The Social, Cultural and Spiritual Dimensions of Modern Indian Poetry in English, edited by VK Roy, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK, 2017
RK Singh is one of the remarkable and prolific post-Independent Indian English poets credited wit... more RK Singh is one of the remarkable and prolific post-Independent Indian English poets credited with more than fifteen collections of poems besides his numerous other publications. There are various aspects of his poetry that draw attention of the readers but the most important of them are social and spiritual ones. On the one hand we find his poetry as a social criticism, but on the other hand we find it imbued with spiritual experience which has not been explored at large. The present study focuses on the fusion of social and spiritual elements in his poetry.
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playwrights, namely Alice Childress, Lorraine Hansberry, and Suzan-Lori Parks who, through their plays, have voiced against social, economic, political and cultural exploitation of African Americans. These women playwrights used the theatre as a movement to dissent against the injustices meted out to them as black, female, and servant. The common topics of their plays were poverty, miscegenation, passing for whites, lynching, motherhood, African American history and identity.
The book focuses on the rise and development of the African American dramatic art that has been marked at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In fact, African American theatre has evolved through African folk culture having its roots in oral stage performances as well as in dance drama that the African Americans brought with them. It has gone through many ups and downs, still it has significantly contributed to American theatre. African American dramatists have destroyed the prejudices which were in existence pertaining to the history, culture, civilization and the life style of African Americans in general and African American women in particular.
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The present book has been divided into two sections ‘Manhood and Grasshood’ and ‘Birdhood.’ The first section covers more than half of the book. It mainly deals with the poet’s experiences of glee and gloom with ‘Men and Countries’. He describes the golden time of ancient India that allured the ‘Foreign merchants and missionaries’ ‘carrying Christ’s message’ but the ill wills of the invaders disappoint him because they ‘ravished her’ a number of times. In the course of time there have been drastic changes in the terms of social, economic and political. The poet believes that being a huge nation sometimes the unimaginable happenings distress India’s soul. Still it is a progressive, sovereign and democratic country where people of all cultures and creeds live together. So we should not forget the love and fraternity.
For more books please visit: http://www.arsartium.org/Catalogues.html OR http://waoar.org/research-publications/books/
There are human touch and spiritual longing in her poems. She wants to make her poem ‘the song of humanity’. She believes that attaining ‘lofty thoughts’ one can get victory over the ‘worldly thoughts’, ‘materialism’, ‘power’, ‘Money, physical beauty and lust’. (‘Ocean of Thoughts’) She suggests that to achieve ‘peace’ and spiritual delight one needs to change worldly perception. In beginning one can be ‘baffled and restless’ but it is strong inclination that helps one to achieve it. (‘I am the Wave in the Ocean…’)
For more books please visit: http://www.arsartium.org/Catalogues.html OR http://waoar.org/research-publications/books/
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Our successful endeavour has already resulted in bringing out two well received and admired books: Anti-War and Peace: IFLAC Anthology (2018) and Anti-Terror and Peace: IFLAC Anthology (2016). These books have fragrances of all cultures. This year the theme of our book is: “Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery,” to raise the issues which are not touched enough, and have remained far away from the major concerns of the governments and the large public. It is our attempt to be the voice of the voiceless, and to bring this major calamity to the forefront, so that it can be dealt with and erased from our world.
Human trafficking is a method of slavery in the modern age for the sole purpose of financial benefits. Global networks work behind it in which both children and adults are trapped by force or by deception for sexual exploitation and bonded labour. There are also various cases in which the victims’ legs or hands are chopped, as we see in India, and they are sent to different cities for begging alms for their owners. Debt bondage is also common in South Asia where the victims are forced to work in brick kilns, hotels, shops, and also as domestic servants. There are numerous wrongful activities for which the victims are enslaved and they lead hellish lives. One of the recent activities of modern slavery was exposed by Anti-Slavery International, London, about the girls and young women who work for international brands of fabric and garment manufacturing industries in India. All these inhuman practices are done in the day light. The involvement of government officials has made this evil trade to continue because most of the victims are helpless, and come from the poor backgrounds and downtrodden classes. In India, most of them come from the lowest castes called Dalits. The fact that there is still caste system in India in the 21st century, differentiating between people already at their birth, is also a calamity that should be removed by now!
Discrimination caused by fundamentalism and religious nationalism supports the system of human trafficking and modern slavery. In most of the illegal activities the so called upper class people are involved. “To bed women of the lower section of society but not to wed them” is an acceptable traditional concept for them. They use it to connect all their malicious and nefarious activities with their rights as members of the upper class. The practice of sex-slavery by radical and fanatic groups was widely exposed by reporters who interviewed the victims who were rescued from their slavery. This Anthology has an excellent article on this subject, by Free Pen.
The COVID-19 gave rise to the heinous crimes of human trafficking. This pandemic brought great misfortune to various people: many children lost their parents, and many young women lost their husbands. This situation helped Human Traffickers to entrap their victims. When the whole world was silenced by this pandemic, these people could not get help from any corner. The economic crisis affected them worst, and they became the easiest victims of human trafficking and modern slavery.
To keep dignified humanity on earth, sustained freedom from all kinds of bondage and slavery is essential. For this, the Call for our present IFLAC Anthology (2021) attracted many excellent original contributions in forms of articles, stories, poems, interviews, haikus and paintings from 19 countries: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Eduador, France, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
We believe, this much needed book will be warmly welcomed by the lovers of humanity and will wake up the governments as well as UNESCO and the UN, from their deep slumber. They should work together with NGOs, related Institutions and conscientious citizens, and take strong and honest steps towards releasing the victims from human trafficking and modern slavery, and eradicating this vilest evil from the world.
Our hope is well expressed in the following lines of “Ode to the West Wind” by P. B. Shelley:
Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth
Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind!
