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Unravelling the Multifaceted Narrative of India: A Comprehensive Analysis of Cultural Complexities, Political Dynamics, Historical Context, and Magical Realism in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children
Get PDFSalman Rushdie’s luminous oeuvre, Midnight’s Children, stands as a tapestry woven with the vibrant threads of Indian culture, the labyrinthine web of political dynamics, the evocative hues of historical context, and the ethereal shimmer of magical realism. This research endeavour embarks on a profound odyssey to unravel the kaleidoscopic layers within Rushdie’s literary opus, delving into the intricate nuances illuminating India\u27s enigmatic soul as depicted through the prism of Saleem Sinai’s odyssey. Through a mélange of narrative prowess and thematic profundity, Rushdie’s magnum opus emerges as a mirror reflecting the tumultuous spirit of a nation on the cusp of transformation Salman Rushdie’s celebrated second novel, Midnight’s Children (1981), garnered the prestigious Booker McConnell Prize for fiction in 1981. Rushdie’s profound affinity for Indian culture and his adept handling of theoretical concepts are evident throughout his body of work. His novels consistently exhibit a deep connection to Indian social, cultural, and political realities and supernatural phenomena. To quote Salman Rushdie: “Reality is a question of perspective; further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems – but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems more and more incredible.” Midnight’s Children serves as an autobiographical, post-colonial, and political exploration by Rushdie, intimately tied to his childhood nation of India. The novel delves into the rich tapestry of Indian culture, politics, history, fantasy, imagination, stream-of-consciousness, myths, and magical realism, presenting the author’s vivid dreams of Bombay City. ““India, the new myth--a collective fiction in which anything was possible, a fable rivalled only by the two other mighty fantasies: money and God.” It also delves into the euphoric fervour of the citizens, symbolizing the definitive end of British rule and the birth of an independent India at the stroke of midnight in 1947. Rushdie encapsulates major events from the pre-independence era through the character of Saleem Sinai. Saleem, possessing supernatural powers, is consumed by a relentless quest for meaning, symbolising the newly independent India brimming with promise and optimism. studies and shows how readers became increasingly important in considering literary texts. 
Exploring Connotative Meaning of Laxmi\u27s Dialogues in Vijay Tendulkar\u27s Sakharam Binder
No full textPragmatics highlights the implied meaning of a dialogue in the light of its context. The same theory of meaning in context has been used in the study of this research paper. The basis of the study is H. P. Grice’s cooperative principle and its maxims. The main focus of the study is to see the implied meaning of an utterance whenever the maxims of cooperative principle are flouted. The play is a representation of gender bias in the contemporary patriarchal society vividly penned by Vijay Tendulkar. The basis of the study is to fathom the meaning beyond the dialogues of the protagonist Laxmi in the play ‘Sakharam Binder’ by Vijay Tendulkar. Though the literal meaning of the dialogues is self-sufficient to portray the characters and its suffering, the implied meaning or the unspoken emotions of the character Laxmi has more to reveal. Hence, the dialogues of Laxmi are read and studied in light of her trauma of getting abandoned by her husband, getting exploited physically and emotionally by a womanizer Sakharam, her helplessness, her agony after getting the allegation of theft from her nephew etc. The findings of the study reveal that Laxmi has lost all hopes initially. She is jolted by the kind of treatment she receives from the male dominated society. It\u27s the fear of getting thrown out of the house of Sakharam, which compels Laxmi to tolerate the atrocities and not to be vocal about it. Superficially, it appears to be normal for her. But the connotative meaning makes the readers realize the loss, disturbance, anger, dejection, hopelessness, suffocation, frustration of Laxmi. Thus, the study of unspoken meaning becomes pivotal compared to the denotative meaning of Laxmi\u27s dialogues. She represents the females that undergo such tragedy because she is She and not He
The Importance of Box Office in Theatre Production
Get PDFThe paper focuses on the discussion and revelation of the importance of the box office in a theatre production. In the theatre, the box office or ticket office, as it is called in most cases, is a place where tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event or performance. The box office exists in all theatres and is very functional, especially if the theatre is determined to make a profit and stay functional. The box office does not serve as the point of ticket sales alone; it is the theatre’s accounting department and also a reference point in the calculation of the number of persons that attended a particular theatre production. In a theatre production, the box office holds great economic importance; it is the point of economic transaction in the production. It serves the role of record and bookkeeping of the number of persons that attended/attended a theatre production. This is why the study concludes by saying that no matter how the theatre structure may be, the box office cannot be pushed aside on the production day, as it is a major factor in the arms of theatre
Indigenous Tribals - The Vanguards of Environment – A Close Study of the Oscar-Winning Documentary: The Elephant Whisperers
Get PDFThe creative and destructive both the powers lie in the womb of Mother-Nature. None other than the Mother Nature has the power to withstand the onslaughts of industrialization, capitalism, corporate world etc. The Mother-Nature belongs to each one of us. We all are the part and parcel- the children of the Planet. But the vice-versa action of using and giving to the Mother-Earth is apparently and powerfully visible in the life-style, culture and devotion of Indigenous Tribal folks of India’s various regions. The proposed research article is an effort to bring into focus the Oscar winning Documentary – The Elephant Whisperers. The research paper aims to explore the perspectives of indigenous tribal people in the conservation of ecology, selflessly devoted to save animals who form the essential backbone of our environment. The short film raises the larger issue around Asian elephants losing their habitat due to climate change and human encroachment. Capturing the cultural diversity awareness, bounteous Mother-Nature of the tiny region of South India, and the sense of responsibility towards the environmental concerns raise the significant sentiment of respecting indigenous tribal folks, animals, and our bio-life. Thus, the research paper is an attempt to signify the documentary as a mouthpiece to highlight the space we share with animals and the tribal wisdom.
