Nature in T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land: A Critical Ecolinguistic Study
Ecolinguistics, a relatively new sub-discipline of linguistics, is mainly based on the Sapir-Whorfian ideology of linguistic determinism which claims that the way we use ...
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Emptiness, Mind, and the Global Turn in Philosophy
Poorvam International Journal invites scholars to contribute to a double-blind peer-reviewed commemorative volume honouring Prof. Jay L. Garfield.
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From Sthāna to Samādhi: Reframing Nṛtta in the Nāṭyaśāstra through Yogic and Tantric Frameworks, with Extensions to South-east Asian Dance Traditions
This study proposes that there exists a deeper structural affinity between performance practice and philosophical inquiry than is ...
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The emergence of the modern-day Bhāṣyakāras in the discourse of modern Indian Philosophy
This review essay examines Nalini Bhushan and Jay L. Garfield's new translation of Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya's Subject as Freed...
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Deductive vis-à-vis Didactic: The Curious Case of Byomkesh Bakshi
Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s immortal creation Byomkesh Bakshi stands apart from other conventional detective characters both in term...
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Female and the Occult: Re-defining Female Autonomy in Stree and Bulbbul
This paper explores the theme of female autonomy extensively with special reference to demanding female authority, rights, and fre...
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EXPLORING CRITICAL LIVES: FERNANDO PESSOA AND PHILOSOPHY
What does it mean to be plural? What happens when a poet invents not just characters but entire selves — each ...
Dr. Bartholomew Ryan
Bartholomew Ryan is a philosopher and musicia...
Exploring The Dharma of Justice in the Sanskrit Epics
Authors in Conversation: The Dharma of Justice in the Sanskrit Epics Violence, Cruelty, and the Question of t...
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Match classical Sanskrit roots (dhātu) and etymologies to their modern philosophical equivalents.
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Identify the poetic meter (Chandas) and philosophical origin of timeless classical verses.
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Split compound Sanskrit terms into their morphological and phonetic constituents.
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Connect thematic philosophical triads through shared semantic and textual linkages.
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