Vol 1 – Special Issue September 2025

Forms of Political Resistance: Analyzing Literature and Art
Resistance is an inherent quality in mankind, a quality shared by most civilizations. Human beings have perpetually resisted throughout history, especially when they were subjected to all forms of hegemony. Resistance is predominantly the thought of not giving into the unjust, impartial and immoral.
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The Essence of Psychoanalysis and Ethics of Care in The Silent Patient by Alex Machaelides
Psychoanalysis is a prominent theory that deals with the theory of the human brain. Sigmund Freud is the founder of this Psychoanalysis theory of the brain. He was a doctor and a research scholar. His works have created a great impact on psychology as well as on the western culture....
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The Lion’s Burden: Exploring Trauma and Memory in the movie Mufasa: The Lion King
Trauma is caused by a series of stressful events. Trauma not only affects a person’s mental state but also results in a change of a person’s character. Happy memories and pampered life make an individual complete. Once shelter is lost, those memories remain nostalgic. Mufasa undergoes several stressful events from...
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Ecological Collapse and Magical Deflation in Bacigalupi’s The Tangled Lands
Environmental sustainability is maintained in the ecological world with difference in opinion to communal distribution of people. The magical usage in a cultural background denotes the unique identity created in a minimalized society. This contributes to a disastrous pathway targeting the notions of greater ecological collapse.
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Unveiling Modern Realities: Mental Wellbeing, Survivors Guilt and Societal Pressure in Durjoy Datta’s The Boy Who Loved
Mental wellbeing is an overseen crisis despite having great awareness in modern society. Many people struggle in silence about their anguish, depression, survivors’ guilt and societal expectations without any means of support. Battling repressed trauma, familial pressure and cultural rigidity leads to development of suicidal tendencies in the protagonist of...
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Enhancing Humanity or Repeating History: Unravelling the Dystopian Dimensions of Transhumanism in Ramez Naam’s The Nexus Trilogy
The concept of transhumanism has gained significant attention lately due to its vision for a techno- utopian future, where the human race transcends its biological limitations and reaches an ideal form of existence. Transhumanists claim that the human physiological limitations make it impossible to unravel the astounding capabilities of human...
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Sowing Seeds in the Anthropocene: An Ecocritical Study of Jean Giono’s The Man Who Planted Trees
his paper explores Jean Giono’s The Man Who Planted Trees through an Eco critical view, investigates its significance in the Anthropocene in a positive way—the epoch defined by human-induced environmental changes. It describes the story of the main character named Elzéard Bouffier, a solitary shepherd who transforms an infertile landscape...
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The Study of Diasporic Identity in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake
Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake is a heart-rending and nuanced depiction of the Indian American experience, investigating into the complication of diasporic identity, cultural heritage, and belonging. The novel enlightens the story of the Ganguli family, Indian immigrants in New York, and their struggles to navigate the tensions between cultural tradition...
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Infertility and cultural stigma in Perumal Murugan’s Novel One Part Woman
The concept of infertility in medical terminology during the modern generation is complex and rigid. There are several causes and effects associated with infertility, making it a common issue for both men and women. In India, this topic remains controversial due to traditional narratives that are often unquestioned.
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Romanticism and Rationality: Reimagining Enlightenment and Sentimentalism in Kate Grenville’s The Lieutenant
This article examines the paradigms of epistemological thought, namely rationalism and sentiment which act as a dynamic propulsion behind the conceptual evolution of personal perspectives and societal constructs of ideological consciousness through the often-overlooked dimensions of reason versus emotion, and the clash of enlightenment with moral subjectivity in Kate Grenville’s...
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