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2025, 1(2), 201-208, July 29, 2025
Periodicals play a significant role in shaping public opinion and influencing society as a media product, a tool of the culture industry, and a communication state apparatus. They have a broad societal impact, instilling specific ideas by disseminating narratives throu…
2025, 1(2), 191-200, July 29, 2025
Teaching of English language in Bangladesh is undergoing a metamorphosis because of the advent of ICT and the use of AI. In light of research on the use of ICTs and materials in public tertiary level education in the context of EFL pedagogy, this paper explores the pos…
2025, 1(2), 179-190, July 22, 2025
The changing role of political consulting in India is examined in this article as a type of infrastructure power that combines algorithmic accuracy with affective and cultural modulation. Today's political consultants operate as epistemic engineers, going beyond co…
2025, 1(2), 169-178, July 22, 2025
In the era of pervasive digital technologies, surveillance has evolved into a distributed, algorithmically driven force. This paper argues that datafication, the conversion of human lives into quantifiable digital data, manifests in deeply gendered forms of surveillanc…
2025, 1(2), 158-168, July 22, 2025
This paper looks at how the English language plays a complex role in tribal literature, focusing on its ability to empower as well as its potential to erase indigenous identities. By critically analysing literary works from various tribal authors and conducting qualita…
2025, 1(2), 147-157, July 22, 2025
The Syrian civil war, now in its second decade, has witnessed extensive use of banned weapons—particularly cluster munitions and landmines—by both state and non-state actors. This study examines their deployment, humanitarian impact, and the legal challenge…
2025, 1(2), 138-146, July 22, 2025
This article critically examines the Gandhi-Ambedkar debates on caste and varṇa, focusing on their differing interpretations during late colonial India’s sociopolitical transformations. Centred around the 1932 dispute over separate electorates for ‘untoucha…
2025, 1(2), 129-137, July 22, 2025
This article examines Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministry for the Future through the framework of Mikhail Bakhtin’s dialogism, emphasizing the novel’s polyphonic narrative and its significance in contemporary discourse on climate change. By investigat…