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Help & Contact
Twelve questions students actually ask, answered without evasion — and the fastest way to reach me.
Frequently asked questions
These are the questions students actually send, answered plainly. If yours is not here, the contact section at the bottom of this page will reach me.
Is everything on this site really free?
Yes. Every note, guide, quiz and exam page is free to read, and it will stay that way. There is no paid membership, no premium section, and no course sold at the end of a page. You do not need an account and you do not need to give an email address to read anything.
Which examinations does this site cover?
UGC-NET and JRF in English (subject code 30), BA and MA English semester examinations, PGT and TGT English, and the English Literature optional for civil services. Some material overlaps with UP Board and CBSE senior-secondary English as well. Each page states at the top which examination it was written for, so you do not waste time on material outside your syllabus.
Why is some content in Hinglish and some in English?
Because the two serve different purposes. Story summaries, plot explanations and background context are easier to absorb in Hinglish, so that is how they are written. Literary terms, theory, criticism and definitions are kept in English, because your question paper will use those exact English words and you should meet them in their examination form. Hinglish here always means Roman script — you will never need a Hindi keyboard to read this site.
Do I need to create an account or log in?
No. There is no login anywhere on this site. Open a page, read it, close it. If you want to come back to something, bookmark the page or save the link — that is the whole system.
Can I download the notes as PDF?
Not as a download button, but you do not need one. Every page is plain text and works in your browser's own print or "Save as PDF" option. On most Android phones this is under the browser menu, then Print, then Save as PDF. Doing it this way keeps the file small, which matters if your storage is tight.
Will these notes alone be enough to clear UGC-NET?
Honestly, no — and you should be suspicious of anyone who tells you otherwise. Notes give you structure, sequence and revision. Clearing NET also requires reading the primary texts themselves, working through previous-year papers seriously, and building the habit of recognising a question type within a few seconds. Use this site as the skeleton of your preparation, not the whole body.
How often is new material added?
Regularly, but not on a fixed schedule. I teach full time and write these pages around that, so material appears when it is finished and checked rather than to meet a weekly quota. The fastest way to know what has been added is to follow the YouTube channel, since most written notes accompany a video.
I found a mistake on a page. What should I do?
Tell me. Send a message on WhatsApp with the page name and what looks wrong, and be as specific as you can — a wrong year, a misattributed line, a critic's name spelled incorrectly. Factual corrections get priority and are usually fixed within a few days. This is genuinely useful to me, so please do not hesitate.
Can I use this material in my own notes, classes or videos?
For your own study, freely — copy it into your notebook, translate it, rearrange it, whatever helps you learn. If you teach and want to use a page with your own students, that is fine too; a credit is appreciated. What is not fine is republishing pages as your own content on another website or channel. If you want to collaborate rather than copy, message me.
Do you take requests for a particular text or topic?
Yes, and requests genuinely influence what gets written next. Topics that several students ask about, or that are clearly heavy in recent question papers, move up the queue. Send the exact text or topic name and the examination you are preparing for.
Do you offer personal tuition or doubt-clearing?
Not one-to-one paid tuition — there is not enough time in a working week for it. Short subject doubts sent over WhatsApp do get answered when I can, and questions that many students share often end up as a full note or video, which helps everyone rather than one person.
The site loads slowly on my phone. Is something wrong?
It should not be — these pages are deliberately built as plain text with almost no scripts, so they load on a weak connection. If a page is slow, it is usually the first visit while fonts download; the second visit is much faster because your browser keeps them. If it stays slow, tell me which page and which browser and I will look at it.
Contact
WhatsApp is the fastest way to reach me, and the only one I check every day. Please keep messages short and specific — the page you are asking about, the examination you are preparing for, and the actual doubt. Long unformatted messages take much longer to answer, and sometimes do not get answered at all.
Good message
"Sir, NET aspirant. On the Metaphysical Poetry note, the date given for Donne's Songs and Sonnets looks wrong. Please check."
Also good
"MA second semester, CCS Meerut. Can you write a note on Waiting for Godot before the exam next month?"
Please avoid
"Sir English literature explain kar dijiye." There is no useful answer to that. Name the text, the topic and the exam.
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