The Interiors

Volume 6, Issue 1 - January 2026

Volume 6, Issue 1 - January 2026

Publication Date:
July 1, 2017

Total Articles:
30

Pages:
1 - 204

ISSN:
2319-4804

Editorial Team

Editors
Dr. Neeraj Kumar
Dr. Neeraj Kumar Chief Editor

Professor in P.G. Dept. of English and Research Centre

Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya

Advisory Boards
Academic Advisory Board
Dr. B. N. Sahay
Former Professor and Head P.G. Department of English
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
Dr. Hari Mohan Prasad
Former Professor and Head P.G. Department of English & Former Director Academy of Foreign Languages and Cultural Co-operation
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
Dr. Ivan Khristo Masih
Former Professor and Head P.G. Department of English & Former Director Dept. of Hotel Management and Catering Technology
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
Dr. B. K. Jha
Former Professor & Head Department of English
Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag
Dr. Chakradhar Prasad Singh
Former Professor and Head P.G. Department of English & Former Director Dept, of Journalism & Mass Communication & Former Vice Chancellor
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
Dr. Somnath Prasad
Former Professor and Head P.G. Department of English
Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
Dr. Prabhat Kumar Singh
Professor of English
Central University of South Bihar, Gaya
Dr. K.K. Narayan
Head Dept. of English Gaya College, Gaya
Magadh University, Bodhgaya
Dr. Parmananda Jha
Former Associate Professor & Head Dept. of English, Former Chairman All India Association for English Studies
C. M. College, Darbhanga L.N.Mithila University, Darbhanga
Dr. A.A. Khan
Professor & Head Dept of English
Govt. D.T. College, Utai, Durg (Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla University) Raipur (Chhatisgarh)
Dr. Geeta M. Patil
Professor and Head Department of English
Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Aurangabad (Maharastra)
Dr. Anita Singh
Professor & Head Department of English
B.H.U., Varanasi
+ 1 more members

Articles in This Issue

30 Articles

Eliot as the Poet of Modern Sensibility with special reference to The Waste Land

Purushottam . *

The article examines T. S. Eliot as a major poet of modern sensibility with special reference to The Waste Land. It analyzes the spiritual, moral, and cultural disintegration of post?First World War European society as depicted in Eliot's poetry. The...

Keywords: Modern sensibility, disillusionment, universal ruin, modernism, spiritual infertility, animal plane, degeneration

Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss: A Thematic Study

Tamkanat Mukhtar *

The article explores and evaluates the major themes and narrative techniques in Kiran Desai's Man Booker Prize?winning novel The Inheritance of Loss. It examines the novel against the backdrop of globalization, diaspora, cultural displacement, and so...

Keywords: Diaspora, magic realism, globalization, home and identity

Theme of Nostalgia in Major English Poets

Suman Singh *

The article explores the theme of nostalgia as a dominant emotional and aesthetic force in English poetry. It examines how poets express memories, sentimental attachment, loss, and recollection through verse. Drawing examples from major English poets...

Keywords: linked perspective, self-glorification, emotional touch, relation with environment

The Kite as a Symbol in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner

Mousumi Chakraborty *

The article examines the symbolic significance of the kite in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, highlighting it as a central motif that embodies themes of guilt, betrayal, redemption, memory, and hope. The study explores the novel as a bildungsroman...

Keywords: Pride, prophecy, Hazara, redemption, betrayal, guilt

Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss: A Post-Colonial Reading

Anu Priya *

The article offers a postcolonial reading of Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss (2006), examining the impact of colonial legacy, globalization, and diaspora on individual and collective identities. It focuses on characters such as Jemubhai Patel,...

Keywords: Multiculturalism, economic inequality, terrorism, diaspora, imperialism

Anand's Untouchable and Coolie: A Study of Social Issues

Dharmendra Kumar *

The article examines the treatment of social issues in Mulk Raj Anand's novels Untouchable (1935) and Coolie (1936), focusing on the lives of the underprivileged, untouchables, coolies, sweepers, and exploited child labourers in pre-independent India...

Keywords: Untouchable, coolie, downtrodden, outcasts, pre-independent India

Shobha De's Strange Obsession: A Study in Physiological Need

Ragini Rani *

The article analyzes Shobha De's novel Strange Obsession through the lens of Abraham Maslow's theory of physiological needs, with particular emphasis on sex as a fundamental human requirement. It examines the character of Minx, whose traumatic childh...

Keywords: Abraham Maslow's need theory, physiological need, obsession, lesbianism

Theme of Disillusionment and Despair in T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land

Rana Anupam Raj *

The article examines the pervasive themes of disillusionment and despair in T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land, situating the poem within the socio-cultural and spiritual crisis of post?First World War Europe. It explores how industrialization, urbanizatio...

Keywords: Disillusionment, mechanical, monotony, desolation, anxious, pessimistic

Applicability of Qualitative Research Design in Content-Based English Language Teaching

Fauzia Rahman *

This paper examines the applicability of qualitative research design in content-based English language teaching, focusing on communication-based instructional approaches for English language learners. It explains the research methodology, including q...

Keywords: Communication, instruction, qualitative research, language acquisition, corrective feedback

C. L. Khatri's For You to Decide: Reflections on Physics and Metaphysics of Life

Bhaskaranand Jha Bhaskar *

The article explores the philosophical, spiritual, and mystical dimensions of life as reflected in C. L. Khatri's poetry collection For You to Decide. It examines how the poet blends reflections on physics and metaphysics to awaken human consciousnes...

Keywords: Physics, metaphysics, irony, vedantic

Ruskin Bond's Angry River: A Thematic Analysis

Shilpa Kumari *

The paper presents a thematic analysis of Ruskin Bond's children's novel Angry River, focusing on the varied dimensions of human character and the necessity of compromise when life confronts death. It examines the protagonist Sita's emotional growth...

Keywords: compromise, contemporary, death, humanity, life, situation

Concept of Time and Space with reference to T. S. Eliot's Major Poems

Aprajita . *

The article examines the concept of time and space in T. S. Eliot's major poems, highlighting how modern scientific, philosophical, and cultural developments reshaped literary perceptions of temporality and spatiality. It analyzes Eliot's use of exte...

Keywords: Time, space, spatial setting, geographical space, myth

Book Review: Multiple Waves by Binod Mishra and For You to Decide by C. L. Khatri

Hari Mohan Prasad * , Neeraj Kumar

This article presents critical reviews of two contemporary poetry collections: Multiple Waves by Binod Mishra and For You to Decide by C. L. Khatri. The first review highlights Mishra's poetic versatility, emotional depth, and thematic diversity, emp...

Keywords: Book review, Indian English poetry, symbolism, contemporary literature

The Era

Purushottam . *

This poem reflects on the moral, spiritual, and cultural condition of the contemporary world through rich literary allusions and symbolic imagery. It juxtaposes hope and despair, faith and fear, tradition and modernity, emphasizing the erosion of hum...

Keywords: Modernity, spirituality, literary allusion, moral decay, hope

Dalit

Bhawna Mishra *

This poem gives voice to the pain, humiliation, and historical suffering of the Dalit community caused by caste-based discrimination and social exclusion. Through direct, confrontational language, the poet challenges notions of purity, pollution, and...

Keywords: Dalit consciousness, caste discrimination, social injustice, oppression
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