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PERIYAR UNIVERSITY Reaccredited with ‘A’ Grade By the NAAC Periyar Palkalai Nagar Salem – 636011 , Tamil Nadu Language in India UGC Approved Online Journal Serial Number 49042 ISSN 1930-2940 Special Issue January 2019 A Two Day National Seminar on Food is not Just a Curry: Raison d’etre of Food in Literature (FDLT-2019) Organised by Department of English Periyar University Salem-636011 Editorial Board Dr. V. Sangeetha Professor and Head, Department of English Periyar University Salem Dr. B. J. Geetha Assistant Professor of English Periyar University Salem Dr. K. Sindhu Assistant Professor of English Periyar University Salem Dr. S. Boopathi Assistant Professor of English Periyar University Salem Ms. S. Snekha Sri Assistant Professor of English Periyar University Salem Prof. M. S. Thirumalai Language in India 11249 Oregon Circle Bloomington, MN 55438 USA P. Joshua Gnana Raj R. Steffi S. Gangaiamaran A.T. Princy J. Subhiktcha M. Aravindh G. Hemanatchatra U. Maria Liny Jenifer M. Sripriya Ph.D. Scholars Deparment of English Periyar University Salem Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious - Ruth Reichl Food is symbolic of love when words are inadequate-Alan D. Wolfelt There is no sincerer love than the love of food-George Bernard Shaw PERIYAR UNIVERSITY Salem – 636011, Tamil Nadu, India NAAC A Grade - State University - NIRF Rank 90 Department of English From the Editors’ desk… Luciano Pavarotti says, “One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating”. In this materialistic and tech savvy world, his words make little sense to the younger generation. Gone were the days when man did everything to earn his food. Today fast food has become the order of the day and food has lost its priority. But in a curious reversal, just when the western modernization is ready to pronounce humanity’s liberation from its constant food quest, the quest for food reappears to define our times. Whether the food quest is a constant search for the aesthetic or the authentic, for contemplation or entertainment, for study, or for staking moral and political positions, food continues to consume us. The Department of English strongly believes that food is the ingredient that binds humans together. Many have started writing and conducting seminars on food but not about food’s relevance to life’s experience; life turns out to be a background for food. Hence, this national seminar. Dr. V.Sangeetha, Professor & Head . Dr. B.J.Geetha, Assistant Professor . Dr. K.Sindhu, Assistant Professor . Dr. S.Boopathi, Assistant Professor . Ms. S.Snekha Sri, Assistant Professor Department of English People who love to eat are always the best people- Julia Child Contents 1. The Association between Food Additives and Learning Disabilities – A Review ... G. Hemanatchatra, Ph.D. Research Scholar and Dr. B. J. Geetha, Assistant Professor 1-3 2. Food, Morality and Beyond ... Joshua Gnana Raj, P., Ph.D. Research Scholar and Dr. B. J. Geetha, Assistant Professor 4-6 3. Self-Acceptance through Serving Food in Amulya Malladi’s Serving Crazy with Curry ... S. Lavanya, Assistant Professor of English and Dr. V. Sangeetha, Professor 7-12 4. An Aberration from the Ordinary-Scarcity as Seen in Grimm’s Children and the Household Tales ... Dr. K. Sindhu, Assistant Professor and J. Subhiktcha, Ph.D. Scholar 13-19 5. Determining the Symbolic Representation of ‘Food’ in Life and Literature ... R. Steffi, Ph.D. Research Scholar and Dr. V. Sangeetha, Professor 20-26 6. The Potentate Hunger and the Camouflaged Angel in Herta Müller’s The Hunger Angel ... Dr. S. Punitha 27-30 7. Representation of Food: A Study of Anita Nair’s Alphabet Soup for Lovers ... S. Kiruthiga, Ph.D. Research Scholar and Dr. B. J. Geetha, Assistant Professor 31-35 8. Food Practices in Perumpanatrupadai ... S. Aathirai Nallaal 36-40 9. Water as a Literary Device in Mahasweta Devi's Mother of 1084 and Water ... D. Kavitha, Ph.D. Research Scholar (PT) 41-44 10. Food – Lit- Kid – Connect –A Treatise on Food in Children’s Literature ... M. R. Devika, M.A. English, M.Phil. English, (Ph.D.) 45-51 11. Concept of Food Beyond Survival ... Elvina C M., M.A. English Literature 52-57 ================================================================================ Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 19:1 January 2019 Editors: Dr. V. Sangeetha, Dr. B. J. Geetha, Dr. K. Sindhu, Dr. S. Boopathi and Ms. S. Snekha Sri Food in Literature: Papers Presented in National Seminar on Food in Literature, 2019 Department of English, Periyar University, Salem iv 12. Food Be Thy Medicine and Medicine Be Thy Food ... K. Visalakshi, Assistant Professor 58-63 13. The Outrageous Power of Food in Preethi Nair’s The 100 Shades Of White ... S. Karthika, II M.A. English 64-67 14. Food as a Symbol in Kafka’s The Metamorphosis ... Arathi Unni, Research Scholar 68-71 15. Food in Media: As a Bridging