Sooraj Kumar
Biographic Data
| ID | 10127479 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sooraj Kumar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sooraj |
| FAMILY NAME | Kumar |
| SIGNATURE | KUMAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | St. John's College of Nursing |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Fame, Fiction, and Fallacy
Shashi Tharoor’s Show Business (1992) is a sardonic investigation of the Indian film industry, offering a piercing analysis of celebrity culture, the commodification of art, and the indistinct boundaries between illusion and reality. It is through the rise and fall of its protagonist, Ashok Banjara, a Bollywood superstar turned politician, that the novel delves into the moral compromises and ethical impasses inherent in the quest of fame and powe…
The Dialectics of Myth and History
The Circle of Reason by Amitav Ghosh is a celebration of the fictional arras of myth, history, and rationality. It inevitably offers a glowing and an intricate exploration of human life across assorted cultures and topographies. The novel dextrously blends the mythical narratives with historical reasoning and sturdily challenges the conventional restrictions between fact and fiction. Ghosh’s portrayal of the protagonist, Alu, becomes a vehicle to…
Unity to Rupture
A River with Three Banks (1998) by Shiv K. Kumar explores the intricacies of human identity and morality amidst the chaotic and tumultuous backdrop of India’s Partition. Its central characters each reflect fractured psyches and diverse ideological stances. The novel weaves a narrative that interrogates the historical, social, and personal cataclysms of the dreadful partition of 1947. Kumar employs the metaphor of the river, a recurring symbol of …
The Alchemy of Myth, History and Reality
A flawless blend of myth and reality to narrate a versatile history of modern India through the lens of magical realism finds its fertile ground in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight Children. Through the life of the protagonist Saleem Sinai, whose birth coincides with the midnight hour of India’s independence, the novel investigates the interplay between personal identity and national history. Rushdie employs myth as a narrative strategy to critique the …
Beyond the Coupe
Anita Nair's Ladies Coupe (2001) catechizes the concepts of gender-autonomy, and societal expectations through deconstruction and subversion. It focusses on the life journey of Akhila, a single, middle-aged woman trying to find her identity outside the bounds of patriarchal norms. The novel employs a fragmented narrative structure, with six women in a railway compartment sharing their life stories. These narratives attempt to deconstruct traditio…
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Beyond the Coupe
Anita Nair's Ladies Coupe (2001) catechizes the concepts of gender-autonomy, and societal expectations through deconstruction and subversion. It focusses on the life journey of Akhila, a single, middle-aged woman trying to find her identity outside the bounds of patriarchal norms. The novel employs a fragmented narrative structure, with six women in a railway compartment sharing their life stories. These narratives attempt to deconstruct traditio…
The Alchemy of Myth, History and Reality
A flawless blend of myth and reality to narrate a versatile history of modern India through the lens of magical realism finds its fertile ground in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight Children. Through the life of the protagonist Saleem Sinai, whose birth coincides with the midnight hour of India’s independence, the novel investigates the interplay between personal identity and national history. Rushdie employs myth as a narrative strategy to critique the …
The Dialectics of Myth and History
The Circle of Reason by Amitav Ghosh is a celebration of the fictional arras of myth, history, and rationality. It inevitably offers a glowing and an intricate exploration of human life across assorted cultures and topographies. The novel dextrously blends the mythical narratives with historical reasoning and sturdily challenges the conventional restrictions between fact and fiction. Ghosh’s portrayal of the protagonist, Alu, becomes a vehicle to…
Unity to Rupture
A River with Three Banks (1998) by Shiv K. Kumar explores the intricacies of human identity and morality amidst the chaotic and tumultuous backdrop of India’s Partition. Its central characters each reflect fractured psyches and diverse ideological stances. The novel weaves a narrative that interrogates the historical, social, and personal cataclysms of the dreadful partition of 1947. Kumar employs the metaphor of the river, a recurring symbol of …
Fame, Fiction, and Fallacy
Shashi Tharoor’s Show Business (1992) is a sardonic investigation of the Indian film industry, offering a piercing analysis of celebrity culture, the commodification of art, and the indistinct boundaries between illusion and reality. It is through the rise and fall of its protagonist, Ashok Banjara, a Bollywood superstar turned politician, that the novel delves into the moral compromises and ethical impasses inherent in the quest of fame and powe…
Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Mythology (2 works) · South Asian Cinema and Culture (2 works)