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The Interiors

Volume 15, Issue 1

Published: June 1, 2026
Articles: 28
ISSN: 2319-4804

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Metaphors of Dislocations: Renewal of Spirit Sought

J. K. VERMA *

This paper critically examines the trajectory of the post-Independence Indian English novel, arguing that while the genre has attained significant success in representing socio-political realities—suc...

Lived Spaces, Liberated Selves: Edward Soja’s Thirdspace in Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman and Banana Yoshimoto’s Kitchen

NIKHILESH DHAR * , DEEP NASKAR

Sayaka Murata’s Convenience Store Woman and Banana Yoshimoto’s Kitchen are two prominent works of contemporary Japanese literature that have been acclaimed by readers globally. The paper explores the...

Linguistic Human Rights and Linguistic Ecology: An Indian Perspective

SUSANTA KUMAR BARDHAN *

India is a multilingual and multicultural country where the sociolinguistic situation is so diverse and complex. At the same time the societal and socio-economic situation has become complicated due t...

Human Sensibility in Indira Goswami’s Short Stories

SANJAY SHARMA *

Indira Goswami occupies an important place in literature. She is an eminent short story writer who has also written over twenty five novels. Her short stories have varied themes which range from ninet...

Challenges and Pedagogical Solutions in Developing English Speaking Skills in Mithilanchal: A Case Study in Bihar

MOHAMMAD ASAD * , BAIRAM KHAN , RAFIQUR RAHMAN KHAN

It is universally truth that learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) commonly encounter a range of challenges in developing speaking proficiency, which is a natural aspect of second language ac...

Supernatural Roots of Misery and the Imagery of Crisis in Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macbeth

KUMAR CHANDRADEEP *

Both William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Macbeth reveal that supernatural intervention can be used as a great force that reveals hidden crimes, ignites dangerous desires, and leads their protagonists int...

Peace Discourses in Modern Literary Traditions : A Study of Tolstoy’s War and Peace

SANJAY KUMAR *

The research article explores several aspects of peace as depicted in Leo Tolstoy’s celebrated novel War and Peace. Itopens with an abstract that has an overview of its aims and findings. The introduc...

Role of English in Enriching Hindi Language and Literature

KUMARI RASHMI PRIYDARSHNI *

English has always been accused for the deplorable state of Hindi in India. Many of the supporters of Hindi language cherish a very hostile attitude towards English and English speaking people. They c...

Subaltern Speak : Politics of Language in Dalit Autobiographies

SANTOSH SUMAN *

This paper examines how Dalit autobiographies in India deploy language as a tool of resistance and self-assertion, challenging hegemonic narratives that have historically silenced subaltern voices. Dr...

Fantasy and Identity Formation in J. K. Rowling and Philip Pullman

RAKESH KUMAR MAHATO *

Fantasy literature is often seen as imaginative storytelling filled with magic and adventure. However, many fantasy writers use magical worlds to teach important moral lessons. This paper studies fant...

Soil, Memory and the Nation Within : Cultural and National Identity in Samiran Kumar Paul’s Samiranic

RAVI RANJAN KUMAR *

Dr. Samiran Kumar Paul’s Samiranic (2025) offers a profound re-articulation of cultural and national identity through a narrative that privileges memory, locality, and ethical continuity over politica...

An Ecological Study of Select Nature Poems of William Wordsworth

MINTU KUMAR MENAN *

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was the greatest poet of the Romantic Age in England. He is called the ‘harbinger of Romanticism’, ‘the high priest of Nature’, ‘the worshipper of Nature’ and the poet o...

Post-Colonial Identity and Cultural Dislocation in The Foreigner : A Study of Hybridity, Cultural Mimicry and In-betweenness through Homi Bhabha’s Theory

DIKSHA SINHA * , SATYENDRA KUMAR

Arun Joshi’s The Foreigner (1968) stands as a seminal narrative interrogating the fractured psychology of post-colonial subjectivity. The protagonist, Sindi Oberoi, embodies the condition of cultural...

