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Listen to Interview: Poet Vinod Joshi on Sairandhri Sairandhri is a poem of lost identity. Acclaimed for the elegant female sensibility in the sounds, rhymes and rhythm of his songs, Vinod Joshi talks to SBS Gujarati about 'Sairandhri', his poem based on the character of Draupadi from Mahabharata.                         Poet Vinod Joshi means a resounding and twisting name in Gujarati literature. 'Sairandhri' is one of his poems created in Australia. The great Mahabharata. One of the poignant names of Gujarati poetry is that Vinod Joshi is the smallest value of a man's life and neither can a person's feelings be too softly interrupted by the sweetness of words. From the greatest canto ("perva") of Mahabharata. There are several forms of Draupadi, the fire factor of the Mahabharta. Apart from being a very bright woman, Krishna's Sakhi and looks very new even today, of all these forms, why would Vinod Joshi touched ...

August is the month of revolution/ Kranti. August is the month of religious festivals. Owing to Independent day- 15th August, there is the euphoria of patriotism during this time of the year. August is the month wherein Indians celebrate several important religious festivals. It also is the pious month of Shravan along with festivals like Janmashtmi, Rakshabandhan, Pateti- Parsi's new year, Bakri-Id, Molakat- Gauri vrat, Divaso, etc. So there is a lot of religious euphoria during this time of the year. August: Kranti:-   Patriotism or national pride is the feeling of love, devotion and sense of attachment to a homeland and alliance with other inhabitants who share the same sentiment. This attachment can be a combination of many different feelings relating to one's own homeland, including ethnic, cultural, political or historical aspects. It comprises a set of concepts closely related to nationalism. Shitala Saatam: Religion vs Science Shitala Saatam is a religious f...

Modernist Poems: Activity - Identify modernist metaphors in these short poems This activity based on the 20th century in modernist poetry and identify "Modernist" symbols, imagery and metaphors. There are three main levels of the modernist poetry movement. -› the school of imagism, French symbolism and war poetry. -› all these initial manifestations of modernism combined to find a full nature expression in the poetry. -› largely the decade of the 30s which is marked by mixed poets. ♠ T. E. Hulme: ‘The Embankment‘ Once, in the finesse of fiddles found I ecstasy,  a flash of gold heels on the hard pavement. Now see I That warmth’s the very stuff of poesy. Oh, God, make small The old star-eaten blanket of the sky, That I may fold it round me and in comfort lie. The embankment poem is about the homeless. This poem reflects the poor people’s condition. Poet shows the real situation of poor people based on the reality of poor people and homelessness. Metaphor:...

T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land 1) What are your views on the following image after reading 'The Waste Land'? Do you think that Eliot is regressive as compared to Nietzche's views? or Has Eliot achieved universality of thought by recalling the mytho-historical answer to the contemporary malaise?                       =)  Eliot stands for regressive, backwards-looking as it tries to find answers of contemporary malaise in Upanishad, Buddhism and Christianity. On the other side, Nietzche stands for progressive and forward-looking, in giving solution to the problem of contemporary crises in faith and self. In compared to Neitzche's thought, yes Eliot is regressive but it doesn't mean that he only rises question on his contemporary society, he also tries to give away of the solution rather than the answers. The cycle of time always moving and when History start repeating one must have to look back and try to learn that what...

To the Lighthouse: Virginia Woolf                    1. How can you explain that 'what' Virginia Woolf wanted to say (for example, the complexity of human relationship, the everyday battles that people are at in their relationship with near and dear ones, the struggle of a female artist against the values of middle/upper-class society etc) can only be said in the way she has said? (Key: The 'How' of the narrative technique is to be discussed along with features of Stream of Consciousness technique which helps Woolf to put in an effective manner what she experienced in abstractions.) =). There are other techniques also through which, one can explain all the thing what Virginia Woolf wanted to say, but the technique of Stream of Consciousness seems the best to explain as the whole novel is highly psychological where the complexity of relationships as well as the problems in day to day life with near relations due to such circumstanc...

