INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGLISH: LITERATURE, LANGUAGE & SKILLS Volume 7 Issue 3, October 2018 ISSN 2278-0742, www.ijells.com October 2018 2278 -0742 Founding & Chief Editor Dr. Mrudula Lakkaraju, Department of English, Osmania University is trained from EFLU and a Doctorate from Osmania University. She prefers the designation of a trainer and a writer. She has presented several academic articles to international and national seminars, conferences, journals, and magazines. Casual and creative writing is also her forte. She is a prolific reader and writer. Her areas of interest are Post colonial Literature, Gender Studies, Film Studies, English Language Teaching, Contemporary Literature and Communication Skills. Board of Editors Dr. Thirunavukkarasu Karunakaran English Language Teaching Centre, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Dr. George Kolanchery Bayan University College Oman Dr. Isam M Shihada Al Aqsa University, Gaza strip Dr. Hareshwar Roy Govt. Autonomous P.G. College Satna Satna, Madhya Pradesh Dr. Ravi Bhushan Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat, Haryana Dr. G. Venkata Ramana, BVRIT, Narsapur 2 Page Volume 7 Issue 3 www.ijells.com October 2018 2278 -0742 Editor’s Note Dear Readers & Contributors, This autumn issue of IJELLS as revisited the old and brought in the new. It is an issue which compiles many poems, interesting articles on various aspects and on the areas that are fast expanding the scope of English Literature, bringing in multidisciplinary elements, demonstrating how it should truly be. One interesting article is on Janakpur art along with another very interesting art on a Telugu novella Atadu Adavini Jayinchaadu. Taking it further on this path of uniqueness is an article on a Telugu novel Antarani Vasantham. We also have a couple of articles on Literature & film discussing Cultural Diversity in Literature and Film and Post-97 Hong Kong films . Happy Reading and Sharing! Dr. Mrudula Lakkaraju Founding & Chief Editor 3 Page Page Volume 7 Issue 3 www.ijells.com October 2018 2278 -0742 Contents Editorial Board ...................................................................................................................................................................02 Editor‟s Note .......................................................................................................................................................................03 Contents ...............................................................................................................................................................................04 English Creative/Casual Section Slow Bond… Dechhen Dolma........................................................................................................................................................................05 The most beautiful lines ever written Himanshu Shukla....................................................................................................................................................................06 To Be a Puppet Muthu Meena Losini................................................................................................................................................................07 Old Men Walk Funny Michael Lee Johnson..............................................................................................................................................................08 Dreams like Butterfly Tshoki Dorji.............................................................................................................................................................................09 English Literature Cross-Cultural Encounter in Anita Desai‟s The Zigzag Way Anita Konwar ..........................................................................................................................................................................10 Metaphorising Tribal Life: A Sisyphean Struggle in Atadu Adavini Jayinchaadu J. Bheemaiah............................................................................................................................................................................18 Hollowness of Cultural Hegemony in U. R. Ananthamurthy‟s Samskara S.Chitra……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….23 Maupassant's Storytelling Technique in “Moonlight” Ganesh Dhakal & Beerendra Pandey.......................................................................................................................................31 The Unheard Pain and Yemeni Conflict in For a Single War: Collection of Short Stories by Intsar Asseri Hatem Mohammed Hatem AL-Shamea …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………36 Emerging Heroic Innerself Beyond Oppression: A New Dimensional View on Nayantara Sahgal‟s The Day In Shadow Jayanthi Rajendran……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……….39 Possession and Dispossession: Negotiating Culture, Identity, and Anxiety in Speculative Fiction K. Kamala Veni…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….43 Disappearance and Suspension in Post-97 Hong Kong films -An observation and contemplation Li Siu Kit…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………….47 The Importance of Folk Lore in Modern Days Padma S.V…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….54 Time and its many facets in Sandra Cisneros‟ „The House on Mango Street’ Proiti Seal Acharya……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………….…….58 Cultural Diversity in Literature and Film Roby K Sebastian & Ashitha K Varghese……………………………………………………………………………………………………..………….64 A Study on Cultural Marginality leads to Cross Cultural Adaptation Jagadeesh Prakash & Saly Joseph ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………….69 Dynamics of the Spiritual and the Secular in Janakpur Art Santosh Kumar Singh……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….….……….75 Human Nature and Philosophy in „Lord of the Flies‟ by William Golding Rashmi. P & Saritha Samuel…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…………….99 Nissim Ezekiel's Night of the Scorpion: A Study B. Srinivasulu………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………….103 Woman of Colours Subhashini Dimple B………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………….107 Disjunctive Irony in James Joyce's "Counterparts" Sushil Ghimire & Beerendra Pandey………………………………………………………………………………….………………………………….112 The Impact of Christianity and Communism on Dalits: A Critical Study of G.Kalyan Rao‟s Antarani Vasantham B. Venkat Rao…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………….118 English Language Teaching How do Errors and Task Difficulty reflect the Inference Generation Ability of ESL Learners? Monal Dewle……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...133 4 Page Author Profiles…………………………………………………………………………………………..……………….……….……145 Volume 7 Issue 3 www.ijells.com October 2018 2278 -0742 English Creative/Casual Section Slow Bond… Dechhen Dolma Enveloped in a red ‗mother bear‘ blanket Nestling on her lap Dampens her new woven kira With his hot hot piss Silently Dolma picks him up Hands him to his dad Who chuckles with pride Eyes fully on his three-day old son Kelsang protrudes though in rage Calls him names in ways Displaying her innocence Of an angry three-day old sister Tshela handles her though With love and care Asking her to love him more To help him grow Sisterly love comes to her slow With each passing day She learns a new way To care her brother so ‗Life has never been the same in my family After my brother came home‘ Kelsang had said once grimly Now she says again but with full of pride. Now she takes his little fingers in her palm And leads him everywhere Teaching him to rise with every fall Now, now that‘s what I call a ‗slow bond‘ 5 Page Page Volume 7 Issue 3 www.ijells.com October 2018 2278 -0742 The most beautiful lines ever written Himanshu Shukla Today I can write the most beautiful line I have ever written Look how smooth the nib of this gorgeous pen rubs on the folds of the paper on my lap Today I can write the most beautiful line indeed Today I hear from that inner well of consciousness or soul or whatever you want to call it, and today I notice each breath. I hear each of these little storms rushing by the entrances of my nose Today I feel the pumping of my heart and shaking of my palm as I have set out to write the most beautiful line Today when I cuddled a dog a German looking scary street dog I realized all it needed was love a little warmth of my hands on its fur a little pat on its back Today I felt so one with it that it became me and I became it and the most beautiful line I can ever write is this This is it. 6 Page Page Volume 7 Issue 3 www.ijells.com October 2018 2278 -0742 To Be a Puppet Muthu Meena Losini Wedded to be innocent, ignorant though you are not to be To be mom and mum though you are not to be so To be submissive and subsided though you are expressive To be an introvert though you are an extrovert To be bounded though you are unbind To be in control though you are uncontrollable To be unwise, foolish and untactful though you are tactic To be unacceptable in even mean ideas though you are accepted in a gathering To be a dolly though you are alive To be dependant though you are independent To be an observer though you speak sensibly To be in other shoes though no one is at your shoes To be unaware of everything though you aware of few things To be a sophisticated slave, given all comforts and requirements To be a loveable girl though nobody cares you To