LANGUAGE IN INDIA Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow Volume 14:4 April 2014 ISSN 1930-2940 Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D. Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D. Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D. B. A. Sharada, Ph.D. A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D. Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D. Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D. S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D. G. Baskaran, Ph.D. L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D. C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics) Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A. Contents A Psychological Cry of an Alienated Woman: Anita Desai’s Cry, The Peacock ... Dr. C. Alice Evangaline Jebaselvi, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. 1-7 Gender Based Violence in India – A Burning Issue ... Shakuntla Bamal and Asha Saharan 8-17 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? An Exquisite Messaging of the Moral Collapse of American Society ... Ashaq Hussain Parray, M.A., M.Phil., NET/SET 18-22 Pasho as a ‘Strong’ Woman: Reading Krishna Sobti’s Memory’s Daughter ... Ashok Verma, Ph.D. 23-31 The Woman is the Victim ... Azmi Azam 32-41 Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 14:4 April 2014 Contents List i Decolonizing the Indian Theatre ... Bishun Kumar, Ph.D. 42-55 Phonological System of Medieval Manipuri ... Takhellambam Debachand Singh 56-68 Semantic Relations in 3.1-5 Years Old Typically Developing Konkani Speaking Children ... Debora D’Souza, Post Graduate Student Satish Kumaraswamy, Asst. Professor and Ph.D. Scholar 69-81 Soft Skills: A Professional Development Curriculum to Enhance the Employability of Engineering Students ... Dr. M. Renuga, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. S. Ezhilan, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Candidate 82-130 Narrative Skills in Geriatrics Malayalam Speakers ... Aswathy E Nebu, MASLP Deepa Elizabeth Thomas, MASLP Jittu Susan Varghese, MASLP Satish Kumaraswamy, Asst. Professor & Ph.D. Scholar 131-138 Brown’s Morphological Skills in Typically Developing Bilingual (Malayalam-English) Speaking Children ... Jittu Susan Varghese, Final Year MASLP Deepa Elizabeth Thomas, Second Year MASLP Aswathy E Nebu, Second Year MASLP Sofia V Sunny, First year MASLP Satish Kumaraswamy, Asst. Professor & Ph.D. Scholar 139-150 Effect of Speaking Rate on Voice Onset Time in Telugu ... Madhu Sudarshan Reddy. B. B.Sc ()M.Sc. (Speech Language Pathology) Mahendra Kumar. N. M.Sc. (Speech Language Pathology) Sreedevi. N. M.Sc. (Speech & Hearing), Ph.D. (Speech Language Pathology) 151-166 Individual Versus Society in Vijay Tendulkar’s Silence! The Court is in Session ... Manjeet 167-176 Treatment of Love and Sex in Kamala Das’s Poetry ... Manju, M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil. 177-184 Stages of Dance during Chola Period ... Miss Mythilie Arulaiah, M.Phil. 185-195 Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 14:4 April 2014 Contents List ii Phonology of Rongmei ... Pauthang Haokip 196-210 Reduplication in Liangmai ... I. D. Raguibou, Ph.D. Research Scholar 211-224 Thematic Evaluation of William Golding’s Novel Lord of the Flies ... Mohammad Rahman, M.Phil. Scholar (English Literature) 225-240 Newspapers and Journals of Krishna District An Assessment A Doctoral Dissertation in Telugu ... Dr. K. Ramakrishna, M.A., M.Sc., M.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D. 242-509 Novels as A Tool to Enhance Thinking Skills – An Activity-Based Language Teaching Method Using Vikram Seth’s An Equal Music ... T. Sathya, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate Dr. R. Saravana Selvan, M.A., M.Phil., M.Ed., P.G.D.J., P.G.D.T.E., Ph.D. 510-514 Pronominal Markers in Hmar ... Elangbam Sharatkumar Singh, Ph.D. 515-525 Investigating the Need to Embrace Native English Speaking Culture to Enhance the ESL Experience as Expressed by Pakistani Learners ... Sheraz Akhtar 526-545 Haptic Communication - The Unspoken Dialogue ... Chippy Susan Bobby 546-555 Family Relationships in R. K. Narayan’s Novels A Study of The English Teacher and The Dark Room ... R. Baby Gowri 556-566 Alienation in Wesker’s Play The Kitchen ... Dr. Vandana Goyal, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. 