes the Gods
are angry with him and His result that the trunk of Ganesha
breaks down often.
When he finds the tear on the Ganesha’s idols
repeatedly, it creates a sense of guilt in him. He has starts
doubting himself. He verifies the weight of the Clay mold
and the adhesive quality of the day. He thinks about some
supernatural intervention .He thinks that he has no right to
meddle with the private lives of Gods and Goddesses. He also
feels that he is changing too much for the idols and it is
unreasonable. These are all silly misgiving that Govinda has.
Govinda feels to find any reason for the
repeated tear on the idol’s trunk. So, finally he decides to
observe the happening in the workroom at night. He, along
with his youngest son Ranju, takes his position in a dark
corner of the workroom. After waiting for very long, at last he
sees a cat between the two bars of open windows. The cat
jumps on the idol’s trunk. Thus, the mystery is solved and
Govinda feels greatly relieved of the tension. Thus, the cat is
the real intruder.
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Short Story :- The Postmaster
Rabindranath Tagore born 7 May 1861 and
death 7 August 1941 also known by his pen name Bhanu
Singha Thakur, and also known by his sobriquets Gurudev,
Kabiguru, and Biswakabi, was a polymath, poet, musician,
and artist from the India subcontinent. he reshaped Bengali
literature and music, as well as Indian art with contextual
modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of
the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse" of
Gitanjali, he became in 1913 the first non- European to win
the Nobel prize in literature. Tagore's poetic songs were
viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose
and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal.
he is sometimes referred to as "the Bard of Bengal".
'The Postmaster is a short story by Indian writer
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Indian literary figure of the twentieth century. He won the
Nobel prize for literature.
'The Postmaster' is a story of attachment. The
Postmaster takes his post to remote village Ulapur. Jr was
from Calcutta and so he did not like the place. He feels like a
fish out of water in the village.Postmaster was living alone
and had to cook himself. Ratan, an orphan girl help him
occasionally. Postmaster shares his feeling with Ratan, tells
about his family. Those memories were always haunting him.
Postmaster teaches Ratan to read.
One day Postmaster falls ill and Ratan takes
good care of him. Called village doctor, have pills on right
time, sat up all night by his pillow, cooked his gruel for him.
But Postmaster decides to apply for transfer. He applies on the
ground of the unhealthiness of the place.
Postmaster was waiting for reply and one day it
comes, telling that his application for transfer has rejected and
so he resigned post and is going to home. He calls Ratan and
says that he is going next day. Ratan feels so sad. She hopes
that Postmaster would take her with him and asks also buy
Postmaster laughs.At the time of departure, Postmaster offers
some money to Ratan but she did not accept it and run away
crying. After Postmaster gone, still Ratan wanders near the
post office with tears in her eyes.
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Cultural Studies - Workshop by Dr.
Kalyani Vallath
We have workshop on cultural studies by
Kalyani Vallath on 27-12-19 at English Department MKBU.
mam came from Kerala. ma'am done her PH.D in Canada.
ma'am have deep knowledge about cultural studies. we enjoy
this session. ma'am gives different examples, and explains
very well. if you are literature lover, teacher, scholar, students
than you have few ideas about culture studies.
* She touched upon topics like ;
 What is cultural studies ?
 The beginning of cultural studies
 About Pioneers

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 Circuit of Culture
 Cultural intermediaries
 Popular culture studies
 Public sphere
 Queer Studies
Cultural studies is that it is Interdisciplinary
study. cultural studies that time every practical life aspect
come in to it. cultural studies development in Britain as a
reaction against human studies. there are two moment liberal
humanism and arthodox marxism. it talks about culture
transforms individual experiences, social realities and power
relations, social theory, philosophy, history, linguistic and
media in simple language it talks about everybody life, their
culture they living.
cultural studies or tradition where they are
living, with which they are leaving. ma'am has explained it
well that she says our India is a great that it has different kind
of culture in over all India. cultural studie is also developing
of updating with today's time. we learnt that how cultural
studies connect with our perspective, tradition, society our
own experience and etc.
This session becomes helpful, beneficial and
useful to understand cultural studies in easy language. ma'am
also give different examples that why it becomes easy to
understand.ma'am writes many books. ma'am given different
example that example connected with our daily life
experience, so easy to find connections and understand. it is
very beneficial and useful event.
Thank you Dilip Barad sir for organising
this wonderful session on cultural studies.

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