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Climate Change and Environmental Studies

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Research Possibilities in Amitav Ghosh’s  Gun Island :  This blog is assigned by Dr. Dilip Barad Sir. It focuses on the research possibilities in Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island , with special reference to climate change and environmental studies, using the Notebook LM notes as support.For further information  Click here Research Possibilities in Amitav Ghosh’s  Gun Island :  Climate Change and Environmental Studies   The Climate Crisis Didn't Start With Coal. It Started With a Nutmeg. A Crisis of Imagination, Not Carbon The climate conversation can feel exhausting. It often arrives as a cascade of abstract data—parts per million, degrees of warming, rising sea levels—or as a distant, apocalyptic warning of a future we can barely comprehend. The sheer scale of the problem, framed in scientific and technical terms, can leave us feeling overwhelmed and powerless, detached from the human realities of the crisis. Enter Amitav Ghosh. A novelist, historian, and cultura...
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Film Screening: Homebound (2025)

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  Film Screening: Homebound (2025) This blog is assigned by Dr. Dilip Barad. This blog is about the movie Homebound . for further information  Click here . Part I: Pre-Screening Context & Adaptation Source Material Analysis : Homebound (2025), directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, is a Hindi film adapted from Basharat Peer’s 2020 New York Times essay titled “A Friendship, a Pandemic and a Death Beside the Highway.” The original essay is a piece of literary journalism that documents the real-life experiences of two migrant workers during the COVID-19 lockdown in India. Through a factual and empathetic narrative, Peer exposes the humanitarian crisis created by the sudden lockdown and the structural neglect of migrant labourers. The film retains the emotional core of the essay but reworks the narrative through fiction to explore broader social and psychological themes. The real individuals from the essay— Amrit Kumar and Mohammad Saiyub —are fictionalised as Chandan ...
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Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiong’O

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Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiong’O This blog, assigned by Megha Ma’am, critically discusses Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s novel Petals of Blood. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o : Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is a major African writer from Kenya , born in 1938 . His writing is strongly influenced by British colonial rule , the Mau Mau movement , and the struggles of ordinary Kenyan people. He writes about colonialism, neo-colonialism, class exploitation, and resistance . Ngũgĩ believes that language is connected to power. He later rejected English and chose to write in Gikuyu , his native language, to support cultural decolonization. His important works include The River Between , A Grain of Wheat , and Petals of Blood , which is his most political and Marxist novel. He was imprisoned in 1977 for his political views and later lived in exile. Ngũgĩ is best known as a writer who uses literature as a tool for social and political change . About the Novel :                   ...
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