February 2026 Vol. 17, Issue-1

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The Criterion: An International Journal in English ISSN: 0976-8165
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The Criterion Vol. 17 Issue 1
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Vol. 17, Issue 1 — February 2026
Bi-Monthly Peer-Reviewed Open Access eJournal • 17 Years of Continuous Publication
74Articles
6Poems
11Sections
74DOIs
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Indian Literature

32 Articles
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Gender, Education, and Resistance: Transformational Journeys of Women in Manju Kapur’s Novels
Dadala Nagababu, Dr. K. Venkata Rao
Pages 01-15 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.1
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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 16-26 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.2
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Expressing Existential Crisis through Fragmented Voices: A Critical Perspective on Arundhati Roy's The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Himanshu Negi, Dr. Vipin Kumar
Pages 27-46 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.3
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Transcultural Inertia and Gendered Displacement: Reading Dimple in Bharati Mukherjee's Wife
Dr Steffy Antony, Dr Nisha Thomji Varghese
Pages 47-63 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.4
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From Communal Rite to Individual Quest: Alienation and Self-Realization in Anantha Murthy's Samskara
Dr. Santosh Kumar
Pages 64-74 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.5
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Politicisation of Religion: Through the Lens of Partition Literature
Aheli Chaudhuri
Pages 75-85 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.6
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Famine as a Plot Device in Anandamath
Kanishka Verma
Pages 86-97 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.7
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"No one ever asks children what they want": Power in the School Stories of Varsha Seshan
Anagha Gopal
Pages 98-110 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.8
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From Survival to Reclamation: Exploration of Trauma in All the Lives We Never Lived
Utsha Nishad, Dr. Shambhavi
Pages 111-125 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.9
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Caste and Conscience: Social Stratification in Gopinath Mohanty's Harijan
Imaran Hasan, Dr. Deep Shikha Karthik
Pages 126-140 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.10
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Negotiating Gender and Nature: An Ecofeminist Reading of Geetanjali Shree's Mai: Silently Mother
Partha Das, Prof. (Dr.) Gauri Shankar Jha
Pages 141-152 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.11
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Miss New India: East-West Dichotomy
Dr Shashi Nath Pandey
Pages 153-167 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.12
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Listening to the Voices of the Displaced: A Study of Paro Anand's Nomad's Land
Garima Kiroula, Dr. Kiran Bali
Pages 168-178 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.13
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Interpreting Dream in Zorami: A Freudian Reading
Dimple Pannu
Pages 179-194 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.14
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Echoes of Exile: Remembrance, Loss and Resistance in the Select Poems of Agha Shahid Ali
Jaspreet Kaur
Pages 195-212 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.15
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Dialectical Interplay of Anthropocentric and Eco-centric Worldviews in Allan Sealy's The Everest Hotel: A Calendar
Deepak Yadav, Rajat Kumar Srivastava
Pages 213-226 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.16
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The Poetics of Intermediality: Exploring Artistic Convergence in Sudeep Sen's Select Poems
Krishnapriya V. V., Dr. Moncy Mathew
Pages 227-242 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.17
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Beyond the Human: Animal Agency and Forest Ethics in Jungle Nama
Nandita Solanki
Pages 243-252 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.18
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Mapping Narrative Space and Memory in Rohinton Mistry's "Swimming Lessons"
Dr. D. Nagarani
Pages 253-265 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.19
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Love in a Cage: A Critical View of Patriarchal Victimisation by Mahesh Dattani in Bravely Fought the Queen
Iraa Panda
Pages 266-280 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.20
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Gender, Identity and Resistance in Selected Indian English Novels
Shyamal Kumar Mitra
Pages 281-295 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.21
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Identity Through Illustration: How Art in Jaya Influences Indian Mythological Consciousness
Guddu Kumar Rai, Dr. Umar Farooque
Pages 296-315 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.22
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The Depiction of Contemporary Social and Political Issues in Arvind Adiga's Novel The White Tiger: A Thematic Study
Dr. Asim
Pages 316-326 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.23
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"…for my Head": (Re)reading Temsula Ao's Laburnum for My Head
Jyotishikha Bhuyan
Pages 327-335 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.24
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Modernisation and Marginalisation: The Unseen Violence of Displacement in Rising Heat
Tridip Das, Dr. Subrata Kumar Das
Pages 336-355 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.25
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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 356-367 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.26
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Narrative Techniques and Colloquial Style in the Short Stories of Bama
Dr. Y. Jaya
Pages 368-383 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.27
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The Aesthetics of Consciousness in Akhila Naik's Bheda
Dr. Pragati Jasrotia
Pages 384-393 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.28
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Dystopian Visions of Neo-Feudal India: Capital, Caste, and Authoritarianism in Post-Millennial Fiction
Jharna Malaviya
Pages 394-421 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.29
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A Utilitarian Reading of Shashi Deshpande's "If I Die Today"
Dr. Sheema Quraishi
Pages 422-431 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.30
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Godan: A Mosaic of Cultural Studies
Dr. Bhawna N. Gadhvi
Pages 432-443 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.31
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Quiet Flames: Unseen Trauma and Resistance in Banu Mushtaq's Heart Lamp
Shashank Kumar Bharti
Pages 444-466 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.32
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Comparative Literature

