What is Literature ? (Then – means Before M.A. , And Now – means after M.A. )

What is Literature ?

(Then – means Before M.A. , And Now – means after M.A. )

Well it is not easy to define literature in any definition.

When I joined English Literature in B.A. that time in college we taught only one definition of literature that,

“Literature is a Mirror to Society”

Before I joined Department of English for my M.A. in English Literature I also used this definition in exam and my views about literature is so limited.

But after joining Department of English for my M.A. in English Literature I understand that this is not true. Literature is not mirror to society but it is much more.

When someone asked about literature without thinking they say that : “Literature is Mirror to Society”.

But I think this is not enough because Literature is not mirror to society or rather I would like to say something more about this, I would like to add something more.

According to me ;

“Literature is X-ray image of society, very ugly and hard to accept. Literature is like Fruit Jam, all fruits mixed together very well that we can’t identify which test is given by which fruit. But this Fruit Jam is not sweet like original one rather I would like to say that this Fruit Jam of literature is rather bitter, hard to understand and impossible to accept as it is”.

In the novel The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes given very smart answer about this question that, What is Literature ?. For the answer of this question Julian Barnes says that,

“The things Literature was all about: love, sex, morality, friendship, happiness, suffering, betrayal, adultery, good and evil, heroes and villains, guilt and innocence, ambition, power, justice, revolution, war, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, the individual against society, success and failure, murder, suicide, death, God”.

It covers each and everything on this earth also and beyond this universe also.

I want to add that before joining department of English I am also people who can be part of “Sheeple Group”.

Because I accept each and everything without understanding as it is taught to us. But after joining department of English I understand value of free thinking, value of individual thinking, value of argumentative discourse but in a true sense with positive ideas.

This all the things I learn from Department Of English and our Prof.Dr.Dilip Barad Sir.

I remember that when I go to Department for the process of admission we given a task of writing answer on this question that What is Literature ?

And what I write is somehow not up to the mark because of lack of knowledge I have about literature but now I have broad idea of what is literature in this last two years I spent at Department Of English.

Now I have wider thinking process, required knowledge and free thinker and above all that I am an individual now not a part of “Sheeple Group”.

At last I want to thank you Department of English and our Prof.Dr.Dilip Barad Sir.

                                              Thank You ….

The Sense of an Ending Novel by Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

Novel by Julian Barnes

Respected Sir,

As we already completed this Novel now we are able to give response to given questions.

1.What is the meaning of phrase ‘Blood Money’ in Veronica’s reply email?

‘Blood Money’ in Veronica’s reply email means It was the money that Sarah Ford gave it to Tony where there is something hidden intention was there and as it also shows some relations like Sarah Ford  is responsible for Adrin's suicide so that’s why Veronica called Blood money.

2.How do you decipher the equation: b = s – v x/+ a1 or a2 + v + a1 X s = b?

B= s –v x/+ a1 or  a2 +V +a1 X s=b

Here we can see the calculations in the relations like,

A1= Adrian

V = Veronica

S = Sarah Ford

A2 =Antony (Tony Webster)

B = baby

The young Adrian whom Tony met was not his friend but he is the child of the Sarah Ford and Adrian (Veronica’s boyfriend). Veronica was cursed as she was completely alone as lost her love as her first choice was Tony. After heart broke, she met Adrian.

3.Adrian’s diary is willed to Tony by Sarah Ford. How come Sarah Ford owned it? Why was it in the possession of Veronica? 

Adrian wrote his diary for Tony. This diary he gave to Sarah because he had affair with Veronica’s mother. And he admitted that he was happy in his last days. He gave his diary for Tony because he wrote a letter for Adrian and letter creates lots of mistake. And the diary is the answer of the letter.

4.Was the mentally retarded middle aged ‘Adrian’, Tony’s friend who did not commit suicide and was suffering from trauma and thus gone mad, and was living with hidden identity?

No, this statement is not true. Adrian is dead.  Adrian was happy in his last few days but he was also suffering from trauma because he felt guilty for what he did. Because of him his girlfriend’s mother is pregnant and because of this reason he committed suicide. He saw one example of his own friend who also committed suicide because in his school life he made his girlfriend pregnant. So Adrin feels guilty, and because of this he commits suicide. Adrian also lives with hidden identity and that is he is the father of J.Adrian.

5.How was Veronica related to Adrian, the one suffering in care-in-the-community?

Sarah Ford has relations with Adrian and they having affair and because of this Sarah Ford gave birth to child. So generally we can see that relation between Veronica and young Adrian is relation of brother and sister. Brother who is her own lover’s son with her mother. Because of this Veronica is taking care of Adrian, the one suffering in care-in-the-community.

6.In the light of new revelations, how do you read character of Veronica? Instinctive, manipulative, calculating, stubborn, haughty, sacrificial, trustworthy, good Samaritan?

For yes she is having all these qualities as from beginning to the end of the novel she is happen to reveal all this qualities.  We can say that its First person Narrative’s point of view, according to Tony from beginning to the end she represents all these qualities. As Veronica constantly tries to make things clear in the mind of tony and she tells “You still don’t get it, you never did, and you never will, So stop even trying”.

