Knowledge Commons | Pragya Ranjan | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/pragyaranjan/activity/ Activity feed for Pragya Ranjan. Sun, 05 Apr 2026 04:36:49 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 bb90d862ef4829f4034ee8c1884d2c19 Pragya Ranjan deposited Morality in Premchand’s Kafan: For Dalits or Anti-Dalit ? in the group Political Philosophy & Theory https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901229/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 03:00:45 -0400 It is an article on Premchand's most controversial short story, Kafan. This article attempts to describe how the story gives an alternative voice to the downtrodden and how the characters define a morality of their own, which is outside the purview of the Brahmanical framework. In an extremely hierarchical religious structure as in Hinduism, this…[Read more]

]]> 0 7e7cc72caae281508207196e7f796e21 Pragya Ranjan deposited Morality in Premchand’s Kafan: For Dalits or Anti-Dalit ? in the group Indology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901228/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 03:00:44 -0400 It is an article on Premchand's most controversial short story, Kafan. This article attempts to describe how the story gives an alternative voice to the downtrodden and how the characters define a morality of their own, which is outside the purview of the Brahmanical framework. In an extremely hierarchical religious structure as in Hinduism, this…[Read more]

]]> 0 3fa198ca863a7f488eace7440ab80d36 Pragya Ranjan deposited Morality in Premchand’s Kafan: For Dalits or Anti-Dalit ? in the group Cultural Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901227/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 03:00:29 -0400 It is an article on Premchand's most controversial short story, Kafan. This article attempts to describe how the story gives an alternative voice to the downtrodden and how the characters define a morality of their own, which is outside the purview of the Brahmanical framework. In an extremely hierarchical religious structure as in Hinduism, this…[Read more]

]]> 0 17040fd737ea46833f499c36d46d0f73 Pragya Ranjan deposited Morality in Premchand’s Kafan: For Dalits or Anti-Dalit ? https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901202/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 13:39:29 -0400 It is an article on Premchand's most controversial short story, Kafan. This article attempts to describe how the story gives an alternative voice to the downtrodden and how the characters define a morality of their own, which is outside the purview of the Brahmanical framework. In an extremely hierarchical religious structure as in Hinduism, this…[Read more]

]]> 0 a3d81caa11682976da825ed7124bd67c Pragya Ranjan deposited Lysistrata: through a feminist’s lens in the group Literary theory https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850940/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 02:25:38 -0400 ‘There is no truth, only perception of truth’, and that perception too changes with time. Lysistrata is one such text where this difference of perception prevails. Written by Aristophanes in 411 BCE, Lysistrata is one of the eleven Old Greek Comedy plays surviving out of forty-two. The play revolves around the Peleponnesian war, when women hav…[Read more]

]]> 0 7b9e5cf7f7d770dcd798dd297453729f Pragya Ranjan deposited Lysistrata: through a feminist’s lens in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850939/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 02:25:33 -0400 ‘There is no truth, only perception of truth’, and that perception too changes with time. Lysistrata is one such text where this difference of perception prevails. Written by Aristophanes in 411 BCE, Lysistrata is one of the eleven Old Greek Comedy plays surviving out of forty-two. The play revolves around the Peleponnesian war, when women hav…[Read more]

]]> 0 850a43810ad10ee97f385aad0082ec62 Pragya Ranjan deposited Lysistrata: through a feminist’s lens in the group Feminist Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850938/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 02:25:20 -0400 ‘There is no truth, only perception of truth’, and that perception too changes with time. Lysistrata is one such text where this difference of perception prevails. Written by Aristophanes in 411 BCE, Lysistrata is one of the eleven Old Greek Comedy plays surviving out of forty-two. The play revolves around the Peleponnesian war, when women hav…[Read more]

]]> 0 51e85e52cb792db07a4a5f23930821f7 Pragya Ranjan deposited Lysistrata: through a feminist’s lens in the group English Literature https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850937/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 02:25:15 -0400 ‘There is no truth, only perception of truth’, and that perception too changes with time. Lysistrata is one such text where this difference of perception prevails. Written by Aristophanes in 411 BCE, Lysistrata is one of the eleven Old Greek Comedy plays surviving out of forty-two. The play revolves around the Peleponnesian war, when women hav…[Read more]

]]> 0 830b1f612b3f8d8bc422c1bc516604e7 Pragya Ranjan deposited Lysistrata: through a feminist’s lens in the group Cultural Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850936/ Mon, 03 Jul 2023 02:25:00 -0400 ‘There is no truth, only perception of truth’, and that perception too changes with time. Lysistrata is one such text where this difference of perception prevails. Written by Aristophanes in 411 BCE, Lysistrata is one of the eleven Old Greek Comedy plays surviving out of forty-two. The play revolves around the Peleponnesian war, when women hav…[Read more]

