Vol. 60 No. 1 (2023): SOUTHEAST ASIAN REVIEW OF ENGLISH (2023) | SARE: Southeast Asian Review of English

Published: 16-07-2023

Editorial: What’s in a Nation

Editorial
What's in a Nation

Susan Philip

Editorial: What’s in a Nation

Introduction: Nationalism and Secularism in South Asian Literature

Nukhbah Taj Langah, Goutam Karmakar

Introduction: Nationalism and Secularism in South Asian Literature

Reclaiming the Secular Glory: A Critical Study of Ayaz Rasool Nazki’s Satisar: The Valley of Demons

Haadiyah Chishti, Romina Rashid

Reclaiming the Secular Glory: A Critical Study of Ayaz Rasool Nazki’s Satisar: The Valley of Demons

Resisting Culinary Nationalism: Dalit Counter-Cuisines in the Life Narratives of Urmila Pawar and Baby Kamble

Chithira James, Reju George Mathew

Resisting Culinary Nationalism: Dalit Counter-Cuisines in the Life Narratives of Urmila Pawar and Baby Kamble

Partition and Pluralism: Perceiving Epistemic Terrains of Hope and Resilience in Divided by Partition, United by Resilience – 21 Inspirational Stories from 1947

Goutam Karmakar, Payel Pal

Partition and Pluralism: Perceiving Epistemic Terrains of Hope and Resilience in Divided by Partition, United by Resilience – 21 Inspirational Stories from 1947

‘Lotus and the Dagger’: A Reading of Vedantic Nationalism of Sri Aurobindo

Nilanjan Chakraborty

‘Lotus and the Dagger’: A Reading of Vedantic Nationalism of Sri Aurobindo

(Re)Constructing the Bengali: Propaganda and Resistance in Immediate Post-1971 Pakistani Fiction

Madhurima Sen

(Re)constructing the Bengali as ‘Other’: Propaganda and Resistance in Immediate Post-1971 Pakistani Fiction

Forever Displaced: Religion, Nationalism and Problematized Belonging of Biharis in Ruby Zaman’s Invisible Lines

Farzana Akhter

Forever Displaced: Religion, Nationalism and Problematized Belonging of Biharis in Ruby Zaman’s Invisible Lines Forever Displaced: Religion, Nationalism and Problematized Belonging of Biharis in Ruby Zaman’s Invisible Lines Forever Displaced: Religion, Nationalism and Problematized Belonging of Biharis in Ruby Zaman’s Invisible Lines

The Changing Dynamics of Nationalism: A Reading of Select Fiction from Nepal.

Meena Sharma

The Changing Dynamics of Nationalism: A Reading of Select Fiction from Nepal

Human Rights and Literature: A Study of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Navin Sharma, Priyanka Tripathi

Human Rights and Literature: A Study of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Problematizing the Contested Notion of Nation in Afghanistan: A Reflection on the Afghan Conundrum in Nadeem Aslam’s The Wasted Vigil

Avijit Das, Shri Krishan Rai

Problematizing the Contested Notion of Nation in Afghanistan: A Reflection on the Afghan Conundrum in Nadeem Aslam’s The Wasted Vigil

Let us March to the Bazar with Shackles in Feet
Translating Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Yasir Sarmad

Let us March to the Bazaar with Shackles in Feet

A Story

Akhtar Mirza

A Story

Subashish Bhattacharjee and Goutam Karmakar (Eds), The City Speaks: Urban Spaces in Indian Literature. London and New York: Routledge, 2022. 328 pp. ISBN: 9781032110820.
Book Review

Deblina Rout

Review of Subashish Bhattacharjee and Goutam Karmakar (Eds), The City Speaks: Urban Spaces in Indian Literature. London and New York: Routledge, 2022

Wong Phui Nam (1935-2022)
A Personal Tribute

Malachi Edwin Vethamani

Wong Phui Nam (1935-2022): A Personal Tribute

Malachi Edwin Vethamani, Rambutan Kisses. Kuala Lumpur: Maya Press, 2022. 116 pp. ISBN: 9789832737667
Book Review

Dr Jhilam Chattaraj

Review of Malachi Edwin Vethamani, Rambutan Kisses. Kuala Lumpur: Maya Press, 2022

Shivani Sivagurunathan, What Has Happened to Harry Pillai?: Two Novellas. Penang: Clarity Publishing, 2022. 267 pp. ISBN 978-967-17657-8-4.
Book Review