Be through my lips to unawakened earth
The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? (Lines 66-70)
- Dr. Vijay Kumar Roy
We are proud to say that this anthology has received global voices in the forms of different pieces of works in English and also some in French brimming with different messages, ideas, experiences, suggestions, methods of conciliation and many more to once again play a pivotal role in stopping war, terrorism, and spreading mutual love, respect, trust, universal brotherhood, peace and harmony in the world.
It is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CRJSFQ6
For more books please visit: http://www.arsartium.org/Catalogues.html OR http://waoar.org/research-publications/books/
For more books please visit: http://www.arsartium.org/Catalogues.html OR http://waoar.org/research-publications/books/
Contributors
1. Prof. Pashupati Jha
2. Khan Bharti (original name Prof. Zafar Khan)
3. Prof. RK Singh: An Eminent English Poet and Professor of English, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand.
4. Dr. K. V. Dominic: A famous poet, editor and critic, Kerala.
5. Dr. Vijay Kumar Roy: A bilingual poet, author, editor and critic.
6. Dr. Sudhir Narayan Singh
7. Natasa Thoudam: A Poetess living in Bangalore, Karnataka.
8. Alka Agrawal: A Poetess and Associate Professor, Department of English, NKBMG PG College, Chandausi, UP.
9. Richa Tripathi: A Poetess and Assistant Professor of English, Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities, Galgotia College of Engineering and Technology, Noida, UP.
10. Vinay Kumar Dubey: A Poet and a Research Scholar, Department of English, Mewar University, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.
11. Anant kumar: A Poet and a Research Scholar, Department of English, Patna University, Patna, Bihar.
12. Madhulika Raj Singh: A Poetess living at Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.
13. K R Lakshminarayanan: Former Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Thamizhnadu -602 105.
14. Monika: A Poetess, SRM University, NCR Campus, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, UP.
15. R. Janaky: A Poetess living at Vadodara in Gujarat.
16. D. Ravi Kumar: A Poet, Senior English Teacher, Ida Scudder School, Vellore and PhD Research Scholar, VIT University, Vellore.
17. Dr. Murlikrishnan TR: A Poet and Associate Professor of English, M.E.S College, Marampally, Aluva, Ernakulam (Dist.), Kerala.
18. Dalvir Singh Gahlawat: A Poet and Sub-Inspector in Delhi Police.
19. Rajender Singh: A Poet and Assistant Professor of English, Govt. P.G. College Jind, Haryana.
20. Dr. Arti kumara: A Poetess and Assistant Teacher of English, Zila School, Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
21. Tarun Kumar Yadav ‘Taruvar’: A Poet and Research Scholar, Department of English, LN Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar.
22. Dr. Rajnish Mishra: Ghaziabad, UP
23. Dr. Veena Yadava: A Poetess and Assistant Professor of English, Govt. College, Nahar, Rewari, Haryana.
24. Prof. Kum Kum Ray: A Poetess and Director, Amity School of Languages, Amity University, Lucknow Campus, Uttar Pradesh.
25. Nikhil Joshi: Anand, Gujarat.
26. Vivekanand Jha
27. Shyamolima Saikia: A Poet living at Borpukhuripar, Dibrugarh in Assam.
28. Ankita Khanna:
29. Barathi S: A Poet living in Erode, Tamil Nadu.
30. Dr. Harmik Vaishnav: Ahmedabad, Gujrat.
31. Veerendra Kumar Mishra: New Delhi
32. Dr. Daisy: Sonipat, Haryana.
33. Lokesh Roy: A Poet living in Cuttack, Orissa.
34. Dr. Stanley M. Stephen: Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
35. Sangeeta Mahesh: Moradabad, UP.
36. Vandana Rajoriya: Madhya Pradesh.
37. Abhinandan Bassi: Punjab.
38. Dr. Rashmi Mehta: Ahmedabad, Gujrat.
39. Jean Dsouza: A Poet and Associate Professor of English, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
40. Arya Bharti
41. Dr. Ulka S. Wadekar: Amravati, Maharashtra.
42. Kajal Sharma: Alwar.
43. Ketan Bagga: Bhiwani, Haryana.
44. Lekha Roy: Noida, UP.
45. Dr. Rajesh Ranjan: New Delhi.
46. Dr. Mahesh Kumar Dey: Surat, Gujarat.
47. Dr. Upendra Gami: Ghaziabad, UP.
48. Dr J. Jenitha: Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.
49. Sony Dalia is the pseudonym of T. Sai Chandra Mouli, a poet living in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
