Mital Helaiya

Introduction For centuries, literature existed primarily in the form of written texts such as novels, poems, plays, and short stories. Readers encountered stories through words on a page and used their imagination to visualize characters, settings, and events. However, the development of cinema and digital technology has transformed the way stories are created, shared, and experienced. Today, literary narratives no longer remain confined to books. They travel across films, television series, web series, podcasts, audiobooks, and digital platforms, reaching wider audiences than ever before. This movement of stories from one medium to another raises important questions. What happens when a literary text becomes a film? Does the story remain the same? How does digital media influence storytelling? These questions are central to the study of adaptation and media transformation. Examining how literature changes in the age of cinema and digital media helps us understand the evolving relation...

 Globalization and Postcolonial Perspectives: Identity, Resistance, and Literary Representations in a Globalized World Introduction This blog is part of the Thinking Activity assigned by Dr. Dilip Barad Sir. For this activity, I engaged with two scholarly articles: “Globalization and the Future of Postcolonial Studies” and “Globalization and Fiction: Exploring Postcolonial Critique and Literary Representations.” Both articles explore the relationship between globalization and postcolonial thought, examining how contemporary global processes influence identity, culture, economics, and power relations. Through these articles, I explored important postcolonial concepts such as Orientalism, hybridity, neo-colonialism, resistance, and identity crisis. To understand these ideas more deeply, I connected the arguments of the articles with Mira Nair’s film The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012) and Aravind Adiga’s novel The White Tiger (2008). These works demonstrate how globalization creates ...

 Introduction This blog is written as part of the film screening worksheet assigned by Prof. Dr. Dilip Barad, Head of the Department of English, MKBU. The task aims to critically engage with Mira Nair’s film adaptation of The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012), based on Mohsin Hamid’s acclaimed novel published in 2007. Through a postcolonial lens, the film invites viewers to reflect on questions of identity, globalization, empire, and resistance in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist tells the story of Changez, a young Pakistani who achieves the American dream through his education at Princeton University and his successful career at the elite valuation firm Underwood Samson in New York. However, the events of 9/11 fundamentally alter his position within American society, transforming him from a celebrated immigrant into a figure of suspicion. His journey becomes a powerful exploration of belonging, alienation, and the politics of rep...