“I’ve learnt from Anand but I think I showed him in a way that although he has taught me many things in the past, now it’s probably my turn to teach him.” These were Magnus Carlsen’s exact words after defeating Vishwanathan Anand in the FIDE World Chess Championship Match that was recently held in Chennai. The final scoreline read Carlsen-6.5 : Anand-3.5. Carlsen won 3 games and 7 games were drawn. Anand couldn’t muster a single victory. But these statistics do not in any way capture the true persona
Introduction: Vijay Tendulkar (1928-2008) one of the leading playwrights of India has been ever critical of Social structure of his time. He depicts real-life situations that ordinary Indian families face. He also frankly exposes politics pertaining to gender, class, caste and power. Like G. B. Shaw he was non-conformist. He was bloody opponent to all sorts of exploitations. As a keen observer of men and manners, he adeptly brought crude realities of life, relation and existence before audience
Vijay Tendulkar’s “His Fifth Woman” is a play of Metaphysical Allegory Structure of the Play: The play is divided in 5 scenes. The first scene of the play begins with the description of Chilly winter cold night. It is the scene of dimly-lit lobby of the government hospital. In the darkness of night two characters appear with the sound of handcart entering the compound of the hospital. Dawood and Sakharam enter, carrying patient on the stretches and they put the stretcher on the ground. Both
When we talk about postcolonial Indian drama and theatre we cannot forget the name of Vijay Tendulkar who was one of India’s most impactful and compelling playwrights such as Girish Karnad, Habib Tanvir, and Badal Sircar who flourished the Indian drama by providing a new literary vision of postcolonial Indian theatre which keeps the contemporary concerns and subjects at its focal point in an unique, innovative and creative manner. Tendulkar’s prolific endeavor reigned over an extensive span of five
Vijay Tendulkar’s seminal play ‘Kanyadaan’ is a ruthless criticism of this caste-ridden Indian society.But what is interesting is that Tendulkar highlights here caste system,rather he pinpoints how all attempts of social amelioration prove fruitless in our progressive post independent society.This article shows the predicament of Nath Devalikar,the protagonist of this drama when he confronts hazards in real life in his effort to abolish caste system.Side by side with this ‘dalit’ and ‘elite’ issue
People all around agree that technology is changing how we think, but is it changing us for the better? Clive Thompson definitely thinks so and this book is his collection of why that is. As an avid fiction reader I wasn’t sure this book would captivate me, but the 352 pages seemingly flew past me. The book is a whirlwind of interesting ideas, captivating people, and fascinating thoughts on how technology is changing how we work and think. Smarter than You Think starts out with a cautionary tale
In 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft in her work A Vindication of the Rights of Woman posed the question, "In what does man's pre-eminence over the brute creation consist?" She answers, "In reason and virtue by which mankind can attain a degree of knowledge." Today, no one would argue that man and woman are not intellectually equal, or that humans have a superior intellectual capacity over the brute creation, but what would they say about humankind versus the machine? We have always felt ourselves superior
Born Eldrick T. Woods on December 30, 1975, in Cypress, Calif., golf phenom Tiger Woods has had a career nothing short of spectacular. His father, Earl Woods, began teaching his son the game when he was just a year old. In fact, Tiger's skills were so good at such a young age that it landed him an appearance on the Mike Douglas Show in 1978. The two-year-old Woods' appearance put him up against legendary comedian Bob Hope in a putting contest. At three, he shot a 48 over nine holes at one of his
The play ‘Sakharam Binder’ by the noted Marathi dramatist Vijay Tendulkar is a study of complex human relationships and the factors controlling those relationships.Set in a naturalistic background of lower middle class Indian society,the protagonist Sakharam binder who is a brahmin by birth,declares himself a mahar,a foulmouthed,heartless man.The play becomes a journey from the conscious mind of the protagonist,a self declared unconventional man to his inner self where he is a helpless human self
inequities, economics and the role of the colonizer. Due to the very characteristics of the character's position, Anand is able to examine issues such as society’s revulsion at untouchablility; some local, innate societal sympathy for Bakha's plight, and the fact that in the 1930s Gandhi used his Harijans-untouchables-as a symbol for change in Indian society. This essay examines the modes by which Anand deploys mimicry and the carnivalesque to critique Indian society in the 1930s. The author has constructed
