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WHAT IS LOVE? What is love? People have thousands of answers to it. But no one can really define it. Many have tried to describe it based on a feeling they experienced, but i can tell you: Love is not a feeling. Love is a decision that we make. Love, don't come and go; love stays and commits itself to one person through the good and through the bad. Without commitment, love ceases to exist. Many of us have beliefs about love and romance which actually prevents us from making intelligent choices when it comes to love. But the truth is, Romance is not enough to make a relationship work. What will get we through the tough times are compatibility and commitment that we both share together. A good foundation and strength will make a marriage last. Romance is simply the icing on the cake that is already wonderfully delicious. True love happens after time has passed, after you have seen the good and the not so good parts about your partner and vice versa. It...

To look at my worksheet click here , To look at my Rubric evaluation click here , This blog is a part of our classroom activity, to look at the main blog click here Web quest:- Think critically and develop an argument on any three of the following topics. 1)        Feminist reading of Harmione’s character in Harry Potter : How do the character portrayal of Harmione and other female characters support feminist discourse? In J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter the character of Hermione presents the feminist view . She is more intellectual than other female  character. Here Rowling present her as more intellectual one rather than beautiful.She is more adventures character.She saved Harry and Ron ' s life manier time.She have attraction for male Character also when she grew up by childhood to younger age. At the end of  novel she married with Ron rather than Harry. Hermione also played vital role to with V...

Reflective blog upon interaction with Dr. Jay Mehta.. Dr. Jay Mehta was invited on 14th January 2019, at the Department of English, MKBU; for construct a base of “Mass Communication and Mass Media”. He gave us introductory information about all Mass Media. Starting from the Print Media, Radio, Television, Advertisements, Cinema, to the E – Media. He taught us how all these started and how they all have bring major changes in society and after that in people. At starting point of every Mass Media Platform there was a negative response to it. But as time passes it has accepted and become habit of the people in routine life.. We  learnt many new things and get more knowledge of subject. Jay Sir also gave examples of movies and shares experience. As we know his nature of  'poet ' sir recited Gazal related to this topic and it became much interesting. He connects his love for poems with the subject. So it was quite interesting lecture. Thank You...

On 14th March we have seen one Documentary "Rivers and Tides" at dept. Of English. Rivers and Tides is a documentary film by Thomas Riedelsheimer(2001) Andy Goldsworthy a great artist and able to see his art with deep insight or philosophy. "Rivers and Tides" offers a rare glimpse of the creations of Andy Goldsworthy. The theme of this short documentary is "Transitory nature of art and life". Everything which is created is destroyed by nature after some period of time. Birth and death is the truth of nature. He create large scale out door sculptures and art work out of natural materials like Leaves, woods, stone, water, ice, rocks, mud, flowers and variety of natural objects. In this documentary Andy creates unique things. The natural shape of nature is round. Nature has no sharp design. Sharp design is created by human. Andy is constantly working with tides and rivers and beautifully created the things with stones, leaves, woods ...

Thinking activity: Sense of an Ending This blog is a part of thinking activity given by our Professor. To view his blog click here 1. How do you understand memory and history with reference to your reading of this novel. The main theme of the novel is history and memory. History is called macro narratives while memory is called micro narratives means it is personal one. Memory is "unreliable" and there is always great unrest in history. This definition seems very healthy or true to life. It can be applied to everyone life. The memory which we have is all about our own thinking, it can be wrong, untruth or unreliable. We cannot come out in conclusion with our memories. When the same story of our life told by other then it will totally different then our perspective. It means memory keeps on changing based on various perspectives. As Adrian refers "History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inade...

This task is given by Pro. Dilip Barad, to look at worksheet click here 1) Brown states on his website that his books are not anti-Christian, though he is on a 'constant spiritual journey' himself, and says that his book The Da Vinci Code is simply "an entertaining story that promotes spiritual discussion and debate" and suggests that the book may be used "as a positive catalyst for introspection and exploration of our faith." Dan Brown asserts that his books are not anti-Christian, and it is right also because he wants to reveal the facts. He also says that he is on the spiritual journey as he portrays the characters who have faith in the religion. Through the murder mystery he unfolds the factual things about the Christianity.  if we look deeply then we can find that there is much serious issues on which Brown throws light. In a way he is trying to awaken the people from the blind faith.There are several incidence which shows us that our her...

