https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6386 2026-04-26T14:54:40Z https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6421 Title: Unwinding Self. A Collections of Poems by Susheel Kumar Sharma Authors: Ghosh, Joyjit Description: Book Review 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6420 Title: Patient Dignity: Poems by Bashabi Fraser, Paintings by Vibha Pankaj Authors: Das, Jolly Description: Book Review 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6419 Title: “Real Isn’t How You Are Made”: Reconstructing the Real in The Velveteen Rabbit Authors: Lalhmangaihi, Z. D. Abstract: The paper develops an interpretation of Postmodern reality in The Velveteen Rabbit (1922) authored by Margery Williams Bianco. Reality is handled in the text as the most contested and subjective term that is based on how the receiver perceives and interprets, subsequently disavowing a monolithic view of reality. A vast dimension of reality adhering to the emotions of the characters that complicates the conventional understanding of reality shall be taken into account. The sensory perceptions of the characters create and transmit a sense of reality which is validated when love affirms itself as possessing a transformative effect on the characters. Without exploiting the thematic concern and relevance of the book, the paper attempts to problematize the fabric that constitutes reality. What lies crucial in the narrative is the manner in which fantasy functions as an apparatus that elides the boundaries and slippage between the real and the unreal. Additionally, fantasy functions as an alternate form of reality that manifests what lies beyond the apparent. The Baudrillardian notion of Simulacrum shall be put in place in order to question the presence of the real without definite and coherent origin of reality. The Posthumanist stance that surrounds the narrative breaks down the binary of human/non human category while showcasing that non-human constitutes our very embodiment of being. 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z https://ir.vidyasagar.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/6418 Title: From Political Obligation to Social Emancipation: A Reading of Imtiaz Ali’s Anarkali Authors: Singh, Vivek Abstract: The paper aims to examine the issues related to the obligation that can lead to conflicts. All of us are duty-bound to follow social norms, adhere to promises and obey laws, which are also the prerequisites to justice. However, people also have grounds to not believe in the ‘rightness’ of the rules. The famous Urdu historical drama Anarkali (1922) by Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj, later translated in English by Zulfiqar Ali, contradicts the popular notion of justice. Voices imbued within the play defy the political ‘laws’ and plead for reordering the normative social structure. The play also interrogates repressive colonial ideology engaging with fear and amnesia of people who surrender their agency in the name of Order and Laws. The play deals with authority, power, anarchy, and universalizing notion of justice. The key questions that the paper seeks to address are: a) On what grounds does this justice rest? b) Why is political obligation necessitated, and how does it clash with individuals’ notion of liberty? c) How can we navigate the individual will with the power of authority? Further, the paper also attempts to explore and explain some of the peculiarities of how social democracy was conceived. 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z