Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): February, Creative Saplings

Published: 2026-02-25

Articles

• The Green Imagination: Reading Earth and Ecology in select Awadhi Folk Lyrics

  R P Singh, Mallika Shukla

  1-14

  • Full Article

• Framing the Margins: Caste, Gender, and Nationhood in Reformist-Era Indian Films (1930–60s)

  Parmod Mehra

  15-26

  • Full Article

• The Shifting Landscape of Indigenous Knowledge of Play: How Games Influence Children's Subjectivity and Cultural Transmission in Jammu

  Komal Bharti, Neena Gupta Vij

  27-44

  • Full Article

• Linguistic Effacement and Women’s Translational Agency in Arunachal Pradesh during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Reading Mamang Dai’s The Inheritance of Words

  Amrita Bhattacharyya

  45-55

  • Full Article

• Behind Bars: The Unheard Voices of Women Prisoners in Apradhini

  Megha Pant

  56-66

  • Full Article

Poetry

• Because Death Opens the Door to Another World

  Kumara Swamy Ravipati

  1-2

  • Full Poem

• Under the Lemon Tree and Other Poems

  Lalitha Sridevi Jayanthi

  3-7

  • Full Poem

Reviews

• Saand Ki Aankh, Directed by Tushar Hiranandani

  Kalpna rajput

  1-4

  • Movie Review