Dr. Ruchika Jain

IIT Kanpur, Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS), Alumna

Thapar University, Patiala, Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Faculty Member

Ambedkar university, Delhi, India, School of Liberal Studies, Alumna

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Dr. Ruchika Jain is an Assistant Professor of Literature and Cultural Studies at the School of Liberal Art and Sciences, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, India. She completed her PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, under the supervision of Prof. Mini Chandran. Ruchika's research titled “The Many Faces of Ravana: Plurality, Diversity, and Dissent in the Ramayana Tradition” falls in the area of Ramayana studies and is a pioneering interdisciplinary study of the antagonist of the mythological epic. She began this exploration of the character in her post-graduation dissertation at Ambedkar University, Delhi.

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Reinterpreting Self and Other through Rāmāyaṇās and their Multifaceted Rāvaṇās

Sahitya, 2023

For any community, outlining the other appears to be essential for constructing the identity or s... more For any community, outlining the other appears to be essential for constructing the identity or sense of self, and society. In the Indian context, however, the euro-centric and binarized implications of 'self' and the 'other' must be seen as non-antithetical. Alterity needs to be redefined in lieu of the integral nature of diversity within India. This paper attempts to make this argument with the help of the Rāmāyaṇā tradition. Believed to be an epic about the fight between good and evil, Rāmāyaṇā appears to propagate various binaries parallel to the concept of self and the other, personified in the characters of Rāmā and Rāvaṇā. However, a deeper look at the diverse, and even contradictory, interpretations and functions of the character of Rāvaṇā-the other notes resistance against binarizations. The paper analyses Rāvaṇā's unique otherness within Valmiki's Rāmāyaṇā, alongside an overview of its contemporaries Vimalasuri's Paumacariyam, and Lankavatara Sutra.

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The Becoming of Ravana in A. Neelakantan’s Asura: Tale of the Vanquished (2012)

Journal of Literature and Cultural Studies, Mizoram University, 2018

Anand Neelakantan’s novel 'Asura: the tale of the Vanquished' is a unique retelling of the epic s... more Anand Neelakantan’s novel 'Asura: the tale of the Vanquished' is a unique retelling of the epic story of Ramayana as it is from the perspective of the dead, defeated and “vanquished” Ravana. This paper analyses the human condition of the popular villain character Ravana in the text to gain understanding of his psychology and the political standpoint of the novel. In this pursuit to understand the becoming, or construction, of Ravana, this paper also aims to unravel the concept of evil as a construct.

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Reinterpreting Self and Other through Rāmāyaṇās and their Multifaceted Rāvaṇās

Sahitya, 2023

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The Becoming of Ravana in A. Neelakantan’s Asura: Tale of the Vanquished (2012)

Journal of Literature and Cultural Studies, Mizoram University, 2018

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