VOLUME 8

Paper Title:
The Revolutionary Contribution of Guru Ravidas Ji to Social Reform

Authors:
Tanushi Jain

Assistant Professor (English), Government College, Amargarh, Punjab

Article Received: 03 May 2026   |   Accepted: 01 June 2026   |   Published Online: 02 June 2026

Paper ID: IJOES-8.06.07   |   DOI:10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.07

Paper Title:
How Travel Writing Evolved through Centuries

Authors:
Dr. Anindita Dutta

Department of English, The Neotia University, Sarisha, West Bengal, India

Article Received: 03 May 2026   |   Accepted: 01 June 2026   |   Published Online: 02 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.1202   |   View Paper (Pages 8–12)

Paper Title:
Translating Indian English Women’s Writings: Feminist Perspectives, Cultural Negotiations, and Global Reception

Authors:
Dr. Vinod Kumar
Ms. Meenakshi Ghosh

Associate Professor, Department of English, Jaipur National University
Department of English, IGNOU Hyderabad

Article Received: 03 May 2026   |   Accepted: 01 June 2026   |   Published Online: 02 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.1703   |   View Paper (Pages 13–17)

Paper Title:
Feminine Liberty vs Social Shackles: A Study of The Mill on the Floss

Authors:
Dr. Rituparna Datta Roy

Associate Professor, P. G. Department of English,
Kanya Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, Punjab

Article Received: 03 May 2026   |   Accepted: 01 June 2026   |   Published Online: 02 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.2204   |   View Paper (Pages 18–22)

Paper Title:
Peripheral Desires and Gendered Dispossession: Re-reading Sexuality in Buchi Emecheta’s Marginal Women

Authors:
Mr. Snehashish Sarkar
Dr. Shilpi Bhattacharya
Dr. Ananya Bose

Research Scholar, Kalinga University, Raipur
Professor and Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Kalinga University, Raipur
Assistant Professor, Department of English, St. Xavier's College, Ranchi (An Autonomous College affiliated to Ranchi University, Ranchi)

Article Received: 03 May 2026   |   Accepted: 01 June 2026   |   Published Online: 02 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.3505   |   View Paper (Pages 23–35)

Paper Title:
From Saussure to Barthes: Comparative Approaches to Structuralism

Authors:
Dr. Sunilkumar Sundupalli

Assistant Professor cum Principal, Gayathri Degree College, Madanapalli, Annamayya District, A.P

Article Received: 02 May 2026   |   Accepted: 02 June 2026   |   Published Online: 03 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.4106   |   View Paper (Pages 36–41)

Paper Title:
Dialectical Materialism and Literary Hermeneutics: Marx and Eagleton Reconsidered

Authors:
Dr. Sunilkumar Sundupalli

Assistant Professor cum Principal, Gayathri Degree College, Madanapalli, Annamayya District, A.P

Article Received: 02 May 2026   |   Accepted: 02 June 2026   |   Published Online: 03 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.4707   |   View Paper (Pages 42–47)

Paper Title:
Libertinism and Gender Politics in Aphra Behn’s The Rover

Authors:
Dr. Ruchi Kulshrestha

Assistant Professor (Department of English), Radhey Hari Govt. P. G. College, Kashipur (U. S. Nagar), Uttarakhand

Article Received: 02 May 2026   |   Accepted: 02 June 2026   |   Published Online: 03 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.5508   |   View Paper (Pages 48–55)

Paper Title:
Joseph Conrad: An Existential Novelist

Author:
Dr. G. Ramesh

Lecturer in English, Department of English, Government Degree College, Kodur (RS), Tirupathi Dist, AP, India

Article Received: 03 May 2026   |   Accepted: 04 June 2026   |   Published Online: 05 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.68   |   View Paper (Pages 63-68)

Paper Title:
Dual Silences: Patriarchal Control and Feminist Resistance in The Yellow Wallpaper

Author:
Dr. Suparna Karkun

Asst. Professor, Amity School of Languages, Amity University Chhattisgarh

Article Received: 03 May 2026   |   Accepted: 04 June 2026   |   Published Online: 05 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.77   |   View Paper (Pages 69-77)

