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@article{210743,
        author = {Shilpa Sannaveerappanavar and Dr Suporna Mitra},
        title = {Interconnected Structures of Domination and Marginality in Kiran Nagarkar's Ravan And Eddie Trilogy},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {13},
        number = {6},
        pages = {2133-2139},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=210743},
        abstract = {Kiran Nagarkar is known for portraying ordinary people and their struggles in a realistic and often humorous way. His Ravan and Eddie trilogy Ravan and Eddie (1995), The Extras (2012), and Rest in Peace (2015) presents the difficult lives of people living in the CWD chawl in Mumbai. The trilogy brings out the effects of poverty, religious differences, gender inequality, and social divisions on everyday life. The study examines the interrelationship of these forms of oppression through bell hooks’ cultural criticism, interconnected domination, marginality, radical openness, and yearning. The lives of Ravan, Eddie, Parvati, Violet, Pieta and others show how those from marginalized communities try to live with dignity, acceptance, security and a better life. It is the very social conditions that keep them at the margins that also shape their dreams of Bollywood, education, social status and economic betterment. At the same time, the friendship and cultural exchanges between Ravan and Eddie challenge the rigid boundaries created by religion and society. Nagarkar’s trilogy therefore shows that poverty, religious conflict, and gender inequality cannot be understood separately. It also suggests that crossing social boundaries and recognizing shared human experiences can create possibilities for resistance and change.},
        keywords = {Domination, Interconnectedness, Marginality, Yearning, Resistance, Class.},
        month = {November},
        }