Vol 2 – Special Issue (May 2026)

This study examines a revisionist theatrical representation of Surpanakha in Surpanakha: A Search (2025), a solo performance by theatre artist Parshathy J Nath.

This paper examines character development in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, focusing on the moral and psychological growth of the central characters within the racially segregated society of Maycomb, Alabama. The study aims to analyse how individual transformation reflects broader themes of justice, prejudice, and ethical responsibility.

The inheritance of loss by Kiran Desai is a Man Booker Prize winning novel which deals with trauma induced by various factors such as colonialism, racial and class discrimination, poverty, hatred, and violence. All the prominent characters in the novel undergo traumatic experiences which deeply scar and alter their lives.

The novel The Binding Vine by Shashi Deshpande is an intriguing work to study how the mind can overpower the body and its functions. The protagonist Urmi suffers from the trauma of the death of her infant daughter and she tries to cope with the situation in her own way.

This paper examines emotional alienation and loneliness in Kiran Desai's The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, exploring how personal, familial, and socio-historical factors converge to shape profound experiences of isolation.

This paper is about Maria’s transformation in The Sound of Music as a journey of her identity formation. It uses the ideas of Nicholas Mirzoeff in What is Visual Culture and Homi K. Bhabha in “Remembering Fanon” to show that identity is not fixed but develops through interaction and experience.

Literature emerging from regions affected by prolonged political conflict often foregrounds emotional and psychological experiences that conventional historical narratives tend to overlook. The River Never Sleeps by Easterine Kire explores the lives of ordinary individuals in Nagaland whose lives are shaped by conflict, cultural memory, and resilience.

Revathi’s The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story is a distinct memoir of the author's life. This narrative reveals the journey of Revathi as a transgender woman, who struggles to be a part of school, village, and metropolitan city life.

This research paper examines how Toni Morrison's final book, God Help the Child, explores the relationship between childhood trauma and materialism in the twenty-first century. The study highlights Bride's character and examines whether her material success compensates for her psychological healing or erases the pain that she experienced in childhood.

In the fast-evolving age of Digital Media, the originality of authorship is no longer given much prominence. Even misattribution in digital media platforms finds its way in promoting a social concern. And the receptors of these misattributed literary works show no great significance towards the credibility of the literary piece,...