]]> 0 293e122a54709ab4a12d98343659c71f Pragya Ranjan deposited Lysistrata: through a feminist’s lens https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1850911/ Sun, 02 Jul 2023 11:22:03 -0400 ‘There is no truth, only perception of truth’, and that perception too changes with time. Lysistrata is one such text where this difference of perception prevails. Written by Aristophanes in 411 BCE, Lysistrata is one of the eleven Old Greek Comedy plays surviving out of forty-two. The play revolves around the Peleponnesian war, when women hav…[Read more]

]]> 0 181da490155d7cc606929f21b1b565fc Pragya Ranjan deposited Cave of Spleen - a feminist perspective: Status of women in early 18th century England in the group Renaissance / Early Modern Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848164/ Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:24:45 -0400 "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope published in 1712 is a mock-heroic narrative which satirically
glorifies trivial incident of cutting of locks of protagonist Belinda. This poem was written in the
Augustan Era (1660-1784) which is marked by the period of scientific reason and rationality, whose
effect can be seen on the writers of those…[Read more]

]]> 0 b7d67de32bb4d02b0557b95bd0c6cb1a Pragya Ranjan deposited Cave of Spleen - a feminist perspective: Status of women in early 18th century England in the group Literary theory https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848163/ Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:24:30 -0400 "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope published in 1712 is a mock-heroic narrative which satirically
glorifies trivial incident of cutting of locks of protagonist Belinda. This poem was written in the
Augustan Era (1660-1784) which is marked by the period of scientific reason and rationality, whose
effect can be seen on the writers of those…[Read more]

]]> 0 e5f5868573ea6d8dda026bf146b4d1b8 Pragya Ranjan deposited Cave of Spleen - a feminist perspective: Status of women in early 18th century England in the group Gender Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848162/ Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:24:22 -0400 "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope published in 1712 is a mock-heroic narrative which satirically
glorifies trivial incident of cutting of locks of protagonist Belinda. This poem was written in the
Augustan Era (1660-1784) which is marked by the period of scientific reason and rationality, whose
effect can be seen on the writers of those…[Read more]

]]> 0 91e6c1a289a5b4d1398ef1938fe25eb7 Pragya Ranjan deposited Cave of Spleen - a feminist perspective: Status of women in early 18th century England in the group Feminist Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848161/ Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:23:59 -0400 "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope published in 1712 is a mock-heroic narrative which satirically
glorifies trivial incident of cutting of locks of protagonist Belinda. This poem was written in the
Augustan Era (1660-1784) which is marked by the period of scientific reason and rationality, whose
effect can be seen on the writers of those…[Read more]

]]> 0 6e61b6e16c672cdd592a84f0dbd5321e Pragya Ranjan deposited Cave of Spleen - a feminist perspective: Status of women in early 18th century England in the group English Literature https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848160/ Sun, 04 Jun 2023 02:23:51 -0400 "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope published in 1712 is a mock-heroic narrative which satirically
glorifies trivial incident of cutting of locks of protagonist Belinda. This poem was written in the
Augustan Era (1660-1784) which is marked by the period of scientific reason and rationality, whose
effect can be seen on the writers of those…[Read more]

]]> 0 71b387ab069d44560bee9f8b6844bd6c Pragya Ranjan deposited Cave of Spleen - a feminist perspective: Status of women in early 18th century England https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1848117/ Sat, 03 Jun 2023 06:13:17 -0400 "The Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope published in 1712 is a mock-heroic narrative which satirically
glorifies trivial incident of cutting of locks of protagonist Belinda. This poem was written in the
Augustan Era (1660-1784) which is marked by the period of scientific reason and rationality, whose
effect can be seen on the writers of those…[Read more]

]]> 0 aeb29a50dc1c49ec7c7711a620c14abe Pragya Ranjan's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1825931/ Sun, 11 Dec 2022 04:54:39 -0500 0 2c5d5c8cdd99f2f7c10f3bed646085c0 Pragya Ranjan deposited The Present and The Future of Darjeeling Tea in the group Indology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787698/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:25:23 -0400 Darjeeling tea is known worldwide for its delicate taste and for being one of the most expensive teas. Despite this, when we look at the tea laborers we find how little their condition has changed over time. They still have to protest for days to increase a few rupees in their wages. Although there is still rising demand for Darjeeling tea in the…[Read more]

]]> 0 f817dc523aaad64ca5410e0a2a3669cc Pragya Ranjan deposited The Present and The Future of Darjeeling Tea in the group Cultural Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787697/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:25:13 -0400 Darjeeling tea is known worldwide for its delicate taste and for being one of the most expensive teas. Despite this, when we look at the tea laborers we find how little their condition has changed over time. They still have to protest for days to increase a few rupees in their wages. Although there is still rising demand for Darjeeling tea in the…[Read more]

]]> 0 976a00e024085b22de13ec4defb54b9b Pragya Ranjan deposited Remembering the Old Man: Ernest Miller Hemingway in the group Literary theory https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787696/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:25:04 -0400 On Ernest Miller Hemingway's 121st anniversary, this book review celebrates his nobel-winning masterpiece, Old Man and the Sea.