Indian lit. in english paper The Untouchable by Mulk Raj Anand Mulk Raj Anand, one of the most highly regarded Indian novelists writing in English, was born in Peshawar in 1905. He was educated at the universities of Lahore, London and Cambridge, and lived in England for many years, finally settling in a village in Western India after the war. His main concern has always been for "the creatures in the lower depths of Indian society who once were men and women: the rejected, who has no way to articulate
Rajneeshpuram was a cult from the 1980’s which was located in The Dalles, Oregon and led by Chandra Mohan Jain, also known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh or Osho. He was born in India and lived his early life there, traveling throughout and speaking publicly about his spiritual philosophy. He was infamously known for his free opinions on sexuality and was considered to be the “sex guru” (Vasant Joshi, 1982) by press all across the world. His first set of followers called themselves the neo-sannyasins
“Legendary Biographies of Tamerlane” Timur, or Tamerlane, is a very important figure in Islam, not only because of his personal achievements, but also because his deeds are told in fictional stories venerating him in addition to explaining very important themes. In the article “Timur’s Legendary Biographies” by Scott Levi and Ron Sela, the authors tell the story of young Timur and his adventures through his youth. Before telling the story, the authors give information about the background of these
The novels of Mulk Raj Anand within their complex of thematic structure and techniques invite immense possibilities of explorations and insights. Apart from the countless number of studies undertaken on Mulk Raj Anand, the thematic aspects of his novels, even in their traditional classification offer multiple interpretations and insights. Man and society form a variegated fabric of life. Within the complicated structure of society lie the joys and sorrows of man. Mulk Raj Anand with his exposure to
Charles Dickens and Mulk Raj Anand both base their novels, Great Expectations and Untouchable, around the central theme of social class. The characters, Pip and Pundit, personalities go through some transformations as they are influenced by a range of characters they meet throughout the text. The authors use a range of literary techniques to convey the character’s values, beliefs and ideas throughout their novels. These literary techniques reveal to the readers that the characters’ attitudes towards
Censorship involves the restriction of material that the government believes may be harmful to society. However, censorship in film is controversial because it can either create safe boundaries for movies or hinder the film industry’s freedom. Those who support censorship believe that it prohibits unnecessarily explicit content from being freely shown in films. Those who are against censorship believe that censorship conflicts with constitutional freedom and can be used as a tool for manipulation
such as Raja Rao, Mulk Raj Anand, and R.K. Narayan among so many others. Drama as a genre emerged out during the British raj, though its origin can be traced back to Vedic period. Indian drama emerged with the establishment of the Kendriya Natak Sangeet Akadmi in 1953 and national school of drama set up by Sangeet Natak Akadmi in 1959. With these academies drama grew in almost all the Indian languages. The Year 1972 gave Indian theatre playwrights like Baal Sircar, Vijay Tendulkar, Mahesh Dattani
State Appratus 22. Prasad, Amar Nath. The Plays of Vijay Tendulkar: Critical Explorations. Sarup and Sons. New Delhi: 2008. 23. Premchand, The Shroud and Twenty Other Stories. Sagar Publication:1972. 24. Ratra, Amiteshwar et.al. Marriage and Family. Deep and Deep Publications Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi: 2006. 25. Said, Edward. Orientalism. Vintage Books: 1979. 26. Senapati, Fakir Mohan, Six Acres and a Third. Penguin: New Delhi: 2006. 27. Tendulkar, Vijay. Five Plays. Oxford University Press, New Delhi:
Introduction This essay explains the journey of Bollywood (Indian Film Industry) and how it has changed itself and its audience’s perspective on Hindi Cinema. Applying the key features from Dennis McQuail’s “Normative Theory”, the relationship between Bollywood and the audience, controlled by the censorship board will be explained; and how both, the Bollywood industry and Censor Board are responsible for bringing changes to each other in the terms of rules, regulations, audience’s attitudes and their
INTRODUCTION Packaging is not itself a product but a mode of transport and protection for other products. Companies choose the best packaging option for their products with the primary aim of keeping transport costs to a minimum and delivering their products to the customer with minimum or no damage. The main purpose of packaging are to hold its contents securely to prevent leakage and breakage, to protect the foods from different hazards like germs, heat, moisture loss or moisture pick up, etc