Dipak Giri Ph. D. Research Scholar, Raiganj University (West Bengal)([email protected]) Abstract Anomie in sociology is a condition that distances an individual from prevailing social standards or norms. An anomic state of mind suffers social alienation and self-distancing. When an individual becoming victim of anomie, prefers the path of suicide, such individual deems to be called […]
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Demystifying Anthropocentrism: Othering and Identity in The Vigil by Sarah Joseph
Gayathri Varma U Research Scholar,Department of English,St. Joseph’s College, (Autonomous)(Kerala) ([email protected]) Abstract The paper is an attempt to read the novel Oorukaaval(2008) by the Malayalam writer Sarah Joseph, translated as The Vigil (2014), a reworking of select episodes of the Ramayana through the perspective of Angadan, Bali’s son,in the light of present-day ecological, animal-centric awareness. […]