The white tiger

 

This is my reflective blog on the Movie adaptation of White Tiger , Netflix streamed , this particular task is given by our prof, Dr.Dilip Barad sir to enhance our thinking and critical capacity towards how to review film or how to make comparative study between movie and novel. By reflecting my thoughts on this movie we are assigned to answer some of the questions witch might be part of our academic discourse. 

We had a movie screening of White Tiger on 26 February 2021, as apart of academic event, here is some glimpse of the movie screening....

• How far do you agree with the India represented in the novel The White Tiger?

As, we know that our all Literatures are  the reflection of the society on or the other way, weather is is about politics, economy, socialism, sexuality etc., literature plays a vital role to shaped society in a better way by portraying the realistic things of the society where we lives. After watching this movie we can clearly differentiate that we have two augers of our nation..

An India of light, and one of darkness

• The darkness of India is captured well by portraying the lifestyle of Balram in village area and  the life of village people or in a ways it is about the darkness of village while an India of light captured well  the life of city people, sophistication and moneymindness of city people. 

• Inside darkness

•  The inside darkness shows in our protagonist character that he has no no choice to make his life more worthy he's from very rural area where there's no scope of further progress. 

Inside Enlightenment

•  Inside enlightenment shows that  there is choice to be good rather bad but the important thing is that the journey of India goes faster darkness to the light and Balram Halwai is one of them who moving towards darkness to the light.

That is the more relevant and prominent idea of being enlighten browed from the god buddha, which is again a very Indian symbolic frame to study the enlighten of buddha. this are some  facts and figures shown by Adiga at the very beginning that-

•  And our nation, though it has no drinking water, electricity, sewage system, public transportation, sense of hygiene, discipline, courtesy, or punctuality, does have entrepreneurs.”

The representation of religion in India:

• Let us clear that majority of such darkness or narrowness of people connected with Religion, religion becomes the driving force to construct the human mind. . Village people are superstitious in these matters. Balram satirizes on the religion first. Also he makes fun on the God and Goddesses of India. 

• In the movie we can interpret that the representation of God Hanuman is in satirical way but the fact is that he is serving his master. 

Representation of social structure:

• Indian social structure captures the things like superstitions, dowry, education system, cast system and what not.

• India is a nation where a people or a crowd known for their caste or religion and this is what Arvind Adiga criticize a lot to on caste system of India, By criticizing this he shows the actual image of Slave Master system in India.
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• Representation of political system in India

• The base of this moviwe is in a way the currupt political or caste system as we can say that the movie is start with the first sentence –O, democracy!

It is raising question against democracy , basic human rights, politics , this novel and fil is considered as more modern work of art which captures  sheer bases and problem of common life and drag us to the top of the race. where people like Balram Halwai have to break the traditional norms and cages to make them as independent being of democracy of India.

• Do you believe that Balram's story is the archetype of all stories of 'rags to riches'?

The story line of journey of a character portrays poor as central character at the end of the story the poor becomes rich. 

We can see many people who are same as Balram. Same like who belongs to poor and wide family, who didn’t complete their studies, who goes to work from early childhood, and who has bearing insults from those who are rich. These types of stories shows the struggle of poor to achieve their dream and for that becoming rich. The ways of reaching to the destination of wealth might differs of each stories but the suffering always remain same. So this way we can say that Balram’s story is archetype of all stories of “Rags to Riches"

The most prominent part of the movie which is conceptual one is that He believes his own story of entrepreneurial success and his rags to riches tale will show the premier the all that fascinates and appeals to Balaram halway about the light of urban coastal India. He controls light and darkness, when he once was a slave to circumstances and others.

• "Language bears within itself the necessity of its own critique, deconstructive criticism aims to show that any text inevitably undermines its own claims to have a determinate meaning, and licences the reader to produce his own meanings out of it by an activity of semantic 'freeplay' (Derrida, 1978, in Lodge, 1988, p. 108). Is it possible to do deconstructive reading of The White Tiger? How?

Yes, it can be possible to deconstruct "The White Tiger ".We can deconstruct it with the help of Derrida's concept of free play of meanings, To break the language. We need to find the loose stone of it. The loose stone of "The White Tiger" is that Balram himself says that he is "Half-backed". This word breaks all the philosophy and all the ideals which Balram is presenting by giving his own example. Because he is not fully educated. He understand things which his limited power of analysis. He appropriate the deep philosophies with his shallow ideas and thinking. So this way we can deconstruct "The White Tiger ".

