Neetija Mishra Independent Researcher E-mail: mishra.neetija18@gmail.com Special Issue on Diseases, Death and Disorder, 2020 : “Even so quickly may one catch the plague?” (Twelfth Night, Act I, sc v) “Even so quickly may one catch the plague?” (Twelfth Night, Act I, sc v) Abstract To say that the history of Colonialism is as old as…
Sanjna Plawat Independent Researcher E-mail: sanjnaplawat261@gmail.com Special Issue on Diseases, Death and Disorder, 2020 Abstract Corona pandemic has put a global halt on every human’s normal life. In this turbulent time of hopelessness, civilization is set to witness a test of humanity. The quarantine period is a meditating ground to rectify the faults and strengthen…
Srijoni Banerjee Independent Researcher. E-mail: srijoni.presi@gmail.com Special Issue on Diseases, Death and Disorder, 2020 Abstract The paper aims to analyse two kinds of social media posts and demonstrate how such kinds of responses expose our tendency to celebrate death. Firstly, those posts which claim that different animals have reclaimed their natural habitats. Secondly, posts which consider…
Diksha Narang PhD Scholar, South Asian University, Delhi. E-mail: diksha.narang12@gmail.com Special Issue on Diseases, Death and Disorder, 2020 Abstract In this paper, I analyze food scares in print and television news media. Food scares are crises when trust in the market is undermined. In the Indian context, the trope of adulteration regularizes anxiety as part…
Priyanka Das Assistant Professor, Presidency University, Kolkata. Email: priyanka.eng@presiuniv.ac.in Special Issue on Diseases, Death and Disorder, 2020 Abstract This paper seeks to develop parallels between the 2020 Coronavirus pandemic and the Salem witch trials of the late seventeenth century as depicted in the American supernatural Television series Salem. One striking resemblance between the two events is…
Biju M.A. Assistant Professor, St. Thomas’ College, Thrissur. Email: bijuciefl@gmail.com Special Issue on Diseases, Death and Disorder, 2020 Abstract Genesis of a posthuman era at the eclipse of a human one in an age of exponential technologies and catastrophic climatic change problematizes the complexities of our relational existence. We worry about an uncertain future when machines…
Dibyendu Bhattacharyay Guest Lecturer, Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya. Email: dibyendubhattacharyay9@gmail.com Special Issue on Diseases, Death and Disorder, 2020 Abstract In Being and Time, Heidegger talks about Dasein (Being-in-the-World) as a journey that remains unfulfilled for the being. Heidegger considers death as a barrier for the being because the supreme manifestation of the being remains unattainable….
Krishnendu Bera Assistant Professor, T.P.M. Mahavidyalaya, Cooch Behar. Email: krishnendu.bu@gmail.com Special Issue on Diseases, Death and Disorder, 2020 Abstract From the days of religious interpretation of diseases to the development of modern medical science, human beings overcome a lot of hurdles but some of the human actions regarding COVID-19 also force us to reconsider how far…
Sherin M. Johnson Guest Lecturer, St Cyril’s College, Adoor. Email: sherinmjohnson1994@gmail Special Issue on Diseases, Death and Disorder, 2020 Abstract Jack London’s The Scarlet Plague published in 1912 emerged out to be one of the first in the genre of the apocalyptic fictions featuring a universal plague that nearly wipes out humanity. Stories about contagious diseases…
Shikha Thakur Assistant Professor, DAV University. Email: shikhamittu1@gmail.com Special Issue on Diseases, Death and Disorder, 2020 “All that is transitory is but a metaphor.” …