Ilona Kędzia-Warych
Cruel Substances
Philosophy
In the paper, I examine the concept of “cruelty” (kaṭumai) of physical substances in the Tamil siddha alchemical literature, by taking as t...
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The paper "Cruel Substances" proposes an intriguing and novel examination of the concept of "cruelty" (kaṭumai) as applied to physical substances with...
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Naresh Keerthi, Elena Mucciarelli
Split in bhakti, United in bhakti
Religion
Jaimini’s Book of the Horse Sacrifice (Jaiminīya Āśvamēdhikaparvan) is a late mediaeval Vaiṣṇava text that is unusual for several reasons....
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The article "Split in bhakti, United in bhakti" presents a compelling and original examination of the complex interplay between violence, devotion, an...
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Danielle Feller
Adding Insult to Injury
Literature
In the Mahābhārata (MBh), whipping is mainly resorted to by charioteers while driving their horses and the terms designating whips are ther...
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This paper, aptly titled "Adding Insult to Injury," presents an intriguing examination of the concept and practice of whipping within the Mahābhārata....
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Marzenna Czerniak-Drożdżowicz, Lidia Sudyka
Johannes Bronkhorst (1946–2025)
History
No abstract is avaliable for this article.
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This submission presents a unique challenge for review, given the complete absence of an abstract. The title, "Johannes Bronkhorst (1946–2025)," stron...
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Martin Hříbek
Violence in Modern Indian Thought in the Mirror of World War II
Philosophy
The turmoil at the end of the long 19th century and the aftermath of the World War I inspired many Indian political thinkers to reflect upo...
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This paper proposes a compelling examination of how Indian political thought on violence, particularly as a means to achieve statehood, evolved in con...
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Weronika Rokicka
Gentle Violence
Literature
The article examines narratives on domestic violence in middle-class families in selected novels of an acclaimed Indian author, Bani Basu,...
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This article proposes an examination of domestic violence narratives within the context of middle-class families, as portrayed in two selected novels...
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Monika Browarczyk
How to Speak of the Unspeakable?
Literature
To date generations of people from South Asia grapple with traumatic experiences of havoc and violence prior to, during and in the aftermat...
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This paper tackles a profoundly important and sensitive subject: the lingering trauma of the Partition of British India, specifically focusing on the...
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Maria Puri
Reading Between the Lines
Literature
A decades long attempt by the central government to control dissent in Punjab culminated in a military operation codenamed Bluestar (June 1...
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The paper, titled "Reading Between the Lines," presents a compelling and timely exploration of the traumatic events of 1984 in Punjab through a litera...
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S. Puja, L. Kavitha Nair
Grief, Anger, and In-between
Literature
Śurpaṇakhā from the Rāmāyaṇa, though she plays a pivotal role in the epic, is often neglected in the main discourse. The character’s exclus...
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The proposed paper, "Grief, Anger, and In-between," addresses a highly pertinent and overdue subject within literary and cultural studies: the re-eval...
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Sanjukta Das Gupta
Violence and the Marginalized
Sociology
Adivasi or tribal communities in contemporary India are no strangers to violence. The incidence of violence within the tribal world requir...
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This paper tackles a highly pertinent and often-overlooked issue: the multi-layered violence experienced by Adivasi communities in India, using the Lo...
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