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Item Ambivalence of Power in Michelle Obama's Becoming(Central Department of English, 2019) Raut, SudipThis research paper entitled "Ambivalence of Power in Michelle Obama's Becoming" explores the cultural hegemony of the white supremacy over the black community in America on the ground of ambivalence of power. The concern of the black domination and discrimination and the way of treating black community by the supremacy of white society make the need for this research. Taking theoretical insights on cultural hegemony, cultural ambivalence, cultural identity and discursiveness of power as proposed by Antonio Gramsci, Homi K Bhabha, Stuart Hall and Michael Foucault respectively, this research reveals that any individual who rises from marginal ground to higher position feels hegemonic domination. Acquiring supreme power hardly means the ultimate solution of any form of hegemony and free from the ambivalence of power. This study discloses that Michelle Obama herself feels as the victim of cultural hegemony though she has been the First Lady of America. It is realized that the hegemonic sentiment occurs in Obama not because of any other forces except ambivalence she feels while executing power. This can be well addressed by foregrounding the multiple voices on the basis of ambivalence of power that focuses on the theory of cultural hegemony.Item Critique of Cultural Hegemony in Bhutto's The Shadow of The Crescent Moon(2017) Lamichhane, Tilak PrasadItem Culture as a Remedy: in R. K. Narayan's The English Teacher(Department of English, 2018) Ghimire, Shalik RamR.K. Narayan's The English Teacher examines the cultural importance with the context to colonialism in India through the character Krishna, deployed in the English Teacher. An educated and culturally conscious Krishna follows western way of life. Krishna studies and teaches English in Albert Mission College run by westerners, from where, he gets material succession and fulfills material desires. When he realizes that, only the material succession is not the source of inner peace, happiness and cultural dignity. Realizing this fact Krishna abandons western life, resigning from his highly paid job at Albert Mission College and joins hands with New Children's School headmaster aiming to begin to preserve Indian culture through the new education system in India. While being lecturer at Albert Missing College Krishna experienced cultural domination by his boss Mr. Brown, for not being able to teach correct pronunciation to students. Pronouncing a word wrongly is not the big sin for Krishna but he takes this issue as a cultural hegemony of westerners over Indians. Krishna believes that the education system must be creative but it should not like swallowing and vomiting system, which he followed at Albert Mission College. After experiencing humiliation and domination from colonizers, Krishna realizes that western culture as the root cause of despair and dismay in his life as Stuart Hall believes on "culture brings change in the human situation". Ultimately, Krishna's decision to quite from Albert Mission College and join local school is returning from western culture to his original culture, which works in his life as a remedy, providing him happiness and Shanti. Key words: Cultural remedy, colonization, root culture, cultural hegemony, alienation, individualism, spiritualism, inferiority complexItem Salman Rushdie’s East, West as a Cultural Bridge of East and West(Department of English, 2013) Kafle, Khem RajCulture is one of the ways to assemble people within the threads of common feelings and ideas. However, it is also culture prevalent in different places that separates people, far apart. Salman Rushdie’s East, West is an anthology of short stories that bring together people of different places and ethics that are distanced by the difference in practice and faith. There are people of East and West who come together in the form of food, habits, clothes, needs, desires and such daily needs. In the process, the present world is fast turning into a global society due to the cultural exchange that is taking place through immigration, business and travel. The cultural bridge is taking place due to the exposition of Eastern mysticism to the West and, Western hegemony is crumbling to the East.