The Scarlet Letter: Elements of Transcendentalist and Anti-transcendentalist  Transcendentalist elements  The Scarlet Letter contains both transcendentalist and anti-transcendentalist views and way of existence organizing around the central theme of sin. Hester’s sin is her adultery with Dimmesdale, which produces her child Pearl. Dimmesdale’s sin is his failure to publicly admit his act of adultery with Hester. And Chillingworth’s sin is his brutal torture of Dimmesdale, despite the latter’s remorse and sufferings. =) Self-confident, Self-reliant, and Dignity of Manual Labor:- In The Scarlet Letter, it is initially determined by the local government that the typical penalty of death for adultery is mercifully reduced due to the fact that Hester’s husband. Hester is condemned to stand on the stage for three hours at mid-day for public guilt and wear the scarlet letter on her chest for the remainder of her life. Although Hester is initially filled with sadness and sham...

 The Birthday Party: Harold Pinter Film Screening: ‘The Birthday Party’ - a British drama film (1968)- directed by William Friedkin (The Birthday Party) -  based on an unpublished screenplay by 2005 Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter, which he adapted from his own play The Birthday Party.                 ♠. Why are two scenes of Lulu omitted from the movie? =).  Two scenes of Lulu if omitted from the movie then it normally has no such differences that one can find there.to give the particular shape to the work also writer may prefer to include extra things & reduce something that burdens the content part of the work. another point can be there is as I think of Lulu's personality that has no such significance to carry out the flow further with some special effect. ♠. Is movie successful in giving us the effect of menace? Where you able to feel it while reading the text? =).  Yah, of course, this movie is successful i...

Poe's Short Stories: Dr Jay Mehta Task                                1. Read the first Gujarati story and listen to the audio recitation of the second story. Observe how the two wordsmiths work wonders through words! (Absolute obsession of alliteration).  Ans. :   The story is “MANSANGH” write by Jayant Khatri. The story started with a very unique way and also suspense story.  The language is used in 'Talpadi Gujrati'. The story begins with Dark night. So the Dark midnight’s is also a symbol of the macabre story. It’s very hard to write a horror scene rather than showing and listening. In this story, there are no sounds only words to explain all expression. So it’s very difficult. But Jayant Khatri writes very well techniques. Readers feel that deep words and horror situation.  In this story, the name of the narrative is not mentioned but we can say that the story narrated b...

Postcolonial Studies: Film Screening: The Black Prince, Midnight's Children and The Reluctant ♣ The Black Prince                     The narrative begins with a brief history of the Sikh empire established by Maharajah Ranjit Singh and the chaotic years that followed his death. The last king of Punjab, Maharaja Duleep Singh's kingdom was one of the most powerful and prosperous kingdoms of the 19th century before it was an annexed by Britain. Placed on the throne at the age of five, he was robbed of his legacy by treason at the hands of trusted couriers. He has then torn away from his mother and taken to England by the British at the age of fifteen. While in England, he was introduced to Queen Victoria,  who took an immediate liking to him, calling him the Black Prince. Meeting his mother again after thirteen years, the Maharaja is awakened to the realities of his former life in Punjab. He then begins the arduous journe...

Screening  Kya Kehna in the context of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter: A romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. Hester Prynne is a protagonist of the novel The scarlet letter and Priya Baxi (Preity Zinta) is a protagonist of Kya Kehna movie.                     Movie Kya Kehna is Dealt with Taboo. Similar kind of story we could find in The  Scarlett Letter. In this film, Hester same situation or problems face in her life. In Scarlett letter. In Scarlett letter, we could find that how that time of supper was so much Orthodox even they gave punishment to the women. Because that time any women pregnant before marriage support time of society called sin. Another point is that in both movies "Scarlett letter " and "Kya Kehna " we could find upper-class people always escape from all the people. Priya Baxi finds out that she has an ad...

