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Hello readers, this Blog is a part of thinking activity given by the professor in which students have to interpret the 30-second play 'Breath' by Samuel Beckett. Click here to see the blog. CURTAIN Up : 1. Faint light on a stage littered with miscellaneous rubbish. Hold about five seconds. 2. Faint brief cry and immediately inspiration and slow increase of light together reaching maximum - together in about ten seconds. Silence and hold for about five seconds. 3. Expiration and slow decrease of light together reaching minimum together (light as in 1) in about ten seconds and immediately cry as before. Silence and hold about five seconds. CURTAIN Down When we think or listen about the play, at that time first we think about the time duration of the particular play. We never think about the 30-second play or even 10 minit play. So while discussing 'waiting for goat' and  ‘The Theater of the Absurd’, our professor talked about one of the shortest play 'Br

3 days Journey with professor Balaji Ranganatha sir 19, 20, 21, we had Guest lecture on postcolonial studies by Balaji Ranganathan sir from central university of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. His method of teaching is one of discussion and dialogue with the students. He started his lecture by giving the basic definition of Colonialism, Imperialism and post-colonialism. After that, he discussed some of the points which are important in postcolonial studies. In postcolonial studies, we have the following interesting Books or essay in our syllabus. 1. Black skin white mask by Frantz Fanon 2. Imagery Homeland by Salam Rushdie 3. A Tempest by Aime Cesaire 4. Orientalism by Edward Said He started is a lecture from one the best text Black skin white masks. So on 19th text of discussion was Frantz Fanon's Black Skin White Masks. The text centres around the psychopathological effects of colonialism. Following are the key matters the text discusses: 1. The Negro and la

Hello readers,  here I am sharing my Thinking Activity on English Language Teaching .  Click Here The meaning of Method : There is more misunderstanding in the field of Language teaching method than in any other. The making of a language method is a complex process. Every faculty has their own method to deal with the specific language. To teach a foreign language, teacher use 'The Direct Method'. There are also some other following methods. 1. The indirect method 2. The situation method 3. The oral method 4. The basic method 5. Grammar translation method 6. Audio lingual method etc. But we have to ask that what does method include? So all teaching must include some sort of section of the method. Like in our department we are using presentation and grading method. So according to Merriam dictionary method means, "a way, teaching, or process of or for doing something." Method of English language teaching : As we know that the method chang

Midnight's children : Why Salman Rushdie choose this particular title for his Novel? About Author and Book : Midnight's children are one of the famous novels which are written by Salman Rushdie . The novel was published in 1981. He was born in India in 1947. When we read his life we come to know that after his father's decision to move Pakistan and his father's idea that Muslims are very good people. Pakistan is called the Islamic nation. The protagonist and the narrator of the story are Saleem and he was born in Bombay at midnight, 1947 and this was the period when India won freedom from British rule. The novel is based on a historical event, Independence and partition of India. The centre point in the novel is that children born in India between 12 a.m. and 1 a.m. on that date are imbued with special powers. Saleem was born in Bombay at midnight so he had a special power. Two other important characters are Shiva and Parvati - the witch. In the novel, ther

Colonialism - Imperialism - Post Colonialism Being an Indian I am aware of the terms Colonialism and Postcolonialism. India was colonised for 200 years from 1757 to 1947. Britishers ruled over India for such a long period of time. Colonialism : Colonialism according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), this term comes from the Roman ‘Colonia’ which meant ‘farm’ or ‘settlement’ and referred to Romans who settled in other lands but still retained their citizenship of their homeland. Colonialism is the establishment of a colony in one territory by a political power from another territory and exploitation of that colony. Colonialism is a system which is created by developed countries in Western Europe. The term colony comes from the Latin word colonus, meaning farmer. Oxford dictionary describes it as :     "A settlement in a new country..... A body of people who settle in a new locality, forming a new subject to or connected with their parent state;

Orientalism  : Orientalism is a book written by one of the best professor Edward Said in 1978. He was the founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies. His notable Ideas are,                             "Occidentalism"                            "Orientalism" The book divided into three main parts, 1. The scop of orientalism 2. Orientalist structure and restructure 3. Orientalism now In the first part, he talks about how western countries came on to build their colony in the East. In the second part, he talks about 19th-century literature or writers, how they wrote. In the last part, he talks about modern orientalism. In the book, he talks about some key points like, 1. Difference between East and West Country (Differences between cultures, politics, societies, histories etc) 2. The relationship between power and knowledge (Concept given by Michael Foucault) 3. Intellectual 4. The Methodical questions 5. Relationships between di

Shashi Tharoor and Dark Era of Inglorious Empire : Shashi Tharoor is a well-known writer and Indian politician. He is also an international civil servant. He is the author of hundreds of columns and articles in publications such as,                        The New York Times                       The Washington Post                                  TIME                              Newsweek                       The Times of India He published his book "An Era of Darkness" in which he talked about what the British did in India. In all the interview he talked about the British. He is a good observer because he minutely observe the British and after that, he writes his book and freely gives his views about Britishers. He represents the reality of the British as well as Indians. We can not say that he favours India but there are some points in which he also talks about India. An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India : First of all, he talks about