A.K. Chaturvedi Associate Professor of English S.L.P. Govt. P.G. College Morar, Gwalior-474006, MP Since the time immemorial, a wide divide between the rich and the poor, the centre and the periphery, has been the bane of social set up. Modern times in particular are a mute witness to the widening gap between the mighty and…
Author: Vishwanath Bite
Iain Banks’s Against a Dark Background: The Ray of Light in Dark Future
Mrs. Shailaja Arjun Changundi Associate Professor, D. K. A. S. C. College, Ichalkaranji. Against a Dark Background is Iain M. Banks’s forth novel in the science fiction series, the earlier three being Consider Phlebas, The Player of Games and Use of Weapons. It takes place in a single solar system centered around Golter, the home…
Confessional Theme and the Crisis of Woman’s Identity in the Poetry of Kamala Das
Mrs. Seema Chaudhary Assistant Professor Bharati Vidyapeeth University Institute of Management & Research, New Delhi Indo-Anglian has been a favourite genre with women literateurs before and after independence. A very interesting phenomenon of modern indo-Anglian poetry is a large number of women poets indefatigable writing verse also. It has compelled attention from critical circles also….
India and the Poetic Voice Ezekiel’s Poetry
Arun Bera West Bengal Abstract: The article explores the conflicting voices of detachment and involvement in Ezekiel’s those poems that depicts India and Indian life exclusively. The Essay focuses on how family background, Jew identity and higher education In England moulds his identity as an Indian poet. Ezekiel’s poetry provides a a new lens to…
Gender Conflict and Social Consciousness: A Study of Mahesh Dattani’s Tara
Md. Saquib Abrar Guest Faculty, Dept. of English Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh U. P., Pin 202002, India [Abstract: Mahesh Dattani is an Indian writer and actor. His well known plays are- Final Solution, Dance Like a Man, Bravely Fought the Queen, Thirty Days in September, and Tara. He has received Sahitya Akademi Award. His plays…
Population Growth and Environmental Issues: Reflections in Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger
Archana Bhattacharjee Research Scholar Singhania University Rajasthan, India Abstract Environmentalists claim that most of the current problems that humans are experiencing in terms of climatic change to rapid resource extraction are all caused due to human population growth. Population growth has contributed to some of the major environmental problems that we are experiencing today. Eco-criticism…
The Analysis of Browning’s Poetic Milestone The Ring and the Book Focusing on the Excellent Characterization of Pompilia: A Critical Assessment
Dr. Sanjay Shrivastava Associate Professor IILM College of Management Studies, Greater Noida Abstract ‘The Ring and the Book’ is regarded and acknowledged as Browning’s poetic masterwork which proves him as an exceptional poetic genius. Based on a set of historical and legal documents the epic poem richly presents a series of dramatic monologues offering various…
The Agony of a Cultural Outsider: Rohinton Mistry’s Such a Long Journey
Dr. V.P. Anvar Sadhath Assistant Professor of English, The New College (Autonomous, Chennai – 14. Ethnocentrism and the resultant penchant for giving voice to the marginality of the community are probably strong motifs in The Post-Independence Indian Parsi writing in English. Thus, their works can well be treated as instances of minority discourse in Indian…
Theme of Violence in Vijay Tendulkar’s Kanyadaan
Mr. Parit Sandip Balu Lecturer in English, Dr. A. D. Shinde Institute of Technology, Tal: Gadhinglaj, Dist: Kolhapur, State: Maharashtra, India. Abstract: Vijay Tendulkar is perhaps the most prolific and controversial among the Post-Independence Indian playwrights. He is an icon of the avante-garde Indian theatrical movement of the modern era. Over the last few decades…
Re-Presenting History in Manoj Das’s Cyclones: A Postmodern Analysis
Sameer Kumar Panigrahi Research Scholar, Department of English North Orissa University, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, India This paper offers a postmodernist reading of Manoj Das’s Cyclones, with special regard to the postmodern theory of history. The approaches of Linda Hutcheon and Homi K. Bhaba will provide the fulcrum for my reading of Cyclones. Das’s use of history…