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Table of Contents

Vol. 17, Issue 1 — February 2026

Bi-Monthly Peer-Reviewed Open Access eJournal • 17 Years of Continuous Publication

74Articles

6Poems

11Sections

74DOIs

Indian Literature

32 Articles

01

Gender, Education, and Resistance: Transformational Journeys of Women in Manju Kapur’s Novels

Dadala Nagababu, Dr. K. Venkata Rao

Pages 01-15https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.1

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02

Navigating the Digital Diaspora: Hybrid Identities and Evolving Homelands in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Before We Visit the Goddess

Vasumathi P, Dr. Premalatha S

Pages 16-26https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.2

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03

Expressing Existential Crisis through Fragmented Voices: A Critical Perspective on Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Himanshu Negi, Dr. Vipin Kumar

Pages 27-46https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.3

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04

Transcultural Inertia and Gendered Displacement: Reading Dimple in Bharati Mukherjee’s Wife

Dr Steffy Antony, Dr Nisha Thomji Varghese

Pages 47-63https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.4

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05

From Communal Rite to Individual Quest: Alienation and Self-Realization in Anantha Murthy’s Samskara

Dr. Santosh Kumar

Pages 64-74https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.5

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06

Politicisation of Religion: Through the Lens of Partition Literature

Aheli Chaudhuri

Pages 75-85https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.6

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07

Famine as a Plot Device in Anandamath

Kanishka Verma

Pages 86-97https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.7

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08

"No one ever asks children what they want": Power in the School Stories of Varsha Seshan

Anagha Gopal

Pages 98-110https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.8

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09

From Survival to Reclamation: Exploration of Trauma in All the Lives We Never Lived

Utsha Nishad, Dr. Shambhavi

Pages 111-125https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.9

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10

Caste and Conscience: Social Stratification in Gopinath Mohanty’s Harijan

Imaran Hasan, Dr. Deep Shikha Karthik

Pages 126-140https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.10

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11

Negotiating Gender and Nature: An Ecofeminist Reading of Geetanjali Shree’s Mai: Silently Mother

Partha Das, Prof. (Dr.) Gauri Shankar Jha

Pages 141-152https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.11

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12

Miss New India: East-West Dichotomy

Dr Shashi Nath Pandey

Pages 153-167https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.12

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13

Listening to the Voices of the Displaced: A Study of Paro Anand’s Nomad’s Land

Garima Kiroula, Dr. Kiran Bali

Pages 168-178https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.13

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14

Interpreting Dream in Zorami: A Freudian Reading

Dimple Pannu

Pages 179-194https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.14

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15

Echoes of Exile: Remembrance, Loss and Resistance in the Select Poems of Agha Shahid Ali

Jaspreet Kaur

Pages 195-212https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.15

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16

Dialectical Interplay of Anthropocentric and Eco-centric Worldviews in Allan Sealy’s The Everest Hotel: A Calendar

Deepak Yadav, Rajat Kumar Srivastava

Pages 213-226https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.16

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17

The Poetics of Intermediality: Exploring Artistic Convergence in Sudeep Sen’s Select Poems

Krishnapriya V. V., Dr. Moncy Mathew

Pages 227-242https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.17

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18

Beyond the Human: Animal Agency and Forest Ethics in Jungle Nama

Nandita Solanki

Pages 243-252https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.18

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19

Mapping Narrative Space and Memory in Rohinton Mistry’s "Swimming Lessons"

Dr. D. Nagarani

Pages 253-265https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.19

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20

Love in a Cage: A Critical View of Patriarchal Victimisation by Mahesh Dattani in Bravely Fought the Queen

Iraa Panda

Pages 266-280https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.20

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21

Gender, Identity and Resistance in Selected Indian English Novels

Shyamal Kumar Mitra

Pages 281-295https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.21

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22

Identity Through Illustration: How Art in Jaya Influences Indian Mythological Consciousness

Guddu Kumar Rai, Dr. Umar Farooque

Pages 296-315https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.22

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23

The Depiction of Contemporary Social and Political Issues in Arvind Adiga’s Novel The White Tiger: A Thematic Study

Dr. Asim

Pages 316-326https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.23

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24

"…for my Head": (Re)reading Temsula Ao’s Laburnum for My Head

Jyotishikha Bhuyan

Pages 327-335https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.24

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25

Modernisation and Marginalisation: The Unseen Violence of Displacement in Rising Heat

Tridip Das, Dr. Subrata Kumar Das

Pages 336-355https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.25

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26

Paradise to Pollution: An Eco-Critical Study of Kerala’s Environment in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things

