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May 31, 2022

Representation of Chronic Illness in Claudia Piñeiro’s Elena Knows
Elena Knows brings to the forefront the perception we have about illnesses, the language that the sufferer and outsiders use for such illnesses. It’s not merely about self-pity and eventual degradation of one’s identity.
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May 31, 2022

Shashi Deshpande’s Subversions - Essays on Life and Literature
In such a political climate, Shashi Deshpande’s Subversions - Essays on Life and Literature provide a manifesto for writing, for both young and old writers - not in age, rather in the experience of writing.
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May 6, 2022

Indian Campus Novels Before Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IITs took the Indian readership and publication market by storm. There can be many speculations as to why it happened. It can...
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April 16, 2022

Dodging The Male Gaze In Recollections Of Love - The Nine Chambered Heart
Women often grow up with the notion of being watched all the time. They look at themselves from the point of view of a third person. One of the plausible reasons behind it might be the constant nagging from the...
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Representation of Chronic Illness in Claudia Piñeiro’s Elena Knows