Vol 4 No 2
Shimla Journal of Poetry and Criticism
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Yashpal’s Fiction: A Reflection of his Life as a Social and Political Activist
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Theorising Selfhood: A Reading of Shashi Deshpande’s
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Interrogating the Meta-narrative of Religion: The FictionalOeuvre of Ngugi wa Thiong’o
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India For Indian Diaspora: ‘My Damned Soil’ , Modern India
India’ has been the sole interest for the Indian diaspora and Gita Mehta is one of them. She begins with Karma Cola, lingers over A River Sutra and concludes in Snakes and Ladders. The present paper seeks to examine Gita Mehta’s endeavour to present her native place India in ‘glacial progress towards liberation; more than…
The Bruised Heart of Africa: Devil on the Cross
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