SOUMITA MITRA - Senior Research Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad.
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Aandhai malai (In Western Ghats)
SARANYAN BV
May all beings everywhere be happy and free!
SALIGRAMA K. AITHAL
Almost Eldest
PADMAJA SRIRAM
Water Hyacinth
Madan Sarma
Transmigration
FARZANA QUADER
Long walk to somewhere
Hindu devotees apply sacred ash - also called vibhuti in Sanskrit traditionally as three horizontal lines across the forehead to honour Lord Shiva, the third of the Hindu Trinity.
Wordsworth’s The Prelude: Poetry Through the Means of Philosophy
William Wordsworth’s epic poem The Prelude was not intended by its author to be an epic, rather a precursor to an upcoming work only comparable to Paradise Lost. However, the small self-reflective piece intended for his then friend S.T. Coleridge was expanded over the course of about 40 years. In the poem, Wordsworth proposes to Coleridge and effectively to himself the matter of his intended epic. The Prelude is the germ that translated into The Recluse but in itself it supplanted all other works of his for being deeply philosophical. Wordsworth’s style is elliptical as he hovers around the center of his own psyche, in attempt to understand the subject of his epic i.e. man. This essay proposes that Wordsworth achieves a Copernican turn in likeness to Kant’s philosophy when he makes himself the object of study and through this transposition, the modern human subject is conceived.
Religious and Cultural Confluence of Eastern and Western India: Revisiting of the Folk Philosophy
Language has been conceived to be the most effective medium for communicating one’s ideas and emotions to others . The journey of any language in order to earn recognition undergoes rigorous changes and testing through ages . Language of any particular place or region which is popularly known as the “Dialect” takes the form of a complete expression only after it becomes customary to the lives of the people. The process of getting accustomed in the social order includes its travel through the folk literature, indigenous tales and the travelogues native to their places. This work would accentuate how the folklores in the provinces of Jharkhand and West Bengal, inspite of being geographically divided hold on to have some common features . Their similar historical backgrounds have laid the foundation for many local dialects to not only thrive and develop but to maintain its strong roots till today.
'The Subjection of Women' in 'A Doll's House'
This research paper endeavours to provide a combined and intertextual analysis of the lives and principal works of two of the most important writers of the Victorian era, John Stuart Mill and Henrik Ibsen. The two men have largely influenced the modern outlook towards feminism and the representation of women in literature as well as the real world. Mill's 'The Subjection of Women' is hailed as an exemplary text in the formulation of the tenets of liberal feminism. In the same way, Ibsen's play, 'A Doll's House', is often thought to be revolutionary for being the first in its representation of a feminist woman on stage. This paper attempts to study Ibsen's play using the feminist framework provided by Mill. In doing so, it seeks to highlight and inspire men aligned toward equality for women.
Exploration of Femininity in Motherhood
In this study the author be analysing the plays, a tragedy, Desire Under the Elms (1924) by American playwright Eugene O'Neill and a drama, The House of Bernarda Alba (1936) by Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca. The author will be analysing the characters of the mothers, Abbie (Desire Under the Elms) and Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba) and how their dysfunctional characters and behaviours are because of the influence and impact of patriarchy. A typical feminine quality assigned to a mother is of a nurturer who protects her children. But what are the consequences when she does otherwise? These plays depict the actions taken by the women that the society doesn't associate to their role as a mother and doesn't approve of them. The author will be looking at several tragedies and analyse the characters of the mothers. The author will be looking at the act of maternal filicide. So, this comes to us as a shock because we are not ready to accept this aspect of her character. Abbie kills her own son to prove her love for Eben and Bernarda Alba, a matriarch who controls the lives of the women around her, doesn't shed a tear at the suicide of her daughter and exempts anyone from doing so. By the means of this study, The author wants to show that a mother is a human and she functions according to her desires and passions and they are allowed to diverge from their so-called perfect roles. They have been trying to break away from the stigma of being perfect and their stereotypical role of a selfless being. They want to place the individual above the society's image of a mother. The author will compare and contrast the motherly and the un-motherly characteristics.