12 Articles
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Revisiting Kala Pani and Reinventing Identities: Reading Peggy Mohan's Jahajin (2007) and Ramabai Espinet's The Swinging Bridge (2003)
Dr. Neetu Devi
Pages 467-488 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.33
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"Caught in a Bad Romance": Dissecting the Portrayal of Self-Destructive Heroines in Shakespeare and Lady Gaga
Priyanka Sana, Dr. Zothanchhingi Khiangte
Pages 489-500 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.34
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Portrayals of Dissociated Subjectivity in Sartre's Nausea and Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground
Tiyas Mondal
Pages 501-516 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.35
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Women's Predicament in the Selected Works of Khaled Hosseini and Kunzang Choden
Shagufta Nafees
Pages 517-530 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.36
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Voices From the Margins: Feminism, Caste and Resistance in Meena Kandasamy and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Selected Works
Parashurama
Pages 531-541 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.37
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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 542-572 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.38
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Ramrajya and Rawls's Justice as Fairness: A Comparative Study of Ideal Governance, Moral Community, and Utopian Aspirations
Vineet Dubey
Pages 573-586 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.39
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Dynamics of Love: Weaving the Vision of Love of Rumi and Tagore
Md Samaun Sk, Dr. Muhammed Aslam Kunnathil
Pages 587-602 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.40
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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 603-616 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.41
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The Cinematic Gaze and the Disabled Body: A Comparative Study with Select Autobiographical Narratives
Dr Deepika Tiwari, Raheba Rahman, Priyambada, Ganga Kashyap
Pages 617-630 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.42
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Survival and Power in Climate Fiction: A Comparative Study of The Snowpiercer and Parable of the Sower
Shania Murray, Dr. Sujitha. S
Pages 631-644 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.43
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Humanising the Divine: A Comparative Study of Andal's Tirppāvai and Akka Mahadevi's Vachanas
Prasanna Kumar. J
Pages 645-657 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.44
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British Literature

7 Articles
45
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The Ministry of Culture: A Cultural Critique of Ideological Reproduction in George Orwell's 1984
Kanchan Rameshwar Vaidya
Pages 658-676 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.45
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Between Flesh and Metal: Posthuman Eroticism in Ballard's Crash
Abul Hasnat
Pages 677-691 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.46
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Multiculturalism, Identity and Quest for Belonging in Zadie Smith's White Teeth and On Beauty
Dr. Sujitha. S, Prathipa. N
Pages 692-707 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.47
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Paradox of Perfection: Reframing Humanity Vis-à-vis Artificial Intelligence in Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me
Vanlalmuanpuia, Dr. ZD Lalhmangaihzauva
Pages 708-721 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.48
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Haunting Ambiguity: Gothic and Psychological Reading of Sarah Waters's The Little Stranger
Rohan Dayal
Pages 722-735 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.49
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Pre-Industrial Climate Anxiety: Environmental Uncertainty in British Romantic Poetry
Ujjal Mandal
Pages 736-752 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.50
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Embodying Machiavellianism: Marlowe's Portrayal of Young Mortimer in Edward II
Shri Supriya Debnath
Pages 753-764 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.51
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Film & Literature