Dynamic Relationship between First and Second Generation Immigrants in Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake and Interpreter of Maladies

MOUMITA SARKAR * , SANTOSH SUMAN

The dynamic interplay between first- and second-generation immigrants remains a central theme in contemporary diasporic literature. Jhumpa Lahiri, with her acclaimed works The Namesake (2003) and Inte...

Reconstructing the Past : Memory and Nostalgia in Easterine Kire’s Sky is my Father

ABHISHEK KUMAR NIRALA * , SANJAY KUMAR

Memory and nostalgia play a significant role in shaping cultural identity and preserving historical consciousness in indigenous narratives. The literary works of Easterine Kire, particularly Sky is my...

Shakespeare Reimagined: The Timeless Echo of His Genius

MEETA . *

This study investigates the enduring significance of William Shakespeare’s work from its origins in Elizabethan theater to its modern digital adaptations. Utilizing historical analysis, linguistic exa...

The Unifying Emblem in Toru Dutt’s “The Lotus”

LAXMAN YADAV *

Toru Dutt’s poem “The Lotus” is one of the best poems written symbolically in the initial phase of Indian English literature. Even though it is quite short in length, this poem possesses significant p...

Subjugation of Female Voice in Anuradha Roy’s The Folded Earth

RASHMI SINHA *

Women have faced subjugation and oppression over the centuries, enduring the dominance of men in both familial and societal contexts. A remarkable transformation has been instigated by eminent Indian...

Diasporic Displacement and Immigrant Experience in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane

PREM PRATAP *

Monica Ali, an English writer of Bangladeshi origin, is a highly accomplished and influential author of the contemporary times. She holds a prominent position among current South Asian writers. She ga...

Eco-feminist Delineations in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things

NEHA KUMARI *

The present paper explores Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things in the context of Ecofeminism. A large and growing body of literature on ecofeminist issues in the west relates gender and envi...

Grief as Resistance : Performativity, Affective Economies and Subaltern Agency in Mahasweta Devi’s “Rudali”

DEEPALI SINGH *

Mahasweta Devi’s Rudali offers one of the most incisive literary examinations of caste, gender, labour, and emotional commodification in postcolonial India. This article reinterprets the novella throu...

Voice and Visibility: Dalit Women’s Experiences in Urmila Pawar’s The Weave of my Life

PRIYA RAJ *

This research paper explores the powerful depiction of Dalit women’s voices and experiences in Urmila Pawar’s autobiography, The Weave of my Life. By focusing on the intersection of caste, gender, and...

Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood: A Study of Marginalized Women in Patriarchal Society

RINKI KUMARI *

This research article examines Buchi Emecheta’s The Joys of Motherhood (1979) as a sustained literary critique of the marginalization of women within a patriarchal Igbo society reshaped by the pressur...

Trapped Between Worlds : Women, Identity and Resistance in the Major Works of Anita Desai and Jhumpa Lahiri

YAWRA PERWEEN *

This article examines the representation of women in the fiction of Anita Desai and Jhumpa Lahiri through the perspectives of feminist and postcolonial criticism. Both writers portray women struggling...

Disease, Stigma and Cultural Politics: Reading The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey as Social Metaphor

SURESH KURAPATI *

Sowvendra Shekhar Hansda’s novel The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey (2013) foregrounds the struggles of the Santhal community through the haunting figure of Rupi, whose inexplicable illness becomes...

Internalised Oppression and Social Taboos in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things

VIKAS SHARMA * , VISHWANI CHAUDHARI

Arundhati Roy is celebrated as one of the most famous and talented Indian writers in English. A major part of her career has been devoted to giving a voice to the marginalised section of people and st...

Sarojini Naidu’s Poetry: Reflection of Indian Myths, Legends and Folktales

SURENDRA YADAV *

As a celebrated daughter of modern India, Sarojini fell in the long tradition of Indian women writers since the Vedic age: in the tradition of singers like Vishveshwara and Ghosa, of Gargi, Maitreyi a...

India’s New Middle Class and the Crisis of Conscience in Aravind Adiga’s Fiction

RAHUL KUMAR *

This research paper examines how India’s burgeoning middle class intersects with moral issues and systemic inequities as depicted in Aravind Adiga’s fiction, arguing that wealth, aspiration, and expos...

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