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Vinod Joshi is a postmodern Gujrati poet, writer and critic. He was honoured with the Narsinh Mehta award, Sahitya Gaurav puraskar and Kalapi award. Here Radio talk of poet Vinod Joshi. He introduced his latest poem “ Sairandhri”.       This poem based on Mahabharata's Viratparv. His previous poem "SHIKHANDI” also taken from Mahabharata. This metrical poem was composed in prabandha from with seven cantos and forty-nine chapters. The main idea of his work is :      Lost her real identity    His poem based on the character of “ DRAUPADI” from Mahabharata.   The interview of Vinod Joshi  by Jelam Hardik. Vinod Joshi says :  “ મારી   સૈરન્ધ્રી  મહાભારતથી જુદી છે”.        The poem is about women who lived with her hidden personality. So poet present the dilemma of woman’s real identity.   This Interview start with poem line:' આપી આપીને તમે પીંછું આપો, રે સજન પાંખો આપો તો અમે આવીએ...

Samuel  Beckett was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, theatre directory, poet, and literary translator. He wrote in English and French language. Beckett's work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human existence. He was considered as a last modernist writer. He writes Absurd play.    Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature.     “ Breath” is very short paly only 30 second play.  Beckett do experiment in his play. This play interpreted in various way. Here I give my interpretation on this paly. Samuel Beckett's play in no beginning and no end . It’s not required in his play. Because if you read in last page so you don’t feel something is missing. Other interesting thing is that in the Breath paly no any character are showing and leading story but only things . And that play is considered a human life but not Mantion character in his Breath play.      Breath is a sense of  birth and death. Breathi...

1.Do you have any such person whom you recall in the crisis? Yes   of course I have a such person whom I recall in the crisis. They are my friends ,parents and my ideal person. They are inspired a lot direct and indirectly. They suggest me to a right path. How can I face difficult situation. So they all are make special space in my life. 2.What is the importance of that person? Why?       That kind of person are really important person for me. Because they told me life lessons and how I ménage any situation. They also say about what is good and bad in me.  Sometimes I feel low confidence that time I remember my best time of my past. And I get energy and I feel I can do it. Some books are also provide that need. Some good books guide very well in my life. So they all are important parsons. 3.What is the importance of dream of lions in the novel? I think lion is symbol of strength and confidence. Old man remembered his past because he feel low...

The mysterious, secretive and dark settings characterize the stories of the writer who is considered to be the inventor of detective fiction, i.e Edgar Allan Poe. Mostly known for his short stories and poetry, Poe's own life was quite mysterious and controversial itself. However, that's not what this post is all about. This post explores how, writers of those times, especially writers of detective fiction like Poe, could create some of the spine-chilling narratives with nothing but words. Language though often considered a distinct field of study from literature, has a symbiotic relationship with the same. So here is my answer which .... asked here ... 1) Alliteration is indeed one of those devices which help the writer in creating a kind of dark setting required for this genre. However, I would rather like to point out the very first line of the story માનસંઘ, i.e 'એક તો એ અંધારી રાત હતી'. The idea of that અંધારી રાત (dark night) sets the mood of the story. T...

1} Why are two scenes of Lulu omitted from the movie? It is very difficult to know director’s intention behind omitting Lulu’s scene. Because it does not make any difference may be the scenes are omitted. Lulu is a girl who can be impressed very easily and we can see in the movie that she is actively participating with Goldberg. Goldberg is not doing it forcefully or Lulu is not in position where she has to be submissive, she is doing it willingly and after that complaining. May be her complain is right but no one will believe her. The centre of the play is Stanley and symbolically Lulu is his inspiration. When Lulu goes near to Goldberg, it is enough to see that how Stanley is left alone now and after this may be there is no need to show the scene of Lulu blaming Goldberg. May be because of this reason director omitted the scene of Lulu. 2} Is movie successful in giving us the effect of menace? a you able to feel it while reading the text? Yes, while watching movie we do feel...

1. What connection do you see in the setting (“A country road. A tree.Evening.”) of the play and these paintings? This above 2 different pictures "Longing"  which is by Casper David Friedrich. He has drawn two paintings & both paintings has same nature background. From these paintings Samuel Beckett got inspiration for his setting of the play " Waiting for Godot". As we can see that the two pictures are not widely different. But there are wide difference of thinking of both David Friedrich and Samuel Beckett because Friedrich belongs to romanticism, so his depiction of nature has different meaning and Beckett's depiction of nature has different meaning.    As per the David's depiction of nature:- it arose at a period when the idea of god was being translated into the idea of nature.    While Samuel Beckett's vision is very pessimistic. It shows the absurd insignificance of mankind. (We) The human beings always longing for someth...

