Bhuvaneswari Gopalakrishnan

Vellore Institute of Technology University | VIT · Division of English

The collective memory of a given community is premised on the happenings of the past which in turn provides identity to the social groups. Multiple facets influence collective memory in groups, resulting in a shift in collective memory and the group’s social identity. In the present world, the memory of humans heavily relies on digital and technolo...

Advancements in science and technology are aimed at improving human life. The impact of these innovative ideas and inventions on human life is significant and studies are needed to determine the connections between natural science and their effects on social beings. Fictional works that incorporate future expectations and enable individuals to fore...

This study attempts to explore the lived experiences of sexual abuse during COVID-19 in a big metropolitan city in India, with a special interest in understanding the contemporary problems faced by teenagers. Any Phenomenological enquiry begins with identifying and determining the suitability of the participants. In this case, the participants are...

The cultural history of India has been ignorant of various sexual orientations and gender identities leaving LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) community with a life of guilt and shame. Visual Media plays a key role in shaping society’s opinion of LGBTQIA+ people and individuals who come to terms with their gen...

This research paper embarks on a journey into the transhumanistic intersection between human intelligence and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the context of producing literature and arts. It argues that human-AI collaboration is a catalytic process for expansion and innovation, with AI emerging as a potential creative partner. This exploration delv...

In Indian society, the caste system and its social hierarchies result in the marginalization of certain communities, notably the Dalits. Within the Dalit community, Dalit women face greater discrimination as their caste and gender identities intersect and intensify their plight. Similarly, the entrenched gender binary system and the dominant hetero...

Memories work through encoding, processing, consolidation, and retrieval, as well as absence and interruptions. The retrospective and anticipatory activity of the brain accounts for continuity in human life. Any cognitive impairment in the brain disrupts this process and alters the order of things. L. Malafouris suggested that cognition exists not...

The advancements in science and technology are aimed at making human lives better. The impact of these innovative ideas and inventions on human life is significant. It necessitates the study to find connections between natural science and its effect on social beings. Fictional works that incorporate future expectations and enable individuals to for...

Introduction Technology in education, including language learning, is on the rise. Digital competency is essential for teachers to effectively integrate technology and enhance language teaching. It enables access to authentic materials, interactive exercises, and collaboration opportunities. However, integrating technology poses challenges for teac...

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This study is part of a doctoral thesis that analyses autobiographical narratives of trans people. It seeks to demonstrate the mutually constitutive quality of material things in human life by bridging the gap between human and object, between nature and culture and between the tangible and intangible divides. This study of quotidian memories revea...

Collective memory as a process implies that social groups' collective memory in society, changes and develops over time. The paper adopts a phenomenological study using Yadin Dudai’s ‘collective memory as a process’, in the interest of assessing how shifting collective memory (process) of gender roles in society influences the depiction of gender r...

The present research was carried out to check computer-based English language testing through the easy test maker application. Also, to collect English language teachers' perceptions on using the easy test maker application for language testing. Eighty English language teachers participated in the study. The practitioner research methodology was em...

In this study, engineering students from universities all around India will have their reading interests and habits examined. Reading habits have changed as a result of technology; the most popular change is the rise of text reading from computer screens. Teachers and students face a variety of difficulties and opportunities as a result of the wide...

During this period in history, the advancement of technology is developing at a fast pace, and it is becoming more important to every normal person. In particular, the smart phone, which is quickly becoming one of the most frequently used gadgets in ordinary life, is no longer considered a luxury commodity. Because of the COVID-19 epidemic, student...

Malafouris suggested that cognition does not exist in the brain but in the interaction with the material world and different forms of material culture enabled these cognitive capacities and processes or changed them over different periods. This study explores how narrative acts as a medium of embodied subjectivity, remembering, disremembering, and...

The Mountain State Centers for Independent Living states the Self- image is how one perceives oneself. The existence of Self- image is twisted and devoid of human feelings in Bradbury’s future-narrated Post literature universe. It is several numbers of self-impressions that develop over time that creates positive and concurrently unfavourable impac...

Heterotopia is an idea as put forward by Michel Foucault, from the notion of place and non-place as disruptive elements. This article explores the fascination with Foucault's brief and sketchy idea of heterotopia in the context of cinema. We examine how the elements of heterotopias are most productively understood through the narrative of popular c...

The aim of the study is to understand the gendered digital divide gap that has proliferated during this COVID-19 pandemic. The poorest and most disadvantaged children are particularly vulnerable, as they risk missing out on learning and failing to return to school. Girl children from low socioeconomic status endure the most discrimination from soci...

Flooding in the recent times is one of the society’s most significant threats from climate change and dramatic weather events. As such, integrating sponge city construction and green infrastructure have become the new paradigm for a sustainable urban storm water management policy. Sponge city initiative can be implemented in Assam too. After more t...

The COVID-19 pandemic's lockdown brought all sectors to a halt, but one key area of worry is education and educational institutions. Both learners and educators are dealing with difficulties that are producing stress and are coping in some way. Poor internet connectivity, power fluctuations, insufficient knowledge of online tools, a lack of IT supp...