So far In the novel Balaram Halway's character that may be autobiography of half baked indian. It's deconstruction reading of Adiga's the white tiger and it's more perceive the character of Halway because adiga present reality of life or indian people's life by the protagonist of the novel. It self gives insight with deconstruction content and language bears express reality of culture and many other things.

• Have you identified any difference in the novel and adaptation? does it make any significant difference in the overall tone and texture of the novel? 

If we are talking about the comparative study of movie adaptation and novel then one thing we must keep in our mind that this are both a different thing , the equipment's , time, investments are so far different to make such things all along here we only see the differences of movie and novel rather then finding mistakes...

• Email and date as a narration in both but with some changes 
• The name of Balram Halwai by leacher and name of Munna by his parents 
• Seeking for  a job for driving car in both the movie and in the book (quite different) 
•  Even, the car accident scene, different in both the movie and in the book.

Some major incidents and description like Black fort, lizard, Balram's childhood hero Vijay and slum area of Delhi, description of Golden hair of foreign women etc.

• Portrayal of women as just a sexual object
• Portrayal of Pinky She's been developed tremendously in the movie compared to the book' Priyanka Chopra I got out Balram What is that you want to do ? Pinky(in the movie) 
• Pinky has a more prominent role in the movie. 
• To make her more realistic and empathetic person 
•  She encourages Balram to think about his own life
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End of the movie

 I made it, I have broken and t of the coop- Balram 

• Differ from the novel 

•Mysterious 

•Dull than the novel 

•Fails to convey the write message, Even provoke people to do murder

So, we come to know that this movie adaptation passes through many changes and some are require to make it more as cinematic version on media. 

The symbols, frames and very sheer common things he had taken in a way directly touches to our heart and our mind starts thinking in particular direction where we have to ask question to our self that weather Blaram is right or wrong, whatever he did to make himself free from this slavery is in  a way the best form of rebel or best form of liberate oneself ?

Ideologically this movie breaks the entire ethical norms of comman person. Generally at the end of the movie or perhaps in entire movie we keep on sympathetically connected with the hero , wherein the white tiger challenges our deepest construction of mind and at the end of the movie we are able to justify the character rather than sympathetically connected with him, we struck with the ideological situation and Balram crossed the quality of being Ideal character I think that's the best to note as successful movie adaptation. 

The White Tiger’ Review: Ramin Bahrani’s Netflix Thriller Is a Brutal Corrective to ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

  

of course Slum dog millionaire  was a great film but the way The white tiger unfolds with the struggle journey of a backward person to become rich, the journey is itself a more painful one. 

How more brutal it is? 

The writer of the white tiger , shows the Direct, clear and concious image of character along with the whole situation where by our protagonist surrounded by. 

Majority we prefer choose the right , simple path to become successful or perhaps our construction of mind is  conditions much that we can think apart from our limitations, we can left the things but aethics? 

No....

Prefer murder Rather than wait for change in heart of Master....

Brutality is to convert oneself in to normal person to a murder or servent to Master. It seems like the protagonist of the white tiger Balram Halwai in a way quick learner in a very short time he understands that if I want to be a master , something very hastily I need to do, I can't wait for change or the change in heart of my master because it won't happen, such as the race of Master will never change, what I need to do is, change is my aethics as being good loyal servent.

The slumdog millionaire is again a movie with star-cross lover, a girl becomes a huge life driven force for protagonist Jamal, so far here we won't find any female character along with Balram, through this comprative study we can said that our cinema or writer still considering Female as a soft part of life, wherein in white tiger we find a very eligible, rebellious female protagonist which impact as more brutal...

The sequence of murders, rebellious characters, the dark humour on brutality perhaps more brutally seen in the white tiger, so far if we want to concern Balram Halwai as great fighter we have to admire that he is just focusing on his goal, whatever ways he use of to reach at the top , ultimately it is the only way to fight and become free from the world as a giant rooster coop.

Thank you 😊

Testing and Evaluation

Testing and evaluation takes major role in language teaching and learning. ... Evaluation is defined as an attempt to understand what is going on to judge its worth and make decisions about it. One can add many more reasons for doing evaluation. It is not just for measuring students learning at the end of a course.

What is the difference between assessment and evaluation?

Assessment : focuses on learning, teaching and outcomes. It provides information for improving learning and teaching. Assessment is an interactive process between students and faculty that informs faculty how well their students are learning what they are teaching. The information is used by faculty to make changes in the learning environment, and is shared with students to assist them in improving their learning and study habits. This information is learner-centered, course based, frequently anonymous, and not graded.

