Learning experience... Recently I have attended the expert lecture on postcolonial theory.    Prof. Ranganathan is specialist in postcolonialism,    He came from Central university of Gujrat.    It was very fruitful sessions for us.   ● In three days session he deals with : 1) Black skin and white mask 2) orientalism 3) A Tempest 4) Imaginary Homeland  Prof. Ranganathan has deep understanding and knowledge about this theory, first of all he told us the background of the theory, because it is necessary to understand the context. In the very first chapter 'The Black skin White mask', he gives the information about the writer also. One significant sentence was, "our visualisation of nation is not fixed, it changes time by time." We have understood very well the concept of language, the difference between Shakespeare's 'The Tempest' and Aime Cesaire's 'A Tempest', the concept of Orientalism, and many other...

We have 3 days interaction with ELT ( English language Teaching ) specialist Dr. javed khan in which we learn learnt many thing about ELT and also learn about NET/ GSET  exam's rules and how to prepare for this type of exams. Now days communication skill is very important in every filed so English language is helpful to connect and communicate with world.   Prof. Khan taught us English for specific purposes and English for academic purposes.  ESP, focus on teaching English and academic involves research, analysis, understanding. ESP, it is pragmatic discipline. In English for literary purposes, the language of poetry, the language of drama and the language of novel. Basically the discussion centred on English for various purposes.  ● Teaching Skills :  Communication skills   Self confidence   Self discipline   Problem solving analysis   Interpersonal skills  ICT Skills   Team wor...

Recently we watched " Breathe " the shortest play by Samuel Beckett, to understand the concept of abusrd theater.  Absurd means nothing and his play 'Breath' it has nothingness because it is just about thirty seconds,  so interpret it is very difficult.              " Nothing is also better than something ".  The play has many concepts like  Nothingness, Meaninglessness, Absurdity, and Existentialism   In the starting we hear the sound of Breath is connected with life and death. While watching play we also feel nausea kind of feelings. We find in the video that it start with dusk and than movies on with down and ends with dusk so as per my point of view writer wants to say that our life start with dusk and also end with dusk than why we running whole life  for achieve something but its everything is lying. it also shows cycle of human life.  In the video we find many symbols like ...

'Orientalism' book written by Edward Said.  The term 'Orient' is derives from the latin word 'Orients' means 'East'. Study of orient it means study of orients.  Orientalism raise the question against our mentality that how we think about those who belong different culture, Specially west consider middle - east as "Other" but treat them as enemies is not good. For example :- Muslim Community.  In the context of demonization of Islam, Television represents jihad in America, for militants Jihad is a holy war, and their main purpose is to establish an Islamic empire. Media reveling only worst side of Islam, at that time those people who are believers of Islam or who have influence of that, they can see only problems of that society. And as a result the human side of Islamic and Arabic world are rarely found.   Orientalism traise to explain that how we understand people,strangers, who look different to us by virtue of the color ...

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? Ans.  Virginia Woolf''s very well used stream of consciousness in the novel " To The Lighthouse". By using this technique, she puts her idea about human relationship and explains that how our relationship are so complicated. Mrs. Ramsay is the central character in the novel and bridge between children and their father. Mr. Ramsay and his family go out to lighthouse that time all lighthouse member play cricket and Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay enjoyed this moment.  2.   Do you agree: "The novel is both the tribute and critique of Mrs. Ramsay"?   Ans. Yes we can say that the novel is a tribute and critique because Lighthouse s...