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South Asian popular culture, Jan 2, 2024

The developmental projects like dams and other capitalist structures in India, allocate the natur... more The developmental projects like dams and other capitalist structures in India, allocate the natural water reserves to elite industrialists and state apparatuses, leaving the local ecosystems impoverished and in the hands of capitalism driven policies, which milk the indigenous population to mollify the materialistic needs of the affluent. This predicament is vividly illustrated in Subhash Vyam’s graphic narrative Water that employs the traditional Gond Art to anchor the consequences of the ‘Slow Violence’ rendered to the local ecosystems owing to the development policies. As the revered natural sources of water in Vyam’s village are regulated through a dam, the rural Indigenous community is deprived of its basic rights to survive, vandalising the pious ‘human-water’ relationship, resulting in ‘a serious ecological crisis’. Drawing theoretical insights from Rob Nixon, Ramachandra Guha and Vandana Shiva, the proposed paper attempts to emphasize that the graphic narrative Water, through its remarkable graphic visuals, conjoined with local customs and folklores, is a reflection of the agony of the indigenous communities. Further, the paper analyses the grim reality that privatisation not only leads to exploitation and consequent depletion of the natural resources, but also robs the local communities of their ways of survival and resource sharing practices.

Humanities and Social Science Studies, Vol. 12, Issue 1, Peer-Reviewed, Bi-annual, Interdisciplinary UGC CARE List Journal , 2023

South Asian authors of the twenty-first century have gained impetus from the creative works of Ru... more South Asian authors of the twenty-first century have gained impetus from the creative works of Rushdie, Mistry, Adiga, Vikram Chandra, and Suketu Mehta, among others. These writers have discovered the palimpsest histories of Indian metropolises like Bombay, Kolkata, Delhi, etc. One of India's most prominent writers, Jeet Thayil, portrays Indian culture in “hard focuses” in his debut novel Narcopolis (2012), which further trivializes Bombay, a global city with its postcolonial quandaries. Thayil claims that opium khanas, brothels, and slums are where you may find the true India instead of the “mangoes and monsoons”. The intentional celebration of exoticism in the book and the propagation of colonial stereotypes are linked to the idea of Orientalism, which postulates how the image of the East grew inferior to the West throughout time. Using the idea of Orientalism as a framework, the research looks at how Bombay in the novel, portrayed as the city of “Opium”, differs significantly from Bombay in reality, which is renowned as the city of dreams. Additionally, despite highlighting India's urbanity, the research paper draws attention to how Bombay's portrayals in English literature concurrently disparage India's stature.

in Humanities and Social Science Studies (ISSN: 2319-829X), Peer-Reviewed, Bi-annual, Interdisciplinary UGC-CARE List Journal, 2023

South Asian authors of the twenty-first century have gained impetus from the creative works of Ru... more South Asian authors of the twenty-first century have gained impetus from the creative works of Rushdie, Mistry, Adiga, Vikram Chandra, and Suketu Mehta, among others. These writers have discovered the palimpsest histories of Indian metropolises like Bombay, Kolkata, Delhi, etc. One of India's most prominent writers, Jeet Thayil, portrays Indian culture in "hard focuses" in his debut novel Narcopolis (2012), which further trivializes Bombay, a global city with its postcolonial quandaries. Thayil claims that opium khanas, brothels, and slums are where you may find the true India instead of the "mangoes and monsoons". The intentional celebration of exoticism in the book and the propagation of colonial stereotypes are linked to the idea of Orientalism, which postulates how the image of the East grew inferior to the West throughout time. Using the idea of Orientalism as a framework, the research looks at how Bombay in the novel, portrayed as the city of "Opium", differs significantly from Bombay in reality, which is renowned as the city of dreams. Additionally, despite highlighting India's urbanity, the research paper draws attention to how Bombay's portrayals in English literature concurrently disparage India's stature.