50. Dr. Tribhuwan Kumar: Modinagar, Ghaziabad, UP.
51. Dr. Binod Mishra: Patna, Bihar.
Contents: Devotional Literature of India: A Critical Study of the Poetry of Kabirdas, Tulsidas and Meerabai; The Bhagwadgita and the Poetry of WB Yeats: A Study in Influence; Matrix of Life and Shankaracharya’s Vivekacuramani: A Prismatic Construal; Apostles of Truth: Donne and Kabir; Kabirdas: A Poet of All Time; Kabir and His Mysticism; Metaphysical Poetry and the Metaphysics of Poetry in John Donne and Kabir; Sant Kabir’s Poetry: The Quintessence of Life; Spiritual Thought in Tulsi Das's The Sri Ramcharimanas; Mirabai: Saint, Singer and Seeker; Sant Tukaram: A Paragon of Altruism; Akkamahadevi: A Saga of Spirituality and Mystic Thought; and From Darkness to Light: Spiritual Reverberations in the Poetry of Vivekananda
Contents
1. Devotional Literature of India: A Critical Study of the Poetry of Kabirdas, Tulsidas and Meerabai
–Vijay Kumar Roy
2. The Bhagwadgita and the Poetry of WB Yeats: A Study in Influence
-Satendra Kumar
3. Matrix of Life and Shankaracharya’s Vivekacuramani: A Prismatic Construal
-Rashi Sharma
4. Apostles of Truth: Donne and Kabir
-Jai Shankar Jha
5. Kabirdas: A Poet of All Time
-Arti Kumari
6. Kabir and His Mysticism
-Rajesh Ranjan
7. Metaphysical Poetry and the Metaphysics of Poetry in John Donne and Kabir
-Veerendra Kumar Mishra and Anurag Kumar
8. Sant Kabir’s Poetry: The Quintessence of Life
-Ulka S. Wadekar
9. Spiritual Thought in Tulsi Das’s The Sri Ramcharitmanas
-Sudista Prasad Singh
10. Mirabai: Saint, Singer and Seeker
-S. Ahmad Raza Abidi
11. Sant Tukaram: A Paragon of Altruism
-Ulka S. Wadekar
12. Akkamahadevi: A Saga of Spirituality and Mystic Thought
-Ramesh P. Chavan
13. From Darkness to Light: Spiritual Reverberations in the Poetry of Vivekananda
-Sanjeev Kumar
Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
1. Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan: A Script Written in Blood
-T. Sasikanth Reddy
2. Dillema of Existence of a Modern Man in Arun Joshi’s The Last Labyrinth
-Grishma Khobragade
3. Social Realism in the Portrayal of Rural India in the Select Novels of Kamala Markandaya
– Banumathe Balan
4. A Journey to the ‘World’ Beyond the Parameters of a Confined ‘Self’: A Critical Study of Anita Desai’s In Custody
-Saptarshi Mallick
5. Shashi Deshpande’s Small Remedies: A Critical Study
- T. Jeevan Kumar
6. The Changing Consciousness of Indian Women as Depicted in Major Works of Manju Kapur
-Chandana John
7. Deteriorating relationships And Marital Maladies in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Novels
-Madhavi S. Paul
8. Dehierarchising Colonial History in The Calcutta Chromosome: A Bakhtinian Perspective
-VK Tewari & Seema Singh
9. Perils of Nature’: Re-reading Amitava Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide
-Antara Saha
10. Linguistic Resistance in Sea of Poppies
-Kruti Trivedi
11. Power of Relationship’s in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and Shobhaa De’s S’s Secret
-Manish Shrivastava & Kamaljeet Sinha
12. Metamorphosis of Sampath in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
-Kamaljeet Sinha
13. An Analysis of the Themes of Inferiority Complex and Indians' Inordinate Fascination for the West in Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss
-Nidhi Mehta
Index
playwrights, namely Alice Childress, Lorraine Hansberry, and Suzan-Lori Parks who, through their plays, have voiced against social, economic, political and cultural exploitation of African Americans. These women playwrights used the theatre as a movement to dissent against the injustices meted out to them as black, female, and servant. The common topics of their plays were poverty, miscegenation, passing for whites, lynching, motherhood, African American history and identity.
The book focuses on the rise and development of the African American dramatic art that has been marked at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In fact, African American theatre has evolved through African folk culture having its roots in oral stage performances as well as in dance drama that the African Americans brought with them. It has gone through many ups and downs, still it has significantly contributed to American theatre. African American dramatists have destroyed the prejudices which were in existence pertaining to the history, culture, civilization and the life style of African Americans in general and African American women in particular.
For more books please visit: http://www.arsartium.org/Catalogues.html OR http://waoar.org/research-publications/books/
For more books please visit: http://www.arsartium.org/Catalogues.html OR http://waoar.org/research-publications/books/
The present book has been divided into two sections ‘Manhood and Grasshood’ and ‘Birdhood.’ The first section covers more than half of the book. It mainly deals with the poet’s experiences of glee and gloom with ‘Men and Countries’. He describes the golden time of ancient India that allured the ‘Foreign merchants and missionaries’ ‘carrying Christ’s message’ but the ill wills of the invaders disappoint him because they ‘ravished her’ a number of times. In the course of time there have been drastic changes in the terms of social, economic and political. The poet believes that being a huge nation sometimes the unimaginable happenings distress India’s soul. Still it is a progressive, sovereign and democratic country where people of all cultures and creeds live together. So we should not forget the love and fraternity.
For more books please visit: http://www.arsartium.org/Catalogues.html OR http://waoar.org/research-publications/books/
There are human touch and spiritual longing in her poems. She wants to make her poem ‘the song of humanity’. She believes that attaining ‘lofty thoughts’ one can get victory over the ‘worldly thoughts’, ‘materialism’, ‘power’, ‘Money, physical beauty and lust’. (‘Ocean of Thoughts’) She suggests that to achieve ‘peace’ and spiritual delight one needs to change worldly perception. In beginning one can be ‘baffled and restless’ but it is strong inclination that helps one to achieve it. (‘I am the Wave in the Ocean…’)
For more books please visit: http://www.arsartium.org/Catalogues.html OR http://waoar.org/research-publications/books/
Our successful endeavour has already resulted in bringing out two well received and admired books: Anti-War and Peace: IFLAC Anthology (2018) and Anti-Terror and Peace: IFLAC Anthology (2016). These books have fragrances of all cultures. This year the theme of our book is: “Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery,” to raise the issues which are not touched enough, and have remained far away from the major concerns of the governments and the large public. It is our attempt to be the voice of the voiceless, and to bring this major calamity to the forefront, so that it can be dealt with and erased from our world.
Human trafficking is a method of slavery in the modern age for the sole purpose of financial benefits. Global networks work behind it in which both children and adults are trapped by force or by deception for sexual exploitation and bonded labour. There are also various cases in which the victims’ legs or hands are chopped, as we see in India, and they are sent to different cities for begging alms for their owners. Debt bondage is also common in South Asia where the victims are forced to work in brick kilns, hotels, shops, and also as domestic servants. There are numerous wrongful activities for which the victims are enslaved and they lead hellish lives. One of the recent activities of modern slavery was exposed by Anti-Slavery International, London, about the girls and young women who work for international brands of fabric and garment manufacturing industries in India. All these inhuman practices are done in the day light. The involvement of government officials has made this evil trade to continue because most of the victims are helpless, and come from the poor backgrounds and downtrodden classes. In India, most of them come from the lowest castes called Dalits. The fact that there is still caste system in India in the 21st century, differentiating between people already at their birth, is also a calamity that should be removed by now!
