Dr. Sachin Londhe, Associate Professor of English, K. N. Bhise College

Silence! The Court is in Session About the Dramatist: Vijay Tendulkar Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar was born on 6th January, 1928 in Kolhapur, Maharashtra which was then colonial India. He died on 19th May 2008 in Pune, Maharashtra, India. He was one of the renowned Marathi playwrights of the country. Most of his plays are based on real incidents which throw light upon various aspects of the society. His plays are translated and performed into many Indian and non-Indian languages. Personally, he has also translated many literary works from Marathi to other Indian languages. Thus, one cannot confine him to Marathi language and literature alone. Tendulakr’s father Dhondopant worked as a clerk at a British publishing house and later started a small publishing house of his own too. Their house used to be full of books and many writers frequently used to visit them. On Sundays his father used to take him to his friend’s book shops and his father always encouraged him to read more. Thu...

At a Glance To Sir, with Love  recounts Braithwaite's personal experiences as a teacher in London. A native of British Guiana, he's forced to take a job as a teacher, where he's able to get through to a group of semi-literate pupils thanks to his unorthodox teaching methods. The first several chapters of this autobiographical novel focus on Braithwaite's struggle to find steady work after his Royal Air Force unit was demobilized at the end of World War II. Eventually, he gets a job as a teacher in London's East End. Braithwaite's first days as a teacher are rough. His students are only semi-literate and are largely uninterested in learning. They have no respect for him, and he struggles to teach them using the official curricula of the school. Finally, Braithwaite decides to switch tactics and use unconventional teaching methods, such as taking the children to museums and letting them discuss whatever to...