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JSL04

JSL04

Contents

From the Editor's Desk 
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1. Problema tics of Female Identity in Tahar 
Ben Jelloun's La Nuit de f'erreur 
Shonu Nangia 
7

 2. A Case of Cultural and Linguistic Marginalization: 
Catalan Language during the Franco Era in Spain (1939-1975) 
Ramon Bassai Martin & Anil Dhingra 
17

 3. Marginal writer-narrators: Melquiades, Juan
Preciado and the Unborn Christopher 
Indrani Mukherjee 
26

 4. The Defiance of the Marginalised - the Aboriginal 
Australian Experience 
Santosh K. Sareen 
32

 5. Women and Resistance: A study of Ngugi wa
Thiong'o and Mahashweta Devi 
Nandini C. Sen 
40

6. War and Peace 
Neelum Saran Gaur 
52

7. The Dalit in Traditional Asian Societies and
the Culture of Protest 
Devendra Chaubey 
60 

8. Articulating in a Foreign Tongue: Dalit Representation
in the Indian Novel in English 
Subhendu Mund 
71

 9. Re- Viewing the Marginal: Two Short Stories from Tamil 
B. Mangalam 
79

 10. Two Poems by Challapalli Swarupa Rani
Translated from the original Telugu by 
Alladi Vma and M Sridhar 
93

 11. Yet Another English 'Gift': The Role of English Bhikkhus
in Indian Dalit Buddhist Conversions (1970-1990) 
Debjani Ganguly 
97

12. From the Margins of History: Agnes Smedley
and Virendranath Chattopadhyay 
Meenakshi Mukherjee 
111

 13. Part of My Flesh: The Subversive Jewish
Voice of Nissim Ezekiel 
Daphna Erdinast- Vulcan 
120

 14. A Conversation with Mahesh Dattani 
Angelie Multani 
130

 15. Mythical and the Real: Protest and Marginalisation
Vibha S. Chauhan 
133

 16. The Category of Power: Polarities and Epistemologies
Jasbir Jain 
144

 17. Concept of Time and Tense in JERO, the Great Andamanese 
Vaishna Narang 
155

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.