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View article: “IT’S ALL IN THE MIND”: AN ADLERIAN STUDY OF THE PSYCHE OF THE CHARACTERS IN SARNATH BANERJEE’S GRAPHIC NOVEL CORRIDOR
“IT’S ALL IN THE MIND”: AN ADLERIAN STUDY OF THE PSYCHE OF THE CHARACTERS IN SARNATH BANERJEE’S GRAPHIC NOVEL CORRIDOR Open
This study will focus on the main characters from Sarnath Banerjee's graphic novel "Corridor" (2004) and analyze their personalities' significant facets. The tale depicts the routine urban existence in the city of Delhi. Banerjee's use of …
View article: Unveiling the Enigma of Reality: Investigating Muslim Identity, Culture and Violence in Tabish Khair’s Night of Happiness
Unveiling the Enigma of Reality: Investigating Muslim Identity, Culture and Violence in Tabish Khair’s Night of Happiness Open
View article: A STUDY ON INCLUSION OF MICRO, SMALL, MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN TOURISM INDUSTRY OF MADURAI
A STUDY ON INCLUSION OF MICRO, SMALL, MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN TOURISM INDUSTRY OF MADURAI Open
Tourism is one of the leading industries growing globally at 10% per annum. This industry is like double-edged sword, it can benefit the host countries by increasing revenue and has the potential to degrade the environment, cause inflation…
View article: Good Pain, Ugly Pain: Picturizing Pain in Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilych
Good Pain, Ugly Pain: Picturizing Pain in Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilych Open
View article: Witnessing Environmental Violence: Political Ecology and Climate Change in Amitav Ghosh’s The Living Mountain
Witnessing Environmental Violence: Political Ecology and Climate Change in Amitav Ghosh’s The Living Mountain Open
View article: The Anthropocene and Apocalypticism in Jeet Thayil’s Low
The Anthropocene and Apocalypticism in Jeet Thayil’s Low Open
View article: REIFICATION OF LOVE: SELECT POETRY OF SAHIR LUDHIANVI
REIFICATION OF LOVE: SELECT POETRY OF SAHIR LUDHIANVI Open
The article examines the select poetry and songs of Sahir Ludhianvi on the motifs of love, through the Marxist concept of 'reification'. It highlights, that institutions, especially Capitalism and the marriage system, strengthen the reifie…
View article: ‘A Community Under Siege’: Analysing Kohut’s Thoughts of ‘Narcissistic Rage’ in Githa Hariharan’s Fugitive Histories
‘A Community Under Siege’: Analysing Kohut’s Thoughts of ‘Narcissistic Rage’ in Githa Hariharan’s Fugitive Histories Open
This paper looks at the operational mechanics of narcissistic rage as a subversive force within the poignant depiction of communal violence in Githa Hariharan’s novel Fugitive Histories, utilizing a psychoanalytical lens inspired by the in…
View article: Reading contemporary environmental justice: narratives from Kerala
Reading contemporary environmental justice: narratives from Kerala Open
View article: Exploring Ecological Crisis: A Study of Climate Change in Uzma Aslam Khan’s Thinner Than Skin
Exploring Ecological Crisis: A Study of Climate Change in Uzma Aslam Khan’s Thinner Than Skin Open
This article investigates Uzma Aslam Khan’s Thinner Than Skin (2012), through the critical lens of ecocritical perspectives. It shows engagement with ecological ideologies that have informed our understanding of climate change. Khan’s nove…
View article: Voices at the Door: Critical Responses to Susheel Kumar Sharma’s The Door is Half Open
Voices at the Door: Critical Responses to Susheel Kumar Sharma’s The Door is Half Open Open
Voices at the Door: Critical Responses to Susheel Kumar Sharma’s The Door is Half Open, ed. Pradip Kumar Patra. Delhi (India): Upanayan Publications, First Edition 2023, ISBN: 978-93-91467-00-5.
