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The “Humane Archive” is a platform that archives the values, meaning, and dimensions of human beings, being in existence with nature, and its manifestations- non-human identities. This initiative is profoundly dedicated to archiving the documentary lives of ordinary people, as it frames the project as an act of compassionate preservation. The word “humane” establishes an ethic of empathy and dignity, promising that these stories will be explored with tenderness and a focus on our shared human qualities- our quiet resilience, subtle joys, and unspoken philosophies. Paired with “archive,” which signifies a permanent, curated collection; thus, the name elevates everyday existence to the status of a historical record. It declares that these uncelebrated lives are not fleeting moments but essential manifestations for understanding the human condition, worthy of being saved from oblivion and contemplated with care. In short, the purpose of this endeavour is a quiet, reflective counter-narrat...

 The "Scholarly Talk Series; Lecture- 05" session was held on google meet on September 09, 2023.  Dr. Govind Prasad Goyal (sir) was the resource person for the talk "Objectification of Women in English Literature". Dr. Govind Prasad Goyal is a distinguished author and accomplished Professor of English, known for his profound contributions to the field of literature and education. With a remarkable association with IMS Law College in Noida, he has played a pivotal role in shaping the academic landscape. His extensive body of work reflects his deep understanding of English language and literature, offering valuable insights to students and scholars alike. Dr. Goyal's dedication to fostering a love for literature and language is evident in his teaching methodologies and writings, making him a highly respected figure in the academic community. Dr. Goyal has authored books inter alia titled 51 Short Stories on Objectification of Women available on Amazon and Flipkart...

S cholarly Talk Series; Lecture-04; posted by Tapas Sarkar; The lecture was delivered by  Dr. Bimlesh Kumar Sing (sir) on the topic "Aurobindo and India". Dr. Sing (sir) is associate Professor and Head, Dept. of English, MGCU, Motihari has been a teacher of English since 1998 when he entered the College services at Chhotu Ram Arya (PG) College, Sonipat (Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana). Besides being a dynamic Professor of English, he has been keenly interested in research and innovation in Education. He has supervised 01 PhD thesis (more 06 Scholars are working under him), 50 M.Phil. Dissertations and examined 02 Ph.D. theses and conducted 04 Ph.D. Pre-submission viva voce at Mewar University Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. Moreover, he is a prolific writer. He has 09 books to his credit and 30 research papers published in National and International journals. He has also examined the M.Phil. Dissertations of 05 candidates and conducted their viva voce on at Rajasthan ...

Essay by Tapas Sarkar;  Root is identity. We are where we belong to. Any diversion is temporary; to gather knowledge and degree, or to explore the world desiring for change is temporarily significant to strengthen the origin existence. Besides, permanence is not stable rather continuously rejuvenating the memory and the truest sense of the origin existence and living in a space with common human harmony. To be in that space is necessary whether that is after a long time at a successful life or a great awakening just before death. Otherwise, forgetting that space and the origin existence is undoubtedly false living, a life without societal values, social relations, human cohesiveness, which is merely a self-centred mania.    No doubt, individual choice of identity, value, thought, philosophy, religion, or any kind of belief whether that is political or apolitical is a freely existing variable; it should be this way, which means any individual's freedom should be free from ...

Book title: Dancing in Solitude: A Book of Poetic Sense ; authored by Tapas Sarkar  Get the book from:  Cleverfox :  Buy here Flipkart :  Buy here Amazon :  Buy here About the book :  Dancing in Solitude: A Book of Poetic Sense is a collection of 108 poetic verses in five separate chapters. The poems of this book are the manifestation of mysticism, love, dark-consciousness, nature, aestheticism, and philosophy. A sense of ‘mystery’ or ‘mystic self’ is everywhere in the book; there, the author’s self is being identified as mystic_purist. The poems of the five consecutive chapters define the gradually transformative journey of the author, from the dance of an individual through the observation of his bodily existence to the perception of his sense, formation of the psyche, connecting reason with reality and imagination, self-similitude with/for the truth, and finally a quest for salvation (in conscience) through the spiritual touch of impending spontaneous si...

