Bhatter College Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies

Bhatter College Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies has been conceived of as a digital platform of scholars of different disciplines from various parts of the world for discussing and analysing issues/topics/themes/concerns from multidisciplinary perspectives. With full conviction in Open Access Philosophy, it is going to be an open access journal available free of cost from any part of the world.
Objectives
We understand that it is going to be a humble beginning. We have set the following objectives for the journal:
• To enter the global debates for certain issues which affect mankind;
• To utilise the online communication tools for establishing connection with the global readership;
• To recognise the online digital media as a space for creative and critical expression of the future;
• To experiment with the online platform and tools so that a journal from each department can be started.
Disciplines
Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Education, Music, Economics, Commerce and Mathematics.
Peer Review
The journal will have a review board and all the contents will go through double blind peer review process.
Languages
Keeping in mind the global phenomena of the crisis of the indigenous languages, the journal is going to be a bilingual one. Contents will be published in English and Bengali.
Frequency
Two issues a year (January and July)
Versions
Online and Print
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Call for Papers for the Inaugural Issue
Our Earth, Nature, Environment and Ecosystem
Papers are invited from teachers, research scholars, activists, enthusiasts from all over the world on the topic, “Earth, Nature, Environment, Ecosystem and the Human Society”. Papers focussing on any related area can be submitted from the following disciplines:
Bengali, English, Sanskrit, History, Political Science, Philosophy, Education, Music, Economics, Commerce and Mathematics.
Though we are open to any suggestion for the inclusion of any topic, we give a tentative list of areas for submission:
• Environmental disasters in History
• History of Environmental Changes
• Conception of Dis/harmony between the natural and the human worlds in literature
• Philosophies of Environment, Nature and the Mother Earth
• Political theories, debates and movements involving the crisis of environmental changes
• Teaching Environmental Studies Effectively
• Nature, Environment and Music
• Eco-friendliness and industrial production
• Social and Environemental Accounting
• Social Cost of Water and Wind Pollution
• Cost Benefit Analysis of Common Properties
• Environmental Consciousness of Students
For submission of writings, please send:
* Completed article (3000-5000 words)
* Abstract (100-200 words)
* 3 to 5 Keywords
* Brief CV

DEADLINE of Submission: 07.01.2010
Contact: editor@bhattercollege.org.in
Journal Site: http://bhattercollege.org.in/bjmsjournal.php

Exile Literature and the Diasporic Indian Writer

Abstract from Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2

By Amit Shankar Saha

The essay takes a holistic view of the word “exile” to encompass a range of displaced existence. It illustrates through John Simpson’s The Oxford Book of Exile the various forms of exiles. The essay then goes on to show that diasporic Indian writing is in some sense also a part of exile literature. By exemplifying writers both from the old Indian diaspora of indentured labourers and the modern Indian diaspora of IT technocrats, it shows that despite peculiarities there is an inherent exilic state in all dislocated lives whether it be voluntary or involuntary migration. More importantly, a broad survey of the contributions of the second generation of the modern Indian diaspora in the field of Indian writing in English depict certain shift in concerns in comparison to the previous generation and thereby it widens the field of exile literature. 

Read the full article>> http://rupkatha.com/exileliteraturethediasporicindianwriters.php

Giving the Lie: Ingenuity in Subaltern Resistance in Premchand’s Short Story ‘The Shroud’

By Somdev Banik

 Abstract from Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2

It is not always that the subaltern cannot speak, though their authentic representation is often more pronounced in the regional literatures, rather than in Indian Writings in English. The subaltern in Premchand’s story ‘The Shroud’ not only resists the forces of exploitation, but subverts dominant social mores and traditions to gain an advantage over the master class, forcing them to shell out money which they wouldn’t have otherwise in ordinary circumstances. This glory of victory is attenuated by the realization that the subaltern in turn is also an exploiter of the woman in the family, who in life and death is used for sustaining self-interests of the males of the family. 

Read the full article>> www.rupkatha.com/premchandshortstorytheshroud.php