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Item MULTITUDINOUS NUANCES IN FARKHANDALODHI’S “CRACKS IN THE HEART”(IJELR, 2018) Narasingaram, JayashreePakistani women writers have been impacted by the consequences of the Partition. This has its ramifications on their narrative strategies and feminist ideologies. One of the strongest and most credited voices of feminism in Pakistan was Farkhanda Lodhi, a prominent Urdu and Punjabi writer, whose works resonate with concerns for women and their rights as did her interest in liberating them in real life as well. Her short story has been translated from Punjabi by Bhushan Arora, an award winning translator, under the title, “Cracks in the Heart”. It is a delicate and touching story of a dove, who, despite being a female, has to contend not only with her natural enemies, but with the intervention of human violence too. Through this story, Lodhi corroborates the fact that, be it humans or children of nature, the women/ female bear the brunt which society imposes upon them. She voices the plight of women through the dove, her struggles in a predatory world, wherein the dove, a symbol of peace, becomes the victim of communal violence.Item NUANCES OF FEMINISTIC OVERTONES IN KIM ADDONIZIO’S POEM, “WHAT DO WOMEN WANT”?(IJARIIE, 2017) Narasingaram, JayashreeIndian English Literature is remarkable in the contributions made by its women writers. Shobha De and Manju Kapur are among them who attempt to portray the conditions of the Indian women who encounter various trials and tribulations due to the conflicting influence of tradition and modernity. They present the tormented consciousness of the urban middle- class women who in search of their own identity changes from a silent sufferer to a complete rebel moving against the age- old traditions, ethics and restrictions of the male dominated society. This sort of self-assertion is reflected in Manju Kapur’s Home and Shobha De’s Sisters. Both works set in a business background, present the central protagonists Mikki and Nisha as women who bravely face and struggle against the bounds of being ‘a woman’ and finally achieve their ardent quest towards being themselves. They affirm the capacity of the new educated Indian women to determine their priorities for self-discovery in emerging as a ‘new woman’.Item JOURNEY TO SELFHOOD IN RAJAM KRISHNAN’S LAMPS IN THE WHIRLPOOL(International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL), 2016-06) Vijayalakshmi TRegional languages are rich in making great literature. The translations include texts written originally in regional, even local languages such as Tamil, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Bengali, and Marathi, among others. According to Mini Krishnan the hope of the editors is that, along with their literary value, these novels: “will express most of the ideas, customs, unquestioned assumptions and the persistent doubts that have characterized Indian life for at least a thousand years, and, more recently, after the impact of western ways of thinking on it” (v).Item ROOSTER COOP ANALOGY: THE STRUGGLE OF THE SUBALTERN IN ARAVIND ADIGA’S THE WHITE TIGER(Bharathidasan College of Arts and Science College Erode, 2018-08) J, MadhumithaThe White Tiger was published in 2008 and it is the debut novel by the Indian author Aravind Adiga. This novel is acclaimed universally as it portrays the darkest side of the Indian society during the post colonial era. The White Tiger also unveils the struggle and suffering of the subaltern people amidst various societal issues like corruption, poverty, unemployment, etc. Even after the end of colonialism people are segregated into upper and lower class based on the caste, community, occupation and economic background. The lower strata people are dominated and suppressed by the higher strata for their posh living. The landlords, business class and industrialists exploit the working class by practicing rooster coop system. In The White Tiger Balram Halwai, the protagonist, a man from the sweet maker caste who is fed up with the rooster coop ideology unchains himself from that system by alternative ways. This reveals that the subaltern people are hard-pressed to choose alternative paths to attain a position in the society. This paper aims to bring out the plight of the subaltern in the post colonial era where the men with large bellies eat up the men with small bellies.Item MORALITY AND MYTH IN SELECT POEMS OF CAROL ANN DUFFY;S THE WORLD’S WIFE(Folklore Resources and Research Centre, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, 2015) A, Dhanalakshmi; M S, Janani PriyatarsiniThe word Myth is derived from Greek term “mythos” which referred to a story or plot that could either be true or invented. Mythology is explained by M H Abrams as “a system of hereditary stories of ancient origin that were once believed to be true by a particular cultural group, and which served to explain why the world is as it is and things happen as they do, to provide a rationale for social customs and observances and to establish the sanctions for the rules by which people conduct their lives” This paper traces the mythical elements that are present in the select poems of Carol Ann Duffy.Item REALISM AS PORTRAYED IN DIBYENDU PALIT’S THE FACES(TRANSSTELLAR AND International Journal of English and Literature IJEL, 2016-02) A, DhanalakshmiWinner of many prestigious prizes for his literary excellence, Dibyendu Palit wrote novels, short stories, essays and poems that proclaimed him as a major Bengali writer. Though he wrote in Bengali most of his works have been translated into English and other major Indian languages. Besides writing he is a reputed journalist who worked as a Senior Assistant Editor with Anandabazar Patrika. He is also a reputed film and drama critic. Palit travelled extensively to represent India in various literary festivals. Most of his works are set in Calcutta and his struggles in life inspired him to write most of his works.Item REDEFINED GENDER ROLES IN FAIRY TALES: A STUDY ON THE PAPER BAG PRINCESS BY ROBERT N. MUNCH(International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translational Studies, 2018-08-02) A, Dhanalakshmi; K, KaviyaThe earliest tales told to children are often fairy tales aimed at delivering morals. Gender positivity is very important in such tales, as they seal the idea on genders and gender- related roles in their minds. While most of the stories have a damsel in distress saved by the knight in the shining armour, many writers reached out to more realistic and gender positive ways of storytelling. This paper is aimed at analysing the fairy tale The Paper Bag Princess written by Robert N. Munsch as a gender-positive and gender redefining tale.