Drishti: the Sight Vol.VIII, Issues: I & II(Combined volume) (May, 2019 - October, 2019) & (November, 2019 - April, 2020) ISSN 2319-8281 (Enlisted in the UGC-CARE list (Sl. No. 42) in Arts and Humanities section) A REFEREED (PEER-REVIEWED) BI-ANNUAL NATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE/ASSAMESE LITERATURE/FOLKLORE /CULTURE Chief Editor (Hon.) DR. DIPAK JYOTI BARUAH Associate Professor, Dept. of English, Jagiroad College(University of Gauhati) Associate Editors : Dr. Manash Pratim Borah (Dept. of English, Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies, Arunachal Pradesh) Dr. Nizara Hazarika (Dept. of English, Sonapur College, University of Gauhati) Dr. Bhubaneswar Deka (Dept. of English, Pandu College, University of Gauhati) Members of Advisory Body Dr. Gayatree Bhattacharyya, Former Professor, Dept. of English, University of Gauhati Dr. Dayananda Pathak, Former Principal, Pragjyotish College, Guwahati Dr. Prabin Chandra Das, Former Head, Dept. of Folklore, University of Gauhati Dr. Dwijen Sharma, Professor, Dept. of English, North Eastern Hill University (Tura Campus) Dr. Kalikinkar Pattanayak, Former Associate Professor in English, Khallikote University, Odisha Members of Editorial Body Dr. Pranjal Sharma Bashistha, Dept. of Assamese, University of Gauhati Mr. Lakshminath Kagyung, Dept. of English, University of Dibrugarh Dr. Lakshmi Dash Pathak, Dept. of Assamese, L.C.B College, University of Gauhati Mr. Pranjal Dutta, Dept. of English, Sarupathar College, University of Dibrugarh Dr. Durga Prasad Dash, Lecturer, Dept. of English, Gunjam College, Berhapur University, Odisha Address for correspondence: Dr. Dipak Jyoti Baruah, Associate Professor, Dept.of English, Jagiroad College, Jagiroad-782410, Assam, India; Cell: 09854369647; E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected] Our website : www.drishtithesight.com Drishti: the Sight Vol.VIII, Issues: I & II(Combined volume) (May, 2019 - October, 2019) & (November, 2019 - April, 2020) ISSN 2319-8281 (Enlisted in the UGC-CARE list (Sl. No. 42) in Arts and Humanities section) A REFEREED (PEER-REVIEWED) BI-ANNUAL NATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE/ASSAMESE LITERATURE/FOLKLORE /CULTURE (A NON-PROFIT VENTURE DEDICATED TO THE CAUSE OF EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH PARTICULARLY AMONG THE YOUNG SCHOLARS OF THE NATION) Published by : Ms. Rupjyoti Goswami Chief Editor (Hon.): Dr. Dipak Jyoti Baruah Price : # Single: Rs. 600/- # One Year Subscription: Rs. 1200/- Printed at : Shristi Prakash, Morigaon- 782105 (Assam) DISCLAIMER: The responsibility of the facts, quotations made, opinions expressed or conclusions arrived at is entirely that of the authors of the articles and neither the Editor, nor the Publisher or any of the Members of the Editorial and the Advisory Bodies accepts any responsibility for them. Drishti: the Sight Vol.VIII, Issues: I & II(Combined volume) (May, 2019 - October, 2019) & (November, 2019 - April, 2020) CONTENTS : Editorial # 04 : Reality in Shakespeare and Adil Hussain’s Approach to Truthfulness: A Study of Hussain’s Role of Othello in Othello: A Play in Black and White # Goutam Sarmah # 7 : Identity Conflict and Linguistic Hegemony in Assam # Manash Pratim Saikia # 15 : Gandhiji : Life, Literature and Culture # Dr.Kalikinkar Pattanayak # 20 : Postcolonial interrogation in The Hungry Tide and The Shadow Lines # Dr. Bhubaneswar Deka # 26 : Reading Domestic Violence in Vijay Tendulkar’s Play Shakharam Binder # Breez Mohan Hazarika # 31 : Analysing Rousseau’s Selected Works from an Ecocritical Lens # Nandini Choudhury # 39 : Communicative Competence in Letter Writing: An Action Research # Dr. Priti Bala Sharma # 46 : Crossing Boundaries: A Study of Readers’ Response on Abhijñânaúâkuntalam # Shikha Rajpurohit # 54 : A Tale of Divided Identity of the Indian Chinese in Rita Chowdhury’s Chinatown Days # Rini Banerjee # 62 : The Significance of Photograph/Photographic Documentation in Milan Kundera’s The Book of Laughter and Forgetting and The Unbearable Lightness of Being # Ritushmita Sharma # 66 : Negotiating the ‘self’ and ‘other’ dichotomy in Badal Sircar’s Life of Bagal # Binoy Chetia & Dr. Anup Kumar Dey # 71 : Râsa Mahotsava: History, Philosophy and Practice (with Special Reference to the Râsa Mahotsava of Palashbari in Assam) # Dr. Sanghamitra Sarma # 79 : Disillusionment of a Communist: Living ‘through Poetry’ in The Hungry Tide # Dr.Santanu Basak # 83 : Is Charu Nivedita’s Zero Degree an exercise in Metamodernism? # Shibashish Purkayastha # 90 : ˆ¬”À¬ÛÚ ˝√√±Ê√ø1fl¡±1 ·œÓ¬1 ˆ¬±¯∏±1 Ò√ıøÚ-˜±Ò≈˚« – ¤øȬ ∆˙˘œø¬ı:±Úøˆ¬øM√√fl¡ ’Ò…˚˛Ú # ά0 √œ¬Û±˜øÌ ˝√√±Õ˘ ˜˝√√ôL # 103 : ’±Ò≈øÚfl¡ ÊœªÚÀ¡ı±Ò, ’±˙± ˆ¡—· ’±1n∏ ’¡Û”¡ı« ˙˜«±1 ·ä # ά0 ¸?