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Banana Yoshimoto's Kitchen (1988) poignantly explores grief, loss, and the processes of mourning through the experiences of its protagonist, Mikage Sakurai. This paper undertakes a thanatological reading of the novella, ...

This article analyses oppressive familial dynamics through memory in The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. The research employs Antonio Gramsci’s notion of cultural hegemony and Sigmund Freud’s concept of repress...

This article examines how the Partition of Bengal is depicted in the films Kaushik Ganguly's  Bishorjon (2017) and Leena Gangopadhyay’s Mati (2018) as a real and ongoing trauma that continues to influence memory, emot...

The indelible marks that the horror of the Partition and its resultant mass exodus left on the two states of Punjab and Bengal are still felt. The nature of the experience of pathological violence in Punjab has been some...

Anuradha Roy’s Sleeping on Jupiter is a profound, multi-layered exploration of the human capacity to endure trauma, reclaim agency, and reimagine the possibilities of life following devastation. Set against the backdr...

Mahmoud Darwish’s “State of Siege” presents life under occupation through images of war, loss, and everyday survival. This article studies how the poem places violence and hospitality side by side. Hospitality app...

This article offers a postcolonial analysis of Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Gravel Heart, focusing on the intertwined themes of dislocation, identity, and belonging. Gravel Heart is set in postcolonial Zanzibar and England, it ...

Trauma is an encounter of the violent event, with its unexpectedness and horror. Traumatic disorders transpire when there is an interplay between the experience and memory along with their gender violence. The most destr...

Memory serves as the bridge linking the past, present, and future, weaving a continuous thread through time. Remarkably, the past holds undeniable significance for humans. Various experiences, encompassing both trauma an...