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Understanding Trauma in Nandini Sahu’s That Elusive Orgasm of An Incest Victim
Get PDFNandini Sahu’s narratorial oeuvre vociferously yet delicately contributes towards the study of the female psyche and the body from a nuanced feminine perspective. That Elusive Orgasm of an Incest Victim, for instance, charts the anatomy of the psychological trauma of the victim, Jhumpa. This paper attempts to course through the inexpressible, unintelligible, and indescribable vestibules of trauma responses evident and resident in the tangible and intangible portions of the female body. It explores the traditional and pluralistic models of trauma that seek to delve into the problematics of the linguistic representation of the experience of the traumatised consciousness. The paper asserts the potential of the voice of Sahu’s Jhumpa as a critical document in pluralistic critical trauma studies given its narrative from a cultural physio-psychoanalytical perspective
Reimagining the Myth of Ahalya: A Feminist Reading of Nandini Sahu’s Poem Ahalya’s Waiting
Get PDFIn the last two decades of the new millennium, as far as Indian Writing in English is concerned, the focus has shifted from the mainstream characters to the marginal figures of the Indian epics which is evinced by a renewed interest in Indian mythology through numerous retellings in the recent past. These retellings are unique in the sense that the focus is mainly on women and marginalized characters thereby offering fresh perspectives of interrogation and interpretation and also foregrounding new sensibilities in the process. Hence, in the recent times, more specifically from a women-centric perspective, appropriations and reworkings of the central women characters from two prominent Indian epics, that is, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, can be observed in the form of folk songs by rural women as well as by women writers attempting to dissect the traditional narratives from a feminist perspective.
In the quest of understanding the experiences and values that shape the collective consciousness of a given society, epics serve as an important tool of exploration as they continue to hold influence over the masses even today. Additionally, epics continue to form an important part of the cultural domain, and hence, all such appropriations serve a very specific purpose among many vis-à-vis tapping into the potential of traditional narratives to act as a resource in so far as understanding and interrogating gender politics and dominant ideologies and at the same time offering subsequent corrective measures is concerned.
‘Ahalya’s Waiting’, a poem by Professor Nandini Sahu, then, seeks to embark upon two important projects, that is to unravel and interrogate the gender politics and offer alternative sites of resistance against the dominant ideologies that continue to impinge upon the aspirations of women even today. The poem features in her anthology of poems titled A Song, Half and Half (2022). Moreover, the poem portrays not only the unjust treatment Ahalya is subjected to after she has been deceitfully seduced and raped by Indra and her subsequent metamorphosis into a stone owing to the curse by her husband sage Gautama but also concerns itself with her assertion of self and claiming subjectivity as its central theme
‘National Identity’ In Yvonne Vera’s Without A Name – A Study
Get PDFZimbabwean author Yvonne Vera is well known. She was created in Bulawayo. She attended a university in Canada where she studied and earned a master\u27s degree. She was the National Gallery\u27s Director at the time. Why Don\u27t Carve Other Animals? a 1992 publication of short stories, marked the beginning of her creative writing career. After that, she published five books: Nehanda (1993), Without a Name (1994), Under the Tongue (1996), Butterfly Burning (1998), and The Stone Virgins (2002). She also received the Commonwealth Writers Prize for the Africa Region for her book Under the Tongue. Vera frequently discusses the effects of colonial authority on Zimbabwe\u27s ethnic group in her works, as well as the failure of women\u27s hopes to gain Independence. Vera has made an effort to illustrate the colonial tactic of eliminating Zimbabwe\u27s ethnic identity and establishing a colonial identity in Without A Name. Without a Name makes an attempt to analyze how Zimbabwe loses her ethnic name
Living Through Mahesh Dattani’s Plays Edited by P. V. Laxmiprasad
Get PDFLiving Through Mahesh Dattani’s Plays Edited by P. V. Laxmiprasad, New Delhi: Authors Press, India, 2018, ISBN: 978-93-88008-19-8, Price- 995
Jon Fosse: The Singer and Signer of Existential Blues