South Asian Popular Culture, 2024

The developmental projects like dams and other capitalist structures in India, allocate the natur... more The developmental projects like dams and other capitalist structures in India, allocate the natural water reserves to elite industrialists and state apparatuses, leaving the local ecosystems impoverished and in the hands of capitalism driven policies, which milk the indigenous population to mollify the materialistic needs of the affluent. This predicament is vividly illustrated in Subhash Vyam’s graphic narrative Water that employs the traditional Gond Art to anchor the consequences of the ‘Slow Violence’ rendered to the local ecosystems owing to the development policies. As the revered natural sources of water in Vyam’s village are regulated through a dam, the rural Indigenous community is deprived of its basic rights to survive, vandalising the pious ‘human-water’ relationship, resulting in ‘a serious ecological crisis’. Drawing theoretical insights from Rob Nixon, Ramachandra Guha and Vandana Shiva, the proposed paper attempts to emphasize that the graphic narrative Water, through its remarkable graphic visuals, conjoined with local customs and folklores, is a reflection of the agony of the indigenous communities. Further, the paper analyses the grim reality that privatisation not only leads to exploitation and consequent depletion of the natural resources, but also robs the local communities of their ways of survival and resource sharing practices.

Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts, 2021

IUP Journal of English Studies, 2023

Through a detailed analysis of the visual imagery as well as the verbal mode of narration, in Sar... more Through a detailed analysis of the visual imagery as well as the
verbal mode of narration, in Sarnath Banerjee’s Graphic narrative All
Quiet in Vikaspuri, the study suggests that the water-deprived, postapocalyptic world that Banerjee reflects, is a spitting image of the
Anthropogenic water crisis in India. Drawing theoretical insights
from Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha and Dipesh Chakrabarty,
the paper attempts to suggest the “Great Indian Water Crisis” is
fueled by “short-termism,” increased corporate privatization of water,
myopic government development policies and erection of dams and
other capitalist structures. The paper also aims to uncover how
sociopolitical “slow-violence” is rendered to the natural resources
under the garb of “Vikas” (development) and privatization. By
contriving the narrative around the quest for the river Saraswati,
Banerjee draws attention to the ever-so-real issue of groundwater
overextraction in India, leading to its dipping levels and in turn,
depletion. Further, the paper argues that “intermediality” of graphic
narration abets Banerjee to cater to “the representational challenges”
of the Anthropocene.

Advances in sustainability science and technology, 2022

Abstract Nanotechnology is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale fo... more Abstract Nanotechnology is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for several scientific and industrial purposes. Recent develop-ments in nanoscience and nanotechnology intend new and innovative applications in the various aspects of human lives. The exclusive qualities of non-materials enhance the approach that it can be used in a wide range of fields. The basic innovations that come from nanotechnology have the potential to contribute to the betterment of human health and environmental safety in numerous ways. It involves developed techniques and methods for pollution reduction, treatment of water, sensing of envi-ronmental issues, remediation, and ensuring the availability of alternative sources of energy in a more cost-effective and sustainable way. It appears in ancient Indian society being used in the field of medical science, for making weapons related to warfare, tools for agriculture, and work of goldsmiths. Today, it also lowers costs, produces stronger and lighter wind turbines, and improves fuel efficiency which saves energy. This work is the attempt to capture the nanotechnological development in India through the ages by highlighting and critically analyzing its impact upon society and environment. It has also been discussed that how the understanding and pursuing the old-world knowledge in conjunction with modern technological advances yield greater scientific knowledge for the benefit of environment and mankind. Keywords Nanotechnology ·Bhasma ·Nanoscience ·Environment ·Nanoelectronics ·Wootz steel ·Nanomedicine

