Rita Sarkar Abhedananda Mahavidyalaya (West Bengal) Abstract Definitions have underpinnings of the normative and totalitarian; they exclude much in the process of securing a structure (representations of things, ideas, concepts, experiences). They are not without the risk of being exploited at the behest of powerful grand narratives whose intentions in defining the world is fraught […]
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Ecology, Culture and Postcolonialism: An Eco-critical Reading of Indira Goswami’s “The Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tusker”
Risha Baruah Research Scholar, Cotton University Abstract In this paper, an eco-critical analysis shall be attempted of the novel: The Moth-Eaten Howdah of the Tusker (2004) by Indira Goswami . The novel has as its thematic framework the ever-growing tension between humans and the ecological world.The novel is like a primary handbook to understand the […]
Crossing Patriarchal Threshold in Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors
Riazul Hoque Asso. Professor, Dept. Of English, Rupahi College Dr. Indu Swami Assistant Professor, Dept. Of English, AU, Diphu Campus Abstract In the previous times, the novels were focused on the social and political issues of the society. They presented stereotype description of women characters- showing them either as self-sacrificing angel given to their family, […]
Reading Domestic Violence in Vijay Tendulkar’s Play Shakharam Binder
Breez Mohan Hazarika Associate Professor, Department of English, D.C. B. Girls’ College (Assam) Abstract Domestic violence is one of the issues that have gained ground in the contemporary scenario. It is a violence perpetrated in the domestic relation by a male abuser against his female counterpart. It is prevalent in all societies whether developed or […]