Get PDFThe year twenty-twenty-three has been a baccate year for Jon Olav Fosse, a Norwegian author, dramaturge, and translator. It is the year in which he has bagged the Nobel prize in literature “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable” (indianexpress.com). His literary realm provokes the mysticism of mundane life, discerning the essence of life, love, loss, logic, and light with the volition of opening a new horizon for the betterment of the coevals and the coming generations. His literary world offers such a spellbinding phenomenon where there is a prominent colouration of the philosophical inquiries of existentialism—that chiefly deals with human beings\u27 existence and essence—especially of existential blues to which this paper proffers to probe exploring, analyzing, and discussing the available material on e-media. This paper attempts to answer the question of whether Jon Fosse is the singer and signer of Existential Blues, or not. To answer this question, existential themes, thoughts, and theories of the great existentialists will be presented as touchstone as possible, and they will help in exploring, analyzing, and discussing the available contents on Fosse’s existential blues on e-media
The Spirit of Age and Ideas in the Novels of PCK Prem Ed: P. V. Laxmiprasad
Get PDFThe Spirit of Age and Ideas in the Novels of PCK Prem Ed: P.V.Laxmiprasad, Authorspress, New Delhi, 2016, ISBN 978-93-5207-414-3, Pp 398, Price 1500/
The Ramayana: An Epic of Indian Ideals and Dharma
Get PDFThe Ramayana is the holiest epic of Hindus. It was written by seer Valmiki. The story of The Ramayana is of two men, Lord Rama and Ravana, the king of Lanka. One is the apostle of good and the other of bad. Lord Rama is considered the greatest ideal human in Hindu mythology and the other, Ravana is known for his villainous attitude in the history of mankind. The characters in The Ramayana fulfil both sides of the coin whether the good or bad characters. The virtuous characters show the path of righteousness and the evil characters lead life to the doom. The character of Rama shows us the duty of Dharma and his wife Sita is the symbol of ideal woman in Hindu mythology. The Ramayana is not merely an epic of Hindu religion, but it is the symbol of the entire world which teaches us how to live a pious life amidst the adverse circumstances
A Beginner’s Guide to Translation by Santosh Alex
Get PDFA Beginner’s Guide to Translation by Santosh Alex, New Delhi: Authors press, ASIN: B08QZ563YD, 2020, Price- INR 295/ $25, pages-102
The Bengali Face in the English Mirror: Reflection of Dalit Consciousness in Shyamal Kumar Pramanik’s The Untouchable & Other Poems
Get PDFShyamal Kumar Pramanik, who belongs to Poundra Kshatriya community, is a significant Bengali Dalit poet with a mission of establishing equality and fraternity among the people. His poetry collection The Untouchable & Other Poems, translated by Jaydeep Sarangi and Anurima Chanda into English, demonstrates him as a poet of Dalit consciousness. Without being violent, he raises the Dalit consciousness so that Dalits may come together and unite themselves in order to break the shackles of exploitation and oppression. He wonders how the non-Dalit authors can express the experiences of Dalits. He envisions the fourth world coming out of the darkness. He makes the untouchable Shambok his representative in voicing Dalits who have always been marginalized. He loves nature and makes her his companion and friend for sharing his feelings. He is a poet of hope and future and, so, continues to sing the song of a casteless society despite the feelings of pains, insults and sufferings. His Bengali face reflects the Dalit consciousness in the English mirror, i.e. The Untouchable & Other Poems. 
Re-routing/Re-mapping Identity and Belongingness Through Mythology and Folklore: A Critical Appraisal of Nandini Sahu’s Poetry
Get PDFLiterature has time and again upheld the importance of looking back at our past and forging meanings through it. Myths generally offer us an insight into the essence and way of the world, its origins and destinies, the fundamentals of human existence and the philosophical burdens that accompany people, history and civilization. Both poetry and myth are metaphorical in their operation. A poet uses his/her creative impulse to make the intangible sensations of life more conspicuous. Nandini Sahu, a contemporary Indian poet employs various Indian myths and folklore in the pursuit of creating an identity of her own. She takes up the challenge of finding her own place in society by searching for her roots and identifying with the people of her own community. Through her poetry, she also aims to bring the myths and folklore at the periphery to center stage. This paper analyses some of her poems to foreground how she uses myth and folklore in establishing her own identity. It further argues that her notion of identity is varied and multifaceted and appeals for the inclusivity of all