Gandhi Across Disciplines, 2022

andhi returned to India on January 9, 1915, from South Africa and since then he actively particip... more andhi returned to India on January 9, 1915, from South Africa and since then he actively participated in and led various movements, protests, and marches and even fasted to mark his protest peacefully and non-violently to set our nation free from the British subjugation. Because of his pacifist civil disobedience and leadership, the British Government always took him as a threat to its throne. Gandhi's political activism began in 1917-1918 when he took up the issues of Champaran farmers, the Ahmadabad textile workers, the Kheda peasants, etc. These struggles witnessed his specific mode of agitation, widely known as Satyāgrah, which he had earlier developed in the South African context and through which he was successful in achieving his socioeconomic and political goals. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan calls him "the supreme religion, the essence of all religions and a symbol of communal unity and universal humanity." On a similar note, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, the Hon'ble President of India, once said to commence the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gandhi that, "[H]e was the inspiration for our largely non-violent, inclusive and democratic freedom struggle." Gandhi's thoughts, words, and activism, thus, continue to inspire and influence various forms of epistemologies and augment several streams of ontological tools. Many branches of the Humanities and Social Sciences are taught under the rubric of Gandhian theory and his philosophy of satyā and ahimsā. Thus, we see that Gandhi has permeated himself into many disciplines of knowledge and the younger minds too need to be kindled by the veteran Gandhi scholars which is the need of the hour. We, the editors of the volume, strived to bring both of the generations to a single dais by organising a two-day National We shall be failing in our duties if we forget to thank our parents, teachers, colleagues, and family members for their peerless perseverance and cherubic love and trust in us.

the-criterion.com

Page 1. From Mutiny to Mutinies: A Post-colonial Study of Naipaul&amp... more Page 1. From Mutiny to Mutinies: A Post-colonial Study of Naipaul's Indian Trinity Ajay K Chaubey Assistant Professor Dept. of English BBDNITM, Lucknow Since 1857, the date of the first official mutiny in India, the nation has ...

Abstract Nanotechnology is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale fo... more Abstract Nanotechnology is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for several scientific and industrial purposes. Recent develop-ments in nanoscience and nanotechnology intend new and innovative applications in the various aspects of human lives. The exclusive qualities of non-materials enhance the approach that it can be used in a wide range of fields. The basic innovations that come from nanotechnology have the potential to contribute to the betterment of human health and environmental safety in numerous ways. It involves developed techniques and methods for pollution reduction, treatment of water, sensing of envi-ronmental issues, remediation, and ensuring the availability of alternative sources of energy in a more cost-effective and sustainable way. It appears in ancient Indian society being used in the field of medical science, for making weapons related to warfare, tools for agriculture, and work of goldsmiths. Today, it also lowers costs, produces stronger and lighter wind turbines, and improves fuel efficiency which saves energy. This work is the attempt to capture the nanotechnological development in India through the ages by highlighting and critically analyzing its impact upon society and environment. It has also been discussed that how the understanding and pursuing the old-world knowledge in conjunction with modern technological advances yield greater scientific knowledge for the benefit of environment and mankind.
Keywords Nanotechnology ·Bhasma ·Nanoscience ·Environment ·Nanoelectronics ·Wootz steel ·Nanomedicine

IUP Journal of English Studies (Indexed in Scopus) , 2022

Samajiki published by Rajkamal, 2022

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 2020

Amidst Bollywood's romanticized landscapes and grandeur settings, depiction of the flora and ... more Amidst Bollywood's romanticized landscapes and grandeur settings, depiction of the flora and fauna, roaring rivers and drought prone lands, is difficult to locate But the new millennium has witnessed some new generation filmmakers, sensitized towards the ecological concerns, thus marking a shift from the illustration of idealised landscapes to the representation of nature's wrath Since, cinema in India, has a deep-rooted impact on the masses, these creators employ films as tools to sensitize the population towards the climate change threat which though as perilous as the COVID-19 crisis, is often ignored by a significant amount of population Dawning upon themselves the responsibility of environmental awakening, Nila Madhab Panda and Abhishek Kapoor highlight in their movies, Kadvi Hawa(2017) and Kedarnath(2018), respectively, the horrors of human callousness, leading to drastic change in Climatic condition in India Panda's Kadavi Hawa, dealing with non-repayment of loans...

