Forum for Discussion In this issue of Samyukta, we discuss an issue of contemporary relevance. The present age is characterized by the existence of career researchers and specialized research institutes/centres and a bourgeoning market for research. Given the fund-strapped,…
Abstract: Women’s reading and artistic appreciation shows that the distance between artistic truth and actual truth is frighteningly huge. Patriarchal art generates its aesthetics and standards by distorting and suppressing the reality of women’s lives. Patriarchal art maintains that beauty…
“A little girl, not yet two years of age, is tied to a pillar with a piece of string. Her cousin, a boy, who is a couple of months older to her, is allowed to roam free. The mother is…
Abstract: The past decade has seen a surge in popularity of dystopian fiction geared towards young adults. This brings forth the question of why the ideas of rebellion, revolution, and Marxist frameworks have quickly made a space for themselves in…
Abstract: The lack of discourse on different uses of cannabis in visual media has resulted in a unidimensional understanding of different forms and methods in which cannabis is consumed. To understand how visual representation often dictates and reinforces hegemonic notions…
Abstract: Cartoonist Toms’ mischievous characters Boban and Molly are two domestic names in the households of Keralam for over 50 years, chiefly through the pages of the Malayala Manorama Weekly. He introduced the character Appy Hippie for the first time in…
Abstract: The research examines the behaviour of house-elves in the Harry Potter books. The objective is to understand and examine why the house-elves remain as slaves to wizards even though they have superior magical capabilities. Using the Marxian theory of…
Abstract: Culinary landscapes are forms of communication rich with meanings and represent our attitudes, practices, symbols and rituals. A study of foodways often constitute and is inclusive of how we obtain, prepare, and consume food. The methods by which food…
Abstract: The paper aims to explore the self in different performative spaces, which includes theatre, dance, music, and posters. In doing so it tends to analyze how the “spaces” are being refilled by defining the “hidden narratives” of the self…
Abstract: Authors and artists have progressively tried to capture the crisis of human life in their works. For such representations an adept tool is required and the ‘grotesque’ is artfully brought to fore by authors and artists as the most…
Abstract: The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. –John Berger Photographs are one of the most celebrated kinds of images. As a medium of representation, they arrest our attention and constantly confront us at…
Abstract: The paper intends to study the ludo-narrative structures of the game Transistor[1] to examine how, through the engagement of the player into the game’s ludic structures (i.e. those structures that make it a game) constructs the cyborg body. The…
