Dr. S. M. Yahiya Ibrahim

The January-July 2021 issue is here. We are constantly experimenting in our endeavour to present before you an improved version of the journal. Last year i.e. 2020 the print version of the journal consisted of both the issues. We received good remarks from academicians and writers with regard to the quality of printing and designing of the journal. This was possible because of Subham, our editor of photography and designing and Sudarshan ji, our reverend friend and publisher. Inspired by the great words of encouragement from scholars like Professor Anisur Rahman and Professor A. R. Kidwai we have decided to publish the print copies of both the issues of 2021 separately. In the present issue we have changed the order and the issue begins with creative writing. We are extremely grateful to Tabish Khair for blessing us with two very beautiful poems. We are also thankfull of Richard Grove for sending his extremely relishing poems. We hope that you will enjoy the prose poems of Anita Nahal and the poems by R. K. Singh, Shagufta Hussein, K. V. Dominic, Jaydeep Sarangi, Gopal Lahiri, Nabanita Sengupta, Howard Moon and others will also make your reading time very thought provoking. The prose section begins with two non fictional prose pieces by Mallika Bhoumik and Basudhara Roy followed by the short stories of Prottoy Hamid, S. K. Sinha, Nishi Pulugurtha and others. The translation section is quite experimental and we have included translations of Kannada dalit poetry, Hindi poetry and Urdu Sufi poetry.  

The section containing research papers will surely incite you towards a followup discourse. Ghanshyam Kumar talks on the aesthetics of ugliness whereas Fayaz Ahmad Ilkal evaluates Zadie Smith’s fiction with reference to diaspora and hybridity. Ria Basu’s paper is a fine specimen of disability study where she analyses Bibi Halder, a famous creation of Jhumpa Lahiri. Aslam Parwez and Talat have come up with a brilliant analysis of Dalit issues in their paper on Omprakash Valmiki’s Joothan. The thin line between parenthood and dictatorship has been touched by Geeta M Patil and Shilpa S Chavan in their analysis of Herta Muller’s famous novel The Passport. Three papers on language and language teaching has also been included in the issue and among them the paper by Raeesa Usmani, Avadhuta Chauhan and Sunil Shah is not only empirical and survey based but also a piece of innovative research. Happy reading!