Articles

Vol. 6, No. 1

Familiar Sensation of Strangeness: Book Review

PDF https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2960-0681Bodoland University Received: 30 June 2026 / Accepted: 2 July 2026 / Published:12 July 2026 Book reviews are internally reviewed. Familiar Sensation of Strangeness: Selected Essays and Speeches on…

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Death and Existence in Jibanananda Das’ Literary Imagination

PDF https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2449-4417Nava Nalanda Mahavihara Received: 25 November 2025 / Accepted: 2 July 2026 / Published: 11 July 2026 Abstract The present research paper investigates death and existence in the literary…

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“They have become pursuing prisons”: Robin S Ngangom’s My Invented Land (2023) and the Poetics of Double Witness

PDF https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6952-2124Jalangi Mahavidyalaya. Netaji Subhas Open University Received: 24 June 2025 / Accepted: 2 July 2026 / Published: 11 July 2026 Abstract The paper asserts that the latest collection My…

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The Picaresque and the Romantic: A Critical Reading of Hermann Hesse’s Knulp

PDF https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3041-5306The Hashemite University, Jordan Received: 21 January 2026 / Accepted: 2 July 2026 / Published: 12 July 2026 Abstract Hermann Hesse’s Knulp (1915) is a memorable novel about vagrant…

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Ecological narrative and material consciousness in Anita Rau Badami’s The Hero’s Walk

PDF https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8333-5273Shri Govind Guru University, Godhra Received: 17 February 2026 / Accepted: 2 July 2026 / Published: 11 July 2026 Abstract The Hero’s Walk offers a parallel narrative of environmental…

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Canned Empire, Curried Resistance: Taste, Reception, and Remonstrance of the Anglo-Indian Fusion Food

PDF https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0317-2823The University of North Bengal Received: 12 March 2026 / Accepted: 4 July 2026 / Published: 11 July 2026 Abstract British rule in India was not only marked by…

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Editorial

PDF Paddaja Royhttps://orcid.org/0009-0009-2226-9645Ratnapith College, Assam, India Kalyani Rava Devi https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1984-5681Bodoland University, Assam, India The present issue (vol. 6, no. 1) of the transcript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies…

Vol. 5, No. 2

Space Feminisms: People, Planets, Power. Biotechne: Interthinking Art, Science and Design: Book Review

PDF https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6033-4815Assistant Professor, Assam Royal Global University, Guwahati, Assam Space Feminisms: People, Planets, Power.  Biotechne: Interthinking Art, Science and Design | Editors— Marie‑Pier Boucher, Claire Webb, Annick Bureaud, and Nahum…

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The Repercussions of Greed—A Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Living Mountain: A Fable for Our Times

PDF https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9366-5498Assistant Professor, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong Abstract Greed and capitalism become major agents when it comes to climate crisis. In recent years, Amitav Ghosh has written extensively on the…

Vol. 5, No. 2

Narrating Resistance: Postcolonial Power, Discourse, and Subaltern Agency in Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance and Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger

PDF https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3926-8973Assistant Professor, Central University of Punjab Abstract This paper attempts to examine how Mistry’s A Fine Balance (1995) and Adiga’s The White Tiger (2008) deal with power, oppression, and…

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