Haritha T, Dr M. Samundeeswari

Pages 356-367https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.26

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27

Narrative Techniques and Colloquial Style in the Short Stories of Bama

Dr. Y. Jaya

Pages 368-383https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.27

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28

The Aesthetics of Consciousness in Akhila Naik’s Bheda

Dr. Pragati Jasrotia

Pages 384-393https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.28

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29

Dystopian Visions of Neo-Feudal India: Capital, Caste, and Authoritarianism in Post-Millennial Fiction

Jharna Malaviya

Pages 394-421https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.29

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30

A Utilitarian Reading of Shashi Deshpande’s "If I Die Today"

Dr. Sheema Quraishi

Pages 422-431https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.30

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31

Godan: A Mosaic of Cultural Studies

Dr. Bhawna N. Gadhvi

Pages 432-443https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.31

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32

Quiet Flames: Unseen Trauma and Resistance in Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp

Shashank Kumar Bharti

Pages 444-466https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.32

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Comparative Literature

12 Articles

33

Revisiting Kala Pani and Reinventing Identities: Reading Peggy Mohan’s Jahajin (2007) and Ramabai Espinet’s The Swinging Bridge (2003)

Dr. Neetu Devi

Pages 467-488https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.33

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34

"Caught in a Bad Romance": Dissecting the Portrayal of Self-Destructive Heroines in Shakespeare and Lady Gaga

Priyanka Sana, Dr. Zothanchhingi Khiangte

Pages 489-500https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.34

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35

Portrayals of Dissociated Subjectivity in Sartre’s Nausea and Dostoyevsky’s Notes from Underground

Tiyas Mondal

Pages 501-516https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.35

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36

Women’s Predicament in the Selected Works of Khaled Hosseini and Kunzang Choden

Shagufta Nafees

Pages 517-530https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.36

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37

Voices From the Margins: Feminism, Caste and Resistance in Meena Kandasamy and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Selected Works

Parashurama

Pages 531-541https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.37

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38

Unveiling Institutionalised Heteronormativity the Social Context of Kerala: A Comparative Study of the Novel Jezebel by K. R. Meera and the Malayalam Cinema Kaadhal-The Core by Jeo Baby

Arshad CM, Gomatam Mohana Charyulu

Pages 542-572https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.38

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39

Ramrajya and Rawls’s Justice as Fairness: A Comparative Study of Ideal Governance, Moral Community, and Utopian Aspirations

Vineet Dubey

Pages 573-586https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.39

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40

Dynamics of Love: Weaving the Vision of Love of Rumi and Tagore

Md Samaun Sk, Dr. Muhammed Aslam Kunnathil

Pages 587-602https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.40

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41

The Hysteric’s Cage: A Psychological Analysis of Domestic Space in Three Texts — Mrs Dalloway, The Yellow Wallpaper and Sons and Lovers

Dimple Malik

Pages 603-616https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.41

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42

The Cinematic Gaze and the Disabled Body: A Comparative Study with Select Autobiographical Narratives

Dr Deepika Tiwari, Raheba Rahman, Priyambada, Ganga Kashyap

Pages 617-630https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.42

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43

Survival and Power in Climate Fiction: A Comparative Study of The Snowpiercer and Parable of the Sower

Shania Murray, Dr. Sujitha. S

Pages 631-644https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.43

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44

Humanising the Divine: A Comparative Study of Andal’s Tirppāvai and Akka Mahadevi’s Vachanas

Prasanna Kumar. J

Pages 645-657https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.44

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British Literature

7 Articles

45

The Ministry of Culture: A Cultural Critique of Ideological Reproduction in George Orwell’s 1984

Kanchan Rameshwar Vaidya

Pages 658-676https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.45

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46

Between Flesh and Metal: Posthuman Eroticism in Ballard’s Crash

Abul Hasnat

Pages 677-691https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.46

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47

Multiculturalism, Identity and Quest for Belonging in Zadie Smith’s White Teeth and On Beauty

Dr. Sujitha. S, Prathipa. N

Pages 692-707https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.47

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48

Paradox of Perfection: Reframing Humanity Vis-à-vis Artificial Intelligence in Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me

Vanlalmuanpuia, Dr. ZD Lalhmangaihzauva

Pages 708-721https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.48

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49

Haunting Ambiguity: Gothic and Psychological Reading of Sarah Waters’s The Little Stranger

Rohan Dayal

Pages 722-735https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.49

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50

Pre-Industrial Climate Anxiety: Environmental Uncertainty in British Romantic Poetry

