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The Tracing of Human Races in India and Religious Traditions: A New Look
Athour: Dr. Devartha Morang
The tracing of human races in the Bharatvarsha(Indian subcontinent) is a difficult task. Along with the human races, it is expected that there were certain customs which can be related to the religious traditions or rituals of the races. Though it is a very difficult task to trace various races and religions in India, still there has been curiosity percolated down to us regarding human races and religion in India. In this paper an attempt has been made to see the human races and their religious tradition in India. The paper is based on the historical human migration and their Socio-religious traditions in Bharatvarsha.
The Study of the Impact of Folk Media Kirtan in Promoting Participatory Communication and Social Change
Author: Dr. Renu Singh
India has its own tradition of communication channels in the society. Indian culture is very much sustainable and participatory in nature. Indian society may be divided in castes and religion but people in the society are connected with their cultural and religious spirits. During the pre-Independence period the society was chained in the rigid religious rituals, superstitious faiths, vices etc. that made the lives of various households miserable. The present research attempts to understand how the folk media Keertan is effective in participatory communication and can become an agent for social change in Maharashtra, India. The present research tries to understand the effectiveness of kirtan through two research methods- one by understanding the case study of a famous kirtankar- Sant Gadge Maharaj and second through the focus group interviews of people participating in the kirtans in the age of social media.
Education Under Water: Flood Resilience and Sustainable Schooling among the Mising Communities of Assam, India (A Community-Centred Study Aligned with SDG 4, SDG 11, and SDG 13)
Author: Jyotimala Doley
The Mising people of Assam inhabit those areas of the Brahmaputra Valley that are most vulnerable to flooding; and furthermore, that they also possess the richest repository of indigenous knowledge related to floods within this subcontinent. Yet their children experience the most severe annual educational disruptions in the state. This article argues that this paradox arises from a persistent design failure: flood-response programmes are built for Mising communities rather than with them. Drawing on the Golaghat District resilience framework and original synthesis of Mising cultural practices, the study proposes an integrated three-dimensional model—physical, pedagogical and social—rooted in Mising endogenous knowledge.
Custodians of Culture and Change: A Systematic Review of the Life, Work, and Intergenerational Legacy of Indigenous Women in North East India
Author: Karabi Nath
The indigenous women in India occupy a distinctive yet complex position within their societies. They are custodians of culture, key economic contributors, ecological knowledge holders and agents of political resistance. Yet, despite their visible participation in social and economic spheres, they often remain underrepresented in formal political and institutional structures. This review paper synthesizes interdisciplinary scholarship, historical narratives, and contemporary case studies to examine the life-worlds, activism, intellectual contributions and evolving challenges of indigenous women in the region. By situating women within matrilineal systems, subsistence economies, anti-colonial movements, peace-building initiatives and literary production, the study argues that their legacy represents not merely resilience but sustained leadership in shaping identity, justice, and regional transformation. The paper concludes by emphasizing the need for structural reforms that translate symbolic recognition into political and economic inclusion
English in Indian Multilingual Setting
Author: Vijay Kumar Kaul
The 2001-02 census of India has 2.3 million people reporting English as their primary language and a number of 86 million have reported English as a second language. The role of English in the education and employment domain is well known all over. In addition English has made inroads in different social domains like family, friendship, transaction, government and the like. Apparently English looks more native than any other tribal language spoken in India. These linguistic conflicts do occur in a multilingual society; thus giving rise to yet another branch of study: Political Linguistics, in the domain of multilingual societies all over the globe. The Three Language Formula introduced in Indian Education, as a reform to overcome some prominent linguistic problems in language education, is a compromise between the demands of various pressure groups and has been hailed as a masterly – if imperfect – solution to a complicated problem.
Understanding Oedipal Complex in Reference to Twentieth Century British English Literature
Author: Sujala Payeng
Psychoanalysis, initially used to treat neuroses, later expanded into different fields, and its application to literature emphasizes the writer, the reader, and the literary character. Psychoanalytic criticism, a popular form of literary criticism, has established a relationship between English literature and Freud’s theory of Psychoanalysis. The British English literature of the twentieth century was influenced by World War I and II, and the modernist movement introduced modern poetry and drama, which expressed themes like individualism, absurdity, and symbolism. One of the significant concepts in psychoanalytical theory is the Oedipal Complex, first introduced by Freud in “Interpretation of Dreams” in 1899, which is a crucial stage during the developmental process. The Oedipal Complex is the primary source of conflict in the human psyche, functioning as the central focus for competing urges, dreams, anxieties, and defense mechanisms. This paper aims to identify the 20th century British English literature where the Oedipal Complex is used as an element.
Zubeen Garg’s Songs: A Tangible Facet of Vision and Creation
Author: Bhaskarjit Phukan
Zubeen Garg, the beloved heart-throb of the younger generation who brought a revolutionary change to the modern Assamese music world, was truly an artist of the people. A multi-instrumentalist who sang in more than two dozen languages and astonished the public by rendering nearly thirty-eight thousand songs, this greatest contemporary artist of Assam was able to excel equally in many fields, from folk music to modern music, from ghazal to rock music, from Borgeet to bhajan, from romantic songs to Bihu songs, Bongeet, Tokari songs, Dehbisar songs, and Kamrupi folk songs. Zubeen Garg is the creator of many timeless songs. The main strength of his songs lies in melody and emotionally stirring feeling. Like a bird flying through the sky, the semantic depth of his songs is profound and sensitive. Again, every word in his vocabulary is polished like a philosopher’s stone and shines bright and radiant.