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Beyond the Patriarchal Gaze: Giving Voice to the Silenced in Kavita Kane’s Menaka’s Choice
Full text linkThe Indian mythology, with its immense nexus of legends, goddesses, and female divine beings, has a strong impact on the cultural and social landscape of the Indian subcontinent. These mythical tales have been cleverly re-formulated by the great scholar Kavita Kane who prefigures them by putting them in the vision of women. In her work she brings new views of the vagaries, desire and agency of the female protagonists. The treatise is a comprehensive review of Menaka’s Choice (2016) by Kane, which questions the cultural values that keep reoccurring in the representation of women in the Indian mythopoetic tradition. The themes of female empowerment, self-realisation, and defiance on the conventional social norms are central to the inquiry and are carefully explored. The paper also reflects on the way this story echoes through the present-day Indian society, creating the discussion about gender equality, rights of women and reclaiming the female voice. Through the examination of the cultural mores and gender relations which are brought to life in the novel by Kane, the current article adds to our wider understanding of Indian writing, feminism as well as the central role which mythological narrations have in shaping the social understanding
Corrosive Language Deployment in The Creative Arts and Its Imports in Contemporary Society
Full text linkThis perspective paper examines the many-sided impact of the aberration of language on culture, probing into its role in shaping societal values. Drawing from virtue ethics, discourse analysis and cultural studies, this paper analyzes various creative art forms, including literature, film, and music. It examines how creative expression can challenge the status quo, inspire innovation, and enrich the human experience. It also probes into the intricacies of contemporary creative writing, artistic activities, the language of artists and its significance to society. It discusses the role of literature and other art forms in society, focusing on the African context, and particularly Nigeria. It critiques issues of nudity, sexualization and vulgarity in contemporary Nigerian films and music, arguing that these undermine societal values. Given the rapid changes in society, the study argues that artists need to adapt their works to address the challenges of the modern world, ensures the sustainability of the African identity, particularly Nigerian cultural identity as well as safeguard the age-long environmental wisdom. 
Dawn
Full text linkThe poem Dawn celebrates the quiet yet profound presence of a woman in everyday life. Using the metaphor of dawn, it portrays her as a source of warmth, light, and renewal within the home and heart. Through roles as daughter, sister, mother, and more, she nurtures, strengthens, and transforms spaces with grace and resilience. The poem emphasizes her indispensable role in bringing life, love, and meaning to the world. It concludes with an empowering assertion of identity, reinforcing that this light belongs to her, symbolizing self-worth, agency, and the enduring essence of womanhood
Dalits and Stereotypes: Reading the Politics of Graphic Representations in Select Amar Chitra Katha Comics
Full text linkAs is the case with all other visual mediums, comics are saturated with ideology and are culturally mediated. The representational strategies that are used in comics are thus derived from the society from which they originate. When we read the Amar Chitra Katha comics from the perspective of the Dalit community, we would understand how these stories perpetuate Brahminical ideals, which are stereotyped, disregarded, and excluded from the participation of mainstream society. In the comics of Amar Chitra Katha, the dominating impulses of Hinduism are made manifest not only in the narrative and the characters, but also in the iconography and the artistic features of the storytelling. In this context, the article examines the portrayal of Dalits and indigenous people by delving deeply into the representational tactics that are utilized in "racializing" and "othering" them. The study utilizes chosen comics from the Amar Chitra Katha as its source material. W.T.J. Mitchell and Stuart Hall provide the theoretical foundations around which this work is built. The purpose of this research paper is to get an understanding of the cultural and social circumstances in which these comics are made
A Psychedelic Study of Select Stories in Padmavati the Harlot & Other Stories (Sebuah Studi Psikedelik tentang Cerita-Cerita Terpilih dalam Padmavati si Pelacur & Cerita-Cerita Lainnya)
Full text linkKamala Das has always been vocal about the pain and suffering of the women in contemporary times. Her frankness in dealing with the taboo topics of the society invited unwanted controversies for her. The short stories of Kamala Das mostly speak about the uninhibited desires of the females who often face apprehensive behaviour for having their own ideas of sexuality. The paper is an attempt to read and justify the short stories “That Woman” and “The Little Kitten” in Padmavati the Harlot & Other Stories through a psychedelic approach.
(Kamala Das selalu vokal tentang rasa sakit dan penderitaan para wanita di zaman kontemporer. Kejujurannya dalam menangani topik tabu masyarakat mengundang kontroversi yang tidak diinginkan baginya. Cerita pendek Kamala Das sebagian besar berbicara tentang keinginan perempuan yang tidak terhalang yang sering menghadapi perilaku khawatir karena memiliki gagasan seksualitas mereka sendiri. Surat kabar ini adalah upaya untuk membaca dan membenarkan cerita pendek "That Woman" dan "The Little Kitten" dalam Padmavati the Harlot & Other Stories melalui pendekatan psikedelik.
Arnold Wesker’s Early Plays: A Study of His Personal Experiences
Full text linkArnold Wesker’s Trilogy plays specially Chicken Soup with Barley and Roots bear the mark of his personal experience. These plays were written before he was thirty and all of them are deep-rooted in the playwright’s own life. Among all the modern dramatists, Arnold Wesker is one of the most personally involved authors in his own works, even though drama offers list opportunity for this kind of authorial subjectivity. His achievements as a dramatist have been perceived in close relation to the experiences of his real life. His working-class people spring directly from the texture of his own life. "When I look back it seems to me that all my writings are attempts to resolve or continue more lucidly arguments I had with my family, my friends and the people with whom I worked."(Discovery 1960) His unhappy childhood, his parents\u27 quarrel and a raging conflict within him enabled him to bring gigantic events and ordinary people under his penetrating eyes. He articulated the issues of human relationship forcefully in his novels, letters, reviews and interviews and in his plays as well. Wesker was doing what he did best- writing autobiographically by drawing heavily on his experiences in a Jewish family with a communist mother and socialist friends. He wrote stories about his wife, about his mother and father and his working-class neighbourhood in London\u27s East End, and his trade union aunts who fought the good fight for political causes. Being very strict to his stuff and substance, Wesker modelled some of his characters on his own family members and friends. He painted the people of his plays with the colour and culture, ethics and attitude, code and conduct, beliefs and values of his own background and surroundings. He wrote directly from the first-hand knowledge and personal experience in his early plays. His vision of life is deeply rooted in the long tradition of cultural achievement (family’s roots) that can enrich the lives of individuals and the community. He made his public activities as an integral part of his work