Contemporary Voice of Dalit, 2018

K. Purushotham, Gita Ramaswamy and Gogu Shyamala, eds., The Oxford India Anthology of Telugu Dali... more K. Purushotham, Gita Ramaswamy and Gogu Shyamala, eds., The Oxford India Anthology of Telugu Dalit Writing. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2016, ₹995, 348 pp., ISBN: 0-19-946062-0.

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 2021

This essay maps the unmapped nuances of transnational/cultural spaces in Amitav Ghosh’s debut nov... more This essay maps the unmapped nuances of transnational/cultural spaces in Amitav Ghosh’s debut novel, The Circle of Reason (1986; 2008) which underscores the inter-territorial itinerary of Alu, the protagonist, who after being accused of being a terrorist, runs from Lalpukur, near Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Goa to Al-Ghazira, a fictional gulf-state and finally to Algeria. The novel, Bildungsroman in nature and thematic treatment, poignantly deals with James Clifford’s idea of ‘assimilation’ (of) / ‘travelling’ cultures, geo-political boundaries and hybridization of language. The rationale of the paper is to deconstruct the binaries—tradition and modernity; oriental and occidental cultures; and emigration and immigration, which are, to me, the themes of the narrative of the novel. Ghosh has dexterously intertwined the cultural matrix of different spaces in the novel to show how in this age of mobility, open economy and transnational migration, transcultural awareness is all to value. T...

The Covid-19 Pandemic has exposed itself to be an overwhelming challenge for everyone around the ... more The Covid-19 Pandemic has exposed itself to be an overwhelming challenge for everyone around the globe. A pandemic, or a global infectious disease, affects a large population worldwide, while an epidemic has its epicentre only in a single country. The repeated outbreaks of epidemic diseases and their presence have an elongated history which can be unearthed not only in Hindu Religious texts like the Manu Smriti, the Niralambopanishad, the Mahabharata, the ,

Transnational Literature, 2018

The contemporary Indian English (diasporic) writers, by tracing the roots and routes of the colon... more The contemporary Indian English (diasporic) writers, by tracing the roots and routes of the colonial discourses, fabricate the 'diasporic imaginary' to disseminate truth and testaments about their 'homelands'. The global reception of such lopsided projection functioning in post-colonial Indian terra firma, linked to the common Western premises on the Orient-philistine, cantankerous, and unprogressive or the 'other'-promulgates that the West still seizes authority of representation over the excolonies like India. Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Mask (1952), Aimé Césaire's Discourse on Colonialism (1955) in general, and Edward Said's Orientalism (1978), in particular attempt to divulge the latent leitmotif of Europeans' use of stereotypes on the African, South Asian and Middle Eastern countries. Delving deep into South Asian territories (especially the Indian subcontinent), Salman Rushdie's cutting-edge novel Midnight's Children (1981), 158 Migration and Diasporas: An Interdisciplinary Journal which dismantles the entire discourse of Indian writing in English, is considered to be the first seminal text, popularly known for peregrine projection of India. The use of exoticism in the novel not only invites the attention of global scholars but also paves new paths for emanant authors. Consequently, the inclinatory ideas of India after the post-1981 'Rushdie affairs', reinforces the practice of 'colonial stereotypes'. Thus, the present paper, conjoining the ideas of Said, intends to extrapolate colonial stereotypes in Indian English fiction with special reference to two novels-Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss (2006) and Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger (2008) as both the works, embracing substrata of India, reanimate the use of colonial image.

