1 Vol.no. XCV(no.3) Jul-Sep 2018 The Vedic Path, Quarterly Journal of Vedic, Indological & Scientific Research Peer-reviewed Research Journal ISSN 0970-1443 Registration no. 29063/76 indexed at www.worldcat.org Guide to Indian Periodical Literature Originally published as The Vedic Magazine form 1906 to 1935 and thereafter as The Vedic Path Editor: Prof. Shrawan K Sharma www.thevedicpath.in
[email protected] +91-9412074666 Quarterly Journal of English Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India 2 Vedic Path CONTENTS Dhruba Karki 3 – 23 Aesthetics of the Dancing Body in Myth and Archetype:Universals in the Quest and Journey in Bollywood’s Devdas , Nagina and Krrish 3 Arnab Chatterjee 24 – 42 Exploring Therapeutic Counselling and Trauma Narration in In Memoriam M.A. Afzal Farooq 43 – 56 Contextualizing and Contemoporising Nirupama Borgohain’s “The Chaste Woman” Neelima Bangwal 57 – 64 Narrative Style of M.G.Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack Shubha Tiwari & Jagjeet Kour 65 – 79 Definitions and Classifications of Indian Folktales Linet Thomas 80 – 96 Reading the Socio-Political Unrest: A Critical Inquiry into the Shared Space of Third World Literature 3 The Vedic Path : Vol.XCV (No.3) Jul-Sep 2018 Aesthetics of the Dancing Body in Myth and Archetype:Universals in the Quest and Journey in Bollywood’s Devdas , Nagina and Krrish 3 Dhruba Karki Associate Professor of English Tribhuvan Usniversity, Kathmandu, Nepal email:
[email protected] The Bollywood super hits, ranging from the 1986 Harmesh Malhotra–directed Nagina to the Rakesh Roshan– directed 2013 Krrish 3 through the Sanjay Leela Bhansali- directed 2002 Devdas , rehearse the hero journey and transformation of consciousness in myth and archetypes.