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✓   How ON@TCC shaped me? Since the five years I am diving up in the ocean of literature and the journey is still going on and through these years I came across many novels, short stories and poems. During this I learnt that “Literature holds up a mirror to the society”. Recently I read Chetan Bhgat’s best-selling novel “One Night @ The Call Centre”.   Now let me tell you little about this particular novel, how it helps me in becoming better me. Though I heard about   Chetan Bhagat as a voice of young India, never read any of his work. This was for the first time I read ON@TCC. Have you ever think about a bollywood scene of   having a cup of hot tea/coffee in winter night and you are reading something which smoothen your mind with having a storyline that provide you a lesson to come across certain problems in your life. Then perhaps ON@TCC is fine choice for you guys. “The more you read, the more lives you live within one life” All the six ...

Sunday Reading: Literature and Religion We used to give many metaphors to literature such as  a very famous is that ‘Literature is mirror of society’. It projects the virtues of society and ill side of society as well. It is also widely said that it is an imitation of human action; here one thing that we all have to keep in mind is that literature is not only a reflection of society but it is a corrective mirror as well which demands us to bring some positive changes rather than following blind beliefs.  Because of this we can always find a conflict between religion and literature, literature helps in broaden our horizon whereas religion encroaches it. Though the religion is all about myth and narratives which are known to us and we follow it without thinking rationally. Religion blinds a man very strongly that he/she might not able to think rationaly or to question anything. Where as poetry as a part of literature, it is a criticism of life; aims to make p...

What do you think about Cultural Study?     To put it in a simple words, it is about  culture, we surrounded by and how the surrounding affect us in creating our dynamic personality as well as in instilling a sense of belongings.  Cultural shall be remain different from person to person or from place to place as it is acquired by different people in different manners. Moving further to it, in a literary language it can be defined as… Cultural Study is an interdisciplinary study that investigates the ways in which ‘culture’ creates and transforms individual experiences, everyday life, social relations and power as well. Indeed, it deals with all the humanities such as Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology and so on. In fact it is an umbrella term and it has a very deeper significant. As a consequence, cultural study also became a part of NTA,NET examination. In order to enlighten us with the field of cultural study and how it works, on the 26 th ...

Language Lab Review A Language Lab is a dedicated space for foreign language learning. It is a platform where one can easily learn foreign language by accessing audio-video materials as well is helps a lot in enhancing ones LSRW skills. In order to learn second language and to enhance our knowledge about it, particular task about language lab was assigned to us by professor, Click Here to know more about it. Five Advantages of Language Learning software 1) In India, we are learning English as a second language that’s why perhaps for everyone, it becomes difficult for us to catch the exact pronunciations of words. Language Lab helps to learn the exact pronunciation.   It also allows us to record our pronunciation of particular word, after that we can compare it with its actual pronunciation. This helps to learn the foreign accent as well as various aspects of phonetics of language. 2) In every learning programme at the starting point, it provides a basic u...

This blog is a part of academic thinking acativity, Click Here to know more about it... Chetan Bhgat: Voice of  Young India Chetan Bhgat is a renowned   Indian author, speaker columnist, known for his famous work such as Two States, Five Point Someone, The three mistakes of my life, One night @ the call centre, What young Indian wants, Half Girlfriend. He is known as voice of young generation, the striking features of his is that he writes about India and for India.  In his work we find a deeper observation about young Indian minds and that is the point his novels are succeeded in touching younger hearts of India. Indeed, his novels are mainly focused on changing behaviour of youth from traditional to modern and his writing is coloured with sensibility as well. In a same way in 2005, he came up with his novel One Night @ The Call Centre is a witty, dark novel, tells the story of group of six employees working in Connexions Call Centre in Gurgaon, Hary...

Feature Story Writing Meghana Gulzar’s Chapaak; Matter of the Moment After the Razi and Talvar, Meghana Gulzar again makes her entry with story of fear, fight and freedom in her astonishing film Chhapak, based on the   real life story of Laxmi Agarwal; acid attack survivor .  It casts Dipika Padukon and Vikarant Massey in lead role. Deepika Padukone steps is emerging in the role of acid victim while Vikarant Massey plays the role of social activist. Still the time only the trailer is out on 10 th  December- Human Rights Day, and it started to trending worldwide, along with English activist Katie Piper; many other women and Bollywood celebs praise the immense effort of Meghana Gulzar and Deepika Padukon. As trailer indicates, it is.. “A Story of trauma and triumph and unquashable human spirit” It may will be a greatest film of Meghna Gulzar. Symapathy towards acid victim attracts everyone. This powerful story has a mind blowing powerful dialogue to ke...

To enrich ones knowledge by reading or knowing is such an interesting idea, as a part of Sunday reading this task was given to us. CLICK HERE to know more about it. Know the Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian novelist has been known for her short stories and nonfiction as well she is considered as an excellent speaker. Her widely known novels are as listed below. Purple Hibiscus(2003) Half of Yellow Sun (2006) Americanah (2013) Along with it she is known for her short story collection  "The Thing Around Your Neck" (2009) and her book length essay "We Should All Be Feminists" (2014). Because of being so realistic in her work she has been awarded the 2018 PEN Pinter Prize. According to Harold Pinter's Noble speech, The PEN Pinter Prize annual award is given to a writer for showing a "fierce intellectual determination...to define the real truth of our lives and societies". ...