Dr. Saugata Kumar Nath Assistant Professor,Dept. of English, Assam University (saugatakn@yahoo.co.in) Abstract Patriarchy is a social system that perceives human beings as binary – men and women. Being men centered, patriarchy favours men and marginalises women in every sphere of life. In such a social system, a boy child/ man is preferred to a girl […]
Volume IX
Transnationality and Intergenerational Transformation of Indian Middle-Class Family in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland
Dr. Maitrayee Misra Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc), Dept. of English and Foreign Languages, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University) (Maitrayeemisra1989@gmail.co) Abstract Familial ties, in the context of the Indian middle-class, are continually being re-shaped with transnational movement in search of better material opportunity. The conventional practice of living with parents and siblings inside the domestic space […]
Death as a Passage to Permanence: A Study of Porphyria’s Lover and A Musical Instrument
Tapti Roy Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sci SciencesSharda University (tapti.roy@sharda.ac.in) Abstract Death has generally been equated with the cessation of life, as an ultimate end in the biological idiom. This understanding of death has also permeated into quotidian discourses and through practice has rendered other implications of death almost invalid. In this […]
Projecting ASD: A Study of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night Time
Gaurab Sengupta M.Phil Research Scholar Department of English, Dibrugarh University (gaurabliterature@gmail.com) Abstract The human mind is one of the most complex organs when it comes to defining humanity. It is the mind that shapes not only the behaviour of a person but also gears up the society as a whole. The National Institute of Mental […]