The Criterion: An International Journal in English – Bi-Monthly, Peer-reviewed and Indexed Open Access eJournal ISSN: 0976-8165

The Criterion: An International Journal in English

Volume 17, Issue 2 · April 2026

ISSN 0976-8165 · Open Access · Peer Reviewed · DOI 10.66376/criterion

66 Articles · 12 Categories · Pages 1–1059 · Published 30 April 2026

Research Articles

01
Indian Literature

The Body as a Battleground: Corporeal Feminism, Domestic Violence, and Autonomy in Meena Kandasamy’s When I Hit You

Shalini Singh

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1–15

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Language & Linguistics

Dell Hymes’ ‘S-P-E-A-K-I-N-G’ and Various Other Models of Communicative Competence: A Comparative Study from a Communicative Perspective.

Dhanashri Sambhaji Kamble

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16–29

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Critical Theory

K. Ramakrishna Rao’s Patañjali’s Yogasūtra A Psychological Study

Vanshika Dobriyal, Dr. Laxmi Rawat Chauhan

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Pages
30–56

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British Literature

The Hill of Devi in light of A Passage to India: retrospective postcoloniality

Shah Mohd Abdullah

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Pages
57–70

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World Literature

Exploring the Elements of Segregation: An Analysis of Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Dr. Vrinda Shandil

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Pages
71–80

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World Literature

From War to Words: Trauma, Memory, and Transformation in Hadi Al-Abdullah’s Critical Conditions: My Diary of the Syrian Revolution

Tami Aisha

10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.6

Pages
81–103

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Critical Theory

Mimicry and Hybridity: Application Of Homi K. Bhabha’s Theory to Brit Bennett’s ‘The Vanishing Half’

Chhabi Seth, Dr. Bani Dayal Dhir

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104–114

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Digital Humanities

Reclaiming the Soul: Deconstructing Dehumanization in the Digital Era through Vajpayee’s verse

Dr. Surajit Sen

10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.8

Pages
115–127

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British Literature

Unveiling the Mystique of Sufism: A Study of Doris Lessing’s Short Stories

Dr Reshmi R L

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128–154

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Humanities

Trauma and Identity in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man in Partition Literature

Ishmeet Saluja, Prof. (Dr.) Kum Kum Ray

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Pages
155–177

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Cultural Studies

Place Names in the Legend of Dodan: An Exploration of the Interconnectedness of Land and its Stories in the Rabha oral tradition

Chaitali Gorai

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Pages
178–192

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Asian/South Asian Literature

From Purdah to Power: A study of Feminist Utopia in Sultana’s Dream

Ms. Rachna, Dr.Nandini Sharma

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Pages
193–206

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Humanities

Nostalgia and Identity Crisis in Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih’s "The Yearning of Seeds": a Postcolonial Critique

Dr. Farina Basumatary

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Pages
207–224

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British Literature

Anatomical Discourse of Disability: Locating The Working Class Gendered Subversion in Literature

Akshat Pandey

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Pages
225–234

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British Literature

On the Tracks of Modern China: Nation-Building, Womanhood, and Resilience in Dorothea Hosie’s The Pool of Ch’ien Lung: A Tale of Modern Peking

Dr. Debabarnine Bhattacharya

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Pages
235–256

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British Literature

“Representation of Ophelia in Popular Culture: A Critical Study of Her Transformation from Shakespearean Tragedy to Contemporary Media.”

Richa Singh, Dr. Rashi Srivastava

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Pages
257–276

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Indian Literature

Gandhi and the Partitions in India: Representation of Gandhi in Modern Indian Drama

Debosmita Paul

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Pages
277–296

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World Literature

Empty Signifiers in Franz Kafka’s The Castle

Swagato Chakraborty

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Pages
297–313

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Indian Literature

Contextualising Dharma: A Critical Study of Bimal Krishna Matilal

Arthita Chakraborty

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Pages
314–331

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World Literature

Processing Identity as Existential Quest in Dinaw Mengestu’s The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears.

