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Truth, Beauty, and the Aesthetic Quest: Arjun Bharadwaj’s Exploration of Homer through Indian Thought

Authors: Amritanath Bhattacharya

Editor-in-Chief

Published: June 2025 | Vol. 1 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.007

This review examines Arjun Bharadwaj's Indian Perspective of Truth and Beauty in Homer's Epics, a comparative literary study that applies Indian aesthetic philosophy to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. Bhar...

Comparative aesthetics Indian poetics Cross-cultural literary analysis Rasa theory Epic literature

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Critical and Analytical Essays

Cinema Between the Surgeon and the Observer: Benjamin, Bazin, and Hitchcock’s Psycho

Authors: Sayantan Dutta

PhD Student Department of Cinema and Media Studies University of Chicago Chicago, IL, USA

Published: June 2025 | Vol. 1 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.003

This paper examines the theoretical divide between Walter Benjamin and André Bazin regarding cinema's relationship to reality, using Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) as a case study to bridge their s...

Film theory Cinematic realism Voyeurism Montage Indexicality

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Critical and Analytical Essays

Moral Dilemmas and Values of the Middle Class in Mrinal Sen's Films: A Study of Ek Din Pratidin and Kharij

Authors: Md. Saddam Hossain

PhD Scholar, Department of Performing Arts, Pondicherry University, Puducherry – 605014, E-mail: saddamhossain@pondiuni.ac.in

Published: June 2025 | Vol. 1 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.002

This study examines the moral contradictions and values of the Bengali middle class as portrayed in Mrinal Sen's acclaimed films Ek Din Pratidin (1979) and Kharij (1982). Through critical analysis of ...

Mrinal Sen Bengali middle class moral ambiguity ethical cinema social realism

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Critical and Analytical Essays

Bharata Muni as a Microcosm of Cosmic Emanation: Sustaining, Offering and Expanding Nāṭya through Icchā, Jñāna, and Kriyā

Authors: Shri Piyal Bhattacharya

Founder and Artistic Director Chidakash Kalalay Centre of Art and Divinity Garia, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Published: June 2025 | Vol. 1 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.001

This paper examines Bharata Muni through a traditional śāstrika lens, moving beyond historical debates to interpret him as a cosmic principle of performative knowledge (nāṭya-jñāna). Using Sans...

Bharata Muni Nāṭyaśāstra Rasa Dharma Mokṣa

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Critical and Analytical Essays

A Comprehensive Analysis of Sarasvatī Kṛtis by Prof. R. Visweswaran

Authors: Dr. Uma Kumar

Visiting Faculty(Karnataka Music), Department of Performing Arts and Culture Studies Jain University, Bengaluru

Published: June 2025 | Vol. 1 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.004

In the Nadīstuti Sūktās of Vedic scriptures, Goddess Sarasvatī emerged as the divine river of consciousness and enlightenment, nourishing the genesis of Vedic Sanskrit civilisation. This study con...

Sarasvatī kṛtis Carnatic music composition rāga mudrās Vedic musical tradition devotional music analysis

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Critical and Analytical Essays

The Psychological Background of Colour Symbolism in Sri Lankan Traditional Masks

Authors: R.A.N.N.I De Alwis

Senior Lecturer, University of Visual and Performing Arts, Sri Lanka

Published: June 2025 | Vol. 1 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.005

The Low Country dance tradition of Sri Lanka, centred in the Southern and parts of the Western Province, features three stylistic schools: Matara, Benthara, and Raigama. Central to these traditions ar...

Sri Lanka semiotics masks colour culture

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Critical and Analytical Essays

The Ferocious Consciousness: Spirit Subjugation and the Dissolution of Otherness in the Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra

Authors: Swastik Banerjee

University Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Calcutta

Published: June 2025 | Vol. 1 (1)

DOI: 10.63752/pijcace.vol.1.issue.01S.006

This essay investigates the text Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra, examining a philosophical tension: “How does a tantra so deeply embedded in ritual coercion reconcile itself with the language of liberation?...

Pratyābhijñā spirit-conjuring tantra phenomenology Consciousness

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Truth, Beauty, and the Aesthetic Quest: Arjun Bharadwaj’s Exploration of Homer through Indian Thought

Cinema Between the Surgeon and the Observer: Benjamin, Bazin, and Hitchcock’s Psycho

Moral Dilemmas and Values of the Middle Class in Mrinal Sen's Films: A Study of Ek Din Pratidin and Kharij

Bharata Muni as a Microcosm of Cosmic Emanation: Sustaining, Offering and Expanding Nāṭya through Icchā, Jñāna, and Kriyā

A Comprehensive Analysis of Sarasvatī Kṛtis by Prof. R. Visweswaran

The Psychological Background of Colour Symbolism in Sri Lankan Traditional Masks

The Ferocious Consciousness: Spirit Subjugation and the Dissolution of Otherness in the Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra

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