7.What do you mean by Unreliable Narrator? Is Tony Webster classifiable as Unreliable Narrator?

If we are supposed to see his character as an Unreliable Narrator, as from Beginning till the End he can’t remember things exactly, as he narrates everything accept his letters, it is Veronica who reminds him about his letter, and he was one of the reason of these all things that is going on around him.

                                               

                                                    Thank You ……

My Journey of M.A. at Department of English

My Journey of M.A. at Department of English

My Journey of M.A. at Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India.

One more Beautiful Chapter of my Life is ended today. The Sense of an Ending. No, no, not in a sense of death. But what I mean is my identity as student is ended today. Today I spent last day at my Department of English as a student. After few days I will be not known as student. Though it is said that we are lifelong learners. But not as students. It is said that time is not moving. Time is static and we are moving. I moved with time so fast that when this two years are passed I don’t know. Right now I am feeling very Nostalgic. So many memories are playing hid and seek in my mind right now. But I want to preserve this feeling and this memory as it is.  That’s why I am documenting this all memories as it is. So, when I look back on this day after some years I can read that what I felt that day. 

Documentations of memories are very important. I want to rewind something in my mind right now.

How can I forget some of my friends with whom I started my journey as a student at Department of English.  Sejal Vaghela, Saryu Baraiya and Shubhada Parmar. I am gonna miss all my friends. Devikaba Gohil, Deepika Vaja, Nidhi Jasani, Dipti Vaghela, Radha Ghevariya, Vaishali Jasoliya, Bhumi Joshi, Ranjan Velari, Urvi Dave and Specially my Bhanji Divya Choudhary. 

I am going to miss our recess time, our fun moments, time that we passed together, feeling when we laugh together, that benches, lectures, classes, movie screenings, days that we spent in department specially Sundays and Holidays, Mad moments, picnics, leg pulling of each other, our lab and some of the words like, “Collective Unconsciousness”, Aurobindo, and Shivanya.

Specially I am gonna miss lectures of our Sir Prof. Dr. Dilip Barad Sir and Heenaba Zala Madam.

This small journey of M.A. started on 17^th July 2014 to 15^th March 2016. And it finally reached to its destination today.

So, thank you to all of you from the bottom of my Heart and best wishes to all of you for your brighter Future and have a great life ahead.

Had a great time together with all of you. Stay in touch. Keep in Contact. 

Creative Writing Committee Report

Creative Writing Committee Report

As it is said that,

“Words are a lens to focus one’s mind.”

It shows that how powerful is words are.

This Creative writing committee is created for some creative work. In this committee we try to bring out some creative works from the students. Because every student has some unique quality and skill to show. Under the title of this creative writing committee we came to know about some hidden skills of our students. We organized some competition under this committee for the selection of some students for youth festival.

We organized essay competition, Rangoli competition, Elocution competition, Quiz competition, Mono Act, Paper Collage competition, Swarachit Kavya Pathan. And so many students participated in this all competitions. And from that students we selected few students for youth festival.

In daily schedule also we organized one day for only Creative writings. And on that day students presented their work of art in front of all the students.

At the end of this year we came to know that so many students turn out in to poets. Few of them are writing their own poems. Some of them are very good painters. Some sings very well. Some of them turns out into philosophers and thinks very deep like philosopher.

At the end I would like to say that,

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.

Keep writing creative things and carry on this tradition to pass on this things to your juniors.

Picnic Committee Report

Picnic

By Pritiba Gohil

“It’s about the journey,

Not the Destination”.

                              

Picnic is very important part of education system and as per my understanding all students are waiting eagerly for the day of Picnic.

Our Department of English also organizes picnic every year. But important thing of this Department is all students will decides that where they want to go. Picnic is planed out by all the students and this time this opportunity is taken by me. At first stage this thing is not very easy to plane out picnic very easily. This thing needs help and I got help from all my friends and from all my classmates. So, first of all I want to thank you all of them.

This time we all are very excited because in a history of Department of English it happened very first time that we arranged picnic at very far place from Bhavnagar. And that places are Diu and Somnath Temple located in Prabhas Patan near Veraval in Saurashtra on the western coast of Gujarat. And because of this all students are very excited for this picnic.

We planed to start our journey on 11th of January 2016 on Monday at 11:30 p.m. in the night,  12th of January 2016 - Tuesday is the day of picnic and we reach back to Bhavnagar on 13th of January 2016 Wednesday in the night around 2 or 3 a.m. this one day picnic becomes picnic of two nights and one day picnic.

We started our journey on 11th of January 2016 on Monday at 11:30 p.m. in the night but our bus reached late at our department we leaved department around 1:30 in the night. Then first we reached Diu in the morning and we take our breakfast there and we saw so many things there like Diu fort, beaches, some temples, some historical places, church, museum etc. we take our lunch there and then we go to beach called Nagva beach and after that we leaved Diu for Somnath.

We reached there in the evening, visited this Somnath Temple famous for Lord Shiva we take our dinner there. We tried to see light and fountain show there but unfortunately that show was canceled and after that we leaved Somnath Temple at 10 p.m. for reaching Bhavnagar. 