6 Articles
52
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Female Agency and Hybrid Identity of Beepathu in the Film Thallumala
Ramlath A, Dr. Najeeb P M
Pages 765-775 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.52
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Primitive Certainty and Tragic Action: Post-Jungian Mechanisms in Omkara
Salma Soleiman
Pages 776-789 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.53
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Designed Futurity and Ethical Closure in Gattaca
Aparna. M
Pages 790-801 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.54
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Urban Denial and Ecological Reality: Gaganachari as a Warning from the Future
Amjad Khan A, Dr. P. Sasi Ratnaker
Pages 802-826 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.55
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From Silver Screen to Home Front: Challenging Civilian Misconceptions of Military Life with Narratives of Army Wives
M Dhivya
Pages 827-853 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.56
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Enchanting Appetites: Culinary Affect in Simply Irresistible
Yazhini. D, Samundeeswari. M
Pages 854-865 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.57
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Cultural Studies

5 Articles
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Tharu Folktales: Preserving Beliefs and Cultural Values Across Generations
Hemant Kumar, Dr. Abhay Leonard Ekka
Pages 866-877 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.58
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Building Resilience through the Study of Cultural and Religious Syncretism: Folk-Narratives, Shrines and Gurudwaras in Punjab
Divyanshi Bhardwaj
Pages 878-895 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.59
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Between Gods and Genders: Rethinking Deodhani as a Precolonial Site of Gender Plurality in Assam
Dr Rimjim Boruah
Pages 896-916 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.60
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Margins within Margins: Intersectionality and the Literary Erasure of Transgender Sex Workers in LGBTQ+ Narratives
Ayushi, Dr. Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhaat
Pages 917-951 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.61
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Cultural Studies: Bridging Academia and The Public Sphere
Soumyakanta Senapati, Lopamudra Jena
Pages 952-963 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.62
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World Literature

4 Articles
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Reclaiming Self through Nature: Ecofeminist Consciousness in Margaret Atwood's Surfacing
Dr. Lubna Tabassum
Pages 964-973 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.63
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The Torment of Contradiction: Morality Vs. Desire in Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina
Priya
Pages 974-989 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.64
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László Krasznahorkai, Apocalypse, and the Ethics of Witnessing: Toward a Unified Reading of His Oeuvre
Dr. Abdul Majeed Dar
Pages 990-1009 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.65
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The Conflict between Individual Desires and Social Expectations: A Psycho-realistic Reading of Ibsen's Female Characters
Dr. Swarna
Pages 1010-1028 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.66
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Language & Linguistics

3 Articles
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Unravelling the Dynamics of Technical Terminology and Translation
Dr. Kanta Galani
Pages 1029-1038 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.67
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Language, Meaning, and Arbitrariness: A Philosophical-Linguistic Inquiry from Plato to Saussure
Dr. Sonali Maurya
Pages 1039-1049 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.68
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Transforming Linguistic Mastery: Leveraging Rosetta Stone's Artificial Intelligence to Augment ESL Learners' Oratory Proficiency and Self-Directed Learning
Dr. Vikash Raj Pal
Pages 1050-1070 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.69
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American Literature

2 Articles
70
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Pandemic Narratives and Social Rift: A Study of Gender, Technology, and Media Law in Lawrence Wright's Works
Ankita Mohanty, Dr. Gurudev Meher
Pages 1071-1089 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.70
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The Voice of the Wilderness: Exploring Eco-Consciousness in Jack London's Novel
Raksha. R.M, Dr. Sangeetha. S
Pages 1090-1102 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.71
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African Literature

1 Article
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Representation and Identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun
Deena Nath, Prof. Deepak Kumar Singh
Pages 1103-1124 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.72
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Critical Theory

1 Article
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The Orient and the Avant-Garde: Rethinking Surrealism Through Cultural Intersections
Midhat Tasneem
Pages 1125-1150 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.73
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Humanities

1 Article
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Metropolis and Identity: An Analysis of Contemporary Market-Society
Dr Suraiya Sultana
Pages 1151-1161 https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n1.74
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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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We Worship Difference (Just Not Me)
Illikkal Gillie K Jayaprakashan
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O Dreams! Be Mine
Pramod Rastogi
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