 Evaluation: focuses on grades and may reflect classroom components other than course content and mastery level. These could include discussion, cooperation, attendance, and verbal ability.

• Dimension of Difference 
• Content: timing, primary purpose

• Assessment: Formative ongoing, 
• to improve learning.

• Evaluation: Summative: final, 
• to gauge quality.
• Orientation: focus of measurement
• Assessment: Process-oriented: 
• how learning is going.
• Evaluation: Product-oriented:
•  what’s been learned.
• Findings: uses thereof
• Assessment: Diagnostic:
•  identify areas for improvement
• Evaluation: Judgmental: 
• arrive at an overall grade/score

How do you Determine if a Test has Validity, Reliability

, Fairness,

and Legal Defensibility?

Validity is arguably the most important criteria for

the quality of a test. The term validity refers to whether or not the test measures what it claims to measure. On a test with high validity the items will be closely linked to the test's intended focus. For many certification and licensure tests this means that the items will be highly related to a specific job or

occupation. If a test has poor validity then it does not measure the job-related content and competencies it ought to. When this is the case, there is no justification for using the test results for their intended purpose. There are several ways to estimate the validity of a test including content validity, concurrent validity, and predictive validity. The face

validity of a test is sometimes also mentioned.

2. Reliability

Reliability is one of the most important elements of test quality. It has to do with the consistency, or reproducibility, or an examinee's performance on the test. For example, if you were to administer a test with high reliability to an examinee on two occasions, youwould be very likely to reach the same conclusions about the examinee's performance both times. A test with poor reliability, on the other hand, might result in very different scores for the examinee across the two test administrations. If a test yields inconsistent

scores, it may be unethical to take any substantive actions on the basis of the test. There are several methods for computing test reliability including test-retest reliability, parallel forms reliability, decision consistency, internal consistency, and interrater reliability. For many criterion-referenced tests decision consistency is often an appropriate choice.

 

Worth listening video for better understanding of the topic. 

 What do you Understand by Backwash?

As this concept describes that the after or before effect of teaching and learning which might considered as pre-psychological condition of human mind .  

- Hughes (1989:1): “The effect of testing on

teaching and learning” is known as backwash.

Spolsky (1994 [2]): The concept of

backwash deals with the unforeseen side-effects

of testing and not to the intended effects when

the primary goal of the examination is the

control of curricula.

This is again considered as The backwash effect (also known as the washback effect) is the influence that a test has on the way students are taught (e.g. the teaching mirrors the test because teachers want their students to pass). The washback effect is the outcome of a test or an examination which results either in positive or in a negative way.

"Practicality"

Practicality in assessment means that the test is easy to design, easy to administer and easy to score. No matter how valid or reliable a test is, it has to be practical to make and to take this means that: It is economical to deliver. It is not excessively expensive.

How do you define good assessment

Assessment is accurate, consistent and repeatable. Feasible: assessment is practicable in terms of time, resources and student numbers. Educational impact: assessment results in learning what is important and is authentic and worthwhile.

Type of writer	Coherence	Grammar and Vocabulary
Excellent	The task argues forcefully and there is a complete control over cohesive devices; the answer is coherent throughout and there is no strain whatsoever	Grammar is well managed though there may be occasional errors; the words used are appropriate and shows a wide range
Competent	There is good persuasion and the cohesive devices are managed well; there may be occasional errors; the answer is coherent but can cause temporary confusion	There may be a few grammatical errors but they are not noticeable; the words show some range though may not be always appropriate
Average	Though the writing sometimes causes confusion there is a sense of underlying coherence; cohesive devices are misused, overused or faulty	The grammatical errors are noticeable and causes strain for the reader; the range of words are limited and repetitive
Poor	Coherence is lost frequently and the writing tends to jump from one thing to another without appropriate linking; causes severe strain for the reader	The grammatical errors are numerous and cause severe strain for the reader; the range of words used is extremely limited

This is the example of rubric given by Attnu Bhttachary sir for how to evaluate the any assessment with certain criteria of  Coherence the work of art.