Discrimination caused by fundamentalism and religious nationalism supports the system of human trafficking and modern slavery. In most of the illegal activities the so called upper class people are involved. “To bed women of the lower section of society but not to wed them” is an acceptable traditional concept for them. They use it to connect all their malicious and nefarious activities with their rights as members of the upper class. The practice of sex-slavery by radical and fanatic groups was widely exposed by reporters who interviewed the victims who were rescued from their slavery. This Anthology has an excellent article on this subject, by Free Pen.
The COVID-19 gave rise to the heinous crimes of human trafficking. This pandemic brought great misfortune to various people: many children lost their parents, and many young women lost their husbands. This situation helped Human Traffickers to entrap their victims. When the whole world was silenced by this pandemic, these people could not get help from any corner. The economic crisis affected them worst, and they became the easiest victims of human trafficking and modern slavery.
To keep dignified humanity on earth, sustained freedom from all kinds of bondage and slavery is essential. For this, the Call for our present IFLAC Anthology (2021) attracted many excellent original contributions in forms of articles, stories, poems, interviews, haikus and paintings from 19 countries: Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Eduador, France, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
We believe, this much needed book will be warmly welcomed by the lovers of humanity and will wake up the governments as well as UNESCO and the UN, from their deep slumber. They should work together with NGOs, related Institutions and conscientious citizens, and take strong and honest steps towards releasing the victims from human trafficking and modern slavery, and eradicating this vilest evil from the world.
Our hope is well expressed in the following lines of “Ode to the West Wind” by P. B. Shelley:
Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth
Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind!
Be through my lips to unawakened earth
The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? (Lines 66-70)
- Dr. Vijay Kumar Roy
We are proud to say that this anthology has received global voices in the forms of different pieces of works in English and also some in French brimming with different messages, ideas, experiences, suggestions, methods of conciliation and many more to once again play a pivotal role in stopping war, terrorism, and spreading mutual love, respect, trust, universal brotherhood, peace and harmony in the world.
It is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CRJSFQ6
For more books please visit: http://www.arsartium.org/Catalogues.html OR http://waoar.org/research-publications/books/
For more books please visit: http://www.arsartium.org/Catalogues.html OR http://waoar.org/research-publications/books/
Contributors
1. Prof. Pashupati Jha
2. Khan Bharti (original name Prof. Zafar Khan)
3. Prof. RK Singh: An Eminent English Poet and Professor of English, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand.
4. Dr. K. V. Dominic: A famous poet, editor and critic, Kerala.
5. Dr. Vijay Kumar Roy: A bilingual poet, author, editor and critic.
6. Dr. Sudhir Narayan Singh
7. Natasa Thoudam: A Poetess living in Bangalore, Karnataka.
8. Alka Agrawal: A Poetess and Associate Professor, Department of English, NKBMG PG College, Chandausi, UP.
9. Richa Tripathi: A Poetess and Assistant Professor of English, Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities, Galgotia College of Engineering and Technology, Noida, UP.
10. Vinay Kumar Dubey: A Poet and a Research Scholar, Department of English, Mewar University, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan.
11. Anant kumar: A Poet and a Research Scholar, Department of English, Patna University, Patna, Bihar.
12. Madhulika Raj Singh: A Poetess living at Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.
13. K R Lakshminarayanan: Former Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur, Sriperumbudur, Thamizhnadu -602 105.
14. Monika: A Poetess, SRM University, NCR Campus, Modinagar, Ghaziabad, UP.
15. R. Janaky: A Poetess living at Vadodara in Gujarat.
16. D. Ravi Kumar: A Poet, Senior English Teacher, Ida Scudder School, Vellore and PhD Research Scholar, VIT University, Vellore.
17. Dr. Murlikrishnan TR: A Poet and Associate Professor of English, M.E.S College, Marampally, Aluva, Ernakulam (Dist.), Kerala.
18. Dalvir Singh Gahlawat: A Poet and Sub-Inspector in Delhi Police.
19. Rajender Singh: A Poet and Assistant Professor of English, Govt. P.G. College Jind, Haryana.
20. Dr. Arti kumara: A Poetess and Assistant Teacher of English, Zila School, Muzaffarpur, Bihar.
21. Tarun Kumar Yadav ‘Taruvar’: A Poet and Research Scholar, Department of English, LN Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar.
22. Dr. Rajnish Mishra: Ghaziabad, UP
23. Dr. Veena Yadava: A Poetess and Assistant Professor of English, Govt. College, Nahar, Rewari, Haryana.
24. Prof. Kum Kum Ray: A Poetess and Director, Amity School of Languages, Amity University, Lucknow Campus, Uttar Pradesh.
