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Introduction:              Ruskin Bond Was born on may 15,1934 at kasauli in Himachal pradesh.He was a well-known writer of children's stories and poems.recipient of many literary awards,Ruskin Bond was honoured with padma shri at the 2004 Republic Day Awards. His Works:  # The Roon on the Roof(1956)(novel).  # Tales and legends from India,1983(folklore).  #Night Train to deoli 1989;  #Our tree still grow in Dehra(1991)(short-story). About the story:              The thief is about a young man of fifteen,who is a thief.The story brings out the conflict in the young man's life when he steals his master's money.His conscience pricks him for having betrayed the trust reposed in him by his master and he decides to return the money.He then prepares himself to live with his master,serve him and learn from him.         ...

 Introduction:                Khushwant singh was born in 1915 at Hadalicollege.He is a leading newspaper columnist and author of nearly 110 books.Educated at Goverment college,Lahore and king's college London,He has been a lawyer,public Relations officer ,Minister of External Affairs and most successful Editor of the illustrated weekly of india.           Khuswant singh has been nominated member.Rajya sabha.He returned his padma Bhushan award to protest against :'Operation Blue Star' In 1984.Recipient of several national and international honours,he is author of the two-volume History of the sikhs and the widely-acclaimed novel on the partition of india,A train to pakistan(1955).His stories are collected in The mark of Vishnu and Other stories(1950),A Bride for the sahib and other stories(1967) and Black jasmine(1917). ABOUT THE STORY:      ...

Instruction Given By Teacher: All students: Here is attached a brief interview of Javed Akhtar. There are some rumours about A R Rahman to give music in an Iranian film on Mohmad Paigambar. It is not permitted under Quran to portray Mohmad Paigambar in painting or moving picture. If A R Rahman is involved in such film, it may hurt religious sensibilities of Indian Muslims and so he is threatened that there may be Fatwa against him. Secondly, there is a film being planned on the life of Tipu Sultan - a Muslim ruler of Mysore. It is rumoured that Rajnikant will play the role of Tipu Sultan. This has hurt religious sensibilities of Hindus. It is also belived that Tipu was against Tamils and so no Tamil should play any role in the biopic on Tipu. Well, the majority exerts their likeness and prejudices over the minorities and in the process construct a 'culture'. The said culture is appropriate for the majority and so most of them believe it to be moral...

Instruction Given by Teacher: Post – Viewing Tasks: (Give responses to these questions in the comment section below this blog-post) ·         How faithful is the movie to the original play? ·         After watching the movie, have your perception about play, characters or situations changed? ·         Do you feel ‘aesthetic delight’ while watching the movie? If yes, exactly when did it happen? If no, can you explain with reasons? ·         Do you feel ‘catharsis’ while or after watching movie? If yes, exactly when did it happen? If no, can you explain with reasons? ·         Does screening of movie help you in better understanding of the play? ·         Was there any particular scene or moment in the movie that you will cherish li...

  Instruction given by teacher: After reading following article, you shall: Two ideas which you like the most. Do you agree with this observation: " what is assumed to be a 'temple' is essentially a structure built around very simple natural rock formations. The structure then is the boundary that defines and delimits the sacred space around something very organic and natural. This creation of boundaries is the essence of patriarchy , for with boundaries come divisions and hierarchies, that prop up the privileged . The physical boundaries express psychological boundaries that emerged long ago, before the structures, before gods and goddesses " After reading the article and ongoing debate on gender bias in temples/mosques/churches, what is your opinion about it?                     Why were temples built in India? They did not always exist. Before temples, people worshipped...

Instruction Given by Teacher:      Read attached writeup from Chitralekha magazine.        Isn't it true that such writings which narrowly focuses on "Who is better?" conditions our mind to think of "comparison"  always in terms of 'good and bad?. Isn't it true that such conditioning narrows our thinking? We are unable to restore connection between the past and the present when we see things as antithesis to each other.  We always think that one should be better than the Other. The idea of mutual coexistence ceases to exist in our mind and thus we fail to coexist with difference.        The writer would have read Dryden's Essay to understand an important point to keep in mind while we "compare". "Discussion of Ancient and Modern shud not be for who is better, it should be more filename tally about how "history" itself functioned and should be read, thus it should be about the rela...

#   Instructions by Teacher     After reading in the given context, your task is to answer these questions:   1) Have we outgrown the psychological,  emotional and spiritual need of God? 2) How far can u agree with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris who have cogently and eloquently argued that far from being a negation of moral codes and an ethical life, atheism as a form of consciousness raising is an affirmation of spiritual transcendence? 3) is it time we outgrew that 'Needless hypothesis'?    # My answer of the given task:      #While I agree with jug suraiya on his opinions about God,religion etc.But it is not necessary to believe in God to be a good person.In a way the traditional insight of God is outdated. One can be devotional but not religious. Some of the best people in history did not believe in God,while some of the worst deeds were committed in his name.    # paradise lost by Milt...