South Asian popular culture, Jan 2, 2024

The developmental projects like dams and other capitalist structures in India, allocate the natur... more The developmental projects like dams and other capitalist structures in India, allocate the natural water reserves to elite industrialists and state apparatuses, leaving the local ecosystems impoverished and in the hands of capitalism driven policies, which milk the indigenous population to mollify the materialistic needs of the affluent. This predicament is vividly illustrated in Subhash Vyam’s graphic narrative Water that employs the traditional Gond Art to anchor the consequences of the ‘Slow Violence’ rendered to the local ecosystems owing to the development policies. As the revered natural sources of water in Vyam’s village are regulated through a dam, the rural Indigenous community is deprived of its basic rights to survive, vandalising the pious ‘human-water’ relationship, resulting in ‘a serious ecological crisis’. Drawing theoretical insights from Rob Nixon, Ramachandra Guha and Vandana Shiva, the proposed paper attempts to emphasize that the graphic narrative Water, through its remarkable graphic visuals, conjoined with local customs and folklores, is a reflection of the agony of the indigenous communities. Further, the paper analyses the grim reality that privatisation not only leads to exploitation and consequent depletion of the natural resources, but also robs the local communities of their ways of survival and resource sharing practices.

Humanities and Social Science Studies, Vol. 12, Issue 1, Peer-Reviewed, Bi-annual, Interdisciplinary UGC CARE List Journal , 2023

South Asian authors of the twenty-first century have gained impetus from the creative works of Ru... more South Asian authors of the twenty-first century have gained impetus from the creative works of Rushdie, Mistry, Adiga, Vikram Chandra, and Suketu Mehta, among others. These writers have discovered the palimpsest histories of Indian metropolises like Bombay, Kolkata, Delhi, etc. One of India's most prominent writers, Jeet Thayil, portrays Indian culture in “hard focuses” in his debut novel Narcopolis (2012), which further trivializes Bombay, a global city with its postcolonial quandaries. Thayil claims that opium khanas, brothels, and slums are where you may find the true India instead of the “mangoes and monsoons”. The intentional celebration of exoticism in the book and the propagation of colonial stereotypes are linked to the idea of Orientalism, which postulates how the image of the East grew inferior to the West throughout time. Using the idea of Orientalism as a framework, the research looks at how Bombay in the novel, portrayed as the city of “Opium”, differs significantly from Bombay in reality, which is renowned as the city of dreams. Additionally, despite highlighting India's urbanity, the research paper draws attention to how Bombay's portrayals in English literature concurrently disparage India's stature.

in Humanities and Social Science Studies (ISSN: 2319-829X), Peer-Reviewed, Bi-annual, Interdisciplinary UGC-CARE List Journal, 2023

South Asian authors of the twenty-first century have gained impetus from the creative works of Ru... more South Asian authors of the twenty-first century have gained impetus from the creative works of Rushdie, Mistry, Adiga, Vikram Chandra, and Suketu Mehta, among others. These writers have discovered the palimpsest histories of Indian metropolises like Bombay, Kolkata, Delhi, etc. One of India's most prominent writers, Jeet Thayil, portrays Indian culture in "hard focuses" in his debut novel Narcopolis (2012), which further trivializes Bombay, a global city with its postcolonial quandaries. Thayil claims that opium khanas, brothels, and slums are where you may find the true India instead of the "mangoes and monsoons". The intentional celebration of exoticism in the book and the propagation of colonial stereotypes are linked to the idea of Orientalism, which postulates how the image of the East grew inferior to the West throughout time. Using the idea of Orientalism as a framework, the research looks at how Bombay in the novel, portrayed as the city of "Opium", differs significantly from Bombay in reality, which is renowned as the city of dreams. Additionally, despite highlighting India's urbanity, the research paper draws attention to how Bombay's portrayals in English literature concurrently disparage India's stature.

South Asian Popular Culture, 2024

The developmental projects like dams and other capitalist structures in India, allocate the natur... more The developmental projects like dams and other capitalist structures in India, allocate the natural water reserves to elite industrialists and state apparatuses, leaving the local ecosystems impoverished and in the hands of capitalism driven policies, which milk the indigenous population to mollify the materialistic needs of the affluent. This predicament is vividly illustrated in Subhash Vyam’s graphic narrative Water that employs the traditional Gond Art to anchor the consequences of the ‘Slow Violence’ rendered to the local ecosystems owing to the development policies. As the revered natural sources of water in Vyam’s village are regulated through a dam, the rural Indigenous community is deprived of its basic rights to survive, vandalising the pious ‘human-water’ relationship, resulting in ‘a serious ecological crisis’. Drawing theoretical insights from Rob Nixon, Ramachandra Guha and Vandana Shiva, the proposed paper attempts to emphasize that the graphic narrative Water, through its remarkable graphic visuals, conjoined with local customs and folklores, is a reflection of the agony of the indigenous communities. Further, the paper analyses the grim reality that privatisation not only leads to exploitation and consequent depletion of the natural resources, but also robs the local communities of their ways of survival and resource sharing practices.