Paper Title:
The Inner Conflict: A Feminist Analysis of The Dark Holds No Terrors

Author:
Subhash Singh

Assistant Professor of English, Dyal Singh College, Karnal (Haryana)

Article Received: 04 May 2026   |   Accepted: 05 June 2026   |   Published Online: 06 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.84   |   View Paper (Pages 78-84)

Paper Title:
Language and Identity in Dalit Autobiography: A Comparative Study of Omprakash Valmiki's Joothan and Bama's Karukku

Author:
Dr. Gurudev Kushal

Lecturer in English, Larambha College, Larambha

Article Received: 04 May 2026   |   Accepted: 05 June 2026   |   Published Online: 06 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.97   |   View Paper (Pages 85�97)

Paper Title:
Beyond the Binary: Deconstructing Gender and Sexuality in Modern English Fiction

Author:
Vinay A

Assistant Professor of English, Division of Languages - School of Life Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.

Article Received: 04 May 2026   |   Accepted: 05 June 2026   |   Published Online: 06 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.105   |   View Paper (Pages 98-105)

Paper Title:
Emotions and Well-Being in Young Adulthood: Understanding Emotional Experiences, Psychological Health, and Life Outcomes

Authors:
Shreemayee Pati¹, Aniket Beuria², Snehashis Samantaray³

¹Research Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Siksha �O� Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha

²Research Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Siksha �O� Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha

³Research Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Siksha �O� Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha

View Paper (Pages 106-124)

Paper Title:
Influence of Vedantic Philosophy on World Literature: A Study of Bessie Head's Works

Author:
Dr. N. Lakshmi

HOD, Department of English, Government Degree College, Ramachandrapuram, Konaseema, Andhra Pradesh

Article Received: 04 May 2026   |   Accepted: 05 June 2026   |   Published Online: 06 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.131   |   View Paper (Pages 125-131)

Paper Title:
The Self Under Surveillance in Twenty-First-Century Dystopian Fiction

Author:
Dr. Samrat Banerjee

Assistant Professor, Dept. of English, Sarala Birla University, Ranchi

Article Received: 04 May 2026   |   Accepted: 05 June 2026   |   Published Online: 06 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.139   |   View Paper (Pages 132-139)

Paper Title:
"To Write or to Resist": Adorno’s Response to Sartre’s What Is Literature?

Author:
Dr. Syed Azeem Ali

Assistant Professor, Department of English,
ACE Engineering College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Article Received: 06 May 2026   |   Accepted: 08 June 2026   |   Published Online: 09 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.148   |   View Paper (Pages 140-148)

Paper Title:
Language, Power and Educational Resistance in Keats Was a Tuber

Author:
Santosh Solanki

Ph.D. Scholar,
JNVU, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

Article Received: 02 May 2026   |   Accepted: 02 June 2026   |   Published Online: 03 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.155   |   View Paper (Pages 149-155)

Paper Title:
"To Write or To Resist": Adorno's Assurance in Reply to Sartre's What Is Literature?

Author:
Dr. Syed Azeem Ali

Assistant Professor, Department of English,
ACE Engineering College, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Article Received: 06 May 2026   |   Accepted: 08 June 2026   |   Published Online: 09 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.164   |   View Paper (Pages 156-164)

Paper Title:
Voices of Silence and Song: Negotiating Gender, Identity, and Nationhood in the Works of Anita Desai and Sarojini Naidu

Author:
Dr. Brijesh Kumar Meena

Assistant Professor, Govt College Karauli, Rajasthan

Article Received: 07 May 2026   |   Accepted: 09 June 2026   |   Published Online: 10 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.176   |   View Paper (Pages 165-176)

Paper Title:
Voices of Silence and Song: Negotiating Gender, Identity, and Nationhood in the Works of Anita Desai and Sarojini Naidu

Author:
Dr. Brijesh Kumar Meena

Assistant Professor, Govt College Karauli, Rajasthan

Article Received: 07 May 2026   |   Accepted: 09 June 2026   |   Published Online: 10 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.176   |   View Paper (Pages 165-176)

