Aparna Nandha
Biographic Data
| ID | 4466236 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aparna Nandha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aparna |
| FAMILY NAME | Nandha |
| SIGNATURE | NANDHA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Technology Ropar |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1262-6652 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Perception of Instructors and Students on Kalarippayattu: A Mixed-Method Study on an Indian Martial Art
This paper aims to study the perception of kalarippayattu, an Indian martial art form, founded on the views expressed by instructors and students in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Speculated to have sustained through antiquity, the origins of this martial art form are shrouded in mythical tales. Despite its rich history, kalarippayattu has not gained its due academic interest from martial arts scholars. It is in this context that this study…
Brown Girl Dreaming (2014): A Black Child’s Microhistory of the 1960s
Jacqueline Woodson’s memoir Brown Girl Dreaming (2014) delineates young Jackie’s aspirations to become a writer interspersed with her family history and the larger political fabric of the United States. The memoir recounts a brief period of her childhood and concludes with multiple histories converging to build a promising future. This article employs the theoretical framework of microhistory to analyze Woodson’s memoir. Microhistory engages with…
Perception of healthcare providers and patients on Kalari marmachikilsa: An indigenous medical practice in India
Kalari marmachikilsa (KMC) is an indigenous and natural medical practice that originated in ancient India. KMC employs the traditional Indian knowledge of marma points to treat not just the symptoms of a disease but the underlying cause of ailments. In traditional Indian medical texts, marmas are considered as vital energy points located in various parts of the human body housing energy or life force called prana. This study provides a novel inve…
Counter-memory as resistance: Reading second-generation Holocaust fiction in Thane Rosenbaum’s Second Hand Smoke (1999) and The Golems of Gotham (2002)
Ancient Indian Sustainable Healthcare: Kalari Marmachikitsa, a Comprehensive Indigenous Medical System
Indian civilization is renowned for promoting holistic lifestyle practices that nurture environmental and genus-inclusive practices. Due to this non-anthropocentric philosophy of life ingrained in ancient Indian culture, traditional Indian medical knowledge systems are accommodative of healthy habits fostering mental and physical wellness. This article studies kalari marmachikitsa, an alternative treatment method anchored in traditional knowledge…
Growing Up in the “Dirty South: Precarious Black Childhoods in Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones
Carnivalesque subversion and the narrative gaze of children: Taika Waititi’s Boy (2010), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), and Jojo Rabbit (2019)
This article studies the carnivalesque subversion of oppressive systems using the narrative gaze of children in Taika Waititi’s three films, Boy (2010), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), and Jojo Rabbit (2019). Waititi has a wide range of filmography to his assets and his films, while comically articulating his politics, incorporate new vocabularies to tackle various forms of oppression. The selected films are of both local and international natu…
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Carnivalesque subversion and the narrative gaze of children: Taika Waititi’s Boy (2010), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), and Jojo Rabbit (2019)
This article studies the carnivalesque subversion of oppressive systems using the narrative gaze of children in Taika Waititi’s three films, Boy (2010), Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016), and Jojo Rabbit (2019). Waititi has a wide range of filmography to his assets and his films, while comically articulating his politics, incorporate new vocabularies to tackle various forms of oppression. The selected films are of both local and international natu…
Perception of healthcare providers and patients on Kalari marmachikilsa: An indigenous medical practice in India
Kalari marmachikilsa (KMC) is an indigenous and natural medical practice that originated in ancient India. KMC employs the traditional Indian knowledge of marma points to treat not just the symptoms of a disease but the underlying cause of ailments. In traditional Indian medical texts, marmas are considered as vital energy points located in various parts of the human body housing energy or life force called prana. This study provides a novel inve…
Counter-memory as resistance: Reading second-generation Holocaust fiction in Thane Rosenbaum’s Second Hand Smoke (1999) and The Golems of Gotham (2002)
Ancient Indian Sustainable Healthcare: Kalari Marmachikitsa, a Comprehensive Indigenous Medical System
Indian civilization is renowned for promoting holistic lifestyle practices that nurture environmental and genus-inclusive practices. Due to this non-anthropocentric philosophy of life ingrained in ancient Indian culture, traditional Indian medical knowledge systems are accommodative of healthy habits fostering mental and physical wellness. This article studies kalari marmachikitsa, an alternative treatment method anchored in traditional knowledge…
Growing Up in the “Dirty South: Precarious Black Childhoods in Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing and Salvage the Bones
Perception of Instructors and Students on Kalarippayattu: A Mixed-Method Study on an Indian Martial Art
This paper aims to study the perception of kalarippayattu, an Indian martial art form, founded on the views expressed by instructors and students in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Speculated to have sustained through antiquity, the origins of this martial art form are shrouded in mythical tales. Despite its rich history, kalarippayattu has not gained its due academic interest from martial arts scholars. It is in this context that this study…
Brown Girl Dreaming (2014): A Black Child’s Microhistory of the 1960s
Jacqueline Woodson’s memoir Brown Girl Dreaming (2014) delineates young Jackie’s aspirations to become a writer interspersed with her family history and the larger political fabric of the United States. The memoir recounts a brief period of her childhood and concludes with multiple histories converging to build a promising future. This article employs the theoretical framework of microhistory to analyze Woodson’s memoir. Microhistory engages with…
Narrative (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)