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This is the blog of my thinking activity in classroom. In this blog I would like to ponder some points which is given by our professor Dilip sir and try to gave my interpretation.
In this blog I would like to talk about the famous writer Shashi Tharoor and his famous work"An Era off Darkness".
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Firstly we throw some light on writer:-
Shashi Tharoor:-
Shashi Tharoor he was born 9 March 1956.He is an Indian politician, writer and a former career international diplomat who is currently serving as Member of Parliament, LokSabha from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009.At the age of 22, he was the youngest person at the time to receive such an honor from the Fletcher School.
Tharoor began his political career by joining the Indian National Congress and successfully represented the party from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala by winning in the Lok Sabha elections and becoming a Member of Parliament. Tharoor is an acclaimed writer, having authored 18 bestselling works of fiction and non-fiction since 1981, which are centered on India and its history, culture, film, politics, society, foreign policy, and more related themes.
The UK edition rose to Number 1 in the London Evening Standard bestseller lists. Since then, he has published two other non-fiction books: Why I Am A Hindu (2018) and The Paradoxical Prime Minister (2018), both of which have been published in the Indian subcontinent by Aleph Book Company.
key arguments in Shashi Tharoor's book - An Era of Darkness:-
In the his work " An Era of Darkness " Shashi Tharoor mostly doing arguments to established about British colonial rites whose violence experience for Indian society.
Here we can see that most off the his work represented on British exploitation of India so that he carried the day for Tharoor in an Oxford debate not too long ago.
He know about the Indian people and society.Thus he explain very well about the situation.
In Tharoor an era of darkness for India which suffered through wars, made man famines,racism,deportation..etc.
So here Tharoor's debate became popular.
We very well know that British government everything was doing for increased own wealth from India but they gave us new more things.He try to explain this idea by his view.
He also famous as a for debate.
Write critique on both the films with reference to postcolonial insights.
The black Prince:-
The Black Prince is a 2017 international historical drama film directed by Kavi Raz and featuring the acting debut of Satinder Sartaaj. It tells the story of Duleep Singh, the last Maharajah of the Sikh Empire and the Punjab area, and his relationship with Queen Victoria.
The Black Prince is an emotional drama based on the true story of the last king of Punjab, Maharajah Duleep Singh, starring musician and poet, Satinder Sartaaj. ... Amidst political turmoil at the height of the British Empire, Duleep Singh was sent to Britain, where Queen Victoria took him under her wing.
We learn one thing is that the oppressed will always come to a point when they will rise against oppression and their voices will be heard. I think this film offers that perspective, that the right voice needs to be heard.
Victoria and Abdul:-
The movie is based on a true story about Queen Victoria that wasn't even told until 2010, when journalist Shrabani Basu published “Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant.” Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) is lonely, sad and tired.He teaches the empress of India about the Koran and instructs her in Urdu, and the two become close. Upon Victoria’s death in 1901, a group of royals evict Abdul and his family from their house on the grounds of Windsor Castle, burn letters from the queen and set about erasing Abdul from existence.
Erasure is a grievous sin, and shedding light on stories that have long been in darkness is at least a partial atonement. “Victoria & Abdul” not only sheds light on the long-forgotten relationship, it bathes it in a loving, golden glow that shimmers with nothing but warmth and kindness.
In this both movie we find postcolonial insights.
Summarise Ngugi Wa Thiongo's views in 'Introduction: Towards the Universal Language of Struggle' - from 'Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature'.
Colonize and Decolonization the Mind is a collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity. The book, which advocates for linguistic decolonization, is one of Ngũgĩ’s best-known and most-cited non-fiction publications, helping to cement him as a pre-eminent voice theorizing the “language debate” in post-colonial studies.By his view we can try to understand about the colonize person.
In other idea about it we can see in African society struggle a lot for liberate their economy, politics and culture. We know that Africa still living as obviously economic and political despite. In Africa mostly people speak in English, french, Portuguese.This is a very useful for better understanding.
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