Paper Title:
Cinematic Translation of Diaspora: Adaptation Techniques in The Namesake and The Mistress of Spices

Authors:
1. Riya Vishnoi
2. Dr. Amrita Tyagi

M.A. English, Galgotias University, Greater Noida
Department of Humanities, Galgotias University

Article Received: 07 May 2026   |   Accepted: 09 June 2026   |   Published Online: 10 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.194   |   View Paper (Pages 177-194)

Paper Title:
A Study of Indian Sensibility in Anita Desai's In Custody

Author:
Mansi Jaiswal

UG Student, Department of English, School of Liberal Education, Galgotias University, Greater Noida

Article Received: 07 May 2026   |   Accepted: 09 June 2026   |   Published Online: 10 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.205   |   View Paper (Pages 195-205)

Paper Title:
The Dilemma of Tradition and Modernity in Anita Desai's In Custody

Author:
Mansi Jaiswal

UG Student, Department of English, School of Liberal Education, Galgotias University, Greater Noida

Article Received: 07 May 2026   |   Accepted: 09 June 2026   |   Published Online: 10 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.216   |   View Paper (Pages 206-216)

Paper Title:
Beyond Archetypal Femininity: The Complex and Dynamic Women in Vikas Sharma's ‘Ideas and Events’

Author:
Anindita Bose

Assistant Professor (Dept. of English), Sahu Jain P.G. College, Najibabad

Article Received: 08 May 2026   |   Accepted: 10 June 2026   |   Published Online: 11 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.224   |   View Paper (Pages 217-224)

Paper Title:
Intercultural Competence in English Language Teaching: A Study at Vietnamese Buddhist Universities

Author:
Prof. Madupalli Suresh Kumar¹, Le Hong Linh²

Research Supervisor, Department of English, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur
Research Scholar, Department of English, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur

Article Received: 08 May 2026   |   Accepted: 10 June 2026   |   Published Online: 11 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.247   |   View Paper (Pages 225-247)

Paper Title:
Navigating Formal Elements in The Assassin’s Song by M. G. Vassanji

Author:
Dr. Krupa Sophia Jeyachandran

Principal, Salem Christian College of Arts and Science, Salem, Tamilnadu

Article Received: 08 May 2026   |   Accepted: 10 June 2026   |   Published Online: 11 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.254   |   View Paper (Pages 248-254)

Paper Title:
Is Modern Life Actually Progressing, or Just Accelerating? A Multidisciplinary Critical Analysis with Empirical Survey Findings

Author:
S. Varshini¹, S. Kamala Varshini², Medha Madhurya Roy³

Department of Education, SASTRA Deemed University, Tamil Nadu, India

Article Received: 08 May 2026   |   Accepted: 10 June 2026   |   Published Online: 11 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.266   |   View Paper (Pages 255-266)

Paper Title:
Beyond the Human: Posthumanism, Machine Consciousness, and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Dan Simmons’ The Hyperion Cantos

Author:
Immaculate Nancy M¹, Dr. Mahalakshmi²

Research Scholar, AVP College of Arts and Science
Head of the Dept. of English, AVP College of Arts and Science

Article Received: 08 May 2026   |   Accepted: 10 June 2026   |   Published Online: 11 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.278   |   View Paper (Pages 267-278)

Paper Title:
Overcoming Equity Challenges in the Enriched Virtual Model: Bridging the Digital Divide and Designing for Accessibility

Author:
Irfan¹, Dr. M. Nagalakshmi²

Research Scholar, Department of English, Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies
Professor & Research Supervisor, Department of English, Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies

Article Received: 08 May 2026   |   Accepted: 10 June 2026   |   Published Online: 11 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.291   |   View Paper (Pages 279-291)

Paper Title:
Whims of Nature, Human Limitations and the Reversal of Fate in The Interlopers by Saki

Author:
Kakali Ghosh

State Aided College Teacher (Category-1), Department of English, Mankar College, Mankar, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India

Article Received: 12 May 2026   |   Accepted: 14 June 2026   |   Published Online: 15 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.298   |   View Paper (Pages 292-298)

