Philosophy and Theoretical Inquiries
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S09
Nilambar Chakrabarti
This review essay examines Nalini Bhushan and Jay L. Garfield's new translation of Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya's Subject as Freedom (Oxford University Press, 2026), a text long regarded as philosophically significant ye...
Vol. 2, Issue 1
· Aug 15, 2026
Literary and Cultural Studies
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S08
Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay
Saradindu Bandyopadhyay’s immortal creation Byomkesh Bakshi stands apart from other conventional detective characters both in terms of benevolent understanding and humanitarian approach. His main objective is not merely ...
Vol. 2, Issue 1
· Aug 15, 2026
Media, Technology, and Digital Art Studies
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S07
Pratichi Chowdhury
This paper explores the theme of female autonomy extensively with special reference to demanding female authority, rights, and freedom through the ‘occult’ form. The study involves a literary analysis of two popular Boll...
Vol. 2, Issue 1
· Aug 15, 2026
Literary and Cultural Studies
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S06
Vishnu Mishra
This research paper analyses how recent Indian graphic novels re-envision the Ramayana, not only as mythology but also as an empowering graphic-textual means of grappling with contemporary issues that concern identity, p...
Vol. 2, Issue 1
· Aug 15, 2026
Religious, Spiritual, and Mystical Traditions
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S05
Dishari Chatterjee
This paper focuses on Niṣkāma karma or desireless action in the light of Śrīmadbhagavadgītā. Gītā, despite being a holy book, is an ethical handbook as well. So Niṣkāma karma or desireless action truly brings out the ess...
Vol. 2, Issue 1
· Aug 15, 2026
Literary and Cultural Studies
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S04
Dr. Ritushree Sengupta
Historically, Bengali literature has been acclaimed for its richness of fiction as well as poetry. However, not many Bengali authors have been found to be experimenting with the narrative forms. As far as themes and cont...
Vol. 2, Issue 1
· Aug 15, 2026
Literary and Cultural Studies
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S02
Dr. Susanta Kumar Bardhan
Ecolinguistics, a relatively new sub-discipline of linguistics, is mainly based on the Sapir-Whorfian ideology of linguistic determinism which claims that the way we use language shapes our interactions with the environm...
Vol. 2, Issue 1
· Aug 15, 2026
Esoteric Aesthetics and Philosophies of Liberation
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Lubna Marium
This essay critically examines the Caryāpaṭala (1.6) of the Hevajratantra through the conceptual framework of “performed liberation.” It argues that dance, song, mantra, and ritual movement in Buddhist Tantra are not mer...
Vol. 2, Issue 1
· Nov 30, -0001
Aesthetics and Art Philosophy
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0201S01
Dr. Rakesh Das
, Prolay Nandi
Śrī Caitanya Deva, revered in Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava tradition as the combined manifestation of Śrī Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Rādhā, is widely recognized for his philosophical contributions and devotional movement. This article highlights...
Vol. 1, Issue 2
· Jun 05, 2026
Religious, Spiritual, and Mystical Traditions
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Rounak Ghosh
This essay presents a comprehensive exploration of Brahmacharya within Sanātana Dharma, interpreting it through psychological, spiritual, and practical dimensions. It challenges prevalent misconceptions that reduce Brahm...
Vol. 1, Issue 1
· May 08, 2026
Literary and Cultural Studies
Open Access
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VISHNU MISHRA
This research paper analyzes how recent Indian graphic novels re-envision the Ramayana, not only as mythology but also as an empowering graphic-textual means of grappling with contemporary issues that concern identity, p...
Vol. 1, Issue 1
· Apr 16, 2026
Philosophy and Theoretical Inquiries
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Swapnil Madhavrao Gore
Beauty has long occupied a central place in human experience, shaping emotional life, cultural production, and philosophical inquiry. Yet in an era defined by constant visual stimulation and digital abundance, questions ...
Vol. 1, Issue 1
· Apr 16, 2026
Literary and Cultural Studies
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W05
Debasmita Sarkar
This essay examines how Japanese folk narratives produce the uncanny not through spectacular supernatural intrusion but through subtle disturbances within domestic life. Drawing on Freud’s concept of the uncanny and Kris...
