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The Interiors

Volume 13, Issue 1 - January 2026

Publication Date:
January 1, 2024

Total Articles:
36

Pages:
1 - 360

ISSN:
2319-4804

Editorial Team

Editors
Dr. Neeraj Kumar
Dr. Neeraj Kumar Chief Editor

Professor and Head in P.G. Dept. of English and Research Centre

Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya

Associate Editor Boards
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Dr. Anupama Vohra
Professor of English at University of Jammu & Kashmir Jammu
University of Jammu & Kashmir Jammu
Dr. Susanta Kumar Bardhan
Department of English Suri College
Suri University of Burdwan (West Bengal)
Dr. Atal Kumar
Department of English Gaya College, Gaya
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
Dr. Mousumi Chakraborty
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BBM Koylanchal University, Dhanbad
Dr. Kumari Rashmi Priyedarshni
Department of English Gautam Buddha Mahila College, Gaya
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
Advisory Boards
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Dr. B.N. Sahay
Former Professor and Head P.G. Dept. of English
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
Dr. H.M. Prasad
Former Professor and Head P.G. Dept. of English
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
Dr. I. K. Masih
Former Professor and Head P.G. Dept. of English
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
Dr. B. K. Jha
Former Professor & Head Department of English
Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag
Dr. C.P. Singh
Former Professor and Head, P.G. Dept. of English
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
Dr. Somnath Prasad
Former Professor and Head P.G. Department of English
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
Dr. Prabhat Kumar Singh
Professor of English
Central University of South Bihar, Gaya
Dr. Parmananda Jha
Former Associate Professor & Head Dept. of English, Former Chairman All India Association for English Studies
C. M. College, Darbhanga L.N.Mithila University, Darbhanga
Dr. A. A. Khan
Professor & Head Dept of English
Pt. R. S. S. University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Prof. Mara Logaldo
Professor of English
IULM University of Milan, Italy
Dr. Geeta M. Patil
Professor and Head Department of English
Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Aurangabad (Maharashtra)
Dr. Anita Singh
Professor & Head Department of English
B.H.U., Varanasi
+ 2 more members

Articles in This Issue

36 Articles

A Critical Analysis of Haruki Murakami’s “The Wind-up Bird and Tuesday’s Women” and “The Elephant Vanishes”

Nikhilesh Dhar * , Deep Naskar

Haruki Murakami is one of the most renowned writers of contemporary literature. He enchants readers with his ability to seamlessly blur the lines between ordinary and extraordinary, reality and imagination. In this paper, we shall critically study...

Keywords: Cosmopolitanism, labyrinthine landscapes, multiple shades, narrative tapestry.

Portrayal of Pariahs in Raja Rao’s Kanthapura

Sujan Singh *

Untouchability is a black mark on our society. It is a curse for hindu society. It is a curse not from God; it is a curse from humans themselves. Untouchables are called by many names e.g. dalits, Pariahs, depressed class, outcast, downtrodden cla...

Keywords: Untouchability, pariahs, dalits, outcast, Gandhian movement, caste discrimination.

Construction of a Socialist Feminist Consciousness in Vina Mazumdar’s Memories of a Rolling Stone

Monalisa Jha *

The present paper shall seek to delve into Dr. Vina Mazumdar’s memoir Memories of a Rolling Stone to trace the growth of a feminist consciousness in an Indian feminist activist. Dr. Vina Mazumdar (1927-2013) was a pioneer of women’s studies and a...

Keywords: Memoir, governance, women's movement, feminist consciousness, activism.

Genesis of Black Feminism : Its Causes and Relevance

Shaweta Singh *

One of the heated arguments which is focal to feminism is about equality difference in context of race, class, sexuality and ability. Mainstream feminists have often been accused of obscuring these differences in their tendency to universalize the...

Keywords: Black Feminism, bigotry, political identity, intersectionality, racism.

Selectively Queer(some) : Navigating the Themes of LGBTQ Presented through a few Popular Hindi Movies

Sayantani Roy *

“There is no reason to assume that gender also ought to remain as two. The presumption of a binary gender system implicitly retains the belief in a mimetic relation of gender to sex whereas gender mirrors sex or is otherwise restricted by it.” (Ju...

Keywords: Keywords : Queer, cinema, bollywood, lGBTQA+, movies.