Big Data Analytics in Cognitive Social Media and Literary Texts, 2021

IUP Journal of English Studies, 2023

Through a detailed analysis of the visual imagery as well as the verbal mode of narration, in Sar... more Through a detailed analysis of the visual imagery as well as the
verbal mode of narration, in Sarnath Banerjee’s Graphic narrative All
Quiet in Vikaspuri, the study suggests that the water-deprived, postapocalyptic world that Banerjee reflects, is a spitting image of the
Anthropogenic water crisis in India. Drawing theoretical insights
from Madhav Gadgil, Ramachandra Guha and Dipesh Chakrabarty,
the paper attempts to suggest the “Great Indian Water Crisis” is
fueled by “short-termism,” increased corporate privatization of water,
myopic government development policies and erection of dams and
other capitalist structures. The paper also aims to uncover how
sociopolitical “slow-violence” is rendered to the natural resources
under the garb of “Vikas” (development) and privatization. By
contriving the narrative around the quest for the river Saraswati,
Banerjee draws attention to the ever-so-real issue of groundwater
overextraction in India, leading to its dipping levels and in turn,
depletion. Further, the paper argues that “intermediality” of graphic
narration abets Banerjee to cater to “the representational challenges”
of the Anthropocene.

Advances in sustainability science and technology, 2022

Abstract Nanotechnology is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale fo... more Abstract Nanotechnology is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for several scientific and industrial purposes. Recent develop-ments in nanoscience and nanotechnology intend new and innovative applications in the various aspects of human lives. The exclusive qualities of non-materials enhance the approach that it can be used in a wide range of fields. The basic innovations that come from nanotechnology have the potential to contribute to the betterment of human health and environmental safety in numerous ways. It involves developed techniques and methods for pollution reduction, treatment of water, sensing of envi-ronmental issues, remediation, and ensuring the availability of alternative sources of energy in a more cost-effective and sustainable way. It appears in ancient Indian society being used in the field of medical science, for making weapons related to warfare, tools for agriculture, and work of goldsmiths. Today, it also lowers costs, produces stronger and lighter wind turbines, and improves fuel efficiency which saves energy. This work is the attempt to capture the nanotechnological development in India through the ages by highlighting and critically analyzing its impact upon society and environment. It has also been discussed that how the understanding and pursuing the old-world knowledge in conjunction with modern technological advances yield greater scientific knowledge for the benefit of environment and mankind. Keywords Nanotechnology ·Bhasma ·Nanoscience ·Environment ·Nanoelectronics ·Wootz steel ·Nanomedicine

Gandhi Across Disciplines, 2022

andhi returned to India on January 9, 1915, from South Africa and since then he actively particip... more andhi returned to India on January 9, 1915, from South Africa and since then he actively participated in and led various movements, protests, and marches and even fasted to mark his protest peacefully and non-violently to set our nation free from the British subjugation. Because of his pacifist civil disobedience and leadership, the British Government always took him as a threat to its throne. Gandhi's political activism began in 1917-1918 when he took up the issues of Champaran farmers, the Ahmadabad textile workers, the Kheda peasants, etc. These struggles witnessed his specific mode of agitation, widely known as Satyāgrah, which he had earlier developed in the South African context and through which he was successful in achieving his socioeconomic and political goals. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan calls him "the supreme religion, the essence of all religions and a symbol of communal unity and universal humanity." On a similar note, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, the Hon'ble President of India, once said to commence the 150th Birth Anniversary of Gandhi that, "[H]e was the inspiration for our largely non-violent, inclusive and democratic freedom struggle." Gandhi's thoughts, words, and activism, thus, continue to inspire and influence various forms of epistemologies and augment several streams of ontological tools. Many branches of the Humanities and Social Sciences are taught under the rubric of Gandhian theory and his philosophy of satyā and ahimsā. Thus, we see that Gandhi has permeated himself into many disciplines of knowledge and the younger minds too need to be kindled by the veteran Gandhi scholars which is the need of the hour. We, the editors of the volume, strived to bring both of the generations to a single dais by organising a two-day National We shall be failing in our duties if we forget to thank our parents, teachers, colleagues, and family members for their peerless perseverance and cherubic love and trust in us.