567-576 Polyphonic Voices of Survival: Diaspora in Caryl Phillips’s The Nature of Blood ... Gils. M. George. M.A., B.Ed., M. Phil., Ph.D. Research Scholar 577-587 A Brief Review of Relationship between Language Use and Status, a book in Tamil by Dr. P. Perumalsamy ... M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D. 588-591 Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 14:4 April 2014 Contents List iii Rhythm and Liveliness in the Poems of Sarojini Naidu Mrs. S. Lalitha 592-600 Weekly Notes: Practical Ideas for Research & Better Writing ... Creative Works ... Various Authors - Vijaya, K.R., Raji Narasimhan; Bala Devi; Selvi Bunce; Tanu Kashyap, Kiran Sikka, Kaneez Fatima Syeda, V. Shoba A PRINT VERSION OF ALL THE PAPERS OF APRIL, 2014 ISSUE IN BOOK FORMAT. This document is better viewed if you open it online and then save it in your computer. 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Alice Evangaline Jebaselvi, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 14:4 April 2014 Dr. C. Alice Evangaline Jebaselvi, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. A Psychological Cry of an Alienated Woman: Anita Desai’s Cry, The Peacock 1 Cry, the Peacock, A Feminine Novel Cry, the Peacock, by the most famous Indian writer, Anita Desai, remains a splendid piece of writing. The novel has its unique genius and characters. The theme of alienation a recurring motif of Anita Desai is found in this novel. Cry, the Peacock is a typically “feminine” novel, a novel of sensibility rather than action. The novel Cry, the Peacock portrays the psychological sufferings of Maya, a young protagonist. Maya’s Life and Suffering Maya was a childless woman. Maya’s detached life was another reason for her psychological disorder. Whomever she loved in her life departed from her very soon and she was alienated completely. Maya loved her father and her pet dog too. Her pet dog’s death affected the inner mind of Maya. Maya, apart from all differences, loved her husband to the core. But Gautama became careless and never noticed the psychological imbalance of his wife. Her utmost love made her to believe the prophecy. She was more scared of her death than her departure from Gautama. She believed that the revelation of the prophecy may create a wall between them. So she hid the prophecy from Gautama, who was very much detached in life. Once when Maya was fully admiring the moon, Gautama stared to talk about a case. In a fit of frenzy Maya pushed him from upstairs. Maya was psychologically affected because of the death of Gautama. As she felt guilty, she committed suicide and underwent a pathetic psychological death. A Motherless Girl Maya was a motherless girl, who was over cared by her father. When she married Gautama she felt that, she lost her father and his affection forever. Often, she used to contrast things with her father’s home. Maya was over joyful with the company of her father and her whole world went around him. The first shocking incident she met in her life was the prophecy of the albino priest, which pushed her into a fit of fear. Only in her house, Maya had complete ecstasy. She says, “Delight makes me drowsy” (35). In the palm of Maya’s father, Maya was innocent enough to know, the humdrums of the outside world The Prophecy of the Albino Priest The most tremendous thing that happened during the span of Maya’s life was nothing but the prophecy of the albino priest. The prophecy was a lengthy one. On hearing it, Maya Language in India www.languageinindia.com ISSN 1930-2940 14:4 April 2014 Dr. C. Alice Evangaline Jebaselvi, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. A Psychological Cry of an Alienated Woman: Anita Desai’s Cry, The Peacock 2 psychologically had a stress, in her mind. The prophecy mingled into her blood which even after many years gave her fear and tension. Maya used to say, “He had been-large or small? I cannot remember, but his eyes I do: they were pale, opaque, and gave him an appearance of morbidity, as though he had live like a sluggish white worm…” (29). Death’. ‘to one of your’. When you are married-and you shall be married young’… ‘Death-an early one-by unnatural causes’… ‘Four years after your marriage, so the stars prophecy’. (29-31) The thought of the albino priest disturbed Maya. The prophecy of the albino priest was the first shock in her life. It troubled her tender heart. Each word of the priest was very clear and was recorded well in her mind.