This blog is based on the classroom discussion ... Nowadays Education plays very important role. As well as, in education technology has also much importance. 1) Why is it necessary to use Technology in Education? Use of technology in education increased the level of authenticity. Technology makes the people smarter. New computer programs and mobile apps plays initial role to solve the daily life problems. The use of internet technology has enabled teachers to reach students across boarders and also students from developing countries have used internet technology to subscribe for advanced educational courses. Many universities and colleges have embraced online education by creating virtual classrooms. So, we can say, technology becomes second teacher. 2)  What is the difference between 'using' and 'integrating' technology? To use technology is its basic access but integrating technology is using for deeper knowledge and create  something new and use...

Thinking activity - ON@CC 1. Comment on Narrative structure of the Novel. Compare it with that of Life of Pi. One night@ call center is a frame story. It takes place when author on a train journey from Kanpur to Delhi. At that time he meets one beautiful girl. After some conversation she tells the story to the author. She also make a condition that he will write it. When author makes a story he puts shyam mehra as the narrator and protagonist. In story representation of God  to direct all the characters. So, it can be said that entire story is dream sequence of author like God or beautiful lady. Yan Martel' s ' Life of Pi ' have same narrative like on@cc . Same beginning like story from the person who is also character in the story. First person narration in both the novel. Narration of God and experience with God of characters that all are similar narratives. 2. What do you understand by Self-help book ? Is On@cc is self-help book ? Illustrate. Self...

Interaction with the professor from France. On 22nd January 2019, we had surprise visit in our department of English. This visit by French professor.  Prof. Saeed Paivandi and Prof. Fantanini Christine from University of Lorraine , France. Prof. Kishor Joshi from department of Economics has introduced the guest. We had small talk with them. They mainly talk about two things. Firstly they talk about merger of smaller University as part of making world class University. Second they talk about gender disparity in higher education. Apart from this they also talked about unequal distribution of wealth, yellow movement and unemployment. Through this conversation we come to know about that when we go global lavel situation is same. Thank You...

On 1st January 2019,We had a guest lecture of Dr.Vishal Bhadani. He talked on his collection of short stories entitled 'Fictionalay' and its significance in the common people's life. Vishal Sir read his two stories and also given tips to write short stories or any work. I had read three short stories of  'Fictionalay 'that is 'Mara Hath ni wat nthi','Sansi ane Ranjana' and 'Museum of innocence'. All these stories are connected with middle class people. ● Mara Hath ni wat nthi :-                In this story the writer covers all basic things but the title itself challenging. Author connects problems of society with the different parts of hands.Like Plam, Finger, thumb etc.He connects various parts of hands with different things like ,Buddha, Lord Vishnu,Goddess Laxmi, Vasco Di Gama etc.This way author uses lots of symbol in his work. ● Museum of Innocence :-                The Title rep...

Fahrenheit 451 is a Dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in 1953.It is regarded as one of his best works. The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "Fireman" burn any that are found.The books tagline explains the title : " Fahrenheit 451-the temperature at which book paper catches fire,and burns...." The lead character, Guy Montag, is a Fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservation of literary and cultural writings. The novel has been the subject of interpretations focusing on the historical role of book burning in suppressing dissenting ideas.In a 1956 radio interview, Bradbury said that he wrote Fahrenheit 451 because of his concerns at the time ( during the Mccarthy era ) about the threat of book burning in the United States. In later years, he described the book as a commen...

NET class by Vedant pandya sir... On 23rd January,2019 in Department of English MKBU. we have NET class by Vedant pandya sir. He introduced us to paper 1 of NET. The syllabus is changed now and he explained about 10 unit of paper 1 which the students have to prepare. To build right attitude for this paper is necessary. He said that student have to ability for grasp the knowledge and language communication all around. He gives some clue  for getting good job  as below:- A)logic is needed for getting good job. B)Use data -Tale it differently and conclude it with difference. C) There is certain leadership capacity is required Then he explained about education system and the structure of institute. Higher education system follow this type of institution structure. 1.      Teaching aptitude 2.      Research aptitude 3.      Comprehension 4.      Communication 5.       Reasoning ...

The White Tiger and Slumdog Millionaire This blog is a part of thinking activity given by my Prof. Dilip Barad Similarities between The White Tiger and Slumdog Millionaire The film is adoptation of the novel 'Q&A', written by Vikas Swarup. Brief information about Slumdog Millionaire. 1) Narrative structure - Wanted Poster # KBC show:- The narrative structure in both, Novel and Film is same. In the novel Balram saw the poster and remember his past. Same as in movie Jamal have questions on screen in KBC show and for the answer he is going to his past.  Flashback technique is used respectively in recalling the past events. 2)  Indianness:- In the movie and novel the picture of India is presented. Many things in both are same about India. #Family structure:- In the novel Balram explain Indian family and their problems, people have dozen of children in India and they all are living together. In movie also there is a picture of Indian famil...