Enakshi Samarawickrama

Review of Shivani Sivagurunathan, What Has Happened to Harry Pillai?: Two Novellas. Penang: Clarity Publishing, 2022

Shivani Sivagurunathan, Being Born. Petaling Jaya: Maya Press (2022). 122 pp. ISBN: 978-983-2737-67-4
Book Review

Ivan Ling

Review of Shivani Sivagurunathan, Being Born. Petaling Jaya: Maya Press, 2022

Daryl Lim Wei Jie. Anything but Human. Singapore: Landmark Books, 2021. 95pp. ISBN: 978-981-18-2204-9
Book Review

Soon Seng Foong

Review of Daryl Lim Wei Jie, Anything but Human. Singapore: Landmark Books, 2021

Gwee Li Sui, This Floating World. Singapore: Landmark Books, 2021.232pp. ISBN 978-981-14-8561-9
Book Review

Zainor Izat Zainal

Review of Gwee Li Sui, This Floating World. Singapore: Landmark Books, 2021

Mohammad A. Quayum (Ed.), Rabindranath Tagore’s Journey as an Educator: Critical Perspectives on His Poetics and Praxis. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. 314pp. ISBN: 978-1-003-15776-2
Book Review

Sanghamitra Dalal

Review of Mohammad A. Quayum (Ed.), Rabindranath Tagore’s Journey as an Educator: Critical Perspectives on His Poetics and Praxis. London and New York: Routledge, 2023

Notes on Contributors

Notes on contributors

Full Issue

Articles

Editorial
What's in a Nation

Special Issue on Religion, Secularism and Nationalism: Literature of South Asia

Introduction: Nationalism and Secularism in South Asian Literature

Reclaiming the Secular Glory: A Critical Study of Ayaz Rasool Nazki’s Satisar: The Valley of Demons

Resisting Culinary Nationalism: Dalit Counter-Cuisines in the Life Narratives of Urmila Pawar and Baby Kamble

Partition and Pluralism: Perceiving Epistemic Terrains of Hope and Resilience in Divided by Partition, United by Resilience – 21 Inspirational Stories from 1947

‘Lotus and the Dagger’: A Reading of Vedantic Nationalism of Sri Aurobindo

(Re)Constructing the Bengali: Propaganda and Resistance in Immediate Post-1971 Pakistani Fiction

Forever Displaced: Religion, Nationalism and Problematized Belonging of Biharis in Ruby Zaman’s Invisible Lines

The Changing Dynamics of Nationalism: A Reading of Select Fiction from Nepal.

Human Rights and Literature: A Study of The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

Problematizing the Contested Notion of Nation in Afghanistan: A Reflection on the Afghan Conundrum in Nadeem Aslam’s The Wasted Vigil

Let us March to the Bazar with Shackles in Feet
Translating Faiz Ahmed Faiz

A Story

Subashish Bhattacharjee and Goutam Karmakar (Eds), The City Speaks: Urban Spaces in Indian Literature. London and New York: Routledge, 2022. 328 pp. ISBN: 9781032110820.
Book Review

Book Reviews

Wong Phui Nam (1935-2022)
A Personal Tribute

Malachi Edwin Vethamani, Rambutan Kisses. Kuala Lumpur: Maya Press, 2022. 116 pp. ISBN: 9789832737667
Book Review

Shivani Sivagurunathan, What Has Happened to Harry Pillai?: Two Novellas. Penang: Clarity Publishing, 2022. 267 pp. ISBN 978-967-17657-8-4.
Book Review

Shivani Sivagurunathan, Being Born. Petaling Jaya: Maya Press (2022). 122 pp. ISBN: 978-983-2737-67-4
Book Review

Daryl Lim Wei Jie. Anything but Human. Singapore: Landmark Books, 2021. 95pp. ISBN: 978-981-18-2204-9
Book Review

Gwee Li Sui, This Floating World. Singapore: Landmark Books, 2021.232pp. ISBN 978-981-14-8561-9
Book Review

Book Reviews

Mohammad A. Quayum (Ed.), Rabindranath Tagore’s Journey as an Educator: Critical Perspectives on His Poetics and Praxis. London and New York: Routledge, 2023. 314pp. ISBN: 978-1-003-15776-2
Book Review

Notes on Contributors

Notes on Contributors