The Theatrical Use of Masks: A Comparative Study of Greek Theatre and Chhau Dance of Bengal

Sudhashree Acharya PG Student, Department of English, Bhatter College, Dantan, West Bengal Email: sudhashreeacharya39912@gmail.com   Abstract Although the use of medical masks has gained its zenith during the Corona infected pandemic phase, the theatrical use of masks existed long before that across various performative cultures and theatrical practices around the globe. Looking at the Western…

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Mask and the Transformation of Identity in Selected Folk Dances of West Bengal

Moumita Santra Former PG Student, Department of English, Bhatter College, Dantan, West Bengal Abstract As a traditional folk art form, folk dances of West Bengal hold a remarkable position in the lives of the rural people. There are certain masked folk dances in West Bengal that are primarily performed by the local people during certain…

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Masked Identity: Social Media, Politics, Propaganda; an Indian Scenario

Nishanta Ghatak M. Phil Research Scholar in Gender Studies, Vidyasagar University Abstract Mask has always been a perennial motif, since, going by the historic-socio-politico-mythological tradition, it is subtly but intricately embedded in any country’s culture, daily life, multifarious literary repertoires; providing a gullible innocence before the hypocritical guises and camouflaged farces, in a sublime, aesthetic…

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An Interview with Dharmendra Sutradhar (Chhau Mask artist) on the making of Chhau Mask

Kaberi Das Mahapatra State Aided College Teacher at P.G Department of English, Bhatter College, Dantan, West Bengal, India and Academic Relations and Research at The Golden Line. E-mail: kdm92bcd@gmail.com Dharmendra Sutradhar is an internationally acclaimed Chhau Mask maker from Charida Village, Baghmundi, Jhalda Subdivision of Purulia District, in the State of West Bengal, India. He…

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Epidemics and its After Effects on Society: A Study of the Three Most Devastating Epidemics in the European History

Sandip Majhi B.A Student, , PG Department of English. Bhatter College, Dantan E-mail: sandipmajhi602@gmail.com   Special Issue on Diseases, Death and Disorder, 2020   Abstract: Evolution, as it is commonly understood, is a change in the characteristics of a species over several generations and depends on the process of natural selection. This evolution not only…

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