œª ¬ı1± # 107 : Ρ0 ¸”˚«fl≈¡˜±1 ˆ”¡¤û±1 ʱӡœ˚˛ Œ‰¡Ó¡Ú± ’±1n∏ ¸‘ø©Ü˙œ˘ ¸±ø˝Ó¡… – ¤øÈ¡ ’±À˘±‰¡Ú± # Ρ0 ˜À˝ù´1 fl¡ø˘Ó¡± # 120 : ’¸˜œ˚˛± ’±À˘±‰¡Úœ1 ˆ¡±¯∏±Ó¡ ˆ¡±¯∏±-¸—Sê˜Ì (Code switching) # ¡Û≈©Û±?ø˘ ˝±Êø1fl¡± # 127 : 1±˜ÀÒÚ≈Ó¬ ¬õ∂fl¡±ø˙Ó¬ Úªfl¡±ôL¬ ı1n∏ª±1 fl¡ø¬ıÓ¬± ’±1n∏ ˝◊˚˛±1 ˆ¬±¯∏±Õ˙˘œ # ά0 Û~øªfl¡± ˙˜«± # 133 : ¬ÛΩÚ±Ô Œ·±˝√√±ø¤û¬ı1n∏ª±1 ëÊ√˚˛˜Ó¬œí ڱȬfl¡Ó¬ ¬ı≈1?œ1 Ó¬Ô…1 õ∂À˚˛±· – ¤øȬ ø¬ıÀù≠¯∏̱Rfl¡ ’Ò…˚˛Ú # ά0 ˆ¬øÚÓ¬± Ú±Ô # 141 : ˜À˝√√ù´1 ŒÚ›·1 ’¸˜œ˚˛± ¸±ø˝√√Ó¬…1 1+¬ÛÀ1‡±- ¤fl¡ ¸˜±À˘±‰¬Ú±Rfl¡ ø¬ı‰¬±1 # ά0 õ∂±?˘ ˙˜«± ¬ıø˙ᬠ# 150 4 # Drishti : the Sight # Vol.VIII, Issue: I & II(Combined volume) (May, 2019 - October, 2019) & (November, 2019 - April, 2020) EDITORIAL MANDATE FOR A MORE RESPONSIBLE ROLE For the modern higher educational system to be complete, there is need of adequate thrust upon research activities. A large chunk of college teachers today have been into such activities also because research works have become an indispensable element in the requirements for their career advancement . It is feared that desperate and hectic endeavours in research may ruin the very cause of ethics and integrity of it. It is also equally true that a part of this teaching community has been religiously engaging themselves in the pursuits of research. Research orientation in a teacher may be useful to the students in the classroom as they need certain guidance and supports in their approaches to the subjects and towards methodical exploration of ideas from different sources. To a teacher having research orientation, learning may be complete only through developing an ability of objective and critical thinking. That a learner is able to analyze and interpret a problem through one or other methodical approaches, it directly or indirectly enables him/her to attain a larger social good. The teachers of higher education especially need to realize the basic value of research. Only then they can inspire their students yearn for exploring and extracting the gems from the vast ocean of knowledge with rare keenness and by adopting pragmatic and methodical approaches. At the backdrop of all this it is heartening to see that the University Grants Commission (UGC) has been putting some extra emphasis on the subject of integrity in research. It has set up a body: Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE) to set a standard in the publication of research journals. It is being hoped that the publication of CARE- journals would go a long way in setting a new benchmark in the ethical practices in research in our country. Drishti:the Sight, now at its eigth year in existence, wishes to congratulate all the scholars associated with it and also the members of its Advisory and Editorial Boards for their success in ascertaining an updated status for the journal in the CARE-list. They would find it especially heartening to learn that the journal has figured among the meagre Arts and humanities journals selected by the body. We at Drishti:the Sight however, more than jubilation, feel being mandated for a more responsible role in the days to come. We therefore appeal to all our scholars to continue to be part of our relentless endeavour in maintaining our culture of fair practice in academic research. Drishti : the Sight # Vol.VIII, Issue: I & II(Combined volume) (May, 2019 - October, 2019) & (November, 2019 - April, 2020) # 5 CALL FOR PAPERS ON TOPICS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE/ ASSAMESE LITERATURE/ FOLKLORE / CULTURE For Drishti: the Sight (A PEER-REVIEWED NATIONAL JOURNAL) ISSN 2319-8281 (Approved by U.G.C.) 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