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Misplaced Priorities and Ecological Imbalance: A reading of Sherni

Title: Sherni Director: Amit V. Masurkar Year: 2021 When a tigress kills a human, it is not a prey just for her. The deceased human can become prey to many other 'socio-political' animals. We normally fail to understand that a wild animal encroaching on human boundaries and preying on a human is not a real issue. The real issue, which is also an outcome of many interrelated issues, is to know why an animal needs to cross its boundary in the jungle. It is equally risky for the animal. The 2021 movie Sherni  by Amit Masurkar raises some of the most pertinent questions related to our wild-life issues. The political nature of the issues; an emotional rather than logical approach to dealing with them; political interventions in normal decision-making; utter neglect of human concern and empathy; and not considering animal(s) worth a thought are some of the glaring problems identified by the screenwriter and director and presented efficiently.        ...

Nature vs Culture Ecolinguistic Problem of Categorization

#MyLecture #LanguageAndEcology #Ecolinguistics #NatureVersusCulture

Discussion on "Arrival": Talking Films Online

The present video is a discussion on #denisvilleneuve 's 2016 movie #arrival . The movie was adapted from 1998 science-fiction novella #storyofyourlife by #TedChiang . The discussion was organized and fecilitated by Talking Films Online and it was facebook live on the group's page. #MyLecture #SapirWhorfHypothesis #RelativityHypothesis #Filmolinguistics #communication #language #TalkingFilmsOnline #CinematicLanguage

खुद से पहचान

जब में तुझे बोलूंगा, में प्यार करता हूं वह शब्द नही, जिम्मेदारी होगी मैंने नही कहा है यह अब तक क्योंकि तुझे प्यार करने से पहले मेरी एक नैतिक जिम्मेदारी है तुझे प्यार करनेवाले से प्यार करूं जब में जानूंगा, की में तुम्हे जानता हूं वह पहचान नहीं, अपनापन होगा मैंने नही जाना है तुम्हे अब तक क्योंकि तुझे जानने से पहले मेरी खुद से पहचान बाकी है तुझे जानने वाले को मैं भी जानूं जब में तेरे साथ जिंदगी बितानी की बात करू जिंदगी तो बीत ही रही है, अविरत लेकिन क्या वो हम बीता रहे है या जिंदगी हमे बीता रही है मेरे हाथो से सरकती हुई यह रेत तेरे हाथो से भी तो सरकती होगी

साधारण सा दिखनेवाला

साधारण सा दिखनेवाला सरल व्यक्ति हूं मैं साधारण सी बोली है सरल करता हु बात प्रेम के मोल में तोल कर शब्दो को लाता हूं साथ ना नैन चुराऊ, ना चुराउ नैनो से काजल ना नाम मेरा चांद पर, ना मेरे नाम का बादल  ना ही किसी तारे पर मेरा नाम गुदवाना है सरलता आभूषण है, जीवन जीने का कारण लहरों की गीली रेत पर रखता हु अपना नाम किताबो के समंदर में गोते लगाना है काम कभी अहिल्या, तो कभी शहरजाद, कभी उर्मिला हूं में ईडीपस में, विक्रम भी में, ग्रेगर समसा है नाम साधारण सा दिखनेवाला, सरल व्यक्ति किंतु इतना साधारण नहीं होता सरल होना भी में सरल हूं, सरल था, रहूंगा परंतु सरलता साधारण होने की निशानी नही साधारण नहीं हूं, एक सरल व्यक्ति हूं मैं साधारण सा दिखनेवाला सरल व्यक्ति हूं मैं

Muslim Khatri Bawisi Jamaat Talk

Full video of "Small Talk" delivered at the Annual Function of Muslim Khatri Bawisi Jamaat.

Vico, Metaphor and the Origin of Language: A Review

Vico, Metaphor and the Origin of Language Author: Marcel Danesi Year: 1993 Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press Pages: 191 The book is written by Marcel Danesi (b. 1946), a professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto. This is one of his first major publications where he attempts to re-view the idea of origin of language with reference to Giambattista Vico's New Science . The book is divided into seven chapters.  Chapter one discusses various theories of the origin of language. Those theories are also categorized in Echoic theories, Gestural theories, and Pragmo-Communicative theories. After that author discusses the scientific evidences in the study of the origin of language, such as Swadesh’s analysis of high and non-high vowels associated with some specific meaning. Historical-comparative studies and reconstruction are also discussed. Genetic perspective is also put forward. Second chapter talks about the idea of primitive m...