Contemporary Literary Review India

14-22

Authors: Debalina Banerjee Roychowdhury

All the ancient mythologies are evidently nature-oriented. Among all Egyptian mythology is deeply naturalistic in its conduct. All the mythologies have a specific tendency apart from being nature-oriented in general. The strong impetus of nature surpassed everything including the immortal concept of the divine. The dominance of beasts and birds and their inseparable connection with the divine are stark. Nature even merges with the individual divine characters in Egyptian myths. Focus on mortality, sexuality and the cycle of conservation consumption is in the core of the manner

32-39

Authors: Dr Ranjana Sunil Alexiose

The ‘othering’ and ‘exiling’ of female consciousness in contemporary South Asian Literature draws its sustenance from an existential Medievalism in the literary discourse of the region, still retaining more or less the same amount of patriarchal and subaltern references. Forces that dare to defy these norms are met with criticism on all modern and postmodern platforms reigning in the aggression and discontent. Expressions of liberation are mocked and subverted, paving way to conformist and conventional powers. We can hardly claim a paradigm shift right now, unless time and relentless striving to reinstate social justice proves us wrong.

59-65

Authors: Dr Prof Shiv Sethi , Sourish Roy

Prof Shiv Sethi interviews Sourish Roy, the author of Tales From Bengal.

71-78

Authors: Laura Solomon

Truckdriver is a story by Laura Solomon.

94-95

Authors: Nigel Ford

All is in Order is a story by Nigel Ford.

105-112

Authors: Dr. Ezhil Vendhan

Peacock, Hummingbird and Seagul are poems by Dr. Ezhil Vendhan.

115-117

Authors: Dr Ravindra Pratap Singh

Unexpected appeal and For the eternal silence are poems by Dr Ravindra Pratap Singh.

121-125

Authors: Dr Sagar Mal Gupta

Wall of Tears and Wrinkles and Wrinkled Morning are poems by Dr Sagar Mal Gupta.

129-136

Authors: Gopal Lahiri , Dr Savita B Singh

Gopal Lahiri reviews Dr Savita B. Singh's debut novel The Road and The Lamp.

143-149

Authors: Deeptangshu Das, Geetashree Chatterjee

Deeptangshu Das reviews Geetashree Chatterjee’s A Basketful of Lies.

158-162

Authors: Dr Prof Shiv Sethi , Saugata Chakraborty

Dr Prof Shiv Sethi reviews Saugata Chakraborty’s book They Go To Sleep.