Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities

01/06/2025

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31/05/2025

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22/05/2025

📢 Exciting Conversation on Arts Management! 🎭

Join Dr. Ritesh Ranjan, Head of School at Jagran School of Design, Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal, India, and Chief Editor of Chitrolekha Journal, in a thought-provoking discussion with Prof. François Colbert on the evolving landscape of Arts Management.

This insightful exchange, featured in Chitrolekha Journal (Vol. 9, Issue 2, 2025), offers valuable perspectives for artists, managers, and cultural enthusiasts.

📖 Read the conversation here: https://chitrolekha.com/v9n202/ 🔗 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/cjad.92.v9n202

22/05/2025

🎙️ Explore the Future of Art & Technology with Prof. James Hutson
🎭Read the fascinating conversation on art, design, artificial intelligence, neuroaesthetics, and immersive technologies with Prof. James Hutson, PhD, Lead XR Disruptor and Department Head of Art History, AI, and Visual Culture at Lindenwood University, USA.

Dr. Ritesh Ranjan, Head of School at Jagran School of Design, Jagran Lakecity University, Bhopal, India, and Chief Editor of Chitrolekha Journal, leads this insightful dialogue that uncovers groundbreaking ideas shaping the creative world.
📖 Read the conversation here: https://chitrolekha.com/v9n201/ 🔗 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21659/cjad.92.v9n201

21/05/2025

Just published || Representing Desire in Minor Literature: Characterisation in The White Tiger
By Farooq Ahmad Sheikh
The Lacanian subject has two distinct aspects: one corresponds to the structural subject shaped by the symbolic order. At the same time, the other transcends symbolisation or coding, referred to by Lacan as the subject of desire or the Real. Minor literature, defined as the literature of minorities expressed in a major language, also seeks to disrupt dominant codifications and convey the flow of pure desire. Viewed through a Lacanian lens, minor literature primarily engages with the Real. This paper examines The White Tiger as an example of minor literature, with a particular emphasis on its characterisation. The central argument is that the novel’s characters do not conform to traditional types, identities, or subject positions. Instead, they embody pure desire and are better understood as Lacanian subjects of desire/Real, rather than as ideological constructs within a discourse. The primary focus of the novel is to represent the reverse side of the subject or the desire rather than the discursive formation.
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Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection™ Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) | ERIH PLUS | DOAJ | EBSCO Journal Impact Factor (JIF)™ 2023: 0.2 | 5 Year JIF: 0.2 | Category Quartile: Q2 | Journal Citation Indicator (JCI): 0.41 | Source: Journal Citation Report™ 2023

21/05/2025

Just published || Posthuman Aesthetics: A Postscript on Decadent Naturalism
By Armando Perez Crespo
Posthumanism does not exist as a human reality at any tangible level whatsoever, except insofar as there are some very elementary robotic and self-regulatory applications of that technology in the real world, such as in interactive robotic scenarios of offices and restaurants or Robotic Cafes of Tokyo city. Thus, posthumanism remains an imagined terminology, based on cybernetic theorizing with no directly available experiences, nor repercussions, of that imagination in the technosphere. The originary meaning of a cultural posthumanism must be traced to Ihab Hassan’s script for the University of Wisconsin skit, which was designed essentially as an explicatory, parodic drama on the figure of Prometheus as a symbol of ‘humanism.’ Unfortunately, the current literature on posthuman aesthetics has not denounced neoliberal variations of the concept of body and the Self. What are the prototypes on which posthumanism might evolve in the global South? If an erroneous version of posthumanism is discarded, other values of primitive human naturalism may be sought in the new art.
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21/05/2025

Just published || Common Spirit of Customary Law: Long-standing Practice of Ethnic Community in Bangladesh
By Parimal Kumar Roy, Mash*tah Hamidi, Haris Abd Wahab & Sanjay Krishno Biswas
This paper examines the customary law of the Bangladeshi Santals, an ethnic community. From an anthropological perspective, the authors searched the literature on customary law and applied the concepts to the Santal community within the relevant local, regional, and international contexts of indigenous rights. Methodologically, this article follows the post-positivist paradigm and ‘capability approach’ to explore the gaps between mainstream and indigenous communities, such as the Santals. Consequently, the identified issue is that the Santals of Bangladesh errantly uphold the Sustainable Development Goals to establish their rights-based society. This has led to community tension in Bangladesh, as is frequently the case both there and in India. The tensions between ethnic and mainstream communities create hurdles to human rights and produce externalities in national development within the global context. This study recommends a sustainable community development framework due to the lack of ratified international documents regarding customary structure.
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08/05/2025

Rupkatha is collaborating with the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Marathwada Campus, Jalna & Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, as a publication partner for the Three-Day International Conference on "The Future of Humanities in an AI-Driven World"(Virtual mode, July 11-13, 2025).
Find details at https://marj.ictmumbai.edu.in/NewsFilesN.aspx?id=eacai&type=cn

01/05/2025

🌟 Congratulations, Dr. Mala Shikha Shukla! 🎉
Our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Mala Shikha Shukla, former Assistant Professor at the Dept of Spanish Studies, Doon University, on her new journey as Associate Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India!
Dr Shukla is the Chief Editor of Critical Gender Studies Journal and an editorial board member of the Rupkatha Journal.
Wishing you continued success and excellence in your academic endeavors.🏆

01/05/2025

PhD Admission Alert!
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30/04/2025

[COLLABORATION CANCELLED, updated on 13/05/2025]
Rupkatha is collaborating with Mount Carmel College, Autonomous, Bengaluru, as a publication partner for the National Conference on “Tribal Culture, Heritage & Indigenous Practices” (Hybrid Mode, 30th & 31st July 2025).

Important Dates:
• Abstract Submission – 10th June 2025
• Intimation of Acceptance – 14th June 2025
• Submission of Full Paper – 10th July 2025

Contact:
• Web: https://mccblr.edu.in
• Email: [email protected]

[N.B. For publication in Rupkatha, the standard procedure of the journal will be followed.]

Mount Carmel College is a premier institution for women’s education in India. Established in 1948, it is run by the sisters of the CSST order who are devoted to impart excellence in teaching, learning, and research. As a world class institute of education built upon the tried and trusted education...

21/04/2025

It is with great pleasure that we share the news that the National Digital Library of India, a project under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt of India, has expressed interest in integrating Rupkatha Journal into their database, acknowledging our collective pursuit of scholarly excellence over the past 17 years.
About https://www.ndl.gov.in/
Let us put the 'discontinued' UGC CARE behind us and move forward. Our sincere appreciation goes out to our readers, authors, editors, and supporters.
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