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DA VINCI CODE ARTICLES

 

No.	Name of writer	Name of Articles	Date of Publication	Name of journal	Webpage	Link
1.	B. J. Oropeza	The Da Vinci Code and Its Success in Popular Culture	May 1, 2006		Azusa Pesific	https://www.apu.edu/articles/15537/
2.	Dr.N.Asharudeen	MYSTERY LIES IN DAN BROWN’S THE DA VINCI CODE	December 2019	December 2019The International journal of analytical and experimental modal analysis 11	Research gate.	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341072699_Mystery_Lies_in_Dan_Brown's_The_Davinci_Code
3.	Yegzar Jafarli	The Novel Da Vinci Code as a Symbolic Semiotic Model of Alternative History	April 2020		Research gate.	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340777957_The_Novel_Da_Vinci_Code_as_a_Symbolic_Semiotic_Model_of_Alternative_History
4.	Richard Covington	Fact and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code	Jan. 25, 2008		U. S. News	https://www.usnews.com/news/religion/articles/2008/01/25/fact-and-fiction-in-the-da-vinci-code
5.	Stone Phillips	Secrets behind 'The Da Vinci Code'	April 13, 2005		NBCNEWS	https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7491383
6.	Louis Hughes	Theology Fiction (1): Behind the Da Vinci Code	October 2005		jstor	https://www.jstor.org/stable/27665219
7	Terry Beck	Riddling "The Da Vinci Code"	2007		jstor	https://www.jstor.org/stable/20864741
8	Kim H. Veltman	Leonardo da Vinci: A Review	2008		jstor	https://www.jstor.org/stable/20206632
9	Shelley Esaak	Is Mary Magdalene in Da Vinci's 'The Last Supper?'	August 07, 2019		Thoughtgo.com	https://www.thoughtco.com/john-or-mary-magdalene-last-supper-182499
10	NORRIS J. LACY	"The Da Vinci Code": Dan Brown and The Grail That Never Was	2004		Jstor	https://www.jstor.org/stable/27870632
11	Margaret M. Mitchell	Cracking the Da Vinci Code	SEPTEMBER 24, 2003		Chicago university,Divinity school	https://divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/articles/cracking-da-vinci-code
12	Brad Kirkegaard	Truth Is Stranger than Fiction: The Da Vinci Code and Early Christianity	11/01/2005	Journal Lutheran  Ethics		https://www.elca.org/JLE/Articles/636
13	John Giannini	The Sacred Secret: The Real Mystery in The Da Vinci Code	2008	Jung Journal: Culture & Psyche Vol. 2, No. 2	Jstor	https://doi.org/10.1525/jung.2008.2.2.63
14	Louis Hughes	Theology Fiction (2): Towards Virtual Reality	Nov, 2005		Jstor	https://www.jstor.org/stable/27665235
15	Bob Minzesheimer	Code' deciphers interest in religious history	12/11/2003		USA Today	https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2003-12-11-da-vinci-code_x.htm
16	Marcia Ford	DA VINCI DEBUNKERS: Spawns of Dan Brown's Bestseller	May 27,2004		Faithful readers	https://web.archive.org/web/20040527122442/http://faithfulreader.com/features/0405-da_vinci_debunkers.asp
17	Laura Miller	A fascinating conspiracy about Jesus transformed the cheesy thriller, "The Da Vinci Code," into a phenomenal bestseller. Too bad it comes from "Holy Blood, Holy Grail," a masterpiece of bogus history.	September 18,2011		Salon.. Com	https://we b.archive.org/web/20110918112741/http://dir.salon.com/story/books/feature/2004/12/29/da_vinci_code
18	Janet Maslin	BOOKS OF THE TIMES; Spinning a Thriller From a Gallery at the Louvre	March 17, 2003			https://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/books/books-of-the-times-spinning-a-thriller-from-a-gallery-at-the-louvre.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
19	Richard Neitzel Holzapfel	The Da Vinci Code, the Gospel of Judas, and Other Bad Ideas	2007		Religious study centre	https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-8-no-2-2007/da-vinci-code-gospel-judas-other-bad-ideas
20	Lewis Institute	The DaVinci Code—Decoded	2004		C. S. Lewis	https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/webfm_send/439
21	Alan Branch, posted	FIRST-PERSON: The Da Vinci Code & the new Gnostics	October 11, 2004		Baptist press	https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/first-person-the-da-vinci-code-the-new-gnostics/
22	P. Chitra  K. Mohan	Symbolisms in Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code	2018		Shanlax	http://www.shanlaxjournals.in/journals/index.php/sijash/article/view/207
23	Claudia Martin	Analysis of fixed language in the subtitled documentary film “The Real Da Vinci Code”	2013		Academia	https://www.academia.edu/4136172/Analysis_of_fixed_language_in_the_subtitled_documentary_film_The_Real_Da_Vinci_Code_