]]> 0 a7643588dafe1037a3ce468d745ef955 Pragya Ranjan deposited Remembering the Old Man: Ernest Miller Hemingway in the group English Literature https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787695/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:25:00 -0400 On Ernest Miller Hemingway's 121st anniversary, this book review celebrates his nobel-winning masterpiece, Old Man and the Sea.

]]> 0 0ed5e4bc8a236266d6c186c88cc09486 Pragya Ranjan deposited Animal Farm of Indian Right Wing in the group Literary theory https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787694/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:24:48 -0400 This article was written on the 75th anniversary of the classic work of George Orwell, Animal Farm. It was written amidst the first wave of Covid-19. There are many differences between a communist regime and a democratic system and both can’t be compared directly. But what I saw in India had certain elements in common with Animal Farm i.e. t…[Read more]

]]> 0 38fcb77df33e7ef4275aa2704885e4cb Pragya Ranjan deposited Animal Farm of Indian Right Wing in the group English Literature https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787693/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:24:43 -0400 This article was written on the 75th anniversary of the classic work of George Orwell, Animal Farm. It was written amidst the first wave of Covid-19. There are many differences between a communist regime and a democratic system and both can’t be compared directly. But what I saw in India had certain elements in common with Animal Farm i.e. t…[Read more]

]]> 0 4fb844bc296d2d09430d6436a9a6aefa Pragya Ranjan deposited Darjeeling- a journey through time –Colonialism and Establishment of Darjeeling in the group Indology https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787692/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:24:40 -0400 We all know about Darjeeling tea but little do we know about its history. The story of the establishment of Darjeeling has many twists and turns. There are only few works which are done on this topic and hence we have very limited sources to refer to. Set against the backdrop of the looming Himalayas and drenching monsoons, this interview will aim…[Read more]

]]> 0 3ea457f19469a3f3ef063aed08da7f5b Pragya Ranjan deposited Darjeeling- a journey through time –Colonialism and Establishment of Darjeeling in the group Cultural Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787691/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 02:24:19 -0400 We all know about Darjeeling tea but little do we know about its history. The story of the establishment of Darjeeling has many twists and turns. There are only few works which are done on this topic and hence we have very limited sources to refer to. Set against the backdrop of the looming Himalayas and drenching monsoons, this interview will aim…[Read more]

]]> 0 4dffa7a056d2e6d9e1e80709304594b6 Pragya Ranjan deposited India’s Lockdown: A Key to Modi tyranny https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787626/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 18:28:09 -0400 In April 2020, Dr. David Nabarro, a WHO special envoy on COVID, singled out India’s coronavirus response for praise, saying ‘Indians know how to do it’, after the country decisively locked down the entire country to prevent the disease from spreading. What we see in India today tells a very different story. As cases have continued to rise, the m…[Read more]

]]> 0 44abbcf93e3cb1ce32d1e5d0f1dd9390 Pragya Ranjan deposited The Present and The Future of Darjeeling Tea https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787624/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:33:03 -0400 Darjeeling tea is known worldwide for its delicate taste and for being one of the most expensive teas. Despite this, when we look at the tea laborers we find how little their condition has changed over time. They still have to protest for days to increase a few rupees in their wages. Although there is still rising demand for Darjeeling tea in the…[Read more]

]]> 0 de99f87fe0f2f10187bfceeef2b9faa0 Pragya Ranjan deposited RememberingtheOld Man: Ernest Miller Hemingway https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787620/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 17:02:15 -0400 On Ernest Miller Hemingway's 121st anniversary, this book review celebrates his nobel-winning masterpiece, Old Man and the Sea.

]]> 0 fa96ff26d19615b35a6918c2a2f04146 Pragya Ranjan's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787590/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:46:49 -0400 0 d0b99485d656a55d81c448b88b1c16bf Pragya Ranjan deposited Animal Farm of Indian Right Wing https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787582/ Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:32:14 -0400 This article was written on the 75th anniversary of the classic work of George Orwell, Animal Farm. It was written amidst the first wave of Covid-19. There are many differences between a communist regime and a democratic system and both can’t be compared directly. But what I saw in India had certain elements in common with Animal Farm i.e. t…[Read more]

]]> 0 236957352f400a880d807361cdce1c74 Pragya Ranjan deposited Darjeeling- a journey through time –Colonialism and Establishment of Darjeeling https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787462/ Sun, 17 Jul 2022 13:42:27 -0400 We all know about Darjeeling tea but little do we know about its history. The story of theestablishment of Darjeeling has many twists and turns. There are only few works whichare done on this topic and hence we have very limited sources to refer to. Set againstthe backdrop of the looming Himalayas and drenching monsoons, this interview willaim to…[Read more]

]]> 0 a0e561ff991d59e91e19b3ea87bf385c Pragya Ranjan's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1787454/ Sun, 17 Jul 2022 13:28:47 -0400 0