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IGNOU BEGC-132 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
Section A
1. Answer, with reference to the context, any four of the following.
a) I am neither among sinners nor among saints
Neither happy, nor unhappy
I belong neither to water not to earth
I am neither fire, not air
I know not who I am.
b) Long as tresses the night of parting.
The day of love is short as life,
If I see not my love, O friend,
How can I spend dark nights of grief?
c) Once you are used to it
you never afterwards
feel anything.
d) Once you are used to it
even the sorrow
that visits you
sometimes, in dreams,
melts away, embarrassed.
e) Long as tresses the night of parting,
The day of love is short as life,
If I see not my love, O friend,
How can I spend dark nights of grief?
f) Give me, a quill, quickly
She must be looking for me
The reed cut off its hand
Gave it to me and said
Take it,
I too am her servant.
Section B
2. Trace, with suitable examples, the links between language, culture and power.
3. What is the alternative perspective that the Chandrabati Ramayana offers? Why is it important?
Section C
4. What do you understand by silenced text? Explain with reference to the text prescribed in your syllabus.
5. How do Dalit narratives tell the stories of an entire community? Elaborate.
IGNOU BEGC-132 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Explain with reference to the context, any four of the following:
(a) I am neither among sinners nor among saints
Neither happy, nor unhappy
I belong neither to water not to earth
I am neither fire, not air I know not who I am.
(b) I am your earth, you the shelter of my secrets,
the garden belongs to you, come and enjoy it,
What rival of mine lured you away ?
(c) Two magic eyes with a hundred charms
Have put my sad heart’s rest to flight;
Now who would care to go and tell
Dear love my sad and lonely plight ?
(d) All the happiness in the world on a meagre income.
Laughter and teasing. Talk and chatter.
Her dream, like the dreams of a dozen other women.
But she woke up before the dream began
And then she never fell asleep again.
(e) ‘Tis the flame of love that fired me,
‘Tis the wine of love that inspired me
Wouldst thou learn how lovers bleed
Harken, harken to the Reed.
2. What is the meaning of Bhakti in Hinduism? How is the word used in the Bhagvad Geeta? Why is the Bhakti movement known as a socio-religious movement?
3. Discuss the terms “unity of heritage” and “ diversity of Literature” with reference to Indian literary history. How is the idea of unity in diversity expressed through Indian Literature ? Illustrate.
4. What is the alternative perspective that the Chandrabati Ramayana offers and why is it important ?
5. Discuss with reference to the texts you have studied , some of the themes that women take up in their writing .
6. What do you understand by the term ‘Silenced Text´? Discuss it with reference to any text read by you.
7. How does Sisir Kumar Das illustrate the concept of the mad lover through the Indian Bhakti poets?
8. Write a note on your understanding of literature from the North East region.
