DSpace Collection:http://inet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/63862024-03-28T23:47:35Z2024-03-28T23:47:35ZUnwinding Self. A Collections of Poems by Susheel Kumar SharmaGhosh, Joyjithttp://inet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/64212022-04-05T15:18:39Z2022-02-27T00:00:00ZTitle: Unwinding Self. A Collections of Poems by Susheel Kumar Sharma
Authors: Ghosh, Joyjit
Description: Book Review2022-02-27T00:00:00ZPatient Dignity: Poems by Bashabi Fraser, Paintings by Vibha PankajDas, Jollyhttp://inet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/64202022-04-05T15:18:10Z2022-02-27T00:00:00ZTitle: Patient Dignity: Poems by Bashabi Fraser, Paintings by Vibha Pankaj
Authors: Das, Jolly
Description: Book Review2022-02-27T00:00:00Z“Real Isn’t How You Are Made”: Reconstructing the Real in The Velveteen RabbitLalhmangaihi, Z. D.http://inet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/64192022-04-05T15:17:49Z2022-02-27T00:00:00ZTitle: “Real Isn’t How You Are Made”: Reconstructing the Real in The Velveteen Rabbit
Authors: Lalhmangaihi, Z. D.
Abstract: The paper develops an interpretation of Postmodern reality in The Velveteen Rabbit (1922)
authored by Margery Williams Bianco. Reality is handled in the text as the most contested
and subjective term that is based on how the receiver perceives and interprets,
subsequently disavowing a monolithic view of reality. A vast dimension of reality
adhering to the emotions of the characters that complicates the conventional understanding
of reality shall be taken into account. The sensory perceptions of the characters create and
transmit a sense of reality which is validated when love affirms itself as possessing a
transformative effect on the characters. Without exploiting the thematic concern and
relevance of the book, the paper attempts to problematize the fabric that constitutes reality.
What lies crucial in the narrative is the manner in which fantasy functions as an apparatus
that elides the boundaries and slippage between the real and the unreal. Additionally,
fantasy functions as an alternate form of reality that manifests what lies beyond the
apparent. The Baudrillardian notion of Simulacrum shall be put in place in order to
question the presence of the real without definite and coherent origin of reality. The
Posthumanist stance that surrounds the narrative breaks down the binary of human/non human category while showcasing that non-human constitutes our very embodiment of
being.2022-02-27T00:00:00ZFrom Political Obligation to Social Emancipation: A Reading of Imtiaz Ali’s AnarkaliSingh, Vivekhttp://inet.vidyasagar.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/64182022-04-05T15:17:28Z2022-02-27T00:00:00ZTitle: From Political Obligation to Social Emancipation: A Reading of Imtiaz Ali’s Anarkali
Authors: Singh, Vivek
Abstract: The paper aims to examine the issues related to the obligation that can lead to conflicts.
All of us are duty-bound to follow social norms, adhere to promises and obey laws, which
are also the prerequisites to justice. However, people also have grounds to not believe in
the ‘rightness’ of the rules. The famous Urdu historical drama Anarkali (1922) by Syed
Imtiaz Ali Taj, later translated in English by Zulfiqar Ali, contradicts the popular notion of
justice. Voices imbued within the play defy the political ‘laws’ and plead for reordering
the normative social structure. The play also interrogates repressive colonial ideology
engaging with fear and amnesia of people who surrender their agency in the name of
Order and Laws. The play deals with authority, power, anarchy, and universalizing notion
of justice. The key questions that the paper seeks to address are: a) On what grounds does
this justice rest? b) Why is political obligation necessitated, and how does it clash with
individuals’ notion of liberty? c) How can we navigate the individual will with the power
of authority? Further, the paper also attempts to explore and explain some of the
peculiarities of how social democracy was conceived.2022-02-27T00:00:00Z