Lakshminath Kagyung Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Dibrugarh University Email: [email protected] Abstract How far can a man go to avenge humiliation he has suffered; can he go to the extent of selling his daughter to that end? Vijay Tendulkar in his play Ghashiram Kotwal deals with very pertinent questions and issues: who is responsible for […]
Author: Drishti: the Sight
Memory, Identity and Social Structure: Material Culture in Dr. Bhupen Hazarika’s Songs
Dwijen Sharma Faculty, Dept. of English, North Eastern Hill University (Tura Campus) Email: [email protected] Leenasri Gogoi Research Assistant, ICSSR sponsored, Project on Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, NEHU (Tura Campus) Abstract Music being an integral part of culture is often used as a weapon for social reformation and revolution. It is possible to understand the culture of […]
The Cosmopolitan Shakespeare: A Study of The Merchant of Venice in Modern Perspective
Dr. Rabi Narayana Samantaray Dept. of English, Aeronautics College, (Berhampur University), Odisha Email: [email protected] Abstract William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice as a sixteenth century English drama incorporates many elements of cosmopolitanism and has a universal appeal. The title of the play is suggestive of the broader themes that Shakespeare wishes to encompass within the […]
From Oppression to Empowerment: Dual Representation of Female Identity in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Cracking India
Dipak Kumar Doley Assistant Professor, Department of English, Dibrugarh University (Assam) Email: [email protected] Abstract The 1947 Partition of British India into two independent nations (India and Pakistan) was accompanied by communal violence unspeakable in its brutality and ferocity. In the months immediately preceding and following the creation of “free” nation-states, untold numbers of murders, kidnappings, […]