Volume 1, Issue 2 (Winter 2025)

Articles in this Issue

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Aesthetics and Art Philosophy Open Access

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W02

Sādhāraṇīkaraṇa : Underlying Process for Experiencing Rasa

Dr Rakesh Das, Prolay Nandi, Prolay Nandi , Prolay Nandi

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 as the soul of poetry, its...

Published: Mar 07, 2026 Pages: 33-52

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Performance, Dance, and Theatre Studies Open Access

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W01

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

Piyal Bhattacharya

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 psychophysical embodiments of cosmic ta...

Published: Mar 07, 2026 Pages: 09-31

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Philosophy and Theoretical Inquiries Open Access

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W03

Ideology as the Final Arbiter of Truth: A Critique

Nilambar Chakrabarti

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," later included in Knowle...

Published: Mar 07, 2026 Pages: 53-62

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Musicology and Ethnomusicology Open Access

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W04

An Analytical Study of Vālājapēṭ Veṅkaṭaramaṇa Bhāgavatar’s Musical Style Using Select Compositions

Gayathri V B

Guru–Śiṣya paramparā is a revered tradition of learning through close mentorship. It is a system rooted in the concept of paramparā, representing an unbroken lineage of knowledge passed from guru to śiṣya through oral tr...

Published: Mar 07, 2026 Pages: 63-74

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Literary and Cultural Studies Open Access

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W06

Suffering, Struggle and Soliloquy: A Postmodernist Reading of Krishna Baldev Vaid’s None Other

Srijani Dutta

This paper examines Krishna Baldev Vaid’s None Other (1992) through the lens of postmodern literary theory, focusing on the themes of suffering, alienation, and existential fragmentation. The novella presents the interio...

Published: Mar 07, 2026 Pages: 91-98

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Religious, Spiritual, and Mystical Traditions Open Access

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W07

Nithin Sridhar’s Chatuh Shloki Manusmrti: Tradition, Authority, and the Fourfold Framework

Amritanath Bhattacharya

This review essay examines Chatuh Shloki Manusmriti: An English Commentary by Nithin Sridhar, situating the work within the broader intellectual framework of the Indian śāstric tradition. The study analyses the author’s ...

Published: Mar 07, 2026 Pages: 99-108

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Literary and Cultural Studies Open Access

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W05

Domestic Porosity and the Transcultural Uncanny in Select Japanese and Indian Folk Narratives

Debasmita Sarkar

This essay examines how Japanese folk narratives produce the uncanny not through spectacular supernatural intrusion but through subtle disturbances within domestic life. Drawing on Freud’s concept of the uncanny and Kris...

Published: Mar 07, 2026 Pages: 75-89

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