Critical and Analytical Essays

Nature in T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land: A Critical Ecolinguistic Study

Authors: Dr. Susanta Kumar Bardhan

Associate Professor, Dept of English, Suri Vidyasagar College, Suri, Birbhum, West Bengal

Published: August 2026 | Vol. 2 (1)

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 language shapes our interactio...

Nature linguistics ecolinguistics language ecology

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A Conversation Wrought in Loss: Exploring the Magical Reality of Rabisankar Bal’s Dozakhnama

Authors: Dr. Ritushree Sengupta

Assistant Professor of English, Patrasayer Mahavidyalaya, West Bengal

Published: August 2026 | Vol. 2 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S04

Historically, Bengali literature has been acclaimed for its richness of fiction as well as poetry. However, not many Bengali authors have been found to be experimenting with the narrative forms. As fa...

Magic realism Bengali literature Ghalib Manto historiography

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Interpretation of Desireless Action in Śrīmadbhagavadgītā

Authors: Dishari Chatterjee

Independent Researcher, Behala, Kolkata- 700034, dishari64@gmail.com

Published: August 2026 | Vol. 2 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S05

This paper focuses on Niṣkāma karma or desireless action in the light of Śrīmadbhagavadgītā. Gītā, despite being a holy book, is an ethical handbook as well. So Niṣkāma karma or desireless...

Niṣkāma karma Śrīmadbhagavadgītā action desire fruits

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Inking the Epic: Subversive Aesthetics and Moral Recalibrations in Ramayana Graphic Novels

Authors: Vishnu Mishra

Department of English, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, vishnu.mishra0409@gmail.com, +919219317453

Published: August 2026 | Vol. 2 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S06

This research paper analyses how recent Indian graphic novels re-envision the Ramayana, not only as mythology but also as an empowering graphic-textual means of grappling with contemporary issues that...

Ramayana Graphic Novels Visual-Textual Narratives Cultural Reinterpretation Dharma and Ethics Feminist Retellings

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Female and the Occult: Re-defining Female Autonomy in Stree and Bulbbul

Authors: Pratichi Chowdhury

Independent Researcher, Durgapur, West Bengal, India, pratichichowdhury1413@gmail.com

Published: August 2026 | Vol. 2 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S07

This paper explores the theme of female autonomy extensively with special reference to demanding female authority, rights, and freedom through the ‘occult’ form. The study involves a literary anal...

Self-authority justice occult female autonomy

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Deductive vis-à-vis Didactic: The Curious Case of Byomkesh Bakshi

Authors: Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay

UG Student (English Major), Suri Vidyasagar College, West Bengal, India, rajendranitua@gmail.com

Published: August 2026 | Vol. 2 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S08

Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s immortal creation Byomkesh Bakshi stands apart from other conventional detective characters both in terms of benevolent understanding and humanitarian approach. His main ob...

truth crime justice detective punishment

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The emergence of the modern-day Bhāṣyakāras in the discourse of modern Indian Philosophy

Authors: Nilambar Chakrabarti

PhD Research Scholar, Jadavpur University, Sylff Fellowship Recipient, Former Research Fellow in South Asian Studies, Smith College

Published: August 2026 | Vol. 2 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S09

This review essay examines Nalini Bhushan and Jay L. Garfield's new translation of Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya's Subject as Freedom (Oxford University Press, 2026), a text long regarded as philosophi...

Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya Subject as Freedom Advaita Vedānta philosophical translation commentary

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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

Authors: Ashwini Srivatsan

Independent Researcher, Danville, California, USA, ashwinisrivatsan@gmail.com

Published: August 2026 | Vol. 2 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S03

This study proposes that there exists a deeper structural affinity between performance practice and philosophical inquiry than is commonly acknowledged. Grounded in the foundational insights of Piyal ...

Aṅgahāra karaṇa sthāna metaphysics of movement Nāṭyaśāstra

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Śrī Caitanya Deva as a Connoisseur of Sāhitya Śāstra: A Critical Study of the Pañcadoṣa and Pañcālaṅkāra in Keśava Bhaṭṭa's Verse

Authors: Dr. Rakesh Das, Prolay Nandi

Associate Professor, Department of Sanskrit and Philosophy, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute; Research Scholar Department of Sanskrit and Philosophy, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal, Bharat.

Published: June 2026 | Vol. 2 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S01

Śrī Caitanya Deva, revered in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition as the combined manifestation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Rādhā, is widely recognized for his philosophical contributions and dev...

Caitanya Gaudiya Philosophy Gaudiya Poetics Caitanya-caritamṛta

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Sādhāraṇīkaraṇa : Underlying Process for Experiencing Rasa

Authors: Dr Rakesh Das, Prolay Nandi

Associate Professor, Department of Sanskrit And Philosophy, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute; Research Scholar, Department of Sanskrit And Philosophy, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute

Published: March 2026 | Vol. 1 (2)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W02

This article examines the concept of sādhāraṇīkaraṇa (generalization) as the indispensable condition for the experience of rasa in classical Indian poetics. While rasa is traditionally regarded...

Sādhāraṇīkaraṇa Generalisation Aesthetic Cognition Aesthetic Generalization Rasa

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The Metaphysics of ‘Embodiment’ in Bharata’s System of Nāṭya: The Dynamics of ‘Extra-Daily’

Authors: Piyal Bhattacharya

Published: March 2026 | Vol. 1 (2)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W01

This critical essay examines the metaphysical foundations of embodiment in Bharata's Nāṭyaśāstra, arguing that the sthānas, cārīs, and karaṇas are not merely physical movements but psychophy...

Nāṭyaśāstra embodiment extra-daily sthāna karaṇa

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Ideology as the Final Arbiter of Truth: A Critique

Authors: Nilambar Chakrabarti

PhD Research Scholar, Jadavpur University, Sylff Fellowship Recipient, Former Research Fellow in South Asian Studies, Smith College.

Published: March 2026 | Vol. 1 (2)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W03

This paper examines Pranab Kumar Sen's distinctive and comparatively lesser-known analysis of the concept of ideology, as articulated in his 1992 seminar paper "Philosophy, Science and Ideology," late...

Ideology Epistemology Pranab Kumar Sen Coherence Theory of Truth Foundationalism

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Nature in T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land: A Critical Ecolinguistic Study

A Conversation Wrought in Loss: Exploring the Magical Reality of Rabisankar Bal’s Dozakhnama

Interpretation of Desireless Action in Śrīmadbhagavadgītā

Inking the Epic: Subversive Aesthetics and Moral Recalibrations in Ramayana Graphic Novels

Female and the Occult: Re-defining Female Autonomy in Stree and Bulbbul

Deductive vis-à-vis Didactic: The Curious Case of Byomkesh Bakshi

The emergence of the modern-day Bhāṣyakāras in the discourse of modern Indian Philosophy

From Sthāna to Samādhi: Reframing Nṛtta in the Nāṭyaśāstra through Yogic and Tantric Frameworks, with Extensions to South-east Asian Dance Traditions

Śrī Caitanya Deva as a Connoisseur of Sāhitya Śāstra: A Critical Study of the Pañcadoṣa and Pañcālaṅkāra in Keśava Bhaṭṭa's Verse

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Ideology as the Final Arbiter of Truth: A Critique

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