Table of Contents

Note from the Board of Editors

Research Articles

1	Presence of the Past: Notions of the Indian Nation in Class VI NCERT History Textbooks	Muskan Aggarwal
2	Carnatic Fusion: Sites for Identity Reconciliation or Erasure?	Adithi Hebbar
3	Resurrecting the Courtesan Identity: A Historical Critique	Qandeel Qazi
4	The Connotations of Conlangs: Understanding the Orientalist Leanings of Dothraki and High Valyrian in Game of Thrones	A Rahel Rao
5	The Body Politics of a Polish Melodrama: Cold War (2018)	Amarabati Bhattacharyya
6	Imagining the Nation: The Notion of Nationalism in Early 20th Century Kerala through works of Sahodaran Ayyappan and Vallathol Narayana Menon	T Meera Keshav
7	Death of the Avenging Woman? Exploring the Distinct Filmic Sensibilities of Pink (2016) and Mom (2017) as Rape-Revenge Films	Rutvik Upadhyaya
8	Mapping Solitude: An Exploratory Study of the Concept of Solitude in a Hyper-Connected Modern World	Aena Asif, Isha Mahajan
9	Anansi, Myth, and Resistance: Exploring Anansi Folklore as Trangressive Culture during Slavery	Mrinal Rajeev
10	A Study of Climate Change-Induced Migration in the Sundarbans Mangrove Region in the Last Ten Years	Geeta Gunjal

Commentary

1	Empathy and Artificial Intelligence: Examining the Role of Artificial Empathy as a Protective Factor in Interpersonal Relationships	Shreya Upendra
2	Environmental Protection, Protests, and Infrastructural Development: Can Goa Strike a Balance?	Sanam Bhobe
3	The Role of Political Rhetoric in Spreading Intergroup Prejudice in India	Parnika Jhunjhunwala

Book Review

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Repression, Dacoity, and the Law: Durba Ghosh’s Gentlemanly Terrorists: Political Violence and the Colonial State in India, 1919–1947

Disha Doshi

Publisher
Dr. Anita Patankar
Director, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
Symbiosis New Viman Nagar Campus (Near Pune International Airport)
Symbiosis Road, Viman Nagar
Pune – 411014
Website: https://www.ssla.edu.in/
Ph: +91 020 26551201
Email: director@ssla.edu.in

Patrons
Dr. S.B. Mujumdar
Chancellor, Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

Dr. Vidya Yeravdekar
Pro-Chancellor, Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

Dr. Rajani Gupte
Vice-Chancellor, Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

Board of Editors
Dr. Vaidyanatha Gundlupet
Editor-in-Chief
Assistant Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
Email: vaidya.gundlupet@ssla.edu.in

Dr. Priyadarshini Karve
Director, Samuchit Enviro Tech
Visiting Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
Email: priyadarshini.karve@ssla.edu.in

Dr. Sandip Bhaise
Visiting Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
Email: sandip.bhaise@ssla.edu.in

Dr. Shirish N. Kavadi
Visiting Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
Email: shirish.kavadi@ssla.edu.in

Dr. Suchetana Banerjee
Assistant Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
Email: suchetana.banerjee@ssla.edu.in

Dr. Sumithra Surendralal
Assistant Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
Email: sumithra.surendralal@ssla.edu.in

Dr. Vasudev Menon
Assistant Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts
Email: vasudev.menon@ssla.edu.in

Reviewers
Dr. Aarti Wani
Professor, Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, Pune

Dr. Ajita Tiwari Padhi
National Facilitator, Indian Network on Ethics and Climate Change (INECC)

Ms. Ananya Parikh
Visiting Faculty, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune

Dr. Anindita Chatterjee
Visiting Faculty, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune

Mr. Anuj Daga
Assistant Professor, School of Environment & Architecture, Mumbai

Dr. Anurekha Chari-Wagh
Assistant Professor, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

Dr. Budhadeep Gondane
Assistant Professor, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Mr. Dhruv Jani
Writer, Artist, and Game Developer, Studio Oleomingus, Chala

Ms. Gayatri Chatterjee
Visiting Faculty, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune

Ms. Gayatri Mendanha
Assistant Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune

Dr. Hemanth Kadambi
Assistant Professor, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR

Ms. Isha Pungaliya
Independent filmmaker, Writer, and Theatre person

Ms. Kavitha Iyer
Adjunct Faculty, Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication, Pune

Ms. Khaliq Parkar
Universite Paris Diderot, France

Mr. Kshitij Naikade
Assistant Professor, Symbiosis Law School, Pune

Mr. Mrunal Patnekar
Independent Researcher

Dr. Navnath Tupe
Associate Professor, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

Dr. Nithin Varma
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Haifa, Israel

Mr. Parimal Maya Sudhakar
Head, School of Government, MIT World Peace University, Pune

Dr. Pournima Dhumale
Associate Professor, SNDT Women’s University, Pune

Mr. Pramod Menon
Visiting Faculty, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune

Dr. Radhika Seshan
Visiting Faculty, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune

Air Cmde (Dr) R A Maslekar
Visiting Faculty, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune

Dr. Ramesh Awasthi
Co-Convenor & Managing Trustee, Mahila Sarvangeen Utkarsh Mandal (MASUM), Pune

Dr. Renu Vinod
Adjunct Faculty, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune

Dr. Richa Minocha
Associate Professor, Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, Pune

Dr. Ruchi Kher Jaggi
Professor & Director, Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication

Dr. Satish Kumar
Researcher, University of Georgia

Dr. Shivakumar Jolad
Associate Professor, FLAME University, Pune

Dr. Snober Sataravala
Assistant Professor, St Mira’s College for Girls, Pune

Dr. Soma Mukhopadhyay
Assistant Professor, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan

Student Interns
Ms. Aishi Mitra
Ms. Araniani Acharya Cabral e Sa
Ms. Disha Doshi
Ms. Gunjan Periwal
Ms. Isha Mahajan
Mr. Keifer Lobo
Ms. Maanvi Khurana
Ms. Muskan Aggarwal
Mr. Shantanu Chhawchharia

The CJIDS Podcast Team
Episodes 1 & 2
Ms. Aishi Mitra
Ms. Isha Mahajan
Mr. Keifer Lobo
Ms. Maanvi Khurana
Mr. Shantanu Chhawchharia
Dr. Sumithra Surendralal

Episodes 3 onwards
Mr. Abhinav Viswaroop
Ms. Aishi Mitra
Ms. Isha Mahajan
Mr. Keifer Lobo
Mr. Rushil Airan
Dr. Sumithra Surendralal