Education Archives - Dr. Anju Gurawa https://dranjugurawa.com/category/education/ Author | Blogger | Writer | YouTuber | Professor | Singer | Motivator | Social Activist & Innovator Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:24:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://dranjugurawa.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/logo-dranju-2-150x75.png Education Archives - Dr. Anju Gurawa https://dranjugurawa.com/category/education/ 32 32 Subaltern Militancy and the Materiality of Labor: A Global Reading of Lal Singh Dil’s “The Outcasts” https://dranjugurawa.com/subaltern-militancy-and-the-materiality-of-labor-a-global-reading-of-lal-singh-dils-the-outcasts/ https://dranjugurawa.com/subaltern-militancy-and-the-materiality-of-labor-a-global-reading-of-lal-singh-dils-the-outcasts/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:24:24 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2223 Subaltern Militancy and the Materiality of Labor: A Global Reading of Lal Singh Dil’s “The Outcasts” The Punjabi revolutionary poet Lal Singh Dil occupies a singular space in the global canon of resistance literature. A Dalit and a dedicated Naxalite activist, Dil’s “The Outcasts” (Beganiat) transcends local agrarian critique to offer a searing cross-cultural portrayal […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/subaltern-militancy-and-the-materiality-of-labor-a-global-reading-of-lal-singh-dils-the-outcasts/feed/ 0 The Aesthetic of the Ordinary: Labor, Caste, and Gender in Lal Singh Dil’s “The Outcasts” https://dranjugurawa.com/the-aesthetic-of-the-ordinary-labor-caste-and-gender-in-lal-singh-dils-the-outcasts/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-aesthetic-of-the-ordinary-labor-caste-and-gender-in-lal-singh-dils-the-outcasts/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:21:20 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2219 The Aesthetic of the Ordinary: Labor, Caste, and Gender in Lal Singh Dil’s “The Outcasts” This powerful poem, “The Outcasts” (Beganiat) by the revolutionary Punjabi poet Lal Singh Dil, is a searing portrayal of the intersection between labor, caste, and gender. Dil, who was himself a Dalit and a Naxalite activist, brings a raw, lived […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-aesthetic-of-the-ordinary-labor-caste-and-gender-in-lal-singh-dils-the-outcasts/feed/ 0 THE SONNET’S LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: FROM PETRARCHAN SHADOW TO ROMANTIC AWAKENING https://dranjugurawa.com/dr-anju-gurawa/ https://dranjugurawa.com/dr-anju-gurawa/#respond Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:29:26 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2157 THE SONNET’S LONG EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: FROM PETRARCHAN SHADOW TO ROMANTIC AWAKENING The history of the English sonnet in the eighteenth century is frequently—and erroneously—summarized as a period of “dormancy.” Conventional literary narratives often posit a linear progression: the form reached its zenith with Shakespeare and Milton, fell into disuse during the neoclassical hegemony of the […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/dr-anju-gurawa/feed/ 0 The Golden Cage: Exploring the Paradox of the Happy Valley in Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas https://dranjugurawa.com/the-golden-cage-exploring-the-paradox-of-the-happy-valley-in-samuel-johnsons-rasselas/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-golden-cage-exploring-the-paradox-of-the-happy-valley-in-samuel-johnsons-rasselas/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 02:41:11 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2150 The Golden Cage: Exploring the Paradox of the Happy Valley in Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas Abstract This article examines Samuel Johnson’s The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759), specifically analyzing the “Happy Valley” as a central metaphor for human discontent. By deconstructing the paradox of a paradise that functions as a prison, this paper argues […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-golden-cage-exploring-the-paradox-of-the-happy-valley-in-samuel-johnsons-rasselas/feed/ 0 Character Analysis: Philosophical Vehicles in Rasselas https://dranjugurawa.com/character-analysis-philosophical-vehicles-in-rasselas-2/ https://dranjugurawa.com/character-analysis-philosophical-vehicles-in-rasselas-2/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 02:37:29 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2146 Character Analysis: Philosophical Vehicles in Rasselas In The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia, the characters are manifestations of different intellectual responses to the human condition. Johnson uses these archetypes to argue that no single philosophical outlook can fully resolve the inherent “vanity of human wishes.” Prince Rasselas: The Seeker of Experience Rasselas represents the […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/character-analysis-philosophical-vehicles-in-rasselas-2/feed/ 0 The Collapse of Reason: Enlightenment Rationalism and the ‘Choice of Life’ in Johnson’s Rasselas https://dranjugurawa.com/the-collapse-of-reason-enlightenment-rationalism-and-the-choice-of-life-in-johnsons-rasselas-2/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-collapse-of-reason-enlightenment-rationalism-and-the-choice-of-life-in-johnsons-rasselas-2/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:31:10 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2142   The Collapse of Reason: Enlightenment Rationalism and the ‘Choice of Life’ in Johnson’s Rasselas Introduction Samuel Johnson’s The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759) serves as a profound subversion of the optimistic rationalism characteristic of the eighteenth century. While the Enlightenment, championed by figures like Locke and Leibniz, posited that the application of […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-collapse-of-reason-enlightenment-rationalism-and-the-choice-of-life-in-johnsons-rasselas-2/feed/ 0 The Collapse of Reason: Enlightenment Rationalism and the ‘Choice of Life’ in Johnson’s Rasselas https://dranjugurawa.com/the-collapse-of-reason-enlightenment-rationalism-and-the-choice-of-life-in-johnsons-rasselas/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-collapse-of-reason-enlightenment-rationalism-and-the-choice-of-life-in-johnsons-rasselas/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:29:52 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2140 The Collapse of Reason: Enlightenment Rationalism and the ‘Choice of Life’ in Johnson’s Rasselas Introduction Samuel Johnson’s The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759) serves as a profound subversion of the optimistic rationalism characteristic of the eighteenth century. While the Enlightenment, championed by figures like Locke and Leibniz, posited that the application of human […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-collapse-of-reason-enlightenment-rationalism-and-the-choice-of-life-in-johnsons-rasselas/feed/ 0 The Delusion of Agency: The ‘Choice of Life’ as a Circular Prison in Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas https://dranjugurawa.com/the-delusion-of-agency-the-choice-of-life-as-a-circular-prison-in-samuel-johnsons-rasselas/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-delusion-of-agency-the-choice-of-life-as-a-circular-prison-in-samuel-johnsons-rasselas/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:28:45 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2138 The Delusion of Agency: The ‘Choice of Life’ as a Circular Prison in Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas Introduction Samuel Johnson’s The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759) occupies a unique space in the eighteenth-century literary canon, functioning as both an Oriental tale and a rigorous philosophical treatise on the human condition. Unlike the Enlightenment faith […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-delusion-of-agency-the-choice-of-life-as-a-circular-prison-in-samuel-johnsons-rasselas/feed/ 0 The Architecture of Desire: Eloisa as a Strategic Storyteller in Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-desire-eloisa-as-a-strategic-storyteller-in-popes-eloisa-to-abelard-2/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-desire-eloisa-as-a-strategic-storyteller-in-popes-eloisa-to-abelard-2/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:27:26 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2136 The Architecture of Desire: Eloisa as a Strategic Storyteller in Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard Introduction Alexander Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard (1717) is frequently categorized as a quintessential Ovidian epistle, a text defined by the tension between sacred duty and profane passion. However, beneath the veneer of the monastic lament lies a far more calculated performance: […]

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]]> https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-desire-eloisa-as-a-strategic-storyteller-in-popes-eloisa-to-abelard-2/feed/ 0 The Architecture of Desire: Eloisa as a Strategic Storyteller in Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-desire-eloisa-as-a-strategic-storyteller-in-popes-eloisa-to-abelard/ https://dranjugurawa.com/the-architecture-of-desire-eloisa-as-a-strategic-storyteller-in-popes-eloisa-to-abelard/#respond Sat, 07 Mar 2026 01:26:03 +0000 https://dranjugurawa.com/?p=2134   The Architecture of Desire: Eloisa as a Strategic Storyteller in Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard Introduction Alexander Pope’s Eloisa to Abelard (1717) is frequently categorized as a quintessential Ovidian epistle, a text defined by the tension between sacred duty and profane passion. However, beneath the veneer of the monastic lament lies a far more calculated […]

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