Aishwarya Varghese

RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED: 

• Re-Imagining the Folk Tradition of Onapottan from the Malabar Region of Kerala (National Conference on Reading Indigeneity: A Multidisciplinary Approach) at Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bengaluru, Karnataka in collaboration with Providence College for Women Autonomous, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu (2023)

 • Re-Thinking Education System of India as the Carrier of a Humanitarian Society (International Conference on Governance and Ethics as a Policy in Education) at Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, The Post Graduate Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka (2022)

 • Re-Reading Bollywood Cinema as a Tool for Politics in the 21st Century (Mediatron: International Media Conference) at The Centre for Media Studies , Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bengaluru, Karnataka (2022)

 • Navarasa: A Part and Parcel of Life in Malayalam Films (International Conference on “Reading Humanities in the 21st Century: Aesthetics, Theory and Praxis”) at Fatima Matha National College, Autonomous, Kollam, Kerala (2022) 

• Re-Imagining the Folk Tradition of Onapottan from the Malabar Region of Kerala (International Conference on “Folk Traditions and Forms in India”) at Jamia Millia Islamia Central University, New Delhi (2022)

 • Digital media: A rescue from the censorship of women’s sexuality in Indian films (Melange-2022, Postgraduate International conference on “Digital space, Ethics and Humanities”) at Christ Deemed to be University, Bengaluru. (2022) 

• Bengaluru: A City of Fascination and Amalgamation (Annual National Students Conference) at Madras Christian College, Autonomous, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (2021) 

• Emerging Paradigms in Teaching English Language, Literature and Translations (UGC Sponsored National Conference) at St. Joseph’s Evening College, Autonomous, Bengaluru, Karnataka (2020) 

RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED: 

• Theyyam: A Socio-Cultural Study published in The Researcher: Student Academic Journal- Arts, March 2021 (Vol.11), Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. 

• Women’s Quest for Freedom and Justice as Represented in the History and Myth of South India published in The Researcher: Student Academic Journal- Arts, March 2021 (Vol.11), ), Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. 

LITERARY PUBLICATIONS:

 • Poem titled It’s Raining Today in the Anthology “The 100 Female Musings” by Swipe Pages Publications. 

• Poem titled A Plausible Horror in the Anthology “Word Castle” by Rosewood Publications. 

• Poem titled City Scan in the Anthology “I am Woman” by The Stroke Story Publishing. 

FILMS AND THEATRE:

 • Protagonist of the prize-winning student short film “MIRA” released in the Jyoti Filmato National Student Film Festival,2022 organised by the department of Media Studies, Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bengaluru, India (2022) 

AREAS OF INTEREST

• Women's Writings

• Gender Studies

• Indian Literature 

• Postcolonial Literature 

• Diaspora Literature

• Culture Studies

• Film Studies

• Theatre

• Indian Writing in English

• Translation