Vol. 1, Issue 2
· Mar 07, 2026
Religious, Spiritual, and Mystical Traditions
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W07
Amritanath Bhattacharya
This review essay examines Chatuh Shloki Manusmriti: An English Commentary by Nithin Sridhar, situating the work within the broader intellectual framework of the Indian śāstric tradition. The study analyses the author’s ...
Vol. 1, Issue 2
· Mar 07, 2026
Literary and Cultural Studies
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W06
Srijani Dutta
This paper examines Krishna Baldev Vaid’s None Other (1992) through the lens of postmodern literary theory, focusing on the themes of suffering, alienation, and existential fragmentation. The novella presents the interio...
Vol. 1, Issue 2
· Mar 07, 2026
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W04
Gayathri V B
Guru–Śiṣya paramparā is a revered tradition of learning through close mentorship. It is a system rooted in the concept of paramparā, representing an unbroken lineage of knowledge passed from guru to śiṣya through oral tr...
Vol. 1, Issue 2
· Mar 07, 2026
Philosophy and Theoretical Inquiries
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W03
Nilambar Chakrabarti
This paper examines Pranab Kumar Sen's distinctive and comparatively lesser-known analysis of the concept of ideology, as articulated in his 1992 seminar paper "Philosophy, Science and Ideology," later included in Knowle...
Vol. 1, Issue 2
· Mar 07, 2026
Performance, Dance, and Theatre Studies
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W01
Piyal Bhattacharya
This critical essay examines the metaphysical foundations of embodiment in Bharata's Nāṭyaśāstra, arguing that the sthānas, cārīs, and karaṇas are not merely physical movements but psychophysical embodiments of cosmic ta...
Vol. 1, Issue 2
· Mar 07, 2026
Aesthetics and Art Philosophy
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.0102W02
Dr Rakesh Das, Prolay Nandi
, Prolay Nandi
This article examines the concept of sādhāraṇīkaraṇa (generalization) as the indispensable condition for the experience of rasa in classical Indian poetics. While rasa is traditionally regarded as the soul of poetry, its...
Vol. 1, Issue 2
· Mar 07, 2026
Esoteric Aesthetics and Philosophies of Liberation
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.006
Swastik Banerjee
This essay investigates the text Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra, examining a philosophical tension: “How does a tantra so deeply embedded in ritual coercion reconcile itself with the language of liberation?” The analysis of this iss...
Vol. 1, Issue 1
· Jun 01, 2025
Performance, Dance, and Theatre Studies
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.005
R.A.N.N.I De Alwis
The Low Country dance tradition of Sri Lanka, centred in the Southern and parts of the Western Province, features three stylistic schools: Matara, Benthara, and Raigama. Central to these traditions are ritual healing cer...
Vol. 1, Issue 1
· Jun 01, 2025
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.004
Dr. Uma Kumar
In the Nadīstuti Sūktās of Vedic scriptures, Goddess Sarasvatī emerged as the divine river of consciousness and enlightenment, nourishing the genesis of Vedic Sanskrit civilisation. This study conducts an in-depth analys...
Vol. 1, Issue 1
· Jun 01, 2025
Aesthetics and Art Philosophy
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.001
Shri Piyal Bhattacharya
This paper examines Bharata Muni through a traditional śāstrika lens, moving beyond historical debates to interpret him as a cosmic principle of performative knowledge (nāṭya-jñāna). Using Sanskrit philological analysis,...
Vol. 1, Issue 1
· Jun 01, 2025
Media, Technology, and Digital Art Studies
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.002
Md. Saddam Hossain
This study examines the moral contradictions and values of the Bengali middle class as portrayed in Mrinal Sen's acclaimed films Ek Din Pratidin (1979) and Kharij (1982). Through critical analysis of Sen's cinematic tech...
Vol. 1, Issue 1
· Jun 01, 2025
Media, Technology, and Digital Art Studies
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.003
Sayantan Dutta
This paper examines the theoretical divide between Walter Benjamin and André Bazin regarding cinema's relationship to reality, using Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) as a case study to bridge their seemingly contradictor...
Vol. 1, Issue 1
· Jun 01, 2025
Literary and Narrative Studies in Art
Open Access
DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.007
Amritanath Bhattacharya
This review examines Arjun Bharadwaj's Indian Perspective of Truth and Beauty in Homer's Epics, a comparative literary study that applies Indian aesthetic philosophy to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Bharadwaj employs millen...
Vol. 1, Issue 1
· Jun 01, 2025
