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 This  blog task is given by Dilip Barad Sir, 1. Moral Machine Activity The Moral Machine activity gave us a unique opportunity to engage with one of the most pressing ethical dilemmas of the digital age: how artificial intelligence should make moral choices. Through the interactive simulation, we were asked to decide in life-and-death traffic situations whom a self-driving car should save. At first, the activity felt like a simple game, but gradually it revealed the complexity of decision-making when technology is entrusted with human life. Questions such as whether to prioritize passengers over pedestrians, the young over the old, humans over animals, or law-abiding citizens over jaywalkers forced us to reflect on our own moral frameworks. Screenshot of my activity: Learning Outcomes: I realized that ethical choices in AI are never neutral—they always mirror cultural, social, and individual biases. It highlighted the need for cross-cultural consensus in designing AI, since m...

In this blog, I am going to share my experiences of working with three digital tools and my learning outcomes. This activity was assigned by Dilip Barad Sir as part of our Digital Humanities lab session. Click Here 1. Human or Computer? – Poem Test                                    We began the lab with a simple but fascinating challenge: Can machines really write poetry? We were given a poem and had to guess whether it was written by a human or generated by a computer. This made me reflect on the subtle differences between human creativity and artificial generation. While machines can imitate rhyme, rhythm, and structure quite well, they often lack the emotional depth and unique intuition that human writers bring to their work. This activity reminded me that creativity is not just about putting words together but also about expressing lived experiences and feelings. 2. CLiC Dickens Project & ...

 This blog task is given by Dilip Barad sir, 1. What is Digital Humanities? What’s it doing in the English Department? Digital Humanities is an interdisciplinary field where the traditional study of humanities meets digital technologies. It involves using computational tools, digitization, text mining, network analysis, and digital archiving to explore questions in literature, history, philosophy, culture, and linguistics. It is not simply about using technology to process texts but about critically rethinking how texts, narratives, and cultural artifacts can be studied, preserved, and reinterpreted in the digital age. In the English Department, Digital Humanities has a very specific role. It allows literature to be studied in new ways, for example, by analyzing entire corpora of novels or poems through data analysis to identify themes and stylistic patterns that could not be detected by manual reading alone. It also supports the creation of digital critical editions of literary te...

 This blog task is given by Prakruti ma'am.                         1. Critical Note on a Poem by Nissim Ezekiel – “Night of the Scorpion” Nissim Ezekiel’s Night of the Scorpion is one of his most anthologized poems, reflecting his deep engagement with Indian rural life, superstition, and familial bonds. The poem narrates the incident of his mother being stung by a scorpion, and the collective village response to it. Ezekiel critically portrays the villagers chanting mantras and offering superstitious explanations – that the pain will purge sins or protect future generations. While the villagers symbolize tradition and blind faith, Ezekiel himself, with a modern, rational outlook, observes the event with irony. The father, who tries “every curse and blessing, powder, mixture, herb and hybrid,” represents modern science, yet even he becomes part of the futile ritual. The climax arrives with the mother’s quiet acceptance: “T...

 This task is given by Megha ma'am. Q-1) Write a critical note on Lakshman by Toru Dutt. Ans:   Summary of “Lakshman” Toru Dutt’s poem “Lakshman” is a retelling of an episode from the Ramayana, where Sita urges Lakshman to go after Rama when she hears a cry of distress from the forest.The poem begins with Sita insisting that Rama must be in danger, as she has heard his voice calling for help. She urges Lakshman, Rama’s brother, to rush immediately to his aid. Lakshman, however, knows that the cry is a trick of the demon Maricha, who had disguised himself as a golden deer and later mimicked Rama’s voice to lure Rama away from the hut. Lakshman is torn between his duty to protect Sita and his love and loyalty toward Rama. Sita becomes emotional and accuses Lakshman of being selfish, even suggesting that he may want Rama dead so he can have her. Her words pierce Lakshman’s heart, but out of respect for her and Rama, he finally agrees to leave.Before leaving, Lakshman draws a prot...

 This blog task is given by Dilip Barad Sir.  This blog is based on analyzing five articles, i briefly give a idea of all five articles here. Globalization, Identity, and Resistance: A Postcolonial Exploration through Film Postcolonial studies as a field has always engaged with the legacies of colonialism, especially the persistence of inequality, marginalization, and cultural hegemony. However, with the rise of globalization, postcolonial critique has entered new terrains. Global capitalism, environmental crises, and the dominance of Western cultural industries complicate older models of colonizer and colonized. The five recent articles—Globalization and the Future of Postcolonial Studies, Globalization and Fiction: Exploring Postcolonial Critique and Literary Representations, Postcolonial Studies in the Anthropocene: Bridging Perspectives for a Sustainable Future, Heroes or Hegemons? The Celluloid Empire of Rambo and Bond in America’s Geopolitical Narrative, and Reimagining ...

 This blog is about Virtual Teacher's Day , we student of Department of English celebrate virtual teacher's day on 5th of september as a part of it i write this blog. my topic is what is Cultural Studies? and its four goals. 1)- What is Cultural studies? Cultural studies is an approach that goes beyond the limits of any single discipline such as literature, history, or art. It examines a wide variety of cultural texts—such as Italian opera, Latino telenovelas, prison architecture, or even body piercing—not just as works of “art” but as cultural phenomena shaped by society and politics. As Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler note, the strength of cultural studies lies in its ability to cut across diverse social and political issues. Scholars like Henry Giroux even describe cultural studies critics as “resisting intellectuals” who break down traditional academic boundaries and work toward an emancipatory project. This also means criticism is an engaged activity, ...

 This blog task given by Megha ma'am. The Home and the World was written in 1916, during one of the most turbulent periods of Indian history. The setting of the novel is the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal, which began after the British decision to partition Bengal in 1905. Q)- 1 Critical Analysis of The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore. Critical Analysis of The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore’s The Home and the World (Ghare Baire, 1916) is one of his most powerful and controversial novels. Set in the background of the Swadeshi Movement in Bengal (1905), it weaves together themes of love, politics, morality, gender, and identity. At the surface, it is the story of Bimala, her husband Nikhil, and the nationalist leader Sandip. But at a deeper level, it explores the tension between tradition and modernity, home and nation, passion and principle. 1. The Symbolism of “Home” and “World” The title itself reflects the novel’s central conflict. The “...