25. Nikhil Joshi: Anand, Gujarat.
26. Vivekanand Jha
27. Shyamolima Saikia: A Poet living at Borpukhuripar, Dibrugarh in Assam.
28. Ankita Khanna:
29. Barathi S: A Poet living in Erode, Tamil Nadu.
30. Dr. Harmik Vaishnav: Ahmedabad, Gujrat.
31. Veerendra Kumar Mishra: New Delhi
32. Dr. Daisy: Sonipat, Haryana.
33. Lokesh Roy: A Poet living in Cuttack, Orissa.
34. Dr. Stanley M. Stephen: Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
35. Sangeeta Mahesh: Moradabad, UP.
36. Vandana Rajoriya: Madhya Pradesh.
37. Abhinandan Bassi: Punjab.
38. Dr. Rashmi Mehta: Ahmedabad, Gujrat.
39. Jean Dsouza: A Poet and Associate Professor of English, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
40. Arya Bharti
41. Dr. Ulka S. Wadekar: Amravati, Maharashtra.
42. Kajal Sharma: Alwar.
43. Ketan Bagga: Bhiwani, Haryana.
44. Lekha Roy: Noida, UP.
45. Dr. Rajesh Ranjan: New Delhi.
46. Dr. Mahesh Kumar Dey: Surat, Gujarat.
47. Dr. Upendra Gami: Ghaziabad, UP.
48. Dr J. Jenitha: Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.
49. Sony Dalia is the pseudonym of T. Sai Chandra Mouli, a poet living in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
50. Dr. Tribhuwan Kumar: Modinagar, Ghaziabad, UP.
51. Dr. Binod Mishra: Patna, Bihar.
Contents: Devotional Literature of India: A Critical Study of the Poetry of Kabirdas, Tulsidas and Meerabai; The Bhagwadgita and the Poetry of WB Yeats: A Study in Influence; Matrix of Life and Shankaracharya’s Vivekacuramani: A Prismatic Construal; Apostles of Truth: Donne and Kabir; Kabirdas: A Poet of All Time; Kabir and His Mysticism; Metaphysical Poetry and the Metaphysics of Poetry in John Donne and Kabir; Sant Kabir’s Poetry: The Quintessence of Life; Spiritual Thought in Tulsi Das's The Sri Ramcharimanas; Mirabai: Saint, Singer and Seeker; Sant Tukaram: A Paragon of Altruism; Akkamahadevi: A Saga of Spirituality and Mystic Thought; and From Darkness to Light: Spiritual Reverberations in the Poetry of Vivekananda
Contents
1. Devotional Literature of India: A Critical Study of the Poetry of Kabirdas, Tulsidas and Meerabai
–Vijay Kumar Roy
2. The Bhagwadgita and the Poetry of WB Yeats: A Study in Influence
-Satendra Kumar
3. Matrix of Life and Shankaracharya’s Vivekacuramani: A Prismatic Construal
-Rashi Sharma
4. Apostles of Truth: Donne and Kabir
-Jai Shankar Jha
5. Kabirdas: A Poet of All Time
-Arti Kumari
6. Kabir and His Mysticism
-Rajesh Ranjan
7. Metaphysical Poetry and the Metaphysics of Poetry in John Donne and Kabir
-Veerendra Kumar Mishra and Anurag Kumar
8. Sant Kabir’s Poetry: The Quintessence of Life
-Ulka S. Wadekar
9. Spiritual Thought in Tulsi Das’s The Sri Ramcharitmanas
-Sudista Prasad Singh
10. Mirabai: Saint, Singer and Seeker
-S. Ahmad Raza Abidi
11. Sant Tukaram: A Paragon of Altruism
-Ulka S. Wadekar
12. Akkamahadevi: A Saga of Spirituality and Mystic Thought
-Ramesh P. Chavan
13. From Darkness to Light: Spiritual Reverberations in the Poetry of Vivekananda
-Sanjeev Kumar
Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
1. Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan: A Script Written in Blood
-T. Sasikanth Reddy
2. Dillema of Existence of a Modern Man in Arun Joshi’s The Last Labyrinth
-Grishma Khobragade
3. Social Realism in the Portrayal of Rural India in the Select Novels of Kamala Markandaya
– Banumathe Balan
4. A Journey to the ‘World’ Beyond the Parameters of a Confined ‘Self’: A Critical Study of Anita Desai’s In Custody
-Saptarshi Mallick
5. Shashi Deshpande’s Small Remedies: A Critical Study
- T. Jeevan Kumar
6. The Changing Consciousness of Indian Women as Depicted in Major Works of Manju Kapur
-Chandana John
7. Deteriorating relationships And Marital Maladies in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Novels
-Madhavi S. Paul
8. Dehierarchising Colonial History in The Calcutta Chromosome: A Bakhtinian Perspective
-VK Tewari & Seema Singh
9. Perils of Nature’: Re-reading Amitava Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide
-Antara Saha
10. Linguistic Resistance in Sea of Poppies
-Kruti Trivedi
11. Power of Relationship’s in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things and Shobhaa De’s S’s Secret
-Manish Shrivastava & Kamaljeet Sinha
12. Metamorphosis of Sampath in Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
-Kamaljeet Sinha
13. An Analysis of the Themes of Inferiority Complex and Indians' Inordinate Fascination for the West in Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss
-Nidhi Mehta
Index
Contents
Preface
List of contributors
The Evil and Pain in Nissim Ezekiel’s ‘Night of the Scorpion’
-Ramesh P. Chavan
Family and Nation in A.K. Ramanujan’s Poetry: A Study
-Abhinandan Malas
Translation and Migration: A Study of the Poetry of A.K. Ramanujan
-Raghvendra Mohan Tripathi
Holding up the Mirror: Mahapatra, Parthasarathy, Daruwalla and Kamala Das as Reflectors of the Indian Consciousness in their Poetry
-Deblina Sarkar
Kamala Das – A Rebellious Poetess
-S. Somasundari Latha
Damned for Difference: Rereading Kamala Das's Critique of Racism
-Amit Bhattacharya
Social Realism in Modern Indian English Poetry
-Syed Ahmad Raza Abidi
Derridean Deconstruction in Niranjan Mohanty’s Prayers to Lord Jagannath
-Santosh Kumar Padhy
The Poetry of Agha Shahid Ali: Mixing Memory and Desire
- Syed Ahmad Raza Abidi
Flashes from the Latest Talents in Fleeting Time: Ranu Uniyal, Jaydeep Sarangi and Santanu Halder
-Aju Mukhopadhyay
The Poetry of Syed Ameeruddin: A Critical Study
-Bhaskar Roy Barman
A Critical Study of the Poetry of Deepika Srivastava
-Syed Ahmad Raza Abidi
Significant Poetic Voices of Contemporary Indian English Poets
-Syed Ahmad Raza Abidi
Kaleidoscopic Views of Life in the Poetry of Five Contemporary Indian English Poets
(P. C. K. Prem, N. P. Singh, O. P. Arora, Murali Sivaramakrishnan and Ratan Bhattacharjee)
-Aju Mukhopadhyay
Contrast between Man and Nature in Aju Mukhopadhyay’s Poetry
-Manoj Kumar Pathak & Robert Francis Harle
Vijay Kumar Roy: An Educationist and Poet
-Aju Mukhopadhyay
Alluring Visitations: The Poetry of Vijay Kumar Roy
-Santosh Kumar Padhy
The Poetry of Vijay Kumar Roy: A Critical Overview
-Syed Ahmad Raza Abidi
A Study of Pathos and Compassion in the Poetry of Vinita Agrawal
-Aju Mukhopadhyay
Social Sensibility in Sangeeta Mahesh’s Ocean of Thoughts: Poems About Social Issues and Human Values
-Nirmal Sharma
Subaltern Study in Nandini Sahu’s Sukamaa and Other Poems
-Santosh Kumar Padhy
Index
The papers deal with the importance and need of Computer Assisted Language Lab (CALL) in teaching English, the impact of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) on English language learning, importance of Phonetics in teaching/learning English, teaching English through language games and flash cards, teaching language through literature, online learning, and how to develop listening, speaking, reading and writing skills.
