Pub Date : 2022-10-25DOI: 10.56062/gtrs.2022.1.7.6
Sangeeta Kotwal
Thoma s Wolfe, a n America n novelist of the 1920s a nd 30s, is one of the most misunderstood a nd underestimated writers of his genera tion, His relucta nce to follow the tra ditiona l pa th of the novel or to compete a ga inst any standard but his own has not been taken seriously, Most of Wolfe’s critics have shown an exaggerated concern a bout his life which is revea led in his works. There ha ve been a ttempts to see him in the role of a n a utobiogra pher, a nd often critics ha ve tried to pursue his experiences in the hope of finding their sources. Some critics have recognized him a s a n a rtist, but they do not a cknowledge the significa nce of his experiences. His experiencesa re significa nt,a nd so is his a rt. A brillia nt picture of life emerges in his novels a s we rela te one to the other. His novels a rouse strong rea ctions -both positive a nd nega tive, but they rema in true to life. His ea rlier works Look, Homewa rd Angel, a nd Of Time a nd the River a re more a utobiogra phica l tha n the others. At this sta ge, Wolfe wa s still trying to ha rness his intense emotions while tra nsforming them into a rt. Hence the ma turity we see in the la ter novels is missing in the ea rlier ones. And yet we ca nnot but be surprised by the fla shes of brillia nce in his works tha t not only dema nd a pprecia tion from critics a nd the public but a lso inspireschola rs like me to delve deeper into his works for a better understa nding of his life a nd a rt.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-25DOI: 10.56062/gtrs.2022.1.7.4
Atisha Srivastava, Shailendra Singh
In her latest novel, The Earthspinner(2021), Anuradha Roy profusely paints a poignant picture of delicate human relationships, giving more profound insights into shared human vulnerabilities. Roy is particularly adept at weaving a sensitive narrative that resonates with her readers. Infused with myth, memory and history, The Earthspinner chronicles the splintered lives of Sarayu, Elango and Chinna over five years. The novel beautifully portrays an artist’s quest for art and how an artist’s dream creation and his beloved are inextricable. Sectarian strife and the madness of fanaticism drive the protagonists towards irretrievable losses and inconceivable fates. The binaries of creation and destruction are skillfully depicted. The voiceless comforter, Chinna, who transgresses social and religiousbarriers and provides solace with his unconditional love, is the one to be abandoned repeatedly. The loss of and a longing for ‘home’ find prominence throughout the novel. The lapse of five years transforms their lives, but their cravings largely remain unfulfilled. Love for humans is a powerful motivator but it also makes them vulnerable. Unfulfilled longings may lead to a haunting sense of loss, which finds expression in myriad forms within the novel. The narrative is a compelling rendition of love, longing and loss themes. The proposed paper seeks to interpret love from multiple perspectives and understand the diverse longings and scattered losses as sculpted by the author in this work of fiction.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-25DOI: 10.56062/gtrs.2022.1.7.2
Sanjay Johari
Abdul Ka la m Aza d, the former President of India , is known a s the Missile ma n of India. He hasa grea t na me in scientific development, a nd despite this, he is thoroughly a n India n poet. His poetry is replete with huma nism and intellectua litya ndpresentshis huma n concerns for the na tion. He is the pa ra gon for the lea rners. The a esthetic a nd ha rmonious feelings a re the rema rka ble tra its of his poetry. His scientific mood ca n be seen in his poetic diction. He wa s a versa tile genius, a nd his excellent cra ftsma nship identified his versa tility. His religious fa ith and love for the nation compelled him to pa int the socia l rea lity on his poetic ca nva s. Ka la m's poems express human concern, love, pea ce,a nd ha rmony. He succeeds in this a ttempt by selecting ima ges a nd symbols from his personal life. Indeed, his poetry a bounds in the spiritof pa triotism, heroism,a nd self-sa crifice. His inspiring poems have a ma rvelous sense of vision, pa ssion, ima gina tion,a nd innova tion. Therefore, it ca n be sa id tha t Ka la m wa s a highly innova tive poet of India .
