Divya Sheta's Blog: 2025

About Poet:

Best-selling Russian poet Vera Pavlova was born in Moscow. She graduated from the Gnessin Academy, specializing in the history of music. She is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including If There is Something to Desire: One Hundred Poems (2010) and L’ Animal Céleste (2004). She has also written several opera librettos, lyrics to four cantatas, and many essays on musicology. Her works have been translated into over 20 languages. She lives in Toronto, Ontario. (poetryfoundation.org)

Poem:

Translated By Steven Seymour

I am in love, hence free to live

by heart, to ad lib as I caress.

A soul is light when full,

heavy when vacuous.

My soul is light. She is not afraid

to dance the agony alone,

for I was born wearing your shirt,

will come from the dead with that shirt on.

Summary:

The speaker says that she is in love, and this love makes her free to live. She feels free in love, with no restrictions or control to bind her. Love brings complete freedom to her life.Her soul feels joy and happiness when she receives love. However, she feels empty if there is no love. Love gives her strength, making her ready to face any situation. In the end, she feels eternal love—from birth to death—and believes that love remains alive even after death. The shirt is the only image in the poem that symbolizes eternal love.

Analysis given by ChatGPT from above summary and poem:

This poem expresses a deep, almost spiritual love, emphasizing the speaker’s freedom and lightness that come from being in love. Let’s break it down:

Love as Freedom – The poem begins with a declaration: “I am in love, hence free to live”. Love, in this context, is not a burden but a liberation. The speaker feels free to express themselves spontaneously (“to ad lib”), as they embrace love without constraints.

The Soul’s Weight – The speaker contrasts a full soul with an empty one: “A soul is light when full, heavy when vacuous.” This suggests that love brings fulfillment, making the soul feel light and joyful, while emptiness or loneliness creates heaviness and sorrow. Since the speaker’s soul is light, it implies that they are content and fulfilled in their love.

Strength in Solitude – The line “She is not afraid to dance the agony alone” reveals resilience. Love has given the speaker (or the person they refer to as ‘she’) the strength to face suffering alone, transforming pain into a dance, a form of expression rather than mere sorrow.

Eternal Connection – The poem ends with a powerful, almost mystical image: “For I was born wearing your shirt, will come from the dead with that shirt on.” This suggests a love that transcends time, existing from birth to death and even beyond. The shirt symbolizes a deep connection—perhaps a sense of belonging, devotion, or identity tied to the beloved.

The poem conveys a love so profound that it grants freedom, resilience, and an eternal connection. The speaker is not weighed down by love but lifted by it, embracing both joy and pain. The final lines hint at a spiritual or fated bond, one that exists beyond the limits of life and death.

This image is generated by ChatGPT.

Goverment Arts College, Vallabhipur organised Two-Day National seminar on AI and Education: Opportunity, Challenges and Innovation. I feel privileged to have been a part of this thought-provoking seminar.

The keynote address by Prof.(Dr) Dilip Barad Sir, highlighted the fundamental aspect of accessing any information that requires human experience. For that, we have to document futuristic requirements. Sir also highlighted the previous year's Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year, 'Brain Rot' that we have to shift or filter our ideas while using AI. Sir also highlighted a very fundamental concern that whether should we use technology or not is not a debatable topic now. Sir also quoted and discussed Thomas Friedman, Plato, Alvin Toffler, and Noam Chomsky. Sir also highlighted the UN's SDG goal 4 on 'Equitable Quality Education'

The first plenary session was by Prof (Dr) Nigam Dave, sir. He highlighted Ethics and AI and its implications in education. Sir used the metaphor of 'Eye of Hurricane' and anthropocentric concern as well. Sir mentioned The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI by futurist Ray Kurzweil and some AI tools like Jill Watson (Georgia Tech), MATHia, Lola, Squirrel AI, Stepwise AI, etc. Sir also shed light on 'AI Hallucination' and AI Bluff and HCPs 2.0.

Second plenary session led by Dr. Rakesh Damir sir, who, given his expertise on introducing various AI tools, talked about 'Digital Darwinism', how AI and teachers will coexist, prompt engineering, Android and Apple intelligence, and many more AI tools that will be of great help in academia.

Prof. (Dr.) Mahesh Jivani Sir led the third plenary session on the second day, which focused on the fundamentals of artificial intelligence. Sir suggested utilizing AI as "Intellectual Labor." Also, Sir emphasized everyday tools like Microsoft 365 (for online usage, office.com) and prompt engineering (five stages: Clarity, Context, Precision, Role-Play, and Tone) and how using AI makes these easier. We create data, and the data includes facts and numbers. . Sir also highlighted the 'Internet of Things'. Sir provided us with a several AI platforms, including code.org, AI awaaz, AutoDraw, Gemini writer, and others, to access and process our creative work. Sir said that we must distinguish between feelings and logic and continue learning through the cycle of "learn, unlearn, relearn."

Overall, it was quite enriched seminar on AI and education had been a great experience of knowing the digital world especially AI's implications in education and how we can teach and learn better with artificial intelligence.

I am thrilled to share that I got third rank as a best research paper presenter. I am grateful to my supervisor Dr.Vishal Pandya sir, and the organizers of the college.