Short Story :- The Postmaster

Short Story :- The Postmaster

* About the Author :- 

                           Rabindranath Tagore born 7 May 1861 and death 7 August 1941 also known by his pen name Bhanu Singha Thakur, and also known by his sobriquets Gurudev, Kabiguru, and Biswakabi, was a polymath, poet, musician, and artist from the India subcontinent. he reshaped Bengali literature and music, as well as Indian art with contextual modernism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Author of the "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse" of Gitanjali, he became in 1913 the first non- European to win the Nobel prize in literature. Tagore's poetic songs were viewed as spiritual and mercurial; however, his "elegant prose and magical poetry" remain largely unknown outside Bengal. he is sometimes referred to as "the Bard of Bengal".

* About the Short Story :-

 

                       'The Postmaster is a short story by Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore. The writer considered as the greatest Indian literary figure of the twentieth century. He won the Nobel prize for literature.

                       'The Postmaster' is a story of attachment. The Postmaster takes his post to remote village Ulapur. Jr was from Calcutta and so he did not like the place. He feels like a fish out of water in the village.Postmaster was living alone and had to cook himself. Ratan, an orphan girl help him occasionally. Postmaster shares his feeling with Ratan, tells about his family. Those memories were always haunting him. Postmaster teaches Ratan to read.

                       One day Postmaster falls ill and Ratan takes good care of him. Called village doctor, have pills on right time, sat up all night by his pillow, cooked his gruel for him. But Postmaster decides to apply for transfer. He applies on the ground of the unhealthiness of the place.

                   Postmaster was waiting for reply and one day it comes, telling that his application for transfer has rejected and so he resigned post and is going to home. He calls Ratan and says that he is going next day. Ratan feels so sad. She hopes that Postmaster would take her with him and asks also buy Postmaster laughs.At the time of departure, Postmaster offers some money to Ratan but she did not accept it and run away crying. After Postmaster gone, still Ratan wanders near the post office with tears in her eyes.

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Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning

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* What is Web 2.0 Tools :- 

                          These tools are internet tools that allow the user to go beyond just receiving information through the web. the user is expected to interact and to create content with others. social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are examples of Web 2.0 tools. the web 2.0 framework specifies only the design and use of websites and does not place any technical demands or specifications on designers. a web 2.0 website allows users to interact and collaborate with each other through social media dialogue as creators of user generated content in a virtual community.

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Cultural Studies - Workshop by Dr. Kalyani Vallath

Cultural Studies - Workshop by Dr. Kalyani Vallath

We have workshop on cultural studies by Kalyani Vallath on 27-12-19 at English Department MKBU. mam came from Kerala. ma'am done her PH.D in Canada. ma'am have deep knowledge about cultural studies. we enjoy this session. ma'am gives different examples, and explains very well. if you are literature lover, teacher, scholar, students than you have few ideas about culture studies. 

* She touched upon topics like ;

• What is cultural studies ?
• The beginning of cultural studies
• About Pioneers
• Circuit of Culture
• Cultural intermediaries
• Popular culture studies
• Public sphere
• Queer Studies

                           Cultural studies is that it is Interdisciplinary study. cultural studies that time every practical life aspect come in to it. cultural studies development in Britain as a reaction against human studies. there are two moment liberal humanism and orthodox Marxism. it talks about culture transforms individual experiences, social realities and power relations, social theory, philosophy, history, linguistic and media in simple language it talks about everybody life, their culture they living. 

                          cultural studies or tradition where they are living, with which they are leaving. ma'am has explained it well that she says our India is a great that it has different kind of culture in over all India. cultural studies is also developing of updating with today's time. 

                           This session becomes helpful, beneficial and useful to understand cultural studies in easy language. ma'am also give different examples that why it becomes easy to understand.ma'am writes many books. ma'am given different example that example connected with our daily life experience, so easy to find connections and understand. it is very beneficial and useful event. 

                                Thank you Dilip Barad sir for organizing this wonderful session on cultural studies. 

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Thinking Activity professor - Atanu Bhattacharya

ELT :- Historical perspective

             The history of English language teaching and learning in englEng as a second and foreign language. Contexts has gone though different practice. The role of memories and repetition of English language structures has always been a dominant teaching attitude.  