24	Sri Wahyuni Zai	AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS’ CONFLICTS IN DAN BROWNS’S NOVEL “THE DA VINCI CODE”	Juyi 2014,		Academia	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DcJVpMZ6CeAuoI9Ut7MrTBPOnXN2Ku3N/view?usp=drivesdk
25	Christo . Lombaard	“Why the fuss over Brown’s The Da Vinci code? The dynamism of “icons” and the in/stability of meaning1”		PRETORIA	Research gate.	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DcCDHWhRSwRHWSkO4hbthSRjVfQTqsIr/view?usp=drivesdk
26		Da Vinci’s Last Supper: Archetype of the Four Alchemical Elements of Nature			Academia	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DLK6IdEpJLONi8e9RbBH9n46hZAglfbM/view?usp=drivesdk
27	Richard A. Schultz,	A Study in Duality: Rosicrucian Mysticism And The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown	2003		Academia	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DWQoEFAsg4S1Dl3NFpL6QX8f1Q7SlCE2/view?usp=drivesdk
28	Yu.M. Alunina, N.E. Nikonova	WHEN LANGUAGES COLLABORATE: NOVEL AND SCREEN VERSION MULTILINGUAL STRUCTURE (“THE DA VINCI CODE” BY DAN BROWN)			Academia	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DK_rHgAExz1WZ3VSOHBwD5UTKv7ZtNxz/view?usp=drivesdk
29	Meghna Ghatak	PORTRAYAL OF SAINTS IN FAMOUS BANNED BOOKS: SATANIC VERSES AND DA VINCI CODE	April 2017	JAGARAN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH	Researchgate	https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DD6CpLC3NTxNSHx1m1XyerGhpM5WTclB/view?usp=drivesdk
30	Peng Zhao	The Narrative Characteristics of The Da Vinci Code	May 11, 2020	Scientific Research Publishing		https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D77TMO9oUwE2iTyRzceWbgrxZvng036c/view?usp=drivesdk
31	Geoff Berry	A Contemporary Version of the Grail Quest: Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and its failed appropriation of the mythic legend.	8, November 2006	Eras Edition		https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D4reltezyAMN_0hFltxotGjgSKytxA73/view?usp=drivesdk
32			November 18, 2014			http://ilikeeasy.blogspot.com/2014/11/da-vinci-code-dan-brown-in-india.html?m=1
33		THE DA VINCI CODE FRAUD Cracked by the Critics	5/30/2006			http://www.biblicalcatholic.com/apologetics/DaVinciCode.htm
34						https://www.academia.edu/search?q=Reflection%20of%20fiction%20with%20reality:%20A%20literary%20criticism%20on%20the%20Da%20Vinci%20Code
35	Asharudeen Nainamohamed	Mystery Lies in Dan Brown’s The Davinci Code	December 2019	The-International-journal-of-analytical-and-experimental-modal-analysis	Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341072699_Mystery_Lies_in_Dan_Brown's_The_Davinci_Code/link/5eac0de1a6fdcc70509e0a57/download
36	Yegzar Jafarli	The Novel Da Vinci Code as a Symbolic Semiotic Model of Alternative History	April 2020	The Achievers Journal	Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340777957_The_Novel_Da_Vinci_Code_as_a_Symbolic_Semiotic_Model_of_Alternative_History
37	Priscila de Souza Moreira Tânia Mara Silva Benfica Tatiana Salzer Rodrigues	THE SACRED FEMININE IN 'DA VINCI CODE	December 2006		Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/49608665_THE_SACRED_FEMININE_IN_'DA_VINCI_CODE
38	Ljiljana-Gavrilovic	"Da Vinci code": A trial step-stone of belonging to..	January 2006		Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/47673959_Da_Vinci_code_A_trial_step-stone_of_belonging_to
39	David-Goodman-16	Mao and The Da Vinci Code: Conspiracy, narrative and history	September 2006	The-Pacific-Review-1470-1332	Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248990690_Mao_and_The_Da_Vinci_Code_Conspiracy_narrative_and_history
40	Barbara L Baker	The Same Old Con of Man: Faux-feminism and the Reaffirmation of Patriarchy in The Da Vinci Code	November 2007		Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317542668_The_Same_Old_Con_of_Man_Faux-feminism_and_the_Reaffirmation_of_Patriarchy_in_The_Da_Vinci_Code
41	Carole Cusack	Esoteric Tourism in Scotland:: Rosslyn Chapel, The Da Vinci Code, and the Appeal of the ‘New Age’	March 2020	Prophecy, Fate and Memory in the Early Medieval Celtic World (pp.246-269)	Researchgate	https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339637556_Esoteric_Tourism_in_Scotland_Rosslyn_Chapel_The_Da_Vinci_Code_and_the_Appeal_of_the_%27New_Age%27