Paper Title:
The Inescapable Hyperreal: Ontological and Psychological Breakdown in Philip K. Dick’s Techno-Futures

Author:
Dr. D. Ronald Hadrian

Department of English, School of Liberal Arts, AVP College of Arts and Science, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India

Article Received: 12 May 2026   |   Accepted: 14 June 2026   |   Published Online: 15 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.304   |   View Paper (Pages 299-304)

Paper Title:
The Seamless Web of Contradictions: Re-Reading Tagore’s Essays through Postcolonial Ambivalence and Cosmopolitan Humanism

Author:
T Marx

Professor, Department of English, Pondicherry University

Article Received: 12 May 2026   |   Accepted: 14 June 2026   |   Published Online: 15 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.315   |   View Paper (Pages 305-315)

Paper Title:
Poetic Techniques and Imagery of Marital Conflict in Kamala Das’s Poetry

Author:
Prachi Agrawal

Department of English
Published by Infogain Publication

Article Received: 13 May 2026   |   Accepted: 16 June 2026   |   Published Online: 17 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.323   |   View Paper (Pages 316-323)

Paper Title:
METACOGNITIVE STRATEGY-BASED TEACHING OF POETRY: A CLASSROOM INTERVENTION AMONG UNDERGRADUATE ESL LEARNERS

Authors:
Mr. A. Thiyagu, Dr. L. Suresh

1. Assistant Professor, United College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore
2. Assistant Professor, SRMV College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore

Article Received: 13 May 2026   |   Accepted: 16 June 2026   |   Published Online: 17 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.328   |   View Paper (Pages 324-328)

Paper Title:
Re-evaluation of Cultural, Traditional, and Superstitious Norms of Gender and Their Changes and Challenges in 21st Century South Indian Cinema: A Case Study on the Tamil Series Ayali

Authors:
Rahul M and Dr. G. Sashi Kala

1. SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India
2. SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

Article Received: 13 May 2026   |   Accepted: 16 June 2026   |   Published Online: 17 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.342   |   View Paper (Pages 329-342)

Paper Title:
Whims of Nature, Human Limitations and the Reversal of Fate in The Interlopers by Saki

Author:
Kakali Ghosh

State Aided College Teacher (Category-1), Department of English, Mankar College, Mankar, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India

Article Received: 13 May 2026   |   Accepted: 16 June 2026   |   Published Online: 17 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.349   |   View Paper (Pages 343-349)

Paper Title:
Exploring Human Connections in Rajinder Singh Bedi’s “Quarantine”

Authors:
Dr. Pooja Gupta and Dr. Ram Prakash Gupt

1. Assistant Professor of English, Rajkiya Mahila Mahavidyalaya Parasinpur, Phulpur, Prayagraj, U.P.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of English, CMP College, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj,U.P

Article Received: 13 May 2026   |   Accepted: 16 June 2026   |   Published Online: 17 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.354   |   View Paper (Pages 350-354)

Paper Title:
Transforming Self: Crises of Identity in Tar Baby

Authors:
Abdul Jabbar Jameel Nassar and Dr. N. Solomon Benny

1. Department of English, Andhra University, Research Scholar/Student
2. Department of English, Andhra University

Article Received: 13 May 2026   |   Accepted: 16 June 2026   |   Published Online: 17 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.362   |   View Paper (Pages 355-362)

Paper Title:
Voicing the Ruined Earth: Ecocide and Environmental Injustice in Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People

Authors:
Parama Sharma and Saugata Kumar Nath

1. Research Scholar, Department of English, Assam University, Silchar
2. Professor, Department of English, Assam University, Silchar

Article Received: 14 May 2026   |   Accepted: 17 June 2026   |   Published Online: 18 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.371   |   View Paper (Pages 363-371)

Paper Title:
Voicing the Ruined Earth: Ecocide and Environmental Injustice in Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People

Authors:
Parama Sharma and Saugata Kumar Nath

1. Research Scholar, Department of English, Assam University, Silchar
2. Professor, Department of English, Assam University, Silchar

