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"Kya khena !" Movie and "The Scarlet latter," Novel.

 ✍️Kya Kehnat movie in context of The scarlet letter. ☺️ Today I want to write about the the movie KYA KAHENA ! and THE SCARLET LATTER. This task is given by Heenaba Zala, and it's link I put it here. https://heenabazala.blogspot.com/2019/07/screening-kyakehna-in-context-of.html?m=1  ✍️Kya Kehnat movie in context of The scarlet letter, so let's start,...   1).  What are the name the protagonist in both the works ?    In the novel protagonist character is Hester.    And the movie's protagonist character is Priya.    2) . Write there story in brief.      ◆ The novel:-     The novel start to prison, and one woman stand their with her children. She was Hester, mother of Pearl. She punished by society for her sin and her husband Roger Chillingworth is present their. And people say, "Speak your lover's name. But, Hester not speak his name and want to save him. Her lover was Arthur Dimmesda...

Post colonial studies

      ✍️ Dr. Balaji Rang Nathan's lecture on post colonial studies.       Dr. Dilip Barad sir  organized this wonderful session/ guest lecture on  19, 20 and 21 Aug 2019. Prof. Dr. Balaji Ranganathan Chairperson. The Centre for Comparative Literature and Translation Studies. SCHOOL OF LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND CULTURE STUDIES. Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. He has deep knowledge about the post colonial studies and I met second time in department of english MKBU. This three days was very important for me and I got previous knowledge by Balaji Ranganathn sir, let's see about it...   ◆ Main topics about the post colonial studies like,   ● Frantz Fanon's Black skins and White masks.  ● Salaman Rushdie's Imaginary Homeland.  ● A Tempest by William Shakespeare and The Tempast by Aime Cesaire.        ◆First day sir was talk about Frantz Fanon's "Black Skins and White Masks....

Orientalism by Edward said

                        Orientalism   ◆◆◆Hello, friends today I discuss about Orientalism. So let's see what is Orientalism? So friends, Orientalism is a book by Edward w. Said and according to him, Orientalism is inextricably tied to the imperialist societies who produced it, which makes much Orientalist work inherently political and servile to power. Edward gives us three parts of the book. 1) The scope of Orientalism. 2) Orientalist structures and restructures. 3) Orientalism Now.     ●It's different between West & East.    ◆ The West and East; between culturele, religious and political differences are more reliable reasons. During this age the 'Theological' difference between Islam Judaism, and In the late19th century the population there, according to Ottman records from 1878, was 87 % Muslim, 10 % Christian, and 3 % Jewish. So how religion matters a lot in Oriental...

Thinking activities: Films of Post colonial studies.

◆Let's see about three films related to post colonial studies. 1) The Black Prince, 2) Midnight's children and, 3) The Reluctant Fundamental.     Screening of this three films related to the theme of post colombia studies. This films deeply connected with truth and hidden reality of our society. ◆Let's start with; Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie       Midnight's children in this novel Salman Rushdie wants to say about India's independence from the British Raj and it's huge effects on so many people. This movie gives us great opportunity to think and criticized at different types of levels. Some of the relationship like, love relationship, politics in relation, martia life and grand parents and their position etc in common way, but somehow we find how to people live and compromise in their life. For example Saleem's mother and his wife. ◆Saleem's mother and I wants to say she is Shiva's mother in reality. ◆...

Then and now: Colonialism, Imperialism and Post colonialism

      ✍️Ania Loomba's Colonialism and Post colonialism:- ◆Here I give you some basic information about colonialism, imperialism and post- colonialism. Let's see first about COLONIALISM.  ◆This picture is speak some deep relation with colonialism,  because it's related to Literature, economics, politics, culture etc. According to dictionary ;    ● This period has been characterised by a resurgence of imperialist were and outright colonialism. ● And one way I think, It means political and economically dominance exercised by the capitalistic status.  ° For example, Europe; Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Spain,Portugal, and Russia. ° U.S. ° Japan  ◆ Mainly over all Africa, Oceania a large part of Asia and North America, Colonial expansion/ aggrandizement during 1850 to 1914. ◆ Reasons:-  °  Political, Cultural,  Economical, Ideological, Demographic, Social, Classism and ...

Post- colonial literature, Shashi Tharoor

-----✍️   Shashi Tharoor and Dark Era of Inglorious Empire :- ◆ Quote in the book of " A era of darkness". " The sun never set on the British empire, an Indian nationalist later sardonically commented, because even God couldn’t trust the Englishman in the dark..."  # Here is some points abot Shashi Tharoor and his book:- Quote:- "India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay."    Shashi Tharoor is one of the best critical thinker, weiter, Indian politician and good speaker and leader also. He born in London, UK, and raised in india and he began his political career by joining the indian nationale Congress and successful represented the party from Thiruvananthapuram, Ketala by winning in the Lok Sabha elections and being a Member of Parliament. The conference is an acclaim as a considerab...