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Sunday Reading : Fahrenheit 451

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          Fahrenheit 451 is a Dystopian novel by American writer Ray Bradbury, first published in 1953.It is regarded as one of his best works.The novel presents a future American society where books are outlawed and "Fireman" burn any that are found.The books tagline explains the title : " Fahrenheit 451-the temperature at which book paper catches fire,and burns...." The lead character, Guy Montag, is a Fireman who becomes disillusioned with his role of censoring literature and destroying knowledge, eventually quitting his job and committing himself to the preservation of literary and cultural writings.          The novel has been the subject of interpretations focusing on the historical role of book burning in suppressing dissenting ideas.In a 1956 radio interview,  Bradbury said that he wrote Fahrenheit 451 because of his concerns at the time ( during the Mccarthy era ) about the threat of book burning in the United States. In later years, he describe

Talk with an author Dr. Vishal Bhadani

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                       On 1st January 2019,We had a guest lecture of Dr.Vishal Bhadani. He talked on his collection of short stories entitled 'Fictionalay' and its significance in the common people's life.Vishal Sir read his two stories and also given tips to write short stories or any work.               I had read three short stories of  'Fictionalay 'that is  'Mara Hath ni wat nthi ','Sansi ane Ranjana ' and 'Museum of innocence '.All these stories are connected with middle class people. ● Mara Hath ni wat nthi :-                 In this story the writer covers all basic things but the title itself challenging. Author connects problems of society with the different parts of hands.Like Plam, Finger, thumb etc.He connects various parts of hands with different things like ,Buddha, Lord Vishnu,Goddess Laxmi, Vasco Di Gama etc.This way author uses lots of symbol in his work. ● Museum of Innocence :-                 The Title repr

Talk on Journalism by Dr.Jay Mehta

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                     On 15th January 2019,we had surprise lecture of Dr.Jay Mehta on Mass Media and communication .It was very good session on basic knowledge about media ,and its development from the ancient time.                         There are six major sources of Mass Media:                         - Radio                         - Television                         - Cinema                         - Advertisement                         - Newspaper                         - Digital Media.             Radio plays vital role since from beginning. It used to spread news from one region to other. 'Aakashvani' channel is most popular in all over world.              Television also plays vital role.Earlier when TV starts that time only one channel 'Doordarshan' came.Nowadays so many channels we watch.           Cinema also plays vital role. It is known as Glamorous world.Which represents highly glamorous, we rarely find facts.Cinema  is very helpfu

Interaction with French Proffesers

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                        On 22nd January 2019, we get chence to interact with French Proffesers from the University of Lorraine. Thanks to Prof.Kishor Joshi from Economics Department, who brings French Proffesers for fruitful interaction. Prof.Saeed Paivandi and Prof.Fontanini Christine talked on various social,economical,political trends of France.            Prof.Fontanini Christine talks about the gap between rich and poor.She has thrown light on the Social issue of France. In France ,if you are educated than you get more job opportunities, but in India that is totally different.              This way we get many information about France and also idea about society of France and also education system.

Mass Media and Communication :It's Importance.

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                    This blog is part of my academic work .To get more information about this blog click here , ■ Which is your favorite Mass media platform for communication? Why do you like it? What are its drawback?                   Mass Media is platform to communicate with mass audience. There are many media through which communication takes place. Social Media is also a part of this communication.                                           WhatsApp  is a freeware   and  cross-platform   messaging  service owned by  Facebook .  The application allows the sending of text messages   and voice calls, as well as video calls, images and other media, documents, and user location.  The application runs from a  mobile device  but is also accessible from desktop computers; the service requires .  consumer users to provide a standard cellular  mobile number . Originally, users could only communicate with others individually or in groups of individual users.                

Thinking activity :Education and Technology.

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  ELT 2 : Education and Technology                      This blog is part of my academic task given by our professor. To read more information about this task click here , 1 Why is it necessary to use Technology in Education?     In education main focus is on teaching learning process. And because of this Teacher is at the center from the very earlier stage of teaching learning process.  But now time is changing and with the flow of time teaching learning process is also starts changing. So now Students are at the center rather than teacher.  There are so many methods and approaches for teaching learning process but no one can replace technology as a best method of teaching learning process. That’s why technology is very important thing in teaching learning process and it is necessary in process of teaching learning.  Self-learning is very important part of teaching learning process with the help of technology. Dec-entering the center from teacher to student.  2  W