  Screening movie: Waiting for Godot                 ♣   What connection do you see in the setting (“A country road. A tree.Evening.”) of the play and these paintings?                   =)   This painting by Caspar David Friedrich and Beckett liked it, he found this painting in one art gallery. The title of this painting is "Longing" means to wait. so this painting became the inspiration of the play. The inspiration behind the setting of 'waiting for Godot'. The setting of the play, A country road and tree. It shows the effect of world war and the existence of tree stand as the existence of nature. A country road suggests someone coming. A Tree suggests liveliness or Birth. Evening suggests Death and despair of desire.  ♣  The tree is the only important ‘thing’ in the setting. What is the importance of tree in both acts? Why does Beckett grow a...

Reflective blog on postcolonial studies by Prof. Dr.Balaji Ranganathan sir.                        1). 10 things learned from the session on postcolonial studies. In this session, we learned several things on postcolonial studies like as... Postcolonial: master-slave, The Negro and Language,  Black skin & White mask, The Blackman and psychology, so-called dependency complex of the colonized, the woman of the colour and the white man, the man of colour and the white woman, the negro & recognition, the being and the other, Orientalism- Edward Said A Tempest Imaginary Homelands Nostalgia and memory. 2). Understanding of postcolonial studies. Postcolonialism or postcolonial studies is the academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands. Postcolonialism is a critical theory ...

Ania Loomba's colonial and postcolonial                                              Ania Loomba's Colonialism and Postcolonialism is an invaluable introductory text to the many theories, debates and critical agendas that inform and animate postcolonial studies. Colonial and postcolonial is the essential introduction to a vibrant and politically charged area of literary-cultural study. It is the ideal guide for students new to colonial discourse theory, postcolonial studies or post-colonial theory as well as a reference for advanced students and teachers. At the similar time, the relevance of postcolonial studies to our world continues to question. Colonialism/Postcolonialism discusses this question,  putting postcolonial studies in relation to globalization and new imperial constructions. Postcolonial studies had already become, in the words of Stuart Hall...

          on 'Orientalism': Edward Said                       ♣ A brief summary of Said's Interview Edward Said's book 'Orientalism' has been profoundly influential in a diverse range of disciplines its publication in 1978. In this engaging interview, he talks about the context within which the book was conceived, its main themes and how its original thesis relates to the contemporary understanding of "the orient." Orientalism is a revolutionary study middle east such a postcolonial they as well as the influence diverse English, anthropology critical, science and cultural studies. Orientalism tries the answer to the question of why we think 🤔 of the middle east like as they believe and act even though orientalism asks have to come to understand people, strangers, look difference by virtue of the colour of the skin. Said argues that the western especially American understanding of the middle ea...

Shashi Tharoor:-                     Shashi Tharoor 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. An Era of Darkness:-                         An Era of Darkness: the British Empire in India by Shashi Tharoor. He pretty much takes Britain's bottom its rapacious, the loot of India. We can see in this book, he gives all the arguments required to establish that British colonial rule was a terrible experience for Indians and he does so with a consummate debater’s skill. His book is, in fact, an expanded take on British exploitation of India that famously carried the day for Tharoor. According to Tharoor, there was n...

                Oneness  of Literature Literature is like a vast sea. In the literature, there are many things included. We can not define in a simple phrase. We studied in Eliot's Tradition and Individual Talent. In this essay the past and present things, they both are equal. This form is arranged in an ideal way. Literature is connected with each other, all those are already written in myth, characters, traditions, symbols, art, etc. And all those being written in the current situation, metaphor and new way or different perspectives. Another part is 'Art' does never change its manifestation change in colours, moods, symbols, words all are same as it was and at it is. Content is the same but the way of art, expression and creativity, they all are changes with time. The same way in literature, skeleton or archetype of literature is similar but a way of putting is different perspectives and some kind of personal touches and another as...