#Literary Studies Jharkhand

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Karim City College Hosts Two-Day English Literature Seminar

50 Postgraduate Students Present Research Papers On Diverse Topics Event aims to cultivate scholarly thinking and research skills among English literature students. JAMSHEDPUR – The Postgraduate English Department at Karim City College organized a two-day seminar from July 1 to 2, featuring research presentations by 50 students from Semester-4. "This seminar shapes students’ literary thinking and…

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What are the Advantages of doing BA (Hons) English?

The B.A. English (Hons) program aims to allow students to read and respond to novels, plays, and poetry across different genres. Students study a wide range of literature, socio-culture, and political issues concerning contemporary English. There's no denying that B.A. English Honors is one of the most popular options for students planning to pursue a bachelor's degree after class 12th. Other students frequently regard the student taking this course as a member of an elite group. This course not only teaches you about literature but also encourages you to critically analyze it, ultimately challenging your perceptions and altering your personality. The diversity of the English language is well-known. However, it's tough to come up with a comprehensive list of benefits. B.A. (Hons) English, however, is a subject that should only be pursued by people who are truly passionate about it. Being a tough subject, it has the potential to draw people who have no interest in literature into a pit with no way out. As with other literature fields, it entails reading literature books as well as history and social studies. Before counting the benefits of any subject, one must first comprehend his or her area of interest. And if you ask me about the best college to pursue B.A. English (Hons), I would suggest Usha Martin University, Ranchi, Jharkhand.

7 Advantages of pursuing B.A. (Hons) English:

·  B.A (Hons) English will make you consider all sides of a situation. Because the course is designed with the perspective that everything is subjective, it will not tell you whether the perspective is correct or incorrect. This enables one to see beyond their point of view and understand the viewpoint of the person across the table.

·  This degree can lead to a range of careers in industries such as mass communication, academia, writing and publishing, creative writing, civil service, public relations and communications, hospitality, advertising, and marketing, among others.

· B. A. (Hons) English program will help in the development of your personality. People who enjoy displaying their abilities must be able to communicate effectively. It enhances your communication abilities while transforming you into a confident graduate.  

·  Through combining practical and theoretical lessons, this program helps students to improve their grammatical abilities.

· English honors course Introduces students to the many periods of literary history's social, political, cultural, economic, and intellectual contexts.

·  It offers a deep awareness of the world of literature and allows students to critically appreciate major literary works from throughout the world.

·  B.A. English (Hons) graduates find attractive job opportunities in fields that value communication skills and critical thinking. Employers value graduates who can analyze rigorously, conduct excellent research, and communicate effectively.

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Reasons to Use a Literature Review Service When Writing Your Dissertation

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A literature review writing service is evaluated by a panel of professionals, which helps them in recommending the right literature review for you. They help in improving your writing style and advise you as to how to format your dissertation. They also provide information regarding the format and how to customize your documentation to make it more appealing to publishers.

While looking for dissertation literature review writing service, always look for writers with experience in the area of your dissertation. Experience in your chosen field is very important because writers with experience in your field will provide you with valuable inputs and may be able to guide you in different directions. Also read customer testimonials provided on websites. If you are provided with a literature review from a company which has previously hired the writer, you can always read the feedback given to the writer and evaluate whether or not the particular company is genuine or not.

There are many different reasons to use dissertation literature review writing services. One of these reasons is that some students fail to write a thorough enough dissertation due to lack of enough information. When using dissertation literature review services, such writers will provide you with a detailed and organized outline of your work which you can use to avoid procrastinating and skipping important parts of the research paper. By using such services, your dissertation is guaranteed to be polished and error free.

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There are a lot of reasons why you should use a dissertation writing service. As mentioned, this can help you save time and money, plus it will allow you to have fresh new ideas for your dissertation. A dissertation is a very important part of earning a degree, but it can be difficult to follow through with the course. If you use the help of a professional dissertation writing service, you will not only be able to complete your degree quicker, but you will also have a dissertation which is far more interesting and original than any other dissertation that you could have written yourself.

Writers and publishers often make use of a literature review service in Delhi to get their manuscripts reviewed by an expert literary agent. It is an established fact that most publishers value the opinions of the literary agents and have a policy of seeking out those with literary reputations and working relationships. It is possible to find a literary agent and a review service which have a good reputation in Delhi.

There are many based literary agents who are well known to the Indian publishing community and provide assistance to those authors wanting to publish their work in English. The Delhi literary scene includes many prominent literary agents, publishers and critics. Vishwa Mohan Bhattachar, who edits and writes under the name of Subedar is well known among the Indian literary world. The Delhi Literature Festival, now coming on for a fourth year, is a great platform for emerging authors, writers and artists to promote their work. The festival showcases the work of emerging writers and literary agents.

Some of the leading publishing houses in India as of now have representatives in the literary review service in Delhi. Many of the publishing houses in India have literary representatives from other countries as part of their marketing strategy. The Delhi literary agents have literary agents from different parts of the country such as Bihar and Jharkhand. Most of these representatives come to Delhi from their home states where they know the market climate and the business scenario of the region. They know about the regional publishers and the new names being introduced in the market.

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Reality or pornography: The curious case of banned author Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

A doctor by profession, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar passionately writes fictions on Adivasis of India. A tribal himself, Shekhar's deft portrayal of tribal life in the state of Jharkhand, wherein he grew up and earns a living, has been a vivid depiction of the love and struggle, poverty and peculiarities of a community of people who have been nothing but marginal to the mainstream Indian literature.

