Ashutosh Singh Research Scholar (UGC-NET) Department of English Banaras Hindu University Varanasi 221005 The term ‘diaspora’ has multiple layers of meaning in academic circles today. From the original meaning of large scale- migration of people due to religious persecution, it has now come to refer to any movement of people from one land to another….
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The Trauma of Torn Individuality in Bharati Mukherjee’s The Tiger’s Daughter
Dr. Arjun Dubey Associate Professor (English) & Head Ph.D(English) Department of Applied Science & Humanities Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College, Gorakhpur 273010 & Dr. Shradha Srivastava Faculty(English) Ph.D(English) Department of Applied Science & Humanities Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College, Gorakhpur 273010 Introduction A cross-cultural writer Bharati Mukherjee is one of the lively and illuminating stars…
R.K.Narayan: The Grand Old Man of Indian Fiction
Showkat Hussain Dar (ex-student, Central University of Kashmir) Country: India(Jammu And Kashmir) This is an axiomatic fact that the Indian fiction in English is the most popular of all forms and has gone ‘transnational’ with Indian diasporic living in the West and writing beyond nationality. The Big Three phrase coined by William Walsh comprises of…
An Analysis of Rudyard Kipling’s IF
Rukhsana Saifee Assistant Professor of English, Chartered Institute of Technology, Aburoad (Raj) ‘IF’ by Rudyard Kipling is a didactic work meant to give instruction. This poem is a popular classic of English literature for its familiarity and inspiration. The poem is full of humility and warmth and is a timeless appeal of the passing down…
The Idea of the Nation State and It’s Disconnect with the Subaltern in Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide
Richa Joshi Pandey Research Scholar in Department of English, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal. Uttarakhand. Abstract: The current paper deals with the idea of what is it that constitutes a nation state. Different theorists like Smith and Anderson are briefly discussed and so are their theoretical shortcomings in explaining the cultural plethora that…
The Spark in Disneyland
Rich Murphy 32 Pinecliff Drive Marblehead, MA 01945 At the theme park, the Golden Gates distract the joy-boys from the black boot overhead. Replicas and items salvaged from the fires in Europe stud the hubbub and maintain the rushes in the New World. Adrenaline substitutes for the ongoing once-in-a-lifetime experience. The walking museum pieces from…
Magic Realism and the Theme of Love in Love in the Time of Cholera
Raj Gaurav Verma Research Scholar Department of English & Modern European Languages University of Lucknow. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Marquez produces the theme of love in an unconventional way. The novel exhibits magic realism. As far as Love in the Time of Cholera is concerned, Marquez has not used supernatural elements…
A Futile Sojourn: V.S.Naipaul’s An Area of Darkness
Pragnya Parimita Pradhan Research Scholar, P.G.Department of English Utkal University, Bhubaneswar V.S. Naipaul’s life was a journey which he has expressed through a variety of narrative forms ranging from fiction to travelogues to autobiography and history. For Naipaul, travelling was not a journey to reach destinations of far off countries, but a new way of…
Two Excerpts from Who’s Afraid of the Booker Prize?
novel by peter cowlam Who’s Afraid of the Booker Prize? consists of a Foreword and Diary entries, supposedly penned by Alistair Wye, amanuensis to celebrity English novelist Marshall Zob. What follows is Wye’s Foreword, and his diary entry of June 25th, recounting events at a private party Zob has thrown for the great and good…
What Shaped Ibsen into a Major Playwright?
Dr. Paonam Sudeep Mangang Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya Bijni Complex, Laitumkhrah Shillong – 793003 Meghalaya, India Abstract: Henrik Johan Ibsen is known as the ‘Father of Modern Drama.’ His dramas have influenced many well-known dramatists the world over. However, Ibsen’s development as a dramatist of repute had been influenced by various factors….