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Chetan Bhagat’s Revolution 2020 (2011)

  Pedagogic Focus: Gen AI–assisted literary analysis with critical guardrails This work is assigned by Dr.Dilipsir Barad. Activity 1: Character Mapping (Remember → Understand) What patterns of power and morality emerge from the map? Based on the character map of Chetan Bhagat’s Revolution 2020 , a stark moral landscape emerges, defined by the tension between pragmatic corruption and idealistic integrity . The infographic highlights two diverging paths fueled by the same ambition. Gopal’s Path represents the "The Pragmatists" who navigate reality by exploiting existing power structures. His alliance with MLA Shukla-Ji illustrates a transactional morality where education is treated as a commodity, and progress is purchased through bribes and political patronage. This "Red" zone of the map signifies a world where success requires compromising ethics to build institutions. Conversely, Raghav’s Path  the "Green" zone embodies journalism and activism. His circ...
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The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta

The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta This Blog is task given by Meghama'am.   Question :1    If Nnu Ego were living in 21st-century urban India or Africa, how would her understanding of motherhood, identity, and success change? Reimagining Nnu Ego in the 21st Century: Motherhood, Identity, and Success Introduction Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood (1979) remains one of the most powerful literary critiques of patriarchal motherhood in African literature. Through the tragic life of Nnu Ego, Emecheta exposes how womanhood is narrowly defined through fertility, sacrifice, and self-denial within a traditional Igbo and colonial Lagos setting. Although the novel is rooted in mid‑twentieth‑century Nigeria, its concerns resonate strongly in contemporary societies. This blog reimagines Nnu Ego living in 21st‑century urban Africa or India , asking how modern socio‑economic structures, feminist consciousness, and urban life would reshape her understanding of motherhoo...

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: Building Paradise in a Graveyard.

The  Ministry of Utmost Happiness by   Arundhati Roy Introduction : This blog is part of a Flipped Learning activity assigned by Dr. Dilipsir Barad for the study of Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness in the course on Contemporary Indian Fiction. Following the worksheet-based methodology, the blog integrates video lectures, AI-assisted textual analysis, mind mapping, and multimedia synthesis to explore the novel’s fragmented narrative structure, political urgency, and ethical vision. Drawing on Prof. Barad’s concept of the “shattered story,” the blog examines how Roy’s non-linear form mirrors trauma and marginalization, with particular focus on Anjum, Saddam Hussain, and Tilo. It also analyzes the cost of modernization , the contrast between Dunya and Jannat , and key symbols such as the graveyard as a space of inclusive living and the dung beetle as a figure of resilience . The blog ultimately argues that Roy redefines paradise not as a distant afterlife...