Hark in Thine Ear : Exploring the Radio Shakespeare

Sudipta Gupta *

The Bard of Stratford- upon Avon has been the subject of innumerable academic debates and multifarious cultural transmissions. Shakespeare’s plays have been taught as part of the academic curriculum, adapted for diverse theatrical productions, th...

Keywords: Shakespeare, radio, domesticity, popular culture.

ower and Powerlessness in J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace

Shubhmay Chauhan *

This research paper delves into J.M. Coetzee’s novel Disgrace within the context of post-apartheid South Africa, focusing on power dynamics and powerlessness. Through the lens of Michel Foucault’s theories, it analyses the misuse of power by indiv...

Keywords: Trauma, post-apartheid, racial violence, power dynamics, truth and reconciliation commission.

Patriarchal Domination and Feminine Sensibility in Shobha De’s Second Thoughts

Sandeep Kumar *

Shobha De holds a unique place among Indian feminist authors. Apart from being a novelist, she has been a regular columnist for several newspapers. Her novels deal the life of modern and elite class women, the glamour and dark realities of cosmopo...

Keywords: Patriarchy, feminine sensibility, psyche, transgression, alienation, marginality.

The Illusion of Everyday Progress : Space-time Dialectics in Waiting for Godot

Srijoni Banerjee *

Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, a masterpiece from twentieth-century literature stands as an in-depth analysis of the hyperlink between “Everyday” and “Space-time.” This research paper explores temporal and spatial dimensions that are inherent...

Keywords: Absurdism, cyclical waiting, existentialism, theatre studies.

Beyond Utopia and Dystopia: The Ecological Techno-Positivism of Solarpunk Literature

Amritendu Ghosal *

Speculations on the future has been a central element of human civilisation. Hope and fear are the two points of origin of such speculations. Hope, over the centuries, has given rise to utopian narratives while fear has birthed various dystopian n...

Keywords: Utopia, dystopia, ecology, solarpunk, techno-positivism.

Role of Indian Women Writers in English in the Psycho-Emotional Emancipation of Women in the Post-Independence India

Kumari Rashmi Priydarshni *

Patriarchy is that social institution which provides superior status to the male and inferior to the female. It promotes that powerstructured relationship in which one section of the society is controlled and governed by the other. The domination o...

Keywords: Patriarchy, psycho-emotional emancipation, power-structured relationship, feminism.

Unveiling Educational Philosophy in Rabindranath Tagore’s “Mastermoshai” : A Comprehensive Analysis

Bikramjit Sen *

This paper delves into Rabindranath Tagore’s short story “Mastermoshai”, unravelling its profound implications for educational philosophy. By conducting a comprehensive analysis, the study explores Tagore’s nuanced portrayal of the teacher-student...

Keywords: Keywords : Educational philosophy, Teacher-student relationship, socio-cultural context, colonial Bengal, pedagogic principles, holistic education, cultural sensitivity, contemporary educational discourses.

Zamindari Abolition, Marriages and Caste Politics in Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy

Subodh Kumar Ray *

Vikram Seth is one of the most fascinating and versatile writers in Indian English literature. Seth made remarkable contribution to Indian English literature by writing not only novels but also books of poetry, travelogue, biographies and memoires...

Keywords: Religious Intolerance, caste politics, social realism, love and marriage, zamindari system

The Tumult over ‘Bulimarexia’: Externalising Anguish-filled Experiential Realities through Iconographic Delineation as in Nadia Shivack’s Inside Out: Portrait of an Eating Disorder

R. Monisa * , V. David Arputha Raj

Children and adolescents, of the present age, are much conscious about their body constructs. There arisesa dissatisfaction, denial and insecurity about their bodies, when they gauge themselves with societal paradigms. In order to confirm to ideal...

Keywords: Eating disorder, Bulimia nervosa, externalisation, graphic novel, pictorial embodiments.

Comparative Analysis: Exploring Pandemic Narratives in Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year and Camus’s The Plague

Mamta Singh * , Namita Singh

This paper will explore and contrast the depictions of pandemics in Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year(1722) and Albert Camus’ The Plague (1947). While both works engage with the theme of pestilence, they differ significantly in their his...

Keywords: Pandemic, comparative, resilience, absurdity, suffering, heroism, survival.
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