Mascarenhas Jennifer Joseph, Dr. Miruna George

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Pages
332–345

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21
Film & Literature

Between Decline and Renewal: The Representations of Menopausal Bodies in Select Indian Cinema

Athira Suresh, Dr. Moncy Mathew

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Pages
346–368

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Indian Literature

Ink of Struggle: Tracing the Roots and Resonance of Bangla Dalit Narratives

Sishupal Mahato, Dr. Sonali Maurya

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Pages
369–391

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23
Critical Theory

Reading the Kitchen: Domestic Architecture and Gendered Knowledge in Susan Glaspell’s ‘A Jury of Her Peers’

Sakshi Kachchhap

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Pages
392–402

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24
Indian Literature

Decolonizing Narrative Forms: Indigenous Cosmology in When the River Sleeps and Carpentaria

Dr. Tirna Sadhu, Binoy Dangar

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Pages
403–415

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British Literature

Analyzing Select Poems of Dylan Thomas from the Lens of Memory Studies

Dr. Chandrima Sen

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Pages
416–426

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Indian Literature

Subverting Canonical Narratives: Dalit Re-readings of Indian Epics and Mythology

Chettupally Anvesh, Dr. V. Narayanappa

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Pages
427–438

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27
Cultural Studies

Seasoning Culture through the Trope of Food in Esther David’s Book of Rachel

Anjali Singh

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Pages
439–454

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Indian Literature

“Toba Tek Singh” and “The Final Solution” A Retrospection of the 1947 Partition Through the Kaleidoscope of History from Below

Papri Mitra

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Pages
455–471

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World Literature

Edge of the Sea: Littoral Psychology and Environmental Conflict in Tim Winton’s Shallows

Jairesh S L, Dr. T. Gangadharan

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472–482

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Indian Literature

From Epic Glory to Subaltern Ethics: Rewriting Myth, Memory, and Marginality in Mahasweta Devi’s After Kurukshetra

Ashley Mejolsha

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Pages
483–500

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Asian/South Asian Literature

Home in the Clouds: Fluid Identity and Diasporic Belonging in a De/Reterritorialized Space in Leela Dhingra’s Amritvela

Jemima Rahaman

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Pages
501–517

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Indian Literature

PARALLEL ECHOES OF FEMINISM IN SITA BY NANDINI SAHU AND THE FOREST OF ENCHANTMENTS BY CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI

Dr. Ekta Laddha, Prof.Pulin Bhatt, City C.U.Shah Commerce College,Gujarat University

10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.32

Pages
518–532

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Indian Literature

From Margins to Assertion: Exploring Dalit Experience and the Transformative Power of Dalit Literature in Shaping Collective Consciousness

Aditi Raj

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Pages
533–552

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Indian Literature

Reframing the Subaltern Body: Disability, Voice, and Agency in Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People

Sayiqa Hayder

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Pages
553–563

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Indian Literature

Myth, Memory and Modern Womanhood: Rewriting the Epic Female in 21st Century in India

Sebanti Das

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Pages
564–576

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Film & Literature

Disability and Dialogues: An Analysis of ‘Srikanth"

Vibha Pilkhwal

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Pages
577–588

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Indian Literature

Gender Roles and Patrilineal System in the Naga Society: A Study of Easterine Kire’s A Terrible Matriarchy

Bunty Pangambam, Dr. Khundrakpam Nirupama

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Pages
589–600

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Indian Literature

THE SELF AND THE MOTHER IN THE POETRY OF EUNICE DE SOUZA

Rakshita Nain

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601–616

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39
Comparative Literature

Romanticism in different milieus- Similarities in the work of William Wordsworth and J.P Clark and Jibanananda Das and Pablo Neruda.

Zeba Munshi

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Pages
617–628

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Indian Literature

Speaking from the Margins- Subaltern Voice and Oppression in Karukku

Isaignan S, Dr. S.Suganya

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629–639

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41
World Literature

Perceptual Ability of Autistic Character in the Neurodivergent Narrative of Corinne Duyvis

Raghave R, Dr. S. Gomathi, Assistant Professor, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women

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640–651

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42
Critical Theory

Existence Precedes Essence: A Comparative Analysis of Existential Crisis in The Remains of the Day and Fight Club

Dhruvan M

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652–665

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Asian/South Asian Literature

Corealization in Postmodernity: Bridging Deep Ecology with Dōgen’s Vision

Dr Revathy Menon

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Pages
666–677

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Indian Literature

Erased, Not Divided: Sindhi Partition, Statelessness, and the Imagined Homeland in Nandita Bhavnani’s The Making of Exile

Dr Anshika Makhijani

10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.44

Pages
678–689

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Indian Literature

A Thematic Analysis of Swami Vivekananda’s Poetic Works

Akshansh Pratap Singh, Dr. Rituraj Trivedi

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Pages
690–706

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Indian Literature

Shailajananda Mukherjee: A Study of Regional Consciousness and Societal Realism.