Ujjal Mandal

Pages 736-752https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.50

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51

Embodying Machiavellianism: Marlowe’s Portrayal of Young Mortimer in Edward II

Shri Supriya Debnath

Pages 753-764https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.51

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Film & Literature

6 Articles

52

Female Agency and Hybrid Identity of Beepathu in the Film Thallumala

Ramlath A, Dr. Najeeb P M

Pages 765-775https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.52

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53

Primitive Certainty and Tragic Action: Post-Jungian Mechanisms in Omkara

Salma Soleiman

Pages 776-789https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.53

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54

Designed Futurity and Ethical Closure in Gattaca

Aparna. M

Pages 790-801https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.54

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55

Urban Denial and Ecological Reality: Gaganachari as a Warning from the Future

Amjad Khan A, Dr. P. Sasi Ratnaker

Pages 802-826https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.55

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56

From Silver Screen to Home Front: Challenging Civilian Misconceptions of Military Life with Narratives of Army Wives

M Dhivya

Pages 827-853https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.56

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57

Enchanting Appetites: Culinary Affect in Simply Irresistible

Yazhini. D, Samundeeswari. M

Pages 854-865https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.57

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Cultural Studies

5 Articles

58

Tharu Folktales: Preserving Beliefs and Cultural Values Across Generations

Hemant Kumar, Dr. Abhay Leonard Ekka

Pages 866-877https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.58

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59

Building Resilience through the Study of Cultural and Religious Syncretism: Folk-Narratives, Shrines and Gurudwaras in Punjab

Divyanshi Bhardwaj

Pages 878-895https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.59

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60

Between Gods and Genders: Rethinking Deodhani as a Precolonial Site of Gender Plurality in Assam

Dr Rimjim Boruah

Pages 896-916https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.60

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61

Margins within Margins: Intersectionality and the Literary Erasure of Transgender Sex Workers in LGBTQ+ Narratives

Ayushi, Dr. Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhaat

Pages 917-951https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.61

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62

Cultural Studies: Bridging Academia and The Public Sphere

Soumyakanta Senapati, Lopamudra Jena

Pages 952-963https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.62

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World Literature

4 Articles

63

Reclaiming Self through Nature: Ecofeminist Consciousness in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing

Dr. Lubna Tabassum

Pages 964-973https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.63

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64

The Torment of Contradiction: Morality Vs. Desire in Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina

Priya

Pages 974-989https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.64

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65

László Krasznahorkai, Apocalypse, and the Ethics of Witnessing: Toward a Unified Reading of His Oeuvre

Dr. Abdul Majeed Dar

Pages 990-1009https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.65

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66

The Conflict between Individual Desires and Social Expectations: A Psycho-realistic Reading of Ibsen’s Female Characters

Dr. Swarna

Pages 1010-1028https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.66

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Language & Linguistics

3 Articles

67

Unravelling the Dynamics of Technical Terminology and Translation

Dr. Kanta Galani

Pages 1029-1038https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.67

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68

Language, Meaning, and Arbitrariness: A Philosophical-Linguistic Inquiry from Plato to Saussure

Dr. Sonali Maurya

Pages 1039-1049https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.68

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69

Transforming Linguistic Mastery: Leveraging Rosetta Stone’s Artificial Intelligence to Augment ESL Learners’ Oratory Proficiency and Self-Directed Learning

Dr. Vikash Raj Pal

Pages 1050-1070https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.69

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American Literature

2 Articles

70

Pandemic Narratives and Social Rift: A Study of Gender, Technology, and Media Law in Lawrence Wright’s Works

Ankita Mohanty, Dr. Gurudev Meher

Pages 1071-1089https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.70

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71

The Voice of the Wilderness: Exploring Eco-Consciousness in Jack London’s Novel

Raksha. R.M, Dr. Sangeetha. S

Pages 1090-1102https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.71

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African Literature

1 Article

72

Representation and Identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun

Deena Nath, Prof. Deepak Kumar Singh

Pages 1103-1124https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.72

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Critical Theory

1 Article

73

The Orient and the Avant-Garde: Rethinking Surrealism Through Cultural Intersections

Midhat Tasneem

Pages 1125-1150https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.73

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Humanities

1 Article

74

Metropolis and Identity: An Analysis of Contemporary Market-Society

Dr Suraiya Sultana

Pages 1151-1161https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.74

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Poetry

6 Poems

01

Confusion and Hope

Shah Mohd. Abdullah

02

In the Dawn, Before the Sunrise

Dr. Amol Agase

03

Spread Hope Where Shadows Fall

Dr. A. Arun Daves

04

Orpheus’ Lament

Srijita Dutta

05

We Worship Difference (Just Not Me)

Illikkal Gillie K Jayaprakashan

06

O Dreams! Be Mine

Pramod Rastogi

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