Besides the above areas of ELT some papers deal with professional proficiency and effective communication skills which are essential tools for success in job interviews.
Contents
Preface
List of Contributors
1. Teaching ESL through CALL
S. Zahira Banu
2. Teaching English in Rural Areas Using Flash Cards
B. Zulaiha
3. Aspects of Cross Cultural Communication
Archana Parashar
4. General Techniques of Teaching English as a Second Language at Primary Level
Sandip Pandurangrao Chavan
5. How to Teach the Second Language?
Satendra Kumar
6. English Language Teaching: A Maze!
Bharat Pratap Patil
7. Second Language Acquisition: With Special Reference to Technical Students
Jyoti Sardana
8. Importance of English Language Teaching and Effective Communication Skills at Engineering College Level: Problems and Remedial Measures
Arabati Pradeep Kumar
9. Aspects of Second Language Learning
Bhavesh Chandra Pandey
10. Methods of Teaching English in India
Vandana Rajoriya
11. The Process of Language Understanding: Making Sense of Nonce Sense
Tushti Sharma
12. Place of Listening and Speaking Skills in English Language Curricula
Mohan Lal Mahto
13. Perspectives on Pronunciation in an ESL Class
Sophia Jaychandran
14. Efficient Reading: A Proficient Reading
Neeti Nehru & Anjali Srivastava
15. Aspects of Learner Autonomy and the Role of English Teacher in Promoting Them
Mohammad Shaukat Ansari
16. Communication Skills: As Essential Tools in the Era of Globalisation
Archana Bhattacharjee
17. Communication Skills as Prerequisites for Job
Dalvir Singh Gahlawat & Sudhir Narayan Singh
18. India: Politics and the English Language
Ramesh P. Chavan
19. Vivekananda’s Kali the Mother: A Stylistic Interpretation
Susanta Kumar Bardhan & Prashant Mishra
20. Teaching of English through a Novel of Toni Morrison
CL Shilaja
21. English in the World Today
Kavita Tyagi & Ashu Tomar
22. Professional Proficiency and Pioneering Practices in English Classroom
V. Sunitha
23. The Need and Importance of Communication Skills to the Engineering Students: A Study in Context of Bihar
Tribhuwan Kumar
24. The Impact of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) on English Language Learning
P. Madhurima Reddy
25. English Language Teaching In India: Problems and Strategies
Smita Jha
26. Teaching English with Technology
Vijay Kumar Roy
Index
The very first article “Exoticism as Evasion in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Queen of Dreams” by Dr. Richa Bhardwaj, is, in fact, a solid critique of this novel. But at the same time the author successfully delineates how the alternation of the familiar and the unfamiliar, reality and magic realism lends an aura of charm to the otherwise ordinary narrative of this novel. Dr. Richa establishes that it is mostly this that has garnered the author some positive recommendations and the attention of the western and diaspora readership.
The second article by Dr. Arti Kumari is entitled “Divorce: A Brutal Settlement in Nayantara Sahgal’s The Day in Shadow”. Dr. Arti deals with the psychological, financial and other existential problems which a woman faces as a part of her punishment for leaving her husband. Although the woman character in Nayantara Sahgal’s The Day in Shadow is an intelligent, sensitive and self-conscious, the author has depicted how shrewdly she is trapped in a brutal divorce settlement in this novel, just to show that a woman can be easily used by man for his convenience.
The third article is “An Ecocritical Study of R. K. Narayan’s The Guide” by Dr. Rabindra Das. This paper offers a very deft analysis of R. K. Narayan’s masterpiece. It explores harmonious relationship between literature and physical environment. The author draws out how throughout the novel there is great harmony between the living and non-living things to establish healthy ecosystem on the earth. Here nature means the whole of the physical environment consisting of the human and non-human. It is very important to delineate ecological consciousness, humanity, love for nature, and sympathy for all creatures on the earth. The article highlights clearly how the forests, lakes, rivers, mountains, fishes, snakes and even the wild animals are essential to maintain the ecological balance.
The fourth paper by Dr. Pankaj Kumar ‘Niraj’ entitled “Frustration, Ignorance and Suffering of Women in Mulk Raj Anand’s Untouchable” is an analysis of the narrative voices which are the real orientation of the novel. Through this novel Anand wants to express something representative of the Indian society. The paper also sheds lights on Anand’s pervasive themes as the caste system, the class structure, religion, education and the status of women in the Indian contexts.