Catalyst between Cultures and a Humanitarian Tool ... Sudharsanan, Dhanya. Assistant Professor 72-77 16. Magic of the Spices: Mythology in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Mistress of Spices ... S. Jansirani, M.Phil. English Dr. B. J. Geetha, Assistant Professor of English 78-81 17. An Ecocritical Analysis of Ghosh's The Hungry Tide and Markandaya's Nectar In A Sieve ... Jenith. J., Assistant Professor 82-89 18. Psychological Reflection on the Role of Gustatory Emotions in Aimee Bender’s The Particular Sadness Of A Lemon Cake ... S. K. Jeya Vidya Shree, M.Phil. Research Scholar 90-96 19. Food for Thought: Is It Human Evolution or Feeding Evolution? ... K. N. Jayakumar, Assistant Professor 97-101 20. Food as a Challenging Factor in The Refugee by Pearl S. Buck ... P. Kalai Selvi, II M.A. English Literature Dr. B. J. Geetha, Assistant Professor of English 102-104 21. Food and Sexuality: A Critical Analysis of Leena Manimekalai’s Poetry ... Karunya Devi. P., II M.A. English Dr. B. J. Geetha, Assistant Professor 105-108 ================================================================================ Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 19:1 January 2019 Editors: Dr. V. Sangeetha, Dr. B. J. Geetha, Dr. K. Sindhu, Dr. S. Boopathi and Ms. S. Snekha Sri Food in Literature: Papers Presented in National Seminar on Food in Literature, 2019 Department of English, Periyar University, Salem v 22. A Comparative Study of Food as a Necessary Crisis Depicted in Select Contemporary Poetry ... P. S. Kavin Molhy, II M.A. English Dr. B. J. Geetha, Assistant Professor of English 109-112 23. Food as an Imagery in Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel ... Kiruthika. S., II M.A. English Dr. B. J. Geetha, Assistant Professor of English 113-117 24. Stop Dieting for Life in Tennie McCarty’s Shades of Hope: The Program of Stop Dieting and Start Living ... Krithika. C., M.Phil. English 118-121 25. Food, Identity and Ethnicity in Salman Rushdie’s Grimus ... L. Raja, Ph.D. Scholar and Dr. K. Sindhu, Assistant Professor 122-124 26. Food and its Manifestations in Contemporary Indian Films: A Study with Reference to Malayalam Movie Guru ... M. Lakshmi, Research Scholar 125- 128 27. Cooking Home-food: Culinary Identity and Nostalgia in the Diasporic Stories of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ... Dr. Madhumita Barua (M. B.), Assistant Professor 129-133 28. Food – The Engineer of Mind ... Neethu Asokan 134-138 29. Dynamics of Cultural Cuisine and Rituals of Eating: Explorations of the Jewish Identity in Israel Through Amos Oz’s A Tale Of Love And Darkness and Judas ... Neha Soman, Ph.D. Research Scholar J. Pandeeswari, Ph.D. Research Scholar 139-143 30. Food and Literature Across the Ages ... A. Parthipan, Assistant Professor of English 144-147 31. Gastronomical Study of R K Narayan’s Select Fiction and Short Story ... Pavan B.P., Assistant Professor of English 148-152 32. Portrayal of Food in Select Works of Tamil and English Literatures ... S. Pavith, M.A. English Literature 153-161 ================================================================================ Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 19:1 January 2019 Editors: Dr. V. Sangeetha, Dr. B. J. Geetha, Dr. K. Sindhu, Dr. S. Boopathi and Ms. S. Snekha Sri Food in Literature: Papers Presented in National Seminar on Food in Literature, 2019 Department of English, Periyar University, Salem vi 33. Analyzing the Perspectives of the British Empire on the Construct of Vegetarianism in India ... Sahaya Afra Johanna, I M.A. 162-166 34. Is Food Building the Relationship? Analysis Through Literature ... Pooja. A., I M.A. English Literature 167-170 35. Good Things Come in Small Packages with Reference to the Novel Charlie and The Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ... Dr. B.S. Arun, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Assistant Professor 171-174 36. Food for Thought, Culture and Identity: A Study of Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss ... Dr. Prathibha Anne Baby, Lecturer 175-179 37. Desserts as Stress Reliever in Marian Keyes’s Watermelon ... Dr. K. Sindhu, Assistant Professor and A. T. Princy, Ph.D. Scholar 180-183 38. Food and Culture: Textual Analysis on the Representation of Food and Drink in African Literature ... Raga Sownthariya. K., II M.A. English 184-185 39. Food in Children’s Literature: An Analysis of Food and Culture in Roald Dahl’s Fiction ... Ms. Rajalakshmi M., Ph.D. Research Scholar 186-190 40. The Denial of Food and the so called Cultural Norm in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland ... S. Snekha Sri, M.A., M.Phil., Assistant Professor V. C. Revathi, II M. A. English 191-194 41. Symbolic Significance of Selected Fruits in the Holy Bible ... Dr. A. Rosilda Manju, Assistant Professor 195-199 42. Healing Power of Food in Erica Bauermeister’s The School of Essential Ingredients ..