Category: Indian and South Asian Studies
The Effects of Gender in Second Language Acquisition: A Study on Bangladeshi Adult EFL Learners
The paper investigated the effects of gender on second language acquisition from sociolinguistics and a poststructuralist feminist approach. Data was …
Copper Workers and Their Technology – A Survey of Chotanagpur Region
This paper explores the ethnographic profile of copper workers and the technology they are using presently in the Chotanagpur Plateau …
Vocal Aesthetics and the Construction of the “Feminine” in Post-independence Hindi Cinema
Indian cinema is deeply connected to India’s identity, with cinematic themes and narratives influencing and reflecting cultural behaviors and expectations. …
Constructing and Practicing Rights: A Perspective of Female Factory Workers in Bangladesh
In this paper, I analyze the citizenship of female workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I discuss how rights are built in …
A Buddhist – Hindu Dialogue to Further the Role of Wisdom in Contemporary Education
This paper presents a dialogue that draws on the two major wisdom traditions of India, Hinduism and Buddhism. The dialogue …
Now the Powerless Speaks: A Study of Bama’s Sangati and Baby Kamble’s ‘The Prisons We Broke’ From a Dalit Feminist Standpoint
In context of the powerful and the powerless in the social formation of India, caste system has been a matter …