Mital Helaiya

This Blog task was assigned by Megha Ma'am (Department of English, MKBU). Introduction Family, as a social institution, is often idealized as a space of emotional security, moral guidance, and unconditional love. Yet literature repeatedly reveals that the family can also become a site of tension, repression, misunderstanding, and psychological damage. One of the most powerful dramatic explorations of familial conflict appears in Long Day's Journey into Night, written by Eugene O'Neill. The play presents a deeply autobiographical portrait of the Tyrone family, whose members are trapped in cycles of accusation, addiction, regret, and emotional alienation. Although the play is set in the early twentieth century, its themes remain disturbingly relevant. Communication gaps, addiction, and emotional neglect continue to shape family dynamics in contemporary society. However, modern narratives particularly in films and web series present these issues through new frameworks such as ...

                                 

This blog is written as part of a thinking activity assigned by Dilip Barad for the MA English course (Modern Drama , Absurd Drama). The purpose of this activity is to interpret Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett through the philosophical ideas presented in the Bhagavad Gita. Absurd drama often reflects the uncertainty and meaninglessness of modern human existence. However, when the play is read through the lens of Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), especially the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita, new perspectives emerge regarding action, duty, and the search for meaning. Click here Introduction This blog explores Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett through the philosophical perspective of the Bhagavad Gita. The aim is to compare the theme of waiting in Absurd drama with the Gita’s emphasis on action, duty, and awareness. By using the framework of Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS), the blog attempts to reinterpret the existential questions raised in the play and examine how the absence of act...

This blog The task assigned by Dr. and Prof. Dilip Barad sir on Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot , based on two videos: “Hope – Christian Faith or Sartrean Bad Faith” and “The Sheep and the Goat.”   Click here 1. Hope - Christian Faith or Sartrean Bad Faith | Waiting for Godot | Samuel Beckett        2. The Sheep and the Goat | Waiting for Godot | Samuel Beckett  Refrence: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSmZQVxjN9_gYrUwKoyci6eQBl9GRI7wx&si=SfVQRRScu2fPLQv-

This blog is written as part of an academic activity assigned by Prakruti Bhatt Ma’am, Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University (MKBU). The purpose of this blog is to critically explore Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography (1928) through close reading, classroom discussions, prescribed texts, and individual critical interpretation. Special emphasis is placed on Woolf’s modernist narrative techniques, particularly Stream of Consciousness, her engagement with the literary movement of The New Biography, and her feminist interrogation of gender, identity, and social practice. The blog also incorporates a creative digital component using AI image generation to visually interpret Orlando’s shifting gender identity, thereby connecting literary analysis with contemporary digital tools. Introduction : Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography (1928) is one of the most unconventional and imaginative works of modern English literature. Positioned at the intersection of...

This blog is written as part of an academic activity assigned by Prakruti Bhatt Ma’am, Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University (MKBU). The purpose of this blog is to critically explore the concept of war poetry through classroom discussions, prescribed poems, and personal interpretation, with special emphasis on the relationship between content and poetic form. Introduction War poetry occupies a significant and emotionally intense position in literature because it emerges from moments of extreme human suffering. Unlike romantic or lyrical poetry that often celebrates love, beauty, imagination, or nature, war poetry confronts harsh realities such as violence, fear, pain, trauma, and death. It reflects how war transforms ordinary human beings into victims of political decisions and national conflicts. In our classroom discussions, we observed that war poetry does not simply describe war as a historical event. Instead, it records lived experiences what sold...