Published: 2024-03-19
Articles
Kolkata as a Postcolonial “Global City”
A Critical Representation of Kolkata’s Transition in Select Fictions and Films
Abstract
This paper aims to critically explore Kolkata as a postcolonial “global city” through the interpretation of Satyajit Ray’s film...
Saleem as an Official Empath in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children
AbstractLiterary authors sometimes use empathy as a tool to encourage border crossing between readers of different cultures or even to provide access to...
Cultural Misrepresentation
Jhumpa Lahiri’s Navigation of Indian Culture in the Role of a Cultural Translator in Interpreter of Maladies
Abstract
In this essay, the short stories in Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri are critically examined through the lens of her position as a...