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Prem Rog 1982, Directed by Raj Kapoor
Get PDFPrem Rog 1982, Directed by Raj Kapoor, Written by Jainendra Jain, R. K. Films, Time 172 Minutes, Language Hindi, India
When Words are Used against You: The Case of Varavara Rao and the Right to Expression
Get PDFThis research paper is a legal examination of the work Captive Imagination: Letters from Prison, a collection of letters by the poet Varavara Rao. Written while in prison, the letters not only tell the story of his imprisonment, they also serve as a critique of the legal and judicial apparatuses of the Indian state. The inquiry investigates the laws under which Rao was allowed to be imprisoned multiple times, particularly under preventive detention laws and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The broad and vague definitions of these laws have been a subject of criticism. These laws will be examined with reference to the constitutional rights to free speech and personal liberty and the presumption of innocence. The paper carries an analysis of the literary imaginings of Rao, alongside the legal processes that helped in his confinement, to understand how law can be unjust while being just and vice versa. The letters of Rao reveal how prolonged detention without the trial affected him psychologically as well as existentially. Even in darkness, they resist the erasure of political dissent through poetry and philosophy. Captive Imagination turns the prison into a site that challenges the ideological content of the state narrative, helping to re-establish the dignity of the imprisoned subject. This legal-literary analysis demands a humane legal system, which should provide accountability. The need for the same has been highlighted in the context of political prisoners and dissenters within democracy
Exploring Binaries: The Melding of Realistic and Gothic Elements in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights
Get PDFThis paper explores “binary oppositions” inherent in the nineteenth century English novel, as epitomised in Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, through subversion and embracing of duality. The recognition of the novel as a fictive narrative form separate from general prose narratives, coincided with the Enlightenment bringing in a strict divisioning between fact and fiction, on the heels of the rise of scientific method. Simultaneously, the Gothic emerged as a reactionary genre, navigating through this ‘scientific’ overreach into the literary. What resulted is a narrative in which the lines between the real and the fantastical blur, where the factual and the fictional cannot be easily distinguished and where one fails to differentiate between reality and imagination. Realism, as opposed to Gothic fiction, deals with the real, trying to expose or portray life as it is. Emily Bronte’s only published novel, Wuthering Heights, is a juxtaposition of the two. The paper aims to establish the premise that Bronte subverts ‘binary opposites ’ to erase the differences between the real and the fantastical. This study has applied I.A. Richard’s ‘close reading’ as an interpretive strategy and Derrida’s deconstructive method to probe beneath the surface of the apparant. In addition, the research aims to establish how Bronte utilises ‘binary opposites ’ to achieve both realistic and gothic modes of storytelling. In conclusion, the study also looks at Bronte’s adoption of the gothic to voice out social injustices, in another example of the deconstructive strategy
Communication and Conflict Resolution: An Exposé of Drum of War (DOW)
No full textThe role of communication in conflict resolution remains pivotal in societies plagued by violence and unrest. This study explores how drama, as a form of traditional communication, is deployed in addressing conflict and promoting peace, using Ojo Rasaki’s Drums of War (DOW) as a case study. The paper applies the Communication Accommodation Theory (CAT) to analyse how characters in the play shift their communicative behaviours to either escalate or de-escalate tensions within a war-driven narrative. Through a qualitative, text-based analysis, the study highlights how the play captures the devastating effects of war, political manipulation, ethnic tension, and the marginalisation of the masses. It also foregrounds the significant roles of women and civil society in promoting peace through collective action and advocacy. Findings suggest that traditional African media, especially drama, holds immense potential as a tool for peacebuilding, social re-orientation, and conflict resolution. The study recommends leveraging indigenous communication platforms to promote national unity and sustainable development in multi-ethnic societies like Nigeria
Death- The Deliverer
Get PDFThis poem expresses the oft-sought deliverer of humans in their utmost times of pain. what it offers to deliver and how it persuades one is the implications of the poem
Fragmentation and Black Consciousness in Amiri Baraka’s The System of Dante’s Hell
Get PDFAmiri Baraka’s The System of Dante’s Hell is a 1965 avant-garde novel that has become one of the most discussed and challenging works of African American literature. The novel depicts the protagonist’s multi-faceted descent into a racialized place of existential hell, which may be seen as similar to the fragmentation of his own self and the harrowing journey towards a new Black consciousness. Through the theoretical lens of the Black Arts Movement and existentialism, the article examines how Baraka is radicalizing Dante Alighieri’s familiar form in order to produce an American hell influenced by systemic racism, cultural alienation, and a deeply rooted and internalized sense of oppression. The novel\u27s non-linear structure, its tangled and random narration, and graphic realism mirror the psychological dilemma of its protagonist, his sexuality, and identity in a hostile white-dominated society. After examining the complex themes, concerning disillusionment over assimilation, the tensions surrounding Black masculinity, and the pain that arises from confronting deeply internalized self-hatred, the paper argues that The System of Dante’s Hell is not merely a representation of suffering, but a necessary excavation of the soul through a brutal encounter with the “system,” which ultimately liberates the protagonist and re-establish their sense of self within the larger societal fabric
Understanding Power Dynamics Through Speech Act Theory from the Play Final Solutions Written by Mahesh Dattani
Get PDFMahesh Dattani’s play Final Solutions highlights the ever-growing problem of Hindu versus Muslim rivalry in this play. The action of the play revolves around communal rivalry, gender discrimination and a dilemma of past and present. Hence, the present study focuses on the language used by the major and minor characters of the play. The power dynamics shown by the characters in this play through their utterances is the topic of discussion in this study. The dialogues where the characters perform some functions have been explored and analyzed by applying the theory of speech act as discussed by J. L. Austin and John Searle in their books. After analyzing particular dialogues on locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary speech acts the real intention of the characters is understood. It is observed that the characters reveal their authority, nostalgia, subversiveness, anger, frustration, prejudices, through speech acts
I Feel Covid
Get PDFThe poem was written during the second wave of the pandemic which was characterized by isolation and morbidity of the infection
Bleak For Love
Get PDFThe poem expresses deep emotional pain and longing after the loss of a loved one. It begins with a sense of joy and completeness brought by their presence, which soon turns into sorrow and emptiness after their departure. The speaker questions the beloved’s broken promises and the transformation of love into grief. Despite the hurt, the speaker admits to loving them fully—even for their lies—and finds solace only in cherished memories that bring both laughter and tears. Ultimately, the poem concludes that the beloved came into their life solely to leave behind unforgettable memories