The Humanities and Liberal Arts Department of Rabindranath Tagore University observed the birth anniversary of the great poet and writer William Shakespeare in an event on Monday.
On this occasion eminent professors of English discussed about the contemporaneity of Shakespeare. Seema Raizada, MLB College and Shivani Basu Dubey, BSSS College were specially present on this occasion as chief guest.
In her speech, Raizada explained how every Shakespeare play has a message for the society. Hamlet and Macbeth are examples. He further added that his characters have an emotional reality that transcends time and his plays depict familiar experiences, ranging from family feuds to falling in love and war.
In this series, Shibani said that many words coined by Shakespeare are now part of the dictionary. On this occasion, selected school children of Bhopal recited Shakespeare's sonnet and self-written poem. The poems written by the students were on various topics like Mother Earth, Menstrual Cycle, Never Say Die Spirit. Students of RNTU's Tagore School of Drama performed a skit on Shakespeare's play Macbeth.
The programme was presided over by Aditi Chaturvedi, Director, AISECT Group. She said that one should read Shakespeare's books and imbibe his teachings and philosophy. Shakespeare is still relevant. Because his works show us what it is to be human and how to bring forth human values.
The programme was conducted by Ruchi Mishra Tiwari, head of the University's School of Languages and coordinator of the Language Teaching Center.
On this occasion Sangeeta Johri, Dean, Department of Humanities and Liberal Arts was present in the program and shared the stage.