Minkal Italiya

Analytic review of films: Midnight's Children, The Reluctant Fundamental and The Black Prince "Midnight’s Children" Midnight’s children is a 2012 Canadian-British film adaption of Salman Rushdie’s 1981 novel with the same name. Directed by Oscar nominated director Deepa Mehta and based on Booker Prize winning novel by Salman Rushdie,   the film has an extraordinary as well as interesting frames and features. The movie unearth the history of Indian independence as well as of Indian partition by representing a pair of children who were born in Bombay at the stroke of midnight on 15 th August, 1947, with a birth of new country. It was the time of highly patriotism where Jawaharlal Nehru was leading the newly born independent country into and era of hope and grand possibilities but, Could the citizens of country live in that era of striking hope?  or Still there was a darkness in country? Did the talk of great hope and grand possibilities wou...

Then and Now: Colonialism, Imperialism and Post-colonialism Ania Loomba's Colonialism and Post-colonialism is an invaluable introductory text to theories and debates which animate post colonial studies. Throughout the book we can find a clarity and accessibility of complex ideas which makes the postcolonial reading noteworthy. The term colonialism and imperialism are usually considered as having a some kind of common elements between them. But there is also a difference between them. It becomes a necessary to know about difference between colonialism and imperialism. Ania Loomba discussed in detail about these terms in her Colonialism and Postcolonialism. What is Colonialism? According to Oxford English Dictionary, the word colonialism come from the  Roman ‘colonia’ which meant ‘farm’ or ‘settlement’ and referred to Romans who settled in other lands but still retained their citizenship. Accordingly, the OED describes it as;  A settlement in a n...

T his blog is a part of my academic activity which was given to us by professor in a paper of Post-colonial study. Click Here for task link. Recently on 18th December, 2019, Sahitya Akadami released a press note announcing its annual Sahitya Akadami Award in 23 languages.  Shashi Tharror - a well known Indian politician, writer and congress party member is among 23 writers who will be won a Sahitya Akadami Award for his creative non-fiction English language work "An Era of Darkness".  After this annoncement when Shashi Tharoor received aplently cogratulation messages, he repied on twitter to journalist Tanveer Singh, where he displayed his firmness about accepting Sahitya Akadami Award. Let's have a look on his Sahitya Akadami Award winning work, "An Era of Darkness" . An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India “An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India” is a book by Shashi Tharoor which brings out the ugly truth of India   duri...

T his blog is a part of my academic activity which was given to us by professor in a paper of Post-colonial study. Click Here to get the task link.. Edward Said on Orientalism Edward Said is a well known scholar and an important figure in postcolonial studies.His signature contribution into the field of post colonial study is his book Orientalism which was published in 1978 and was discussed about the term Orientalism which was coined by Edward Said. The book was translated in 26 languages. What is Orientalism? According to Said, "Orientalism revolutionized the study of the Middle East and helped to create and shape entire new fields of study such as Post-colonial theory as well influencing disciplines as diverse as English,History,Anthropology,Political Sciences and Cultural Studies" Edward Said’s Orientalism deals with that views of Western attitudes which views Eastern societies as primitive and some how inferior. This Wester...

    "To The Lighthouse" This blog is a part of my thinking activity given by professor on "To The Lighthouse". Click Here to get the task link. 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?  Stream of Consciousness is generally used to describe the flow of thoughts of mind. Use of the ‘stream of consciousness’ is a best way to bring out psychology and complexity of relation and thoughts which every person have. In the novel each and every event was narrated by multiple angle which helped her to tell her about what is going on in the various minds.   In a term of narration, in this novel Verginia Woolf used a specific form of the stream of consciou...