View article: Making of Nooses: Accentuating Vulnerability, Resilience, and Violence in K.R. Meera’s <i>Hangwoman </i>
Making of Nooses: Accentuating Vulnerability, Resilience, and Violence in K.R. Meera’s <i>Hangwoman </i> Open
Contemporary descriptions of female embodiment are rife with images of violence, domination, and subjugation. Often bracketed as vulnerable, women are constantly subjected to patriarchal and gendered violence. Vulnerability, however, is an…
View article: (En)gendering diaspora: Negotiating food, culture and women in select Indian diasporic novels
(En)gendering diaspora: Negotiating food, culture and women in select Indian diasporic novels Open
This article revisits two well-known novels in Indian diasporic writing , Anita and Me (1996) by Meera Syal and The Namesake (2003) by Jhumpa Lahiri, to examine the cultural agents behind the formation and sustenance of the Indian diaspora…
View article: Care to Cure: Voices of Sick Bodies in the film The Good Nurse (2022)
Care to Cure: Voices of Sick Bodies in the film The Good Nurse (2022) Open
In recent decades, the positions of patients have started deteriorating even after getting the right medication for the specific illness. To ponder this issue, the role of nursing cannot be overlooked. A recent Netflix-released movie The G…
View article: Decolonial Re-existence through Animist Realism: Water Spirits and Shamanic Mantras in Janice Pariat's Boats on Land
Decolonial Re-existence through Animist Realism: Water Spirits and Shamanic Mantras in Janice Pariat's Boats on Land Open
Colonialism's deleterious impact on Indigenous epistemologies has engendered an exigent concern in the project of decoloniality, calling for a re-existence of marginalized cosmovisions. To accomplish this, an epistemic delinking from the p…
View article: Andaman Island and the Historicity of Colonial Violence: An Ecocritical Study of Uzma Aslam Khan’s The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali
Andaman Island and the Historicity of Colonial Violence: An Ecocritical Study of Uzma Aslam Khan’s The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali Open
This study engages with the historical understanding of colonial violence followed by environmental disasters during World War II on Andaman Island. In the mid-twentieth century, the residents of Andaman Island were caught up in a battle b…
View article: A Widow’s Diet: Negotiating Politics of Food and Widowhood in The Anger of Aubergines
A Widow’s Diet: Negotiating Politics of Food and Widowhood in The Anger of Aubergines Open
Widowhood, in Indian society, is a dreaded condition of a woman after the death of her husband. It is an imposed performance that entails a set of ritualized practices and behavior to mark her transition to the state of a woman without. On…
View article: FROM CONSCIOUSNESS TO UNCONSCIOUSNESS: A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL STUDY OF QALA
FROM CONSCIOUSNESS TO UNCONSCIOUSNESS: A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL STUDY OF QALA Open
The purpose of the ‘Qala’ movie is to diminish the cultural cleavage of gender that predicates the superiority of one gender over the other. The articulation and repetition of notions of gender are culturally constructed and enacted throug…
View article: Spectres of Caste/Contagion: Death Anxiety and Caste Anxiety in U.R. Ananthamurthy’s Samskara
Spectres of Caste/Contagion: Death Anxiety and Caste Anxiety in U.R. Ananthamurthy’s Samskara Open
The article critiques the traversal politics of caste and contagion through a critical dissection of what comes as a primarily biomedical excess of the outbreak—the dead body. It elucidates upon the becoming of the dead body into an untouc…
View article: Who Am I?: Re-envisioning the question of Muslim identity in Tariq Ali’s<i>The Stone Woman</i>and<i>A Sultan in Palermo</i>
Who Am I?: Re-envisioning the question of Muslim identity in Tariq Ali’s<i>The Stone Woman</i>and<i>A Sultan in Palermo</i> Open
This article examines Tariq Ali’s novels The Stone Woman (2000) and A Sultan in Palermo (2005) to critique the question of identity discourse by drawing inspiration from various cultures rooted in a distinctively Islamic landscape and cult…
View article: Eurocentrism Reconsidered: (Re)writing the History of the ‘Other’ in Tariq Ali’s Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree and The Book of Saladin
Eurocentrism Reconsidered: (Re)writing the History of the ‘Other’ in Tariq Ali’s Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree and The Book of Saladin Open
This article examines the reconstruction of Eurocentric representations of religious minorities of post-Reconquista Spain and Jerusalem through Tariq Ali’s novels, Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree (1992) and The Book of Saladin (1998). Thes…
View article: Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis: A Testimony to Life in the Margins
Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis: A Testimony to Life in the Margins Open
Jeet Thayil’s Narcopolis focuses an expository spotlight on the marginalized voices that proliferate in large metropolises and that have been, to a large extent, imperceptible to mainstream academe. Thayil depicts the history of a section …
View article: The Illusion of Free Will and the Prominence of Coincidence in the Films of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin
The Illusion of Free Will and the Prominence of Coincidence in the Films of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin Open
Two great masters of silent cinema-Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, although from two different milieus, seem to be aware of the fact that it is the unconscious actions or the coincidences that contribute immensely to whatever we become …
View article: Land Acquisition for Development Projects and Impact of Double Displacement: A Case Study
Land Acquisition for Development Projects and Impact of Double Displacement: A Case Study Open
View article: UN (VEILING) THE SILENCE: A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF MAHESH DATTANI’S THIRTY DAYS IN SEPTEMBER
UN (VEILING) THE SILENCE: A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY OF MAHESH DATTANI’S THIRTY DAYS IN SEPTEMBER Open
face the problem of language as other Indian creative writers.Performance being one of the subtlest mediums, Dattani touches upon various social issues not only to provoke his audience but also enable them to ponder over and find remedies …
View article: Comparative study of anatomical specimens using plastination by araldite HY103, polypropylene resin, 6170H19 Orthocryl and silicone – A qualitative study
Comparative study of anatomical specimens using plastination by araldite HY103, polypropylene resin, 6170H19 Orthocryl and silicone – A qualitative study Open