Article Received: 14 May 2026   |   Accepted: 17 June 2026   |   Published Online: 18 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.371   |   View Paper (Pages 363-371)

Paper Title:
Children’s Rights, Gendered Citizenship and the Politics of Voice in Dear Mrs. Naidu: Reimagining Indian Children’s Literature through Mathangi Subramanian’s Narrative of Social Justice

Author:
Dr. Komal Vinayak Tujare

Assistant Professor, St. Mira’s College for Girls, Pune

Article Received: 19 May 2026   |   Accepted: 20 June 2026   |   Published Online: 21 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.381   |   View Paper (Pages 372-381)

Paper Title:
Narratives of the Self: Negotiating the Autobiographical Performance Space

Author:
Dr. Shubhi Tiwari

Assistant Professor, Department of English, Christ Church College, Kanpur,
37/17, The Mall, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Article Received: 19 May 2026   |   Accepted: 20 June 2026   |   Published Online: 21 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.389   |   View Paper (Pages 382-389)

Paper Title:
Gender Expectations and Identity Crisis in Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors

Author:
Dr. O Kumara Swami

Asst. Professor of English,
TKR College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad

Article Received: 19 May 2026   |   Accepted: 20 June 2026   |   Published Online: 21 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.397   |   View Paper (Pages 390-397)

Paper Title:
Whims of Nature, Human Limitations and the Reversal of Fate in The Interlopers by Saki

Author:
Kakali Ghosh

State Aided College Teacher (Category-1), Department of English, Mankar College, Mankar, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, India

Article Received: 19 May 2026   |   Accepted: 20 June 2026   |   Published Online: 21 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.404   |   View Paper (Pages 398-404)

Paper Title:
From Trauma to Healing: A Study of Sita’s Suffering and Recovery in The Forest of Enchantments

Authors:
Ms Amrita Suresh and Dr Reshmi K

1. Research Scholar, Department of English, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore
2. Associate Professor, Department of English, PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore

Article Received: 19 May 2026   |   Accepted: 20 June 2026   |   Published Online: 21 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.410   |   View Paper (Pages 405-410)

Paper Title:
NEGOTIATING WOMEN'S IDENTITY: A COMPARATIVE FEMINIST STUDY OF INSIDE THE HAVELI AND MAHASHWETA

Author:
Dr. K. Premabharathi

Assistant Professor, A.V.P College of Arts and Science,
No. 4, Chettipalayam, T.N. Poondi, Tiruppur

Article Received: 19 May 2026   |   Accepted: 20 June 2026   |   Published Online: 21 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.424   |   View Paper (Pages 411-424)

Paper Title:
Theoretical Paradigms of Indigenous Governance and Cultural Reclamation: A Dialectical Appraisal of Chinua Achebe’s Early Historiographic Fiction

Author:
P. Jayakar Rao

M.A., NET, SET, (PhD), Asst. Professor of English,
Kakatiya Government College (A), Hanumakonda – Telangana

Article Received: 19 May 2026   |   Accepted: 20 June 2026   |   Published Online: 21 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.434   |   View Paper (Pages 425-434)

Paper Title:
Artificial Intelligence and Its Implications for English Language Teaching in Indian Higher Education Institutions: Paradigms, Possibilities, and Pedagogical Challenges

Author:
Dr. M. Umar

Lecturer in English,
Government College (Men), Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh

Article Received: 20 May 2026   |   Accepted: 21 June 2026   |   Published Online: 23 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.460   |   View Paper (Pages 451-463)

Paper Title:
‘Language’ as a Tool of Oppression, Resistance, and Liberation

Author:
Dr. Samrat Halder

Assistant Professor, Department of Language and Literature,
School of Liberal Arts and Culture Studies, Adamas University, Kolkata

Article Received: 20 May 2026   |   Accepted: 21 June 2026   |   Published Online: 23 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.478   |   View Paper (Pages 463–478)

Paper Title:
Contested Spaces in Kunal Basu’s Kalkatta: Between Utopian Aspirations and Dystopian Realities

