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Item Compromised Female Space in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge(Central Department of English Kirtipur, Kathmandu, 2009-05) Jha, Priyankahis thesis analyses the compromised female space in Yash Chopra’s Dilwale Duhaniya Le Jayenge. My argument is that the cultural heritage that people possess and the ideologies that shape out their socio-cultural structure travel with the people wherever they go. Women are supposed to obey the males and limit themselves within the boundaries of the patriarchal ideologies. Thus, the religion, rituals, cultural heritage and patriarchal ideologies of the land of their birth place (India) are decisive in shaping the notion of family, marriage, freedom and autonomy to the women among the diasporic Indian communities of the western metropolitian location.Item Critique of the Response to Terrorism in Recent Bollywood Films(Central Department of English, 2017) Poudel Chhetri, KapilWith the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, on what has come to be known as 9/11, the study of terrorism has received considerable valorization. In contemporary times, terrorism has come to be closely associated with the religion Islam. It is being accused for initiating terrorism and all Muslims are seen by the West as sympathizers or supporters of terrorists. This research helps in understanding the politics and dynamics behind this hostility through a study of recent Bollywood films on the subject matter of terrorism. The films New York, My Name Is Khan and Shoot On Sight are made from a non-Western point of view where the voices of Muslims like Sameer Shaikh, Rizwan Khan and Tariq Ali, who are the protagonists need to be heard. The scourge of terrorism has to be nipped in the bud by all concerned stake holders in a tactful manner with a high degree of responsibility. But the counter-terrorism drive by the West in general and America in particular, as this dissertation argues, is not being conducted with a sense of responsibility. The counter-terrorism measures themselves have become the cause of the outbreaks of terrorist incidents. Therefore, through the films under discussion, it makes the people in the West take notice that all Muslims are not terrorists, while also finding resonance among Muslims in the Islamic world.Item Nexus between Masculinity and Culture in Cyrus Nowrasteh’sThe Stoning of Soraya M.(Faculty of Art in English, 2018-04) Gyawali, NirmalaThis research work explores the nexus between masculinity and culture in The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008). Soraya, the protagonist of the movie is the victim ofstrict Muslim culture of her society. She is also the victim of masculinity and stoning culture. Despite her innocence, Soraya is stoned to death blaming her an adultress. Due to strict rules and norms of her culture she has to accept this cruel fate. Including Soraya, other female characters are also restrictedby social and cultural taboos. But they cannot raise their voice against such dominations due to male’s control towards female. Soraya can be taken as an example of courageous lady to fightagainst male’s superiority. Only females have become the victims of their culture but not males. It is because males are regarded as the decision mekers and they heve power to control females. But females have a very low status in the society due to masculinity. Muslim/ Iranian Feminism is taken as a significant approach to analyze the movie in this research work. Anitta Kynsilehto’s Islamic Feminism as well as Miriam Cooke’s Women ClaimIslam are taken as supporting theoretical toolto analyze the text. Likewise, cinematography has played a significant role in the movie.Various cinematic techniques used in the movie clearly present central character’s suffering.The cinematography which consists of camera angle, light, setting, dialogue etc justifies the suffering and pathetic condition of the protagonist and other characters. Light is very necessary to create an image exposureon a frame of film. Lighting contributes to the emotional response to an audience watching a film.