But Shekhar does not see himself an activist; he does not imagine himself to be the mouthpiece of the Adivasi community. While speaking to WION, the author refused any tag, candidly pointing out, "I do not know why I write. In one of my earlier interviews, I had said that I write because I cannot speak. Or maybe because I cannot speak much or do not like speaking much. So I write. Writing is a form of expression. I never analysed the reason for this. Also, what inspires me is a difficult question to answer. I usually write about what I feel quite strongly for." 

Having said that, a close reading of Sowvendra's work reveals the use of strong sexual imageries, which have been a potent literary weapon for Hansda. He uses it to show the existing vulnerabilities of Adivasi women who suffer even after 70 years of India's independence, and in spite of all the promises of development, from poverty and basic wherewithal of life.

But the subversive use of sex hasn't gone down well with many. Adivasi and even non-Adivasi writers and academicians, such as Ivy Imogene Hansdak, Sunder Manoj Hembrom, Francis Xavier Soren, Santosh Besra, Shirijol Dingra, Alakjari Murmu, Inncocent Soren, Tonol Murmu, Raj Kumar, Ashwini Kumar Pankaj, Gladson Dungdung. They have charged the Yuva Sahitya Academy prize winner of writing pornography. Some went so far as to call for bitlaha, which calls for ex-communication and lynching within the Santal people. 

People offended by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar are trolling him on the internet. (Facebook)

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A social media war started which went beyond verbal duel to the more murky water of verbal abuse. Though some of Hansda's detractors have found the smearing campaign objectionable, considerable others think that this is what he deserves for the lack of social responsibility he has shown in not applying a "strong profanity filter". 

A Facebook page is posting trolls on Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar. (Facebook)

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In an interview with WION, Shekhar is, however, clueless as to the reason behind the reaction his book has evoked. He was categorical, "I cannot say why my writing rattled so many."

Ivy Hansdak, an English professor at Jamia Milia, has been one of the staunchest critics of Shekhar. Her objection mainly stems from her reading of Shekhar's pieces as "profiting" from "objectifying women's bodies". She sees her fight as "not just against a writer who produces porn but also against a society that consumes it." Consequently, she is coming down strongly not only against Sowvendra, who is nothing but a "porn writer" to her, but all also on any one standing in solidarity with the author. In one sweeping brush stroke, she paints them all as "elite 'liberal' fans of the porn industry."  

When WION asked him to comment on the accusation of being a porn writer, Sowvendra points out, "I do think that they are trying to make me feel guilty of portraying the reality. If reality does not worry them - instead, reality appears to them as porn - then there is certainly something seriously wrong with them."

Not only has Sowvendra's book, The Adivasi will not Dance has been banned, he has been suspended from his job as a government doctor too. Punishing authors, even killing them, for their work is a growing trend in India. When WION asked him for his views on rising trend of such acts of silencing, Sowvendra's thoughts have been that both the compliant civil society and an oppressive state machinery is to be blamed for this. But he had no answer when I asked him as to why there was no such virulent response against Mahasweta Devi's famous story titled Draupadi. 

Historically speaking, the Adivasi writers have been critiquing so far the mainstream literary and cine products for reducing the Adivasi culture and identity to some stereotypes, such as witchcraft, love for dancing, superstition, aggressive sexuality to name a few. This is the first time in the history of Indian literature that members of Adivasi community have taken up the cudgel against a fellow Adivasi writer. With no intention of romanticising the communal bond between tribe member, I asked Sowvendra whether it hurts particularly harsh because of this. 

Without trying to hide his pain, Sowvendra said, "Yes, it did hurt. But instead of focusing on the Adivasis who have taken up the cudgel against me, I would rather be happy for and focus on the many Adivasis who have come out in my support. I really cannot thank them enough. An Adivasi academic wrote an article on my book some time ago: I am thankful to all of them."

Instead of focusing on the Adivasis who have taken up the cudgel against me, I would rather be happy for and focus on the many Adivasis who have come out in my support.

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The social media campaign against Sowvendra has been particularly damaging. So, I asked him how he seeks to counter it. But instead launching a counter salvo against his critics, the author of the book, The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey, points out that he "would rather care for my supporters than those who want to pull me down. My supporters want me to write more. More articles, more stories, more books, more translations. So I am doing that. I am writing. Writing is my response to the smear campaign."

Sowvendra finds it saddening that though India has often dubbed as the Land of Kamasutra, as a nation we have not matured enough to deal with erotica, same-sex subjects, nudity etc in art. But against this observation, Ivy Hansdak would point out that "banning a book in today's world (esp a book that objectifies tribal and indigenous women) should be studied within the parameters of sociological, cultural and medical studies." Hansdak thinks that the definition of morality is changing. So it is useless to compare the works of DH Lawrence or Erich Maria Remarque with that of Sowvendra. For her, those authors lived in a time "when the norms of morality were v fluid."

The fact that such hue and cry is being raised by people over the use of sex in Sowvendra's short stories tremendously surprise the author. Particularly because it is coming from fellow Adivasi members. Sowvendra points out, "From what I know about the Santhal society, the traditional Santhal society does not moralise in the matter of sex. Men and women have got almost an equal agency in the matter of sex. It is strange that some Santhals should have an issue with sex."

What enrages Sowvendra the most is, his critics are being judgmental about him for writing on sex. "I wonder who or what gave them the right to judge - what is right and what is wrong, what is moral and what is immoral? Also, I do not know why they are so determined to push their notions of morality down everyone's throats", he says.

But Sowvendra refuses to take the virulent path of his critics to defend his rights as an author. To WION he said, "My next plan of action: Write. That's all."

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