This blog is part of my acdemic activity. Here we have asked to see oneness in literature, with the comparison of "The Waste  Land" by T. S. Eliot and the short story "Joke" by Anton Chekhov. Literature is like a river, water of river makes it's own small different ways and flaws in different directions but the root is same. According to Northrop Frye, all literature seems to follow basic archetype. The skeleton is same the body is different. Every new literature has some connection with the old one and with that connection it makes it place in existing building of literature. Every literature has some signs and symbols, sometimes the signs and symbols are same but meanings are different. As every writer has it's own reason to write, to put certain symbols, and to give certain message through symbols. Here the lines from "Waste Land" and Anton Chekhov's short story "Joke" has some same symbols like environment, going down on th...

Here I’m trying to read modern poems and try to give my interpretation of the poems. This is task related to my study and here is the link of that task… Click here.. While reading this modern poems it takes too much thinking and sometimes we can not get the core meaning of the poems. This poems are very short but meanings are difficult to get. Though I tried here to get some meaning of poems. 1) “The Embankment” by T.E Hulme (The fantasia of a fallen gentleman on a cold, bitter night) Once, in finesse of fiddles found I ecstasy, In a flash of gold heels on the hard pavement. Now see I That warmth’s the very stuff of poesy. Oh, God, make small The old star-eaten blanket of the sky, That I may fold it round me and in comfort lie. T.E Hulme was an influential poet and thinker in the first years of twentieth century. He was an aesthetic philosopher and “father of Imagism”. The starting line of poem says it is fantasy of fallen gentleman on a cold, bitter night. Normall...

“The Great Dictator” is 1940 American political satire comedy drama. Which is written, produced, scored and starring by Charlie Chaplin. Though Chaplin is known for silent films in the era of sound film this is his first true sound movie. Chaplin’s movie advanced a stirring controversial condemnation of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Fascism, Anti-Semitism and Nazis. Chaplin plays both leading roles: a ruthless fascist dictator and a persecuted Jewish barber and Paulette Goddard played role oh Hannah, the neighbor or barber. (wikipedia) Movie start with the war where soldiers are firing on each other. The barber is also soldier there and fighting with enemies and in mist of the bomb fire he mistakenly cross the border and there enemy soldier caught him. Though he became able to run away but in this funny way Chaplin made satire on man made boundaries. There is no boundary on earth, all are emerges from the ego of human being. In this movie Chaplin picturized Hitler as H...

   "The Waste Land" is a poem by T S Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important poem of 20th century. It is published in 1922, the 434 lines. ◆ Significance of the title " The Waste Land" :- The waste land refers to the spiritual and intellectual decay of the modern world. The land is barren and dry. Nothing grows from it and decay is the common theme. The full of barrreness or futility of modern world & also the downfall shown in this poem.   ● The poem devided into 5 sections:- 1. The Burial of the Dead 2. A Game of Chess 3. The Fire Sermon 4. Death by Water 5. What the Thunder Said        In this poem the major idea we can see that Sexual sins, perversion of sex have always led to degeneration & decay. 1) What are your views on the following image after reading 'The Waste Land'? Do you think that Eliot is regressive as compared to Nietzche's views? or Has Eliot achieved universality of though...

This blog is the part of my academic activity. To see the task click given below link... Click here..    ◆ What is Existentialism? Existentialism is a philosophy that emphasizes individual existence, freedom and choice. It is the view that humans define their own meaning in life, and try to make rational decisions despite existing in an irrational universe. Here is the existenalist philosophers: 1. Soren Kierkegaard 2. Martin Heideggar  3. Jean Paul Sartre 4. Albert Camus 5. Friedrich Nietzsche  6. Simon De Beauvoir Here I'm sharing some of my views which I like the most in given videos of existentialism. 1. What is existentialism? In this video we can see first that the 3 sides of existentialism:- 1. Individuality 2. Freedom & 3. Passion. And second one is the idea of Philosophical suicide. In this Camus the philosopher argued and said that believing in God is that you take an easy way out. For Camus, you have to underst...

Hello Readers, Here I'm going to discuss various interpretations about August Month which recently over. Here is my thinking activity which is given to these below links and you can find a very interesting things in that link .... Click here.. Click here.. ◆  August : Patriotism vs Religious Fervour ● As we all know that August is the month of Revolution/ Kranti & also the month of religious festivals also.15th August there is euphoria of patriotism during this time of the year. ● August is the month wherein Indians are celebrated a bulk amount of religious feast. It is also the pious month of Shravan along with festivals like Rakhshabandhan, Pateti,Janmashtami, Molakat-Gauri Vrat, Bakri-id, Divaso and many more like Ekadashi. Thus there is a lot of religious euphoria during this time of the year.     But according to me, I noticed out that the festivals which we celebrated here in India are mostly too much religious whereas in other country they...