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Pub Date : 2022-10-25DOI: 10.56062/gtrs.2022.1.7.3
P. Laxmiprasad
Salman Rashid is Pakistan's most prominent travel writer. He has written nine travel novels. His debut memoir is titled A Time of Ma dness. The pa rtition of India in 1947 into two sepa ra te na tions, Pa kista n a nd India , wa s considered a ma noeuvre by the Colonia l British to use Divide a nd Rule ta ctics. The end consequence wa s dea dly ma yhem. People lost their identity while a ttempting to esta blish themselves in a new na tion a nd their na tive country. In the ensuing ma ss migra tion, they were sca rred a nd exiled. Millions of innocent individua ls were trea ted inhuma nely. The turmoil a nd disorder of life da nced on them. This book depicts the a uthor's persona l a dventure aga inst this ba ckground. To the rea ders, his own experiences a re a sta rk rea lity. "Consequently, when the memory of Pa rtition is irrevoca bly oblitera ted with the rise of my genera tion, we sha ll be left with no hope," he finishes the Memoir. The grea test tragedy will not be the loss of lives a nd property during the 1947 turmoil. Those efforts would ha ve been in va in since they never inspired us."
萨尔曼·拉希德是巴基斯坦最著名的旅行作家。他写了九本旅行小说。他的处女作是回忆录《Ma Time of Ma》。1947年印度分裂为两个独立的国家，巴基斯坦和印度，被殖民地英国认为是使用分而治之策略的一个新尝试。最终的结果是非常糟糕的。当人们试图在一个新的民族和他们的祖国中获得幸福时，他们失去了自己的身份。在随后的大规模移民中，他们被逮捕并流放。数百万无辜的人受到不人道的对待。生活的混乱和无序给他们带来了痛苦。这本书描绘了作者在这一背景下的冒险历程。对读者来说，他自己的经历是真实的。“因此，当分裂的记忆随着我们这一代人的崛起而被不可挽回地抹去时，我们将没有希望，”他在回忆录的结尾写道。最大的考验悲剧不会是1947年动荡期间生命和财产的损失。这些努力本来是徒劳的，因为它们从来没有激励过我们。”
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Pub Date : 2022-09-25DOI: 10.56062/gtrs.2022.1.6.5
Tamali Neogi
Lustus: The Prince of Darkness, the first book in Dr. J.S. Anand's Mahakaal Trilogy, is said to be a living picture of a nightmare, apocalyptic, postmodernworld that has been torn apart by the evil-incarnate Lustus, who is Satan's successor, and his destructive artefacts. Satan anoints Lustus, whose evil plans are the underground forces that move human civilization toward its destruction. The poet focuses his lens on horrible and blatant social, political, ethical, religious, and moral decadence of the modern world, which makes for a fascinating and engrossing study of evil and a fascinating and engaging look at the modern human condition.Dr. Anand has skillfully dealt with the moral problems ofthe war between good and evil. He has done this by using a lot of metaphors, symbols, and multiple layers of identification. For example, Ravana is the head of the postmodern corporate world, Adam wears postmodern clothes, and Lustus is the Satan of postmodern times. These characters are well-versed in modern science, humanities, technology, and artificial intelligence.
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Pub Date : 2022-09-25DOI: 10.56062/gtrs.2022.1.6.3
Aakash Sharma
The most fundamental relationship in a universe divided into numerous categories and subgroups is anchored in the corporeality of human life. The social hierarchy is mostly determined by how someone behaves and fulfilshisjob in society. This "norm" of the human condition results from ableist normative discourses datingback hundreds of years. In the Rāmāyana, Shravana Kumara is revered as the torchbearer of filial piety towards his parents, who were both blind hermits; they depended on their son’s dedication tofulfilling their life’s end goal. Blackfrom2005 is frequently considered a turning point in Indian cinema since it depicts a handicap narrative quite well. A bildungsroman about Michelle McNally (Rani Mukherjee), who loses her sight and hearing as a young girl, the movie features Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee in the pivotalroles. While Michelle's condition and how she deals with it to move forward in life is the film's central topic, other undertonesmay be seen in how it portrays a disabled female kid.Every opportunity should be considered when casting a disabled actor to actualize the representation of disabled persons in the arts and film. Radical measures must be taken, including reviewing the casting procedures and introducingaudition venues suitable for performers with disabilities. Disabled students and staff members should be actively encouraged to participate in schools and institutions.
