LIFE AND LITERATURE

                                                     HONESTY AND RELIABILITY   INTRODUCTION: Honesty implies being truthful. Honesty means to develop a practice of speaking truth throughout life. A person who practices Honesty in his/her life, possess   strong moral character. An Honest person shows good behavior, always follows rules and regulations, maintain discipline, speak the truth, and is punctual. An honest person is trustworthy as he always tends to speak the truth. HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY: A major component for developing moral character is Honesty. Honesty helps in developing good attributes like kindness, discipline, truthfulness, moral integrity and more. Lying, cheating, lack of trust, steal, greed and other immoral attributes have no part in Honesty. Honest people are sincere, trustworthy and loyal, throughout their life. Honesty is valuable and it is the habit of utmost importance. There

                                                 THE NOVELIST AS A TEACHER                                                                                                 CHINUA ACHEBE              Chinua Achebe argues that writers, just as historians explore history or politicians deal with politics, have to fulfill their assigned duty: To educate and regenerate their people about their country’s view of themselves, their history, and the world. He openly and impregnably expresses his firm conviction about how Europe influenced Africa’s self-image, and his arguments are designed to announce this opinion. Assertively, he makes it clear that Africans would suffer from the belief that racial inferiority is acceptable. He wants to change this view and calls African writers to be responsible for - and dedicate themselves to - their society. Throughout the essay, he uses several tangible occasions as supportive examples for his claim.        Achebe begins by clarifying that “the kind [

                                                       WHERE THERE IS A WILL                                                                                                 MAHESH DATTANI   The play ‘ Where There’s A Will’ by Mahesh Dattani. In 1986, he wrote his full length play ‘where there’s  a will’.                 In play ‘where there is a will’ we can see there are many characters. Characters like   Hasmukh   Mehta  , his wife Sonal  Mehta, his son Ajit and his daughter-in-law Priti , Kiran Jaweri (mistress of Hasmukh Mehta). It is a Gujrati play. The story started the death of Hasmukh   Mehta and he appears as a ghost. The family member  the all are busy with own life. In the play ‘where there is a will’ mainly concentrate in the social issue.                 As the play opens Ajith is on the phone talking to a friend about his frustration as his father does not give him Rs.5 Lakhs to modernize the factory. Here, we can see the relation between father and son. Always