 
Post-Colonial Feminist Perspectives In Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Select Novels
Get PDFPost-colonial literature as an extensive genre includes diasporic, immigrant feminist genres too. The advocate of Post-colonial theory Edward Said has proposed the concept of ‘otherness’. This is considered to be an important theory, especially for diasporas from South Asia bearing a colonial past. It also helps in understanding the effect of power relations between the colonizers and the colonized, the reason for otherness and alienation experienced by immigrants in their respective host lands. The representation of women as an object, sexual toys, and a maid before post-colonial had its transformation with the debut of postcolonial literature. Simon de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex had a huge effect on the readers in the transformation of stereotyped ideologies and myths about the female gender. Later with the advent of The Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf, the females were made to think of their rights, independence, identity, and the need to achieve them. Many post-colonial feminist writers took it as their prime responsibility to propagate and advocate the rights, efficacies, and strengths of women to the patriarchal chauvinists. The writers who move from one country to another occupy significant positions between culture and countries. They realize that their culture or identity doesn’t remain the same as it was earlier. Identity evolves, grows, and is subject to many changes. The act of writing makes him/her explore both cultures of homeland and hostland. Memories of homeland are kept alive in his thoughts and imagination in fact, becomes a channel between the self and the world. (Shailja, 2008, 52)
Post-colonial feminists, who work for the advancement of women, also challenge the assumption that the gendered oppression is the primary force of 23 patriarchy. They question the approbation of the oppression as it leads to the misrepresentation of their lived experiences. Currently, they struggle to fight the gender oppression within their own society to preserve and safeguard the dignity of their women. Thus, the concepts of freedom, equality, and rights to women, stem from the Enlightenment based on the egalitarian beliefs and principles and have become the main area of concern for the postcolonial feminists of today. In short, postcolonial feminism is not just literature written by women, but literature of women voicing their experiences from within. This principle has created a welcoming ambiance for many of the women writers in Indian Writing in English to use literature as a vehicle to present the true state of Indian society, its treatment of women, and the psychological traumas of women due to their own traditional and cultural barriers. To this school of post-colonial transformed feminist ideologies belong the works of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. This paper aims to discuss the reformed feministic perspectives with special reference to Sister of My Heart and Oleander Girl
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Get PDFBaijnath Gupta
(Associate Professor, Department of English, DSN Postgraduate College, Unnao
Reimagining Femininity: Sylvia Plath’s Poetic Odyssey into the Realms of Gender Identity, Fluidity and Intersectionality
Get PDFThe poetic oeuvre of Sylvia Plath stands witness to her deep-seated inquiry into gender identity and fluidity and intersectionality that she houses within herself to also offer gender identity as a site of rebellion against the structural society of patriarchy which tasks a feminine form with femininity as inherent. Drawing on feminist theory, psychoanalysis and new critical practice, the paper rides Slath\u27s wave of poetry to a place where we dare to see what it might mean to be woman. The paper would through a critical reading, endeavour to untangle the mystique of her poetry through a few select poems, such as, “Mushrooms”, “Medusa”, “Lesbos”, “The Applicant” and “Ariel” in which Plath may be seen engaging with gender, politics of body and intersectionality. In addition, the paper was going to examine how Plath\u27s poetic imagery and diction troubled traditional gender binaries which could provide suggestions for new ways of existing and expressing the sex. Within the matrices of gender, sexuality, power and resistance, then, her poetry reconfigures itself as a space of both subversion and metamorphosis that disrupts the passive and passive-aggressive spectacles of womanhood and feminine beauty. The paper ultimately would examine how Plath’s poetic discourse sheds light onto the intersection between varying forms of sexual oppression, gender discrimination and identity formation. In conclusion, the paper concludes that Plath poetry surpasses the limitation of gender roles and Patriarchy and speaks of the unity and multi-dimensionality of gender identit
