Volume 1   Issue 6

November 2014

Table of Contents

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1.  (Re)negotiating Culture: Cultural Reconnaissance in Girish Karnad's Hayavadana
By

Ms. Tanuka Chatterjee
Researcher, Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
1-7 PDF
2.  Stephen Problematized! A Study of the Curves and Colours of Irony in Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
By

Mr. Tanmay Chatterjee
Researcher, Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
8-14 PDF
3.  A Comparative Study of Eastern and Western Approaches in the Translation of Urdu Language Oral Narrative Daastaan-e Amir Hamza
By

Dr. Arshad Masood Hashmi
Associate Professor, Department of Urdu, Gopeshwar College, Gopalganj, Bihar, India
15-29 PDF
4.  Migration and Cultural Diversity in Amitav Ghosh’s The Circle of Reason
By

Ms. Jolsana Baby
Researcher, R&D Center, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Dr. P. Jeyappriya
Associate Professor, Department of English, Mother Teresa Women’s University,
Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India
30-38 PDF
5.  Hindu Nationalism in the Poetry of Henry Louis Vivian Derozio and Aurobindo Ghose
By

Mr. Abhishek Chowdhury
Researcher, Department of English, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India
39-50 PDF
6.  From Methods through Technology to Effective Strategies in English Language Teaching (ELT)
By

Mr. Joshi Thomas
Researcher, Department of English, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Dr. K. Pramila
Head, Department of English, PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
51-56 PDF
7.  Globalization and the Crisis of Cultural Identity: A Critique of Salman Rushdie’s The Ground Beneath Her Feet
By

Mr. Manjeet Kumar Kashyap
Researcher, Department of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
57-65 PDF
8.  Growing Dalit Resistance: A Study in Time of Fictional Dalit Characters by Non-Dalit Writers
By

Dr. Md. Equebal Hussain
Associate Professor & Head, Department of English, M.S. College, Motihari, Bihar, India
66-76 PDF
9.  An Analysis of the Conceptualization of Colonial Modernity in Frances Collins’ The Slayer Slain
By

Mr. Liju Jacob Kuriakose
Guest Lecturer, Department of English, CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala, India
77-83 PDF
10.  Eco-Phenomenology: An Analysis of the Communion between Women and Environment
By

Dr. R. Saktheswari
Assistant Professor, Research Centre of English, Fatima College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
84-93 PDF
11.  Ecological Stress and Ecological Crises: Lived Realities in Irai Anbu’s On the Banks of the River
By

Dr. M. Rosary Royar
Associate Professor (Retd.), Research Centre of English, Fatima College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
94-106 PDF
12.  A Study of Metaphors in Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger
By

Dr. Archana Kumari
Assistant Professor, Department of English & Foreign Languages, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Central University, Bilaspur, Chattisgarh, India
107-116 PDF
13.  Socio-Political Views in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines
By

Ms. S. Jeyalakshmi
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
117-124 PDF
14.  The Role of Listening in Language Learning
By

Dr. S. Preetha
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
125-131 PDF
15.  Poverty and Hunger in Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve
By

Ms. M. Priya
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
132-138 PDF
16.  Between Melting Pot and Salad Bowl: A Study of Immigrant Jewish Culture and Identity in Philip Roth’s Portnoy’s Complaint
By

Ms. T. Shameema
Researcher, Department of English, University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, India
139-146 PDF
17.  Indian Ethos in Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve — A Study
By

Ms. C. Anbukarasi
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Theivanai Ammal College for Women, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu, India
147-152 PDF
18.  Feminist Prototype - Dogmatism and Pragmatism: A Study of Valerie Miner’s Murder in the English Department
By

Mr. Anindya Sundar Polley
Researcher, Department of English & Foreign Languages, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Central University, Bilaspur, Chattisgarh, India
153-160 PDF
19.  Postmodernism in Girish Karnad’s Nagamandala
By

Ms. N. Indhira Priya Dharshini
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Vels University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
161-167 PDF
20.  A Study of Sapphism and Social Ostracism in Vijay Tendulkar’s A Friend’s Story
By

Ms. Basanti Karmakar
Teacher, Department of English, Dhaniakhali Pankajini Devi Girls High School, Hooghly, West Bengal, India
168-176 PDF
21.  Illusion versus Reality: A Study of Indian English Women Poetry
By

Ms. Neha Nagar
Researcher, Department of English, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
177-185 PDF
22.  Post-Colonial Reading of Mulk Raj Anand’s Coolie
By

Ms. KP. Suchithra
Researcher, Department of English, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
186-192 PDF
23.  "Black is Beautiful" - Acceptance and Endurance as Langston Hughes' Recommendations for Awakening
By

Dr. P. Padmini
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
193-199 PDF
24.  Quest for Selfhood and Self-Realization in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple
By

Mr. E. Kumar
Researcher, Department of English, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
200-206 PDF
25.  A Study of Indianness in R.K. Narayan's Short Stories
By

Mr. Amar Kumar
Researcher, Department of English, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India
207-211 PDF
26.  Fetishism in J. M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians
By

Mr. B.A. Elankathiravan
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sethu Institute of Technology, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India

Dr. D. Kalaichelvi
Associate Professor, Department of English, Sri Meenakshi Government Arts College for Women,
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
212-221 PDF
27.  A Study of Linguistic References in The Bible
By

Mr. Jithin Devassy
Researcher, Centre for Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
222-227 PDF
28.  Treatment of Women Characters in Vijay Tendulkar’s Kamala and Silence! The Court is in Session
By

Mr. M. Raj Kumar
Researcher, Department of English, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
228-236 PDF
29.  Mutating Identity in Meira Chand’s A Different Sky
By

Ms. M. Sudha Devi
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Annai Fathima College of Arts and Science, Thirumangalam, Tamil Nadu, India
237-243 PDF
30.  Existentialism in Saul Bellow’s Henderson the Rain King
By

Ms. P. Suganthi
Assistant Professor and Head, Department of English, Poompuhar College, Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Dr. R. Muralidharan
Professor and Head, School of Indian Languages, Tamil University,
Tanjore, Tamil Nadu, India
244-248 PDF
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