Author:
Ms. K. Rupa

Ph.D Research Scholar,
Department of English, Thiruvalluvar University

Article Received: 20 May 2026   |   Accepted: 21 June 2026   |   Published Online: 23 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.488   |   View Paper (Pages 479-488)

Paper Title:
Forced Migration Memory and Its Repercussions: A Cultural Analysis of the Tamil Film Parasakthi (1952)

Authors:
Vaishnavi G¹ and Dr. Arockia Anto Anita S²

Full-time Ph.D. Scholar, Department of English, Loyola College, Chennai-34
Assistant Professor & Research Supervisor, Department of English, Loyola College, Chennai

Article Received: 21 May 2026   |   Accepted: 23 June 2026   |   Published Online: 24 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.496   |   View Paper (Pages 489-496)

Paper Title:
Mapping Alternative Masculinities in Girish Karnad’s Play Naga-Mandala

Authors:
Shobha R^1&2 & Dr. Sindhu J³

Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government First Grade College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Sira
Research Scholar, Department of English, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bangalore
Research Supervisor, Professor, Department of English, Jnana Bharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bangalore

Article Received: 21 May 2026   |   Accepted: 23 June 2026   |   Published Online: 24 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.504   |   View Paper (Pages 497-504)

Paper Title:
Reclaiming Voices in Modern Indian English Retellings of the Mahabharata: The Poetics of Narrative Justice

Authors:
Rajuri Indira¹ & Munja Lingamurthy²

Lecturer, Department of English, GDCW Siddipet, Siddipet, Telangana State, India.
Lecturer, Department of Economics, GDCW Siddipet, Siddipet, Telangana State, India.

Article Received: 21 May 2026   |   Accepted: 23 June 2026   |   Published Online: 24 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.522   |   View Paper (Pages 505-522)

Paper Title:
Gender Expectations and Identity Crisis in Shashi Deshpande’s The Dark Holds No Terrors

Author:
Dr. O Kumara Swami

Asst. Professor of English, TKR College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad-500097 (T.G.)
Email: kumaraswami.o@gmail.com

Article Received: 21 May 2026   |   Accepted: 23 June 2026   |   Published Online: 25 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.537   |   View Paper (Pages 530–537)

Paper Title:
Dharma over Destiny: Rereading Karna Through an IKS Framework

Author:
Kanchan Kumari

Assistant Professor,
Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

Article Received: 23 May 2026   |   Accepted: 25 June 2026   |   Published Online: 26 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.544   |   View Paper (Pages 538–544)

Paper Title:
BEYOND THE BINARY: DECONSTRUCTING GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN MODERN ENGLISH FICTION

Author:
Vinay A

Assistant Professor of English, Division of Languages - School of Life Sciences,
JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.

Article Received: 23 May 2026   |   Accepted: 25 June 2026   |   Published Online: 26 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.552   |   View Paper (Pages 545–552)

Paper Title:
Emotions and Well-Being in Young Adulthood: Understanding Emotional Experiences, Psychological Health, and Life Outcomes

Authors:
Shreemayee Pati, Aniket Beuria, Snehashis Samantaray

Affiliation:
Research Scholars, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Article Received: 23 May 2026   |   Accepted: 25 June 2026   |   Published Online: 26 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.571   |   View Paper (Pages 553–571)

Paper Title:
FRAGILE SLOPES, FOLDED LIVES: AN ECOCRITICAL STUDY OF ANURADHA ROY’S THE FOLDED EARTH

Author:
Dr. S. Mahalakshmi

Assistant Professor of English, Chikkaiah Government Arts and Science College,
Erode – 638004, Tamil Nadu, India.

Article Received: 20 May 2026   |   Accepted: 21 June 2026   |   Published Online: 22 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.580   |   View Paper (Pages 572–580)

Paper Title:
Synchronization with Nature in Kiran Desai’s Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard

Author:
Dr. S. Senthilkumar

Associate Professor,
Adithya Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Article Received: 20 May 2026   |   Accepted: 21 June 2026   |   Published Online: 22 June 2026

DOI: 10.47311/IJOES.2026.8.06.587   |   View Paper (Pages 581–587)