S cholarly Talk Series; Lecture-2; posted by Tapas Sarkar; The lecture was delivered by  Mr. Kumar Piyush Pushkar; Advocate at the Supreme Court (India), Columnist, Former President (Law Faculty, DU), UGC NET-JRF, LLB, LLM (Law Faculty, DU), B.A. in Political Science, Dyal Singh College, DU. , on the topic "Right to Religion in Secular India".  ◼️Date: April 30 (Sunday), 2023. ◼️Time: 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM ◼️Platform: Google Meet and YouTube (recorded) ◼️YouTube video link:  https://youtu.be/ZuCv2RVQe3I ◼️For enquiry  Chief Editor and Host: Tapas Sarkar   Mobile:  9609622754 E-mail:  scholarlychronicle@gmail.com

Scholarly Talk Series; Lecture-2; posted by Tapas Sarkar; The lecture was delivered by   Dr. Aditya Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, ICFAI University, Tripura , on the topic "Eliot at the New critical turn of Literary Criticism".  ◼️Date: March 30 (Thursday), 2023. ◼️Time: 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM ◼️Platform: Google Meet and YouTube (recorded) ◼️YouTube video link:  https://youtu.be/jvQSEfno-hw ◼️For enquiry  Editor and Host: Tapas Sarkar   Mobile:  9609622754 E-mail:  scholarlychronicle@gmail.com

Notification; Tapas Sarkar;  Call for Book Chapters Book Title: Postmodern India: Literature, Film, and Drama Concept Note   The word ‘postmodernism’ comes across in varied facets, straying the readers and speakers from its specific interpretation and meaning. Jean-Francois Lyotard, in his book The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (1979), defined the term with the statement, “Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives.” It means disbelief in ‘any grand theory’. Lyotard suggests that we should not just listen to one story or one narrative, because there are multiple stories behind a story. Therefore, we should listen to small narratives and not just metanarratives. In this context, mind must be open to all form of stories and narratives of knowledge. Today, India is one of the very few nations which can call itself a true ‘postmodern’. We, in India, celebrate diversity and heterogeneity of ideas, philosophy, literature, lang...

Scholarly Talk Series; Lecture-1; posted by Tapas Sarkar; The lecture was delivered by Mr. Janardan Bhoi, a PhD research scholar of Sanskrit at Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Bihar, 845401, on the topic "Water Memory in the Perspective of Holy Water."  ◼️Date: February 05 (Sunday), 2023. ◼️Time: 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM ◼️Platform: Google Meet and YouTube (recorded) ◼️YouTube video link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=356puh8LJe4&t=27s ◼️For enquiry  Editor and Host: Tapas Sarkar   Mobile:  9609622754 E-mail:  scholarlychronicle@gmail.com

Essay; Tapas Sarkar:  Photo credit: pixabay.com   Suffering, suffering, and suffering…We are suffering, of course indomitable. Most importantly Human beings are suffering today. This is the matter to think and re-think, this is the knowledge to be taught and re-taught about. In this situation, on one side, we are severely suffering from COVID-19 and its tremendous consequences, on the other side we are growing in ignorance and inaptitude; we are still unlearned pseudo-humans. We are blind, rather too busy to prove ourselves superior to man (Human being itself), to other lives of nature and to Nature itself. We see ourselves as perfect critics discriminating ourselves as rich and poor, white and black, male and female, believer and atheist, political and apolitical, right and left, illiterate and literate, even as human and Nature. Nature whom few of us loved to call ‘Mother’ is now being separated from us, polluted by us, parodied by us which is the real intellectual decay of ...