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Pub Date : 2022-09-25DOI: 10.56062/gtrs.2022.1.6.6
Vaibhav Sabnis
Legal language is the essence of our lives as law touches every walk of our lives. There is an indivisible connection between law and language. Laws are expressed in language and language has its own laws. Legal lexicon is an indispensable entity of legal language. In order to understand the laws, duties, rights and legal matters, it is imperative to understand legal language which is full of distinct lexicon. Same words carry different meanings in legal and ordinary contexts. There are archaic words and phrases besides the overpowering of foreign words which have been fully assimilated in the legal language. All these need to be taken into consideration. The present paper focuses on the various facets, features and nuances of legal lexicon.
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Pub Date : 2022-09-25DOI: 10.56062/gtrs.2022.1.6.2
Sandhya Saxena
R. K. Laxman, the pioneer Indian cartoonist whose cartoons have enlivened the pages of the Times of India for decades, comments on the political phantasmagoria of the country through his legendary Common Man,who is seen hanging around in the background of almost all the significant happenings as a representative of the mute millions of our country. The creator of the illustrious Common Man breathed his last on Jan. 26, 2015,having suffered a multi-organ failure. He was accorded a state funeral at Vaikunth Crematorium inPune. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis,announced a memorial to honour the renowned cartoonist. With his demise,the curtain is drawn on an era of cartooning representinga great deal of ethics and balance. The present article is a tribute to the legendary artist whose birth centenary passed unnoticed in 2021.
印度漫画家先驱r·k·拉克斯曼(R. K. Laxman)的漫画几十年来一直活跃在《印度时报》(Times of India)的版面上，他通过他的传奇人物“普通人”(Common Man)来评论这个国家的政治变幻，他作为我们国家数百万沉默的人的代表，在几乎所有重大事件的背景中徘徊。2015年1月26日，这位著名的《普通人》的创作者因多器官衰竭而去世。他在浦那的Vaikunth火葬场举行了国葬。马哈拉施特拉邦首席部长Devendra Fadnavis宣布了纪念这位著名漫画家的纪念碑。随着他的去世，一个代表了大量道德和平衡的漫画时代落下了帷幕。这篇文章是对这位传奇艺术家的致敬，他的百年诞辰在2021年悄然逝去。
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Pub Date : 2022-09-25DOI: 10.56062/gtrs.2022.1.6.4
Alka Rani Purwar
Over the years, Indian English Fiction has entered a new phase of an incomparable portrayal of the New Indian woman who is not always happy with the constraining cultural, natural, and sexual duties allocated to her by patriarchal India's unconscious dawn. In her parental house, the woman may be a daughter or sister, and in her husband's family, she can be a wife and mother. She will also be required to perform a professional role. Above all, Nature gave her a sex-based position in which she is naturally limited. Divided between her natural and cultural roles,a woman can be only a daughter, sister, wife, or mother but never her real ‘she’. She wants the freedom to think and live for herself as a human being and liberation from her womanhood. She sometimes escapesher culture-bound duties since there is no way out of her nature-bound responsibilities, particularly her function as a procreator and sexual partner.
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Pub Date : 2022-09-09DOI: 10.56062/gtrs.2022.1.6.1
Aftab Ur Rahaman Zahin
This paper attempts to evaluate the resistance to the ethnic and gender subalternity portrayed by Mahasweta Devi n the story, Draupadi. Mahasweta Devi portrays a figure of resistance to the multi-layered subalternity through the rejection of gender performative acts in both theatrical and non-theatrical contexts of subaltern. The story, Draupadi, challenges the conventional phallocentric representation of gender subalterns and colonial domination over marginalized ethnicity through the construction of the character, Dopdi Mejhen (or Draupadi), a young Santal widow, fighting for the socioeconomic freedom of her tribe, who radically stands naked exposing her blood spotted body against the oppressive colonizer after extreme physical oppression, to protest the patriarchal and colonial domination over her body and ethnic community. She is subaltern by her class, caste and gender; but liberates herself from subalternity through non-cooperation resistance. This paper applies the theory of ‘subalternity’ of Ranajit Guha and Chakravorty Spivak to bring out the aspects of multi-layered subalternity and intellectual location of the resistance; and theory of ‘gender performativity’ of Judith Butler to evaluate the resistance of gender subalternity. This research proves that the conquering resistance to the colonial domination and subalternity is the result of the non-cooperative movement against dominant elitism, rejection of gender performative acts in both theatrical and nontheatrical contexts, radical stand against ethnic representation, existential tactic to disrupt the essential codes and dominant administrative colonial power.
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