the-criterion.com

Page 1. From Mutiny to Mutinies: A Post-colonial Study of Naipaul&amp... more Page 1. From Mutiny to Mutinies: A Post-colonial Study of Naipaul's Indian Trinity Ajay K Chaubey Assistant Professor Dept. of English BBDNITM, Lucknow Since 1857, the date of the first official mutiny in India, the nation has ...

Abstract Nanotechnology is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale fo... more Abstract Nanotechnology is the use of matter on an atomic, molecular, and supramolecular scale for several scientific and industrial purposes. Recent develop-ments in nanoscience and nanotechnology intend new and innovative applications in the various aspects of human lives. The exclusive qualities of non-materials enhance the approach that it can be used in a wide range of fields. The basic innovations that come from nanotechnology have the potential to contribute to the betterment of human health and environmental safety in numerous ways. It involves developed techniques and methods for pollution reduction, treatment of water, sensing of envi-ronmental issues, remediation, and ensuring the availability of alternative sources of energy in a more cost-effective and sustainable way. It appears in ancient Indian society being used in the field of medical science, for making weapons related to warfare, tools for agriculture, and work of goldsmiths. Today, it also lowers costs, produces stronger and lighter wind turbines, and improves fuel efficiency which saves energy. This work is the attempt to capture the nanotechnological development in India through the ages by highlighting and critically analyzing its impact upon society and environment. It has also been discussed that how the understanding and pursuing the old-world knowledge in conjunction with modern technological advances yield greater scientific knowledge for the benefit of environment and mankind.
Keywords Nanotechnology ·Bhasma ·Nanoscience ·Environment ·Nanoelectronics ·Wootz steel ·Nanomedicine

IUP Journal of English Studies (Indexed in Scopus) , 2022

Samajiki published by Rajkamal, 2022

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 2020

Amidst Bollywood's romanticized landscapes and grandeur settings, depiction of the flora and ... more Amidst Bollywood's romanticized landscapes and grandeur settings, depiction of the flora and fauna, roaring rivers and drought prone lands, is difficult to locate But the new millennium has witnessed some new generation filmmakers, sensitized towards the ecological concerns, thus marking a shift from the illustration of idealised landscapes to the representation of nature's wrath Since, cinema in India, has a deep-rooted impact on the masses, these creators employ films as tools to sensitize the population towards the climate change threat which though as perilous as the COVID-19 crisis, is often ignored by a significant amount of population Dawning upon themselves the responsibility of environmental awakening, Nila Madhab Panda and Abhishek Kapoor highlight in their movies, Kadvi Hawa(2017) and Kedarnath(2018), respectively, the horrors of human callousness, leading to drastic change in Climatic condition in India Panda's Kadavi Hawa, dealing with non-repayment of loans...

Contemporary Voice of Dalit, 2018

K. Purushotham, Gita Ramaswamy and Gogu Shyamala, eds., The Oxford India Anthology of Telugu Dali... more K. Purushotham, Gita Ramaswamy and Gogu Shyamala, eds., The Oxford India Anthology of Telugu Dalit Writing. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2016, ₹995, 348 pp., ISBN: 0-19-946062-0.

Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 2021

This essay maps the unmapped nuances of transnational/cultural spaces in Amitav Ghosh’s debut nov... more This essay maps the unmapped nuances of transnational/cultural spaces in Amitav Ghosh’s debut novel, The Circle of Reason (1986; 2008) which underscores the inter-territorial itinerary of Alu, the protagonist, who after being accused of being a terrorist, runs from Lalpukur, near Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Goa to Al-Ghazira, a fictional gulf-state and finally to Algeria. The novel, Bildungsroman in nature and thematic treatment, poignantly deals with James Clifford’s idea of ‘assimilation’ (of) / ‘travelling’ cultures, geo-political boundaries and hybridization of language. The rationale of the paper is to deconstruct the binaries—tradition and modernity; oriental and occidental cultures; and emigration and immigration, which are, to me, the themes of the narrative of the novel. Ghosh has dexterously intertwined the cultural matrix of different spaces in the novel to show how in this age of mobility, open economy and transnational migration, transcultural awareness is all to value. T...

The Covid-19 Pandemic has exposed itself to be an overwhelming challenge for everyone around the ... more The Covid-19 Pandemic has exposed itself to be an overwhelming challenge for everyone around the globe. A pandemic, or a global infectious disease, affects a large population worldwide, while an epidemic has its epicentre only in a single country. The repeated outbreaks of epidemic diseases and their presence have an elongated history which can be unearthed not only in Hindu Religious texts like the Manu Smriti, the Niralambopanishad, the Mahabharata, the ,

Transnational Literature, 2018

The contemporary Indian English (diasporic) writers, by tracing the roots and routes of the colon... more The contemporary Indian English (diasporic) writers, by tracing the roots and routes of the colonial discourses, fabricate the 'diasporic imaginary' to disseminate truth and testaments about their 'homelands'. The global reception of such lopsided projection functioning in post-colonial Indian terra firma, linked to the common Western premises on the Orient-philistine, cantankerous, and unprogressive or the 'other'-promulgates that the West still seizes authority of representation over the excolonies like India. Frantz Fanon's Black Skin, White Mask (1952), Aimé Césaire's Discourse on Colonialism (1955) in general, and Edward Said's Orientalism (1978), in particular attempt to divulge the latent leitmotif of Europeans' use of stereotypes on the African, South Asian and Middle Eastern countries. Delving deep into South Asian territories (especially the Indian subcontinent), Salman Rushdie's cutting-edge novel Midnight's Children (1981), 158 Migration and Diasporas: An Interdisciplinary Journal which dismantles the entire discourse of Indian writing in English, is considered to be the first seminal text, popularly known for peregrine projection of India. The use of exoticism in the novel not only invites the attention of global scholars but also paves new paths for emanant authors. Consequently, the inclinatory ideas of India after the post-1981 'Rushdie affairs', reinforces the practice of 'colonial stereotypes'. Thus, the present paper, conjoining the ideas of Said, intends to extrapolate colonial stereotypes in Indian English fiction with special reference to two novels-Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss (2006) and Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger (2008) as both the works, embracing substrata of India, reanimate the use of colonial image.

While the editor must be lauded for taking upon herself a task that is the first of its kind, and... more While the editor must be lauded for taking upon herself a task that is the first of its kind, and while the reviewer concedes to the exclusion of ideas not directly pertaining to art criticism, two criticisms of K.B. Goel's commentary on art must not be overlookedfirst, there is a decisive lack of intense philosophical, aesthetic or literary reflection, causing the reviews to be lightweight and subject to popular ignorance. Even the best of journalistic criticism is often well-written than well-argued; second, the epigrammatic nature that his writing takes refuge in functions as a bane in absence of true authenticity, missing the nail and lacking any very deep impact from without. Nevertheless, the volume will serve as an inspiration for art critics in the future.

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We shall be failing in our duties if we forget to thank our parents, teachers, colleagues, and fa... more We shall be failing in our duties if we forget to thank our parents, teachers, colleagues, and family members for their peerless perseverance and cherubic love and trust in us.