 English Grammar, Tapas Sarkar:  Rhetoric What are "Figures of Speech"?  What is a "Literary Device"? Literary Terms

Article; Tapas Sarkar: Li ke other indigenous people, Rajbanshi community is a mass tolerant indigenous and ethnically oriented community which has been, geographically and demographically, residing in different areas in diverse situations. As the four states of India- Bengal, Assam, Bihar, and Meghalaya are identified as Rajbanshi resident regions, and simultaneously the same community is also dwelling in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal with minimal existence. Whithersoever they are living, they are confronting extreme identity crisis being divided by political and geographical conditions. With this context the Rajbanshi community of the six districts of Bengal (Cooch Behar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and, especially Malda, Dakshin Dinajpur, and Uttar Dinajpur), are currently undergoing through traditional, cultural, social, and historical identity crisis surreptitiously containing the same language, identical culture, and similar but constantly modified tradition from generation to genera...

  Essay; Tapas Sarkar : (Source: Wikipedia) Satyajit Ray and the Unique Identity of Indian Film Introduction Film or Cinema is considered to be an important art form, a source of popular entertainment, and a powerful medium for educating- or indoctrinating- citizens. The Cinema of India consists of films produced in the nation of India. Cinema is immensely popular in India from the beginning era of film. The early 20 th  century was a golden age for Indian film. There were several impacts of  great film directors on film making and development, like K.A. Abbas, Chetan Anand, Ritwik Ghatak , Bimal Roy , Satyajit Ray etc.  Among  them the contribution of Satyajit Roy is remarkable. He leads the Indian film to the global stage with its own identity and new breath. And Indian Cinema is now a global enterprise. Early Life Of Ray Ray was born into an illustrious family in C alcutta(kolkata) in 1921.His grandfather, Upendra Kishor Ray Choudhary, was a publisher, ...

Tapas Sarkar; Essay:  The creation of an artist is either based on imagination or reality or can be mixed with fantasy and reality. The image of imagination and the concrete knowledge of reality is directly reflected oh human psychology. And all these procedures and environments happen in/within a society. Therefore, what human psychology represents is simply the simulation of the social exhibition. So, it can be said that the creation of art, by artists, is a simulation of society. The human with their sense, sentient, and conscience are the medium of this socio-psychological system of simulation. This representation of simulation is not fixed; it changes at different ages after several perceptions of generations. Therefore, the definition, form, meaning, and representation change from time to time. What can be art to someone can be destructive sense to others, or some others' perceptions of life can be the true presentation of art.       Now, why the artists a...

Essay; Tapas Sarkar; Imagination cannot be excluded from reality. In other words we can say that reality is the concrete reflection of imagination. When our bodily existence is concrete, then the mental or psycho existence is imaginary (conscious, subconscious, superconscious). As we are, fundamentally, made of body and mind. Therefore, our exclusive true existence is the blend of both these conditions complementarity. With imagination, Antoine de Saint's novella "The Little Prince" reflects this philosophical motto providing fruitful meanings of experience.       The story begins with an aviator who is lonely and frustrated in a desert after his plane crush, where he finds a little prince whose experience of life is a little strange to an earthly man like the aviator, but the little prince's  experience is important to formulate a revolution in the aviator's struggle. Here the little prince can be the aviator himself and the aviator can be interpreted as the re...

  Tapas Sarkar,  Akshay Kumar Roy,  Delwar Hossain  Abstract:  From the very beginning of literature, poetry has remained as one of the unique mediums of communication between the poets and the readers. It conveys messages of love, morality, philosophy, war, revolutionary ideals and so on and so forth. Over the period of times the form and function of poetry has undergone a drastic change. Different poets in different periods have emerged with their own poetic canons to present their creations to the audience. While talking about British poetry, it too has vast changes both in form and content and its aim from the age of Chaucer to Shakespeare, from Shakespeare to the Romantic period, from the Romantic to the Victorian period and from the Victorian to the present day England. England, of course, in this post-colonial era has become the land of multiculturalism, trade, religion, and so on, especially with the black emigrants from the African-Caribbean continents ...