Meaningful communication inside and outside language classrooms is emphasized in second/foreign language (L2) learning theories. Language learners must use the target language in this regard. They do, however, have significant differences in terms of how much they talk. This dis-parity has been partially explained by the willingness to communicate...

Sidney Sheldon’s N othing Last Forever unfolds a mosaic of experiences encountered by medical professionals that normatively remains unheard in the cycle of diagnosing, treating, and caring for patients. The novel brings to light the human within the doctor that is consciously kept at bay to cope with professional demands. With the rise of narrativ...

Individualism is the idea that an individual is a rational entity whose autonomy is to be defended over the interests of social groups and institutions. The individual formed the basis of most human societies since the Age of Enlightenment. This paper focuses on how Enlightenment philosophy has established newer forms of discipline and control u...

Roxane Gay is one of the prominent feminist voices of the twenty-first century. This paper analyses her short story 'Graceful Burdens' which is part of the Amazon series Out of Line (2020) which is a collection of stories that represent female experiences. 'Graceful Burdens' is a story of despair and agency in an unknown society that genetically pr...

As this world progresses towards a phase where digital modes of education are no longer considered optional, it has become mandatory and the only means of schooling due to the effects of the pandemic, Covid-19. The education sector is now entirely under the wing of digitalization to accomplish its objectives. Even though education can only be carri...

Zadie Smith is a British author, novelist, and short-story writer well known for her portrayal of the interplay of culture, race, and identity in her works. ‘The Lazy River’ is one of the collections of short stories in the book The Grand Union written against the background of Britain leaving the European Union after the Brexit deal. Few stories i...

Gender Equality remains implausible in India and we are far behind in achieving the goal of sustainable development compared to countries like Sweden, Denmark, and other EU countries. Our Gender equality initiatives remain textual, as well as our country lacks infrastructure for the successful implementation of policies. Apart from infrastructure,...

This paper aims to examine the effectiveness of an eclectic approach that involves the integration of Content and Language Integrated learning with technology in teaching literature. Generally, all the subjects are learned in the English language in India, and it is merely teaching the content in a second language, but Content and Language Integrat...

This study aims to striking differences between emotions in the real world, and emoticons of the digital world are the key focus areas as emotions play a crucial role in communication. It is undeniable that the emoticons of the digital world have changed altogether the way language is being perceived. This study also insists that while teaching tim...

Memory studies is one of the emerging fields of sociology, but it is developed into an interdisciplinary framework with insights and developments from multiple disciplines. “Memory studies is an interdisciplinary field and Literature serves as one of the media of cultural memory as history, art and other forms of media”, said Astrid Erll. According...

Book Review: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, ‘Arranged Marriage Stories’, Anchor, 1996, 320p, ISBN-13: 978-0385483506 Reviewed by Niranjana G, Research Scholar, VIT Chennai, Bhuvaneswari, Assistant Professor, VIT Chennai

Interdisciplinary Research Possibilities in Women's Studies

Memory studies is an interdisciplinary field and Literature serves as one of the media of cultural memory as history, art and other forms of media", said Astrid Erll. According to Maurice Halbwachs, there exists no individual memory but a collective memory. Our memory is the product of the personal individual experiences informed by societal practi...

A Fragmented Feminism: The Life and Letters of Anandibai Joshee is the seminal work on social history about the first woman doctor of India, Anandibai Gopal Joshee written by the sociologist Meera Kosambi and Edited by Ram Ramaswamy, Madhavi Kolhatkar and Aban Mukherji. It provides insight into the psychosocial impacts of culture on Indian women th...

Migration and exile are not the new term for Indians especially people in the Northern, Eastern, and western borders of India. A county which was divided during the time of independence and well known for politically induced migration has lot of stories to be told in terms of partition. Post-Independence India was not formed peacefully because the...

“Memory studies is an interdisciplinary field, and Literature serves as one of the media of cultural memory as history, art and other forms of media”, said by Astrid Erll. According to Maurice Halbwachs, there exists no individual memory but a collective memory. Our memory is the product of the personal individual experiences informed by the societ...

This paper analyses the challenges and opportunities via Online Learning perspectives of undergraduate students towards Learning via Digital Platform. After the declaration of Coronavirus Covid-19 as a Global Pandemic by W.H.O on 11th March 2020, The World has faced a lot of problems including the sudden lockdown of Industries, Institutions and Sch...

“Memory studies is an interdisciplinary field and Literature serves as one of the media of cultural memory as history, art and other forms of media”, said Astrid Erll. According to Maurice Halbwachs, there exists no individual memory but a collective memory. Our memory is the product of the personal individual experiences informed by societal pract...

"Teacher cognition research is concerned with understanding what teachers think, know and believe. Its primary concern, therefore, lies with the unobservable dimension of teaching - teachers' mental lives" - Professor Simon Borg. This definition indicates that there are three questions before you. What do teachers think? What do teachers know and w...