Reflective Blog on ELT Professor :- Atanu Bhattacharya

Reflective Blog on ELT Professor :- Atanu Bhattacharya

This 3 Days Session on ELT (English Language Teaching) by Professor Atanu Bhattacharya from Central University Gandhinagar. From Date 25th to 28th Atannu Bhattacharya sir came to our Department for ELT-2. sir has talk about the History of ELT, Literature for Language Teaching Poem, Fiction, Testing and Evaluation: Validity, Realizability, Washback and Stages of Test Development. He also say that literature has not only useful. that language skill but also useful to critical skill.  

• Combine session:-

                                                 I think combine session started at 3 o'clock with new subject. There were Pro. Atanu sir talked briefly about history of English studies foundation, Institutionalized power, Educational Initiatives, Linguistic Explorations, Visual culture: Film studies, Asian Literature...etc. I have to mentioned that during last topic I leaved class for emergency work so after that what happen ? I don't know. 

3) Audio-Lingual Method :- The Audio-Lingual method as Audio visual and Army method. The audio-lingual method is an oral based approach using the method of deills with students to make them acquire the use of grammatical sentence patterns.

                        Then sir talk about the Five major fiction. 

1) Representative (Common part of speech).

2) Directive (ordering & questioning).

3) Commissive (offering).

4) Expressive (welcoming).

5) Declaration (specific person).

The Testing and Evaluation. Testing and Evaluation both are a very difference. There are Three terms.

1) Testing :- Specific, Particular objective. test can be created. Teasing generali in Score. testing also have different kind of pressure.

2) Evaluation :- Evaluation is not a score. generalized objective.

3) Assessment :- Feedback.

                         Basic concepts in Testing and Evaluation.

1) Proficiency Test :- tests people's ability in a language regadless of the learning process that one has gone through.

2) Achievement Test :- can be final achievement tests like your final exams. can be progress achievement tests or progress monitored tests should relate to objectives of the language use and also the way feedback is given.

3) Diagnostic Tests :- Diagnostic tests used to identify learners strengths and weaknesses. generally used in ESP (English for Specific Purpose). oxford practice grammar.

4) Placement Tests :- intended to provide a certain goal or objective in which the students are supposed to fit in. ex:- placement in any job.

5) Norm - Referenced Testing :- 

6) Criterion - Referenced Testing :- Provides information about what the student can perform in the language. the criteria are pre-defined and the students know why they are tested for. this is long process.

                                   Key Concept in Testing  

1) Validity :- Can be of two types content validity and criterion related validity. content validity depends on what the test is meant for and whether it is testing that. criterion related validity relates to examining the test results to highly dependable and independent alternative sources.

2) Reliability :- Depends on two factors whether the test can be used repeatedly; and whether the test can be used for various levels of students. use of different level.

3) Backwash :- The Backwash effect that rests have on learning and teaching. can be of two types: Negative and Positive.

                            Thank You  Dilip Barad sir for organised this session. 

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The Sense of an Ending

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The Sence of an Ending


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

               Boold money in  veronica 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 show some relations like Sarah Ford is responsible for Adrin's suicide so that's why Veronica called Boold Money.

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

                 b = s – v x/+ a1. In this first formula doesn't involved Tony and seems to imply little more than Sarah and Adrin together in veronica's absence.

                  a2 + v + a1 X s = b? In this formula, A2 = Antony Webster, V = Veronica, A1 = Adrin, S = Sarah Ford, B = Baby, a1xs = a1's relationship with S. Antony Webster ,Veronica and Adrin are friends and the relationship of Adrin with Sarah came as a result of baby.

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

                 Veronica child Adrin suffering from mental disease and she means Veronica as a mother suffering in care in the community , but letter on as time passes he come to know  that Veronica and Adrin are brother and sister. And as a sister , she carries her brother Adrin.

Do you see any missing block – some dot which is not getting connected with the whole or dot missing to get full sense of the novel - in the plot of this psychological thriller?
           
                   There are many missing block in this novel. Mrs. Sarah Ford's character is very mysterious. many question remains in answered like. What did Sarah Ford told about Veronica to Tony and Adrin that both of them left Veronica ? What is the reason of Adrin and Robson's suicide? 

 Do you see any possible reason in the suicide of Adrian Finn?

                    There are two reasons behind the Adrian's suicide of . First, he is suicide because of the suffering from trauma. Second is he affair with her girlfriend mother and he had burden of There baby and that is why he had also fear from society so that is why he committed suicide .

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