Dr. Shailja has striven to highlight the intricacies of passing through various stages of total isolation in her article, “The Element of Isolation in R. P. Jhabvala’s Out of India”, by analyzing the life situations of different characters of the short stories coming under the purview of this paper. The author successfully elucidates how Jhabvala’s stories leave a stirring and striking effect in the minds of the reader by presenting the realistic characters and conditions in a beautifully crafted manner. An attempt is made also to understand and reflect on the hidden part of the stories as well along with the mainline stories. The discussion revolves round the stories, “The Widow”, “Rose Petals”, “An Experience of India” and “The Man With the Dog” in the main, while the elements of isolation found in other stories like “Bombay”, “A Spiritual Call”, “In the Mountain”, “Desecration” and “The Housewife” also are highlighted.
The sixth article is connected with poetry. Entitled “The Inextinguishable Flames of Femininity – Scanning the Shade Card of Passions in Abha Iyengar’s Poetic Collection, Yearnings”, this article by Dr. Ira Jha renders full laurels to skills of the new generation poetess Ms. Abha Iyengar. Her Yearnings (2010) is a collection of poems loaded with passion, love and desire. The author clearly delineates how, every word, every syllable of the poems in this collection creates ripple of passionate emotions in the reader’s heart. A typical kind of intimacy is established between the writer and every individual reader. The intense sentiment with which Ms. Iyengar has penned every poem in Yearnings is self-illuminating, and it dyes us, the readers in its own hue. Special focus is given to the aspect of femininity.
In the seventh article Dr. Nivedita Sinha has expounded the importance of the birth city of Thomas Hardy, as is evident from the title of the article: “Role of Wessex in the novels of Thomas Hardy”. The author clearly brings home the role of Wessex in shaping Hardy’s tragic vision. She cleverly exposes Hardy to be a poet and novelist of tender heart, and hence bound to echo its impact with strong sense of animation. The rural district, with its hills and valleys appears to be a living character, controlling the feelings and emotions. Any attempt to deviate from the hidden, geological effect, results in tragedy or suffering of its inhabitants. That is to say, Hardy’s Wessex is tragedy incarnate. Apart from some other factors of his tragic vision, Wessex is fundamental force, responsible for suffering of his characters.
The short story entitled “Kaki – My Archangel” by Prof. Zafar Khan is a story of student life that is full of new experiences and financial crisis. In the poetry section there are poems entitled “Is It Possible?” by Dr. Ira Jha, “Father” and “True Life” by Dr. Kawaljeet Kaur, and “Shattered World” by Dr. Shobha Diwakar.
connotes religious or spiritual nature. India has been known for her rich devotional literature. The Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Ramayana and Mahabharata have given India a unique identity in the world. Spiritual poets of India have influenced the poets, seers and philosophers of the whole world. They taught us the concept of Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam (the whole world is one family) and designated India as Jagadguru (teacher of the world). Vidyapati, Meerabai, Kabirdas, Tulsidas, Surdas, Tukaram, Sri Chaitanya, Chandidas, Adi Shankaracharya established our spiritual tradition and strengthened devotional literature of India. Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Sri Aurobindo, Sarojini Naidu and Paramhansa Yogananda spread India’s spiritual message to the world.
make history of the language. The English language has passed through
several phases of external influences that have resulted in loan words
in it. To understand it better historians have divided it into three periods:
Old, Middle and Modern English periods. Not only this, there has been
variation in the spoken form of English in England itself, besides change
in spelling and pronunciation in the course of time. So it is difficult to
say what Standard English is. But for the sake of considering a
Standard, we follow Received Pronunciation as the Standard form.
Being an international language of education, business, diplomacy,
science and technology, English enjoys a privileged position in the
curriculum framework. In fact, it had been the language of the ruling
class for centuries along with the language of administration and of
law-courts. Consequently it is known as a major window to the modern
world and the most important and suitable link language. Today English
has become an important library language as well as the language of
the Internet.
the universe. Beauty is comprehended through senses, and sensuous values develop spiritual consciousness. The
awareness of Beauty is acquisition of Truth that is Beneficial or the cause for Welfare. Keats was a worshiper of
beauty. “He loved the principle of beauty in all things.” Primarily he was considered a poet of sensuous beauty but a
thorough study of his poetry and letters reveals that his conception of beauty was holistic and transcendental, being
closer to the Indian concept summed up in the expression- Satyam Shivam Sundaram. The present paper is a critical
study of Keats’ mysticism of beauty in the lines of Indian views. The attempt has been made to go through some of
the relevant Indian religious texts to prop up Keats’ belief and present the veracity of Keats which has remained
dormant in the oblivion of time.