We reached Bhavnagar at 5 a.m. in the morning on 13^th January 2016 on Wednesday. This one day picnic became picnic of 2 nights and 1 day picnic.  But as it is said that it’s all about journey, not about destination. We enjoyed a lot and had a great picnic.

At last I want to thank you our Prof. Dr. Dilip Barad  sir for making this trip very happy and awesome. And I am very thankful to Part sir too for his support. The thing is Heena Ma’m is not part of this picnic this time and because of that we missed her so much.

Specially I want to thank all the Boys of Semester – 4 i.e. Ravi Bhaliya, Kishan Kubavat, Nikunj Bhatti, Sagar Ladhva, Nimesh Dave, Milan Parmar and Hitesh Galthariya. That they managed things related to travels and travelers, they helped a lot in managing the things like food and Bus. So, I heartily thanking you to all of you for making this long distance picnic possible without any hurdles.

Thank you to all my classmates and our juniors too. Thank you to all of you for making our last picnic very memorable.

“Find JOY,

In your Journey”

                                    

                                 

                                     

Celebration Committee Report

Celebration Committee Report

By Pritiba Gohil

“Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”

                                     

Very well said that sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory. And things becomes memory only when it is celebrated very well. So today what I am going to talk about is celebration.

Celebration is part our life. “Life is a celebration, Enjoy it well”. Celebrations of every functions is a part of Indian culture and this same culture is followed by our Department of English. In our department we celebrates so many things like i.e. Navratri Celebration, Birthday celebration etc.

This year we celebrated so many things and festivals like International Yoga Day, Gardening, Guru Purnima, Welcome Function, Teachers Day, Hindi Divas, Blood Donation Camp, Youth Festival, Christmas Eve, Samuh Bhojan, Picnic, Kite Flying Festival, Navratri, Vegetables Day, Signature Day etc. 

We also celebrates Birthdays of Students of our Department of English and Birthdays of Poets and writers because Birthdays are very special day of some one’s life. So on the Birthday of Students we make Birthday card for them and wishes them a great future ahead. This is also part of our tradition in the Department.

This celebrations of events is a part of our education. Our Department of English provides us all the things to make ourselves happy.  With the help of this kind of festivals we learns that How To Celebrates Life because our life is also one kind of celebration itself.

At last I want to thank you all the members of Celebration Committee. Thank you to all of you and a very Special Thanks to our Sir  Prof. Dr. Dilip Barad that he provides this   kind of things in our Department of English that we also learns lessons from life with our studies. So, thank you to all of you.

Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory. And things becomes memory only when it is celebrated very well. So today what I am going to talk about is celebration.

Celebration is part our life. “Life is a celebration, Enjoy it well”. Celebrations of every functions is a part of Indian culture and this same culture is followed by our Department of English. In our department we celebrates so many things.

This year we celebrated so many things and festivals like International Yoga Day, Gardening, Guru Purnima, Welcome Function, Teachers Day, Hindi Divas, Blood Donation Camp, Youth Festival, Christmas Eve, Samuh Bhojan, Picnic, Kite Flying Festival, Navratri, and 'Matrubhasha Divas'.

We started our journey of this year with celebration of International Yoga Day and after that this journey follows some special events like Greetings to Dr.Vinod Joshi Sir, Gardening, Guru Purnima and after that we welcomed our juniors in Welcome Function, after that we celebrated Teachers Day and Hindi Divas. This year we arranged Blood Donation Camp at our department. So many students and teachers donated their blood on 2nd October 2015 on Gandhi Jayanti.

Then we also participated in all the events of Youth Festival. After that we celebrated Navratri in our department. This year we organized one special event of Greetings and Congratulations Event of Heenaba Zala Madam for completing her PhD degree and after that we arranged Samuh Bhojan and Christmas Eve.

And after that comes that festival which awaited by all the students from the very beginning of the year and that is Picnic at Diu and Somnath. Picnic is very important part of education system and as per my understanding all students are waiting eagerly for the day of Picnic.

“It’s about the journey, Not the Destination”.

This time we all are very excited because in a history of Department of English it happened for the very first time that we arranged picnic at very far place from Bhavnagar. And that places are Diu and Somnath. And because of this all students are very excited for this picnic. Than we celebrated Kite Flying Festival and at last we celebrated 'Matrubhasha Divas'.

We also celebrates Birthdays of Students at our Department because Birthdays are very special day of some one’s life. So on the Birthday of Students we make Birthday card for them and wishes them a great future ahead. This is also part of our tradition in the Department.

This celebrations of events is a part of our education. Our Department of English provides us all the things to make ourselves happy.  With the help of this kind of festivals we learns that How To Celebrates Life because our life is also one kind of celebration itself.

At last I want to thank you all the members of Celebration Committee. Thank you to all of you and a very Special Thanks to our Sir  Prof. Dr. Dilip Barad that he provides this kind of things in our Department of English that we also learns lessons from life with our studies. So, thank you to all of you. And at the end I would like to say that, Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end.

Life is what you celebrate.

All of it.

Even its end.