Nab the Culprit: Missing Golden Chariot from "Oxus treasure"

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Plot: The Golden Chariot from the "Oxus Treasure" collection has been stolen from the British Museum. The inspector looks at the profile of all the staff and regular visitors present at the time of the incident and asks them a few questions. It is from this interrogative session that the real culprit gets nabbed.

Characters

Male roles: 5

Female roles = 2

Time: 15 minutes [As estimated]

Style: A Detective Plot.

Time & Scene: Moring 9 am 18^th of Nov. 2019. The inside of the Blue Hall of the British Museum, where the gold model chariot was found missing. It was displayed along with all the other 170 exhibits collected from River Oxus, Tajikistan, from 1876 to 1880.

Psycholanalytic and Marxist approaches in 'The Great Gatsby'

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In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald (reprinted, 2016) depicted the developing American society of the 1920s. The narrative approach of the author remains simple and surprising at the same time. As the plot develops, the reader starts getting a clear picture of the psychological differences between the people of West Egg against the East Egg of Long Island. The ideology remains focused on showing the differences between the personal and social point of view that tries to reflect gaps in the American Dream. The characters of this novel are all true representatives of different lifestyles and ideologies of 1920s America.  

See what 'The Blue Ticks' can do to you

The Blue Ticks

The inside story of a social media user is not only mysterious but also self-elevating. As we use various interesting social media platforms to get connected, we are also inclined to get connected to our inner realisations.

This story, 'The Blue Ticks' is about a small span of Andi's life. It has been depicted to see the transformation that Andi undergoes after using social media platforms. He definitely gets connected to the world, but with different results.

Andi could be someone you know, or may be a person within yourself.
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Be you

Guest Author: Vanshita Gheoday 
Place: Nagpur
Contact info: 9763050577

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Here I'm all dressed up,

standing at the doorstep,

ready to enter into my world of mirrors. 

Every mirror has it's own definition of beauty

but my aim is to look good in every mirror I encounter.

Putting different faces over faces I struggle hard to look the best

Powerful Shift of Book Censorship from 1600 to Present: In Reference to China

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The practice of book censorship is predominant in human history for a long period. The traces date back to ancient China where censorship was marked as a legitimate tool for regulating the political and moral outlook of the people (Newth, 2010). As stated by Newth (2010), the origin of the term ‘censor’ was from the office of censor of 443 BC, Rome. As for the Greeks for the maintenance of good governance, it is important to shape the character of individuals of the state and so censorship gets noted as an honourable task (Newth, 2010). However, with time the act of censorship started getting associated with controversial statements at large.

‘Midnight’s Children’: Indian History, Political Upheavals and Fragmented Identity

‘Midnight’s Children’

Introduction

"And there are so many stories to tell, too many, such an excess of intertwined lives events miracles places rumors, so dense a commingling of the improbable and the mundane! I have been a shallower of lives; and to know me, just the one of me, you’ll have to swallow the lot as well." (Rushdie, 1980, p. 4)

Being ‘a shallower of lives’, self-awareness narrative style dominates the writings of Salman Rushdie. As a writer, Rushdie offers mirror image of Indian history, political upheavals and most importantly, the fragmented identity of India. Rushdie is very clear in inviting the reader to get an insight of the life and society that he is dealing with.

Deconstruction and Intertextuality: John Fowles’ 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' and 'The Hours' by Michael Cunningham

Top 5 Background Readings:
Intertextuality by Graham Allen
On Deconstruction: Theory and Criticism after Structuralism by Jonathan Culler
From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature by Malcolm Bradbury, Richard Ruland
John Fowles' Fiction and the Poetics of Postmodernism by Mahmoud Salami
Derrida, Deconstruction and Education: Ethics of Pedagogy and Research by Peter Pericles Trifonas, Michael A. Peters (Edts.)

Introduction

The category of postmodern literature is an integral part of the historical and most importantly the socio-cultural process of human psychology and physical existence. It is in general noted as a determined way of depicting postmodern culture and life, showing the identity crisis of human beings under the pressure of sexual, ethnic, cultural and social existence and continuous struggle with the same for the establishment of legitimate existence in the hypocritical society (Bertens and Fokkema (edt. 1997).

‘The God Particle’: Revolutionizing Particle Physics

It is a tremendous attempt to revolutionize the belief of having a sub-atomic particle called the Higgs Boson, an unstable particle, so elusive that it is generally referred to as "the God Particle" in Particle Physics. The near about completion of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN); in an enormous spherical underground tunnel beneath the French-Swiss border; is a step in the process of materializing the dream of Particle Physicist.