February 2026 Vol. 17, Issue-1

The Criterion: An International Journal in English

ISSN: 0976-8165  |  Impact Factor: 8.67

Vol. 17 • Issue 1 • February 2026

74 Research Articles • 6 Poems • 12 Categories

Articles & Abstracts

Indian Literature 32 Articles

01
Gender, Education, and Resistance: Transformational Journeys of Women in Manju Kapur’s Novels
Dadala Nagababu, Dr. K. Venkata Rao
Pg. 01-15  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
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
Pg. 16-26  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
03
Expressing Existential Crisis through Fragmented Voices: A Critical Perspective on Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Himanshu Negi, Dr. Vipin Kumar
Pg. 27-46  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
04
Transcultural Inertia and Gendered Displacement: Reading Dimple in Bharati Mukherjee’s Wife
Dr Steffy Antony, Dr Nisha Thomji Varghese
Pg. 47-63  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
05
From Communal Rite to Individual Quest: Alienation and Self-Realization in Anantha Murthy’s Samskara
Dr. Santosh Kumar
Pg. 64-74  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
06
Politicisation of Religion: Through the Lens of Partition Literature
Aheli Chaudhuri
Pg. 75-85  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
07
Famine as a Plot Device in Anandamath
Kanishka Verma
Pg. 86-97  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
08
“No one ever asks children what they want”: Power in the School Stories of Varsha Seshan
Anagha Gopal
Pg. 98-110  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
09
From Survival to Reclamation: Exploration of Trauma in All the Lives We Never Lived
Utsha Nishad, Dr. Shambhavi
Pg. 111-125  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
10
Caste and Conscience: Social Stratification in Gopinath Mohanty's Harijan
Imaran Hasan, Dr. Deep Shikha Karthik
Pg. 126-140  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
11
Negotiating Gender and Nature: An Ecofeminist Reading of Geetanjali Shree’s Mai: Silently Mother
Partha Das, Prof. (Dr.) Gauri Shankar Jha
Pg. 141-152  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
12
Miss New India: East-West Dichotomy
Dr Shashi Nath Pandey
Pg. 153-167  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
13
Listening to the Voices of the Displaced: A Study of Paro Anand’s Nomad’s Land
Garima Kiroula, Dr. Kiran Bali
Pg. 168-178  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
14
Interpreting Dream in Zorami: A Freudian Reading
Dimple Pannu
Pg. 179-194  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
15
Echoes of Exile: Remembrance, Loss and Resistance in the Select Poems of Agha Shahid Ali
Jaspreet Kaur
Pg. 195-212  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
16
Dialectical Interplay of Anthropocentric and Eco-centric Worldviews in Allan Sealy’s The Everest Hotel: A Calendar
Deepak Yadav, Rajat Kumar Srivastava
Pg. 213-226  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
17
The Poetics of Intermediality: Exploring Artistic Convergence in Sudeep Sen’s Select Poems
Krishnapriya V. V., Dr. Moncy Mathew
Pg. 227-242  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
18
Beyond the Human: Animal Agency and Forest Ethics in Jungle Nama
Nandita Solanki
Pg. 243-252  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
19
Mapping Narrative Space and Memory in Rohinton Mistry's "Swimming Lessons"
Dr. D. Nagarani
Pg. 253-265  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
20
Love in a Cage: A Critical View of Patriarchal Victimisation by Mahesh Dattani in Bravely Fought the Queen
Iraa Panda
Pg. 266-280  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
21
Gender, Identity and Resistance in Selected Indian English Novels
Shyamal Kumar Mitra
Pg. 281-295  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
22
Identity Through Illustration: How Art in Jaya Influences Indian Mythological Consciousness
Guddu Kumar Rai, Dr. Umar Farooque
Pg. 296-315  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
23
The Depiction of Contemporary Social and Political Issues in Arvind Adiga’s Novel The White Tiger: A Thematic Study
Dr. Asim
Pg. 316-326  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
24
“…for my Head”: (Re)reading Temsula Ao’s Laburnum for My Head
Jyotishikha Bhuyan
Pg. 327-335  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
25
Modernisation and Marginalisation: The Unseen Violence of Displacement in Rising Heat
Tridip Das, Dr. Subrata Kumar Das
Pg. 336-355  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
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
Pg. 356-367  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
27
Narrative Techniques and Colloquial Style in the Short Stories of Bama
Dr. Y. Jaya
Pg. 368-383  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
28
The Aesthetics of Consciousness in Akhila Naik’s Bheda
Dr. Pragati Jasrotia
Pg. 384-393  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
29
Dystopian Visions of Neo-Feudal India: Capital, Caste, and Authoritarianism in Post-Millennial Fiction
Jharna Malaviya
Pg. 394-421  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
30
A Utilitarian Reading of Shashi Deshpande’s “If I Die Today”
Dr. Sheema Quraishi
Pg. 422-431  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
31
Godan: A Mosaic of Cultural Studies
Dr. Bhawna N. Gadhvi
Pg. 432-443  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
32
Quiet Flames: Unseen Trauma and Resistance in Banu Mushtaq’s Heart Lamp
Shashank Kumar Bharti
Pg. 444-466  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract

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
Pg. 467-488  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
34
“Caught in a Bad Romance”: Dissecting the Portrayal of Self-Destructive Heroines in Shakespeare and Lady Gaga
Priyanka Sana, Dr. Zothanchhingi Khiangte
Pg. 489-500  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
35
Portrayals of Dissociated Subjectivity in Sartre’s Nausea and Dostoyevsky’s Notes from Underground
Tiyas Mondal
Pg. 501-516  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
36
Women’s Predicament in the Selected Works of Khaled Hosseini and Kunzang Choden
Shagufta Nafees
Pg. 517-530  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
37
Voices From the Margins: Feminism, Caste and Resistance in Meena Kandasamy and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Selected Works
Parashurama
Pg. 531-541  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
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
Pg. 542-572  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
39
Ramrajya and Rawls’s Justice as Fairness: A Comparative Study of Ideal Governance, Moral Community, and Utopian Aspirations
Vineet Dubey
Pg. 573-586  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
40
Dynamics of Love: Weaving the Vision of Love of Rumi and Tagore
Md Samaun Sk, Dr. Muhammed Aslam Kunnathil
Pg. 587-602  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
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
Pg. 603-616  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
42
The Cinematic Gaze and the Disabled Body: A Comparative Study with Select Autobiographical Narratives
Dr Deepika Tiwari, Raheba Rahman, Priyambada, Ganga Kashyap
Pg. 617-630  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
43
Survival and Power in Climate Fiction: A Comparative Study of The Snowpiercer and Parable of the Sower
Shania Murray, Dr. Sujitha. S
Pg. 631-644  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
44
Humanising the Divine: A Comparative Study of Andal’s Tiruppāvai and Akka Mahadevi’s Vachanas
Prasanna Kumar. J
Pg. 645-657  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract

British Literature 7 Articles

45
The Ministry of Culture: A Cultural Critique of Ideological Reproduction in George Orwell’s 1984
Kanchan Rameshwar Vaidya
Pg. 658-676  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
46
Between Flesh and Metal: Posthuman Eroticism in Ballard’s Crash
Abul Hasnat
Pg. 677-691  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
47
Multiculturalism, Identity and Quest for Belonging in Zadie Smith’s White Teeth and On Beauty
Dr. Sujitha. S, Prathipa. N
Pg. 692-707  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
48
Paradox of Perfection: Reframing Humanity Vis-à-vis Artificial Intelligence in Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me
Vanlalmuanpuia, Dr. ZD Lalhmangaihzauva
Pg. 708-721  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
49
Haunting Ambiguity: Gothic and Psychological Reading of Sarah Waters’s The Little Stranger
Rohan Dayal
Pg. 722-735  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
50
Pre-Industrial Climate Anxiety: Environmental Uncertainty in British Romantic Poetry
Ujjal Mandal
Pg. 736-752  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
51
Embodying Machiavellianism: Marlowe’s Portrayal of Young Mortimer in Edward II
Shri Supriya Debnath
Pg. 753-764  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract

Film & Literature 6 Articles

52
Female Agency and Hybrid Identity of Beepathu in the Film Thallumala
Ramlath A, Dr. Najeeb P M
Pg. 765-775  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
53
Primitive Certainty and Tragic Action: Post-Jungian Mechanisms in Omkara
Salma Soleiman
Pg. 776-789  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
54
Designed Futurity and Ethical Closure in Gattaca
Aparna. M
Pg. 790-801  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
55
Urban Denial and Ecological Reality: Gaganachari as a Warning from the Future
Amjad Khan A, Dr. P. Sasi Ratnaker
Pg. 802-826  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
56
From Silver Screen to Home Front: Challenging Civilian Misconceptions of Military Life with Narratives of Army Wives
M Dhivya
Pg. 827-853  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
57
Enchanting Appetites: Culinary Affect in Simply Irresistible
Yazhini. D, Samundeeswari. M
Pg. 854-865  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract

Cultural Studies 5 Articles

58
Tharu Folktales: Preserving Beliefs and Cultural Values Across Generations
Hemant Kumar, Dr. Abhay Leonard Ekka
Pg. 866-877  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
59
Building Resilience through the Study of Cultural and Religious Syncretism: Folk-Narratives, Shrines and Gurudwaras in Punjab
Divyanshi Bhardwaj
Pg. 878-895  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
60
Between Gods and Genders: Rethinking Deodhani as a Precolonial Site of Gender Plurality in Assam
Dr Rimjim Boruah
Pg. 896-916  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
61
Margins within Margins: Intersectionality and the Literary Erasure of Transgender Sex Workers in LGBTQ+ Narratives
Ayushi, Dr. Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhaat
Pg. 917-951  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
62
Cultural Studies: Bridging Academia and The Public Sphere
Soumyakanta Senapati, Lopamudra Jena
Pg. 952-963  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract

World Literature 4 Articles

63
Reclaiming Self through Nature: Ecofeminist Consciousness in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing
Dr. Lubna Tabassum
Pg. 964-973  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
64
The Torment of Contradiction: Morality Vs. Desire in Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
Priya
Pg. 974-989  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
65
László Krasznahorkai, Apocalypse, and the Ethics of Witnessing: Toward a Unified Reading of His Oeuvre
Dr. Abdul Majeed Dar
Pg. 990-1009  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
66
The Conflict between Individual Desires and Social Expectations: A Psycho-realistic Reading of Ibsen’s Female Characters
Dr. Swarna
Pg. 1010-1028  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract

Language & Linguistics 3 Articles

67
Unravelling the Dynamics of Technical Terminology and Translation
Dr. Kanta Galani
Pg. 1029-1038  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
68
Language, Meaning, and Arbitrariness: A Philosophical-Linguistic Inquiry from Plato to Saussure
Dr. Sonali Maurya
Pg. 1039-1049  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
69
Transforming Linguistic Mastery: Leveraging Rosetta Stone’s Artificial Intelligence to Augment ESL Learners’ Oratory Proficiency and Self-Directed Learning
Dr. Vikash Raj Pal
Pg. 1050-1070  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract

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
Pg. 1071-1089  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract
71
The Voice of the Wilderness: Exploring Eco-Consciousness in Jack London’s Novel
Raksha. R.M, Dr. Sangeetha. S
Pg. 1090-1102  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract

African Literature 1 Article

72
Representation and Identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun
Deena Nath, Prof. Deepak Kumar Singh
Pg. 1103-1124  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract

Critical Theory 1 Article

73
The Orient and the Avant-Garde: Rethinking Surrealism Through Cultural Intersections
Midhat Tasneem
Pg. 1125-1150  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract

Humanities 1 Article

74
Metropolis and Identity: An Analysis of Contemporary Market- Society
Dr Suraiya Sultana
Pg. 1151-1161  |  Download PDF  |  Read Abstract

Poetry 6 Poems

01
Confusion and Hope
Shah Mohd. Abdullah
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02
In the Dawn, Before the Sunrise
Dr. Amol Agase
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03
Spread Hope Where Shadows Fall
Dr. A. Arun Daves
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04
Orpheus’ Lament
Srijita Dutta
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05
We Worship Difference (Just Not Me)
Illikkal Gillie K Jayaprakashan
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06
O Dreams! Be Mine
Pramod Rastogi
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