Dr . Leena Sarkar Bhaduri

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Pages
707–718

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Indian Literature

Reimagining Draupadi in Mahasweta Devi’s “Draupadi”

Dr. Vikram Singh, Aditya Dhull

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719–733

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British Literature

Mapping the Concrete reality: A Search for Factual Life in A. S. Byatt’s The Biographer’s Tale

Dr. Harwinder Kaur

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Pages
734–751

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Film & Literature

The Banality of Mourning: Ritual, Community, and the Social Performance of Death in the Malayalam Film Ee.Ma.Yau.

Chitra Sebastian

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Pages
752–766

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50
Digital Humanities

Clusters of Storytellers and Author Functions: The Dispersion of Mizo Folktale Mauruangi in the Digital Sphere

Ms Vanzikpuii, Dr. Henry Lalmawizuala

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767–786

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Asian/South Asian Literature

The Body as Enterprise: A Foucauldian Investigation of Beauty Capitalism and Embodiment in the novel Breasts and Eggs

Karthika Aravind

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Pages
787–800

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52
Film & Literature

Evolving approach of representation of disability in women from the 20th century to the 21st century in Indian Hindi cinema

Zahra Ahmad

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Pages
801–829

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Comparative Literature

Perilous Peripheries: Isolated Outposts as Moral Crucibles in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Syed Waliullah’s Lalsalu

Dr. Sraddha Nag

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Pages
830–844

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54
Indian Literature

Displaced Intellects: Comparative Narratives of Educational Migration and Generated Subjectivity in Manju Kapur and Jhumpa Lahiri.

Dadala Nagababu

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Pages
845–856

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55
Translation Studies

Rewriting the Movement From the Margin in Translation

Pritika Subba

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Pages
857–868

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56
Indian Literature

Invisible Labour, Invisible Pain: The Normalisation of Postpartum Suffering in Indian Contexts

Huma Datt

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Pages
869–888

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Film & Literature

Wounds Beneath the Mask: Unprocessed Trauma and the Construction of Vigilante Identity in Batman Begins

Parul Srivastava

10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.57

Pages
889–900

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Critical Theory

"Theorizing Magical Realism Postcolonialism and Postmodernism in Dialogue"

Partha Sarathi Mondal

10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.58

Pages
901–919

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Indian Literature

Radha and the Feminine Mystique: Reinterpreting Myth in Finding Radha: The Quest for Love by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal through the Lens of Intersectional Feminism

Ms. Merrishka Makinen, Prof. Lokdeshwar More

10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.59

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920–945

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Comparative Literature

An Urge for Reunion: Spiritual Longing in Rumi’s Song of Reed

Afroz Jahan

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946–962

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World Literature

Love, Letters, and Propaganda: Print Culture and Intellectual Resistance in The Stationery Shop of Tehran

Anindita Janhabee Swaro

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Pages
963–983

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Asian/South Asian Literature

Resistance in the Select Stories of Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp

Mohd Faiez

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Pages
984–994

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Comparative Literature

The Everlasting Sorrow and Grief in the Poetry of Ali and Darwish.

Liaqat Nazir

10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.63

Pages
995–1006

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Cultural Studies

Psychological effects of dynamic stage lighting on audience engagement in theatre

Dhairya Jain

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Pages
1007–1030

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Comparative Literature

A Tale of Two Kings: Arthur and Vikramāditya

Ragini Mishra

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Pages
1031–1041

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World Literature

Fluid Bodies, Liminal Selves: Rabindra Nritya as an Aesthetic of Becoming in Tagore’s Dance Dramas

Geeti Maity

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1042–1059

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Poetry

Solace

Dr. Simran Koul

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Discovering Myself in Agony

Dr. Krupa Sophia Jeyachandran

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Loneliness in Lengthy Metaphors

Mekha Rachel S

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Fragile Remembrances

Pramod Rastogi

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A Light in A Foreign Land

Tami Aisha

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Coming of Age

Divyamol Thomas

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Interview

A Conversation with Prof. Vikas Sharma on All Her Fires and the Realities of Gen Z

Poorvi Garg

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