1. QUIT INDIA GANDHI – STUDIED IN LONDON, WORKED IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR 21 YRS – THROWN OUT OF TRAIN FOR WHITES ONLY – STARTED HIS NON-VIOLENCE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS WROTE “HIND SWARAJ” – AGAINST WESTERN MODERNITY GIVEN TITLE OF “MAHATMA” MEANING “GREAT SOUL” ALSO GIVEN TITLE “FATHER OF THE NATION”

2. SATYAGRAHA AND AHIMSA SATYAGRAHA – KEY PRINCIPLE – TRUTH (SATYA) – NON-VIOLENCE (AHIMSA) – SELF-SUFFERING (TAPASYA) NO HOSTILITY TOWARDS OTHERS NON-COOPERATION SCHOOLS, POLICE SERVICES, MILITARY, CIVIL SERVICE SALT MARCH AGAINST SALT TAX

3. WORLD WAR II INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AGAINST INDIA FIGHTING IN WAR BRITAIN NEEDED INDIA’S SUPPORT – CRIPPS MISSION – PROMISED NEAR INDEPENDENCE TO INDIA GANDHI NOT SATISFIED – RESPONDED WITH “QUIT INDIA” SPEECH

4. QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT SPEECH “DO OR DIE” MASS UPRISINGS & CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE ENDED IN BRITISH ARRESTING CONGRESS LEADERS AND GANDHI MOVEMENT THAT STARTED INDIA’S ACHIEVEMENT OF COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA

5. HINDU-MUSLIM HINDU-SIKH CONFLICT 1947 – PARTITION – MASS MURDERS BY HINDUS AND MUSLIMS AYODHYA RIOTS 1992 – MUSLIM MOSQUE ON HINDU SACRED GROUND – ENDED WITH GUJARAT RIOTS – 1000s MUSLIMS KILLED MRS. GANDHI – ASSASSINATED BY SIKH BODYGUARDS FOR KILLING SIKHS IN GOLDEN TEMPLE

6. QUIT INDIA SPEECH 1942 DEMOCRACY – EQUAL FREEDOM FOR ALL INDIANS AGAINST BRITISH IMPERIALISM NOT BRITISH PEOPLE ENGLISH A WORLD LANGUAGE TO BE LEARNED WANTS TO SAVE BRITISH FROM THEIR MISTAKES

7. QUIT INDIA SPEECH CONGRESS ONLY IN SERVICE OF INDIA’S FREEDOM – NOT FOR POWER DEMOCRACY AS HIGHEST IDEAL AVOID VIOLENCE – ACHIEVE DEMOCRACY THROUGH TRUTH AND NON-VIOLENCE EQUAL FREEDOM FOR ALL THIS IDEA IS ECHOED IN NEHRU’S “TRYST WITH DESTINY” SPEECH

8. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU BORN TO WEALTHY KASMIRI FAMILY 2X PRESIDENT OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS BELIEVED IN MODERN SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA – INAUGURAL SPEECH “TRYST WITH DESTINY”

9. TRYST WITH DESTINY ANALYSIS HEARD IN FILMS LIKE “EARTH” AND “MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN” CONNECTING PAST AND PRESENT/FUTURE INDIA IS “ANCIENT”, “ETERNAL”, “EVER NEW” LONG STRUGGLE – NOW LIFE AND FREEDOM PRAISES GANDHI – FATHER OF OUR NATION PAIRS OLD WITH NEW – OLD SPIRIT OF INDIA BUT WILL GUIDE THE FUTURE

10. TRYST WITH DESTINY RESPONSIBILITY – BE A MODEL – WORK HARD – UNITY WITH COMMON CAUSE NATIONAL UNITY – BUT, CHALLENGES- PARTITION – AGAINST COMMUNAL STRIFE BELIEVES IN PARTICIPATION WITH WORLD CONCLUDES WITH HINDI “JAI HIND” – “VICTORY TO INDIA” – DELIVERED IN ENGLISH

11. SALMAN RUSHDIE BORN IN INDIA – PAKISTAN – ENGLAND “MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN” “SATANIC VERSES” – WORLDWIDE FAME PORTRAYS MOHAMMAD IN A BAD LIGHT IRAN ISSUED FATWA (RULING ON ISLAMIC LAW) – FOR EXECUTION OF RUSHDIE HE LIVED UNDER POLICE PROTECTION

12. SALMON RUSHDIE OFFENSIVE ELEMENT WAS IN A DREAM SEQUENCE RUSHDIE CLAIMS – AIM TO DISCUSS EXPERIENCE OF MIGRATION OF INDIANS TO BRITAIN DIASPORA – SCATTERING OF PEOPLE DUE TO MIGRATION – 2 CULTURES MAIN THEME OF RUSHDIE’S NOVELS

13. BACKGROUND, CASUALLY NISSIM EZEKIEL BORN TO ISRAEL FAMILY IN BOMBAY INFLUENCED BY ROY’S RADICAL DEM. PARTY “A TIME TO CHANGE” – 1 ST BOOK OF POEMS FOUNDING FATHER OF MODERN INDIAN POETRY WRITTEN IN INDIAN ENGLISH DEALS WITH CITY LIFE, SQUALOR BENE ISRAEL (SONS OF ISRAEL) – JEWS IN INDI

14. ANALYSIS OF “BACKGROUND CASUALLY” AUTOBIOGRAPHY – POET’S JUDGEMENT OF HIMSELF AND SOCIETY’S JUDGEMENT OF HIM IRONY – GAP BETWEEN APPEARANCE AND REALITY STRUGGLE BETWEEN PERSONAL DESIRES AND SOCIETY’S PERSPECTIVES SOCIETY PREJUDICES AGAINST MINORITY NOT CRITICAL OF INDIA – USES CLASHES FOR POETRY- INDIA IS HOME – IT IS “WHERE I AM”

15. MR. PIRZADA CAME TO DINE JHUMPA LAHIRI BORN IN LONDON – WRITER OF SHORT STORIES “INTERPRETER OF MALADIES” EXPERIENCES OF THE DIASPORA (MIGRANTS) – QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY FINDING HOME IN FOREIGN LAND – BEING A MINORITY – INDIAN IMMIGRANTS IN USA

16. MR. PIRZADA CAME TO DINE ANALYSIS MOTHER HAPPY WITH NEW LIFE FATHER – SAD, LONELINESS, AWAY FROM HOME USES FOOD, COOKING, EATING TO SHOW SIMILARITIES OR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHARACTERS FOOD THEY EAT IS REMINDER OF LIVES THEY HAVE LEFT

17. MR. PIRZADA CAME TO DINE ANALYSIS CANDY MR. P GIVES LILIA – LOVE AND FATHERLY INSTINCT FOR HER – LILIA TREASURES THE CANDY “A JEWEL FROM A BURIED KINGDOM”. STORES IT IN BOX THAT WAS HER GRANDMOTHER’S. HALLOWEEN – BRINGS HER CLOSE TO MR. P – CARVES PUMPKIN – SMASHED LATER – FAILED RELATIONSHIP

18. MR. PIRZADA CAME TO DINE ANALYSIS LILIA REALIZES HOW DIFFERENT DORA AND HER ARE (DON’T WATCH SAME NEWS) MEMORY AND HISTORY – LOOKING FOR THEIR LIVES IN NEWS, HISTORY BOOKS, POSTNATIONALISM – NATION’S IDENTITY NOT RELEVANT WITH GLOBALIZATION/MIGRATION POLITICS AND NATIONLISM ARE NOT SOLE MARKERS OF INDIVIDUALS IDENTITY