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The first article by Promise Adiele is a study of Osofisan’s plays Morountodun (1982) and Once Upon Four Robbers (1991) using the Formalist theory. The second article by Leonard O. Onwuegbuche is a study of Festus Iyayi’s Violence (1979) and Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Devil On The Cross (1982) in the light of the challenges of African nations after their independence and the practical options to respond to the political system to come out from the clutches of ‘neocolonialism’. The third article is a textual analysis of J. M. Coetzee’s Age of Iron (1990) in which Evelyn Nwachukwu Urama exposes post-apartheid violence that made both the white and the black South Africans its victims. She proposes African traditional and cultural values of brotherhood and mutual co-existence in order to eradicate racism and establish a sense of security in society. The fourth article by Ram Sebak Thakur is a study of spiritual journey in Raja Rao’s The Cat and Shakespeare (1965). He digs out Ramanujacharya’s mystical concept of bhakti and prapatti in this novel. The fifth article by Mahdieh Kheradmand explores the concept of daydreaming along with its offshoots and positive and negative results as depicted in Seanan McGuire’s Every Heart a Door Way (2016). The sixth article by Robert Obioha is a postcolonial reading of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart (1958) and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus (2003). The seventh paper deals with Existential standpoint in the Bhagavad Gita in which Manidip Chakraborty explores action-inaction and Nishkam Karma of Arjun, and decodes the universal messages of this scripture meant for the humanity. The eighth article by Kola Eke and Edafe Mukoro is a comparative study of the poetry of John Keats and Tanure Ojaide in which they project ‘imaginative brilliance’ of the poets and ‘Romantic significance’ of their poetry. The ninth article by Abdulrahim P. Vijapur is a socio-cultural study of contemporary India in relation to its past. In his comparative study he examines the medieval and present-day socio-religious discourse of India in the light of its secular traditions and communal harmony for which this land has been known for. The tenth article by Susheel Kumar Sharma is a comprehensive study of the education system of India from the earliest period to the present. He also examines how the education of colonial India was affected by alien minds and now the contemporary India aspires to transform it through New Education Policy (NEP-2020) based on ‘Indian culture and ethics’.
There are seven poems by three poets – Dharmpal Mahendra Jain, Evelyn Nwachukwu Urama and Zafar Khan, and four book reviews by B. Mangalam, R. K. Singh, Pradeep Kumar, and Kanchan Yadav.
CONTENTS
Saying ‘No’ to Yielding to a Compromised Culture and Identity: The Works of Amos Tutuola, Chinua Achebe and Fikre Marcos Desta
Chiramel Paul Jose
Beckoning of Lost Eden: Use of Myth in A. D. Hope and Temsula Ao
Arun Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Representation of Women in Ama Ata Aidoo’s Selected Literary Works: A Feminist Study
Rimpi Sonowal
When the Subaltern Speaks: A Study of Mahasweta Devi’s “Kunti and Nishadin”
Nandini C. Sen
Predicament of the Marginalised in Select Short Stories of Mulk Raj Anand
Mohan Lal Mahto
Affect, Embodiment and Artificial Intelligence in Spike Jonze’s Her
Swapna Roy
Are We Prepared to Teach English in a Digital Age?
Gopal Prasad Pandey
An Investigation into Ecolinguistics Representation in Iranian EFL High School English Textbooks
Alireza Faramarzi and Kamran Janfeshan
Booker T. Washington’s Thoughts on Education and Their Relevance in
Contemporary Educational System in India
Dnyandev Namdev More
Social Insight, Stigma and Social Suffering in Contemporary Society: Insights from Regional Tuberculosis Centre, Pokhara, Nepal
Prakash Upadhyay
There are also two book reviews by Toni Matthias Mey, and poems by Neal Whitman, Rachelly (Chelly) Abraham-Eitan, Sushri Sangita Mishra, Paramita Mukherjee Mullick, Rumki Basu, Rumna Mitra Lala, P. Malathy, and Ashok Bhargava.
Two poems by Dharmpal Mahendra Jain, three poems by Usha Akella, one short story by Susheel Kumar Sharma, and one book review each by Krishna Gopal Srivastava and Suresh Chandra Verma form the next parts of this volume.
1. Excavating Stories of Indo-Caribbean Women from a Self-Curated Family Album by Prabha Jerrybandan
2. Intellect: An Antithesis to Realism in Austen's Pride and Prejudice by Ira
3. Recapturing Reality as an Influence of the Supernatural in Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo's "Waiting for Master" by Akanegbu Chikamnene Onyinye
4. The Dramatic Monologue: Form, Development and Manifestations - From Wordsworth to Browning by Maitri Verma
5. Imagining Prison Spaces: A Spatial Reading of The Shawshank Redemption by Anish Mundra
6. Framing the Magic Realism: A Study of the Film Adaptation of Beloved by Ankita Taneja
7. Active Imagination and Shadow in "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by Mahdieh Kheradmand
8. Interpreting Relationship between Indian People's Theatre Association and Bengal Famine: Censorship and the Politics of Denial by Syeda Mohaddesa Zaidi
9. Critiquing Mouse House: An Analysis of Body, Gender and Culture in Select Disney Movies by Sreelakshmi Renjith
10. Maslow's Theory and Achebe's Things Fall Apart by Kola Eke & Edafe Mukoro
11. Redefining and Reinvestigating the Notion of Female Freedom and Power: Manju Kapur’s The Immigrant and Custody by Namita
Dr. Mahendra Bhatnagar is one of the post Independent Indian poets who has 11 collections of poems in English. His poetry also reflects the vivid scenes of modern age where love, peace, brotherhood and struggle for equality play prominent roles for survival of humanity. His Poems: For Human Dignity, a collection of 215 poems, can be studied on the lines of Shashi’s poems.
The poetry of Shyam Singh Shashi and Mahendra Bhatnagar seeks tranquility and prosperity in life. Their poetry reflects the complexity of human life where the old order of love, brotherhood and patriotism gets altered by immorality and disquietude. Dissatisfaction is the root cause for such transformation. It causes social unrest and distances one from morality and ethical values. Lack of personal, social and moral values, a society is not worth living. To compensate the falling of good values, India’s changing cultural and traditional characteristics need to be evaluated.
Judiciary. Media is termed as the fourth pillar. In a country like India, which is a "Sovereign socialist secular democratic republic", the role and responsibilities of all the pillars of democracy are of prime importance. The awareness of rights and democratic spirit in a changing scenario have revolutionized the minds of people resulting in agitation against the government and increase of demands for public welfare. Having powers of making and amending laws, the union legislature is observed confronted with the people's voice. The massive agitations of civil society against corruption are the best examples that shook the
government in 2011-12.
This paper is an exploration of democratic values and professional values and the place of the Indian police who are responsible to keep a balance between both kinds of values in a democratic country.