Sidney Sheldon's Nothing Last Forever unfolds a mosaic of experiences encountered by medical professionals that normatively remains unheard in the cycle of diagnosing, treating, and caring for patients. The novel brings to light the human within the doctor that is consciously kept at bay to cope with professional demands. With the rise of narrative medicine, scholars such as Rita Charon have emphasized the importance of narratology to understand patients' crises. However, narrative medicine has largely ignored the phenomenological crises and anxieties of medical professionals. Thus, the paper investigates how on the one hand the female agencies problematize the medical space, and on the other, how the agency embodied by the female doctor is constantly threatened and demeaned by the male gaze that primarily categorizes women as sexual objects and caregivers. This paper primarily inquires how the politics of gendered memory is dramatized and contested in Sidney Sheldon's medical crime thriller Nothing Last Forever.

Purpose of the study: The paper discusses the impact of digital education on the health and well-being of students who have been taking online classes since the onset of COVID-19. The paper also investigates the authenticity of the media reports that have been reporting about the decline in students' health due to the extensive presence of screen time. Methodology: The study is primarily descriptive research with a qualitative and quantitative investigation of the narratives related to health issues such as impaired cognitive functions, eye problems, orthopaedic disorders, insomnia, depression, and anxiety. Google form as an online survey tool is used to collect data later compared with the media reports to conclude. Main Findings: The findings conclude that students' responses corroborate with the narratives of emergent pathological culture reported by news agencies like The Times of India and The Hindu. Application of the study: The present study will help sensitise the stakeholders of the society about the detrimental impact of online classes that might create ground for adopting immediate corrective measures for protecting the future of our nation. Novelty/ Originality of the study: The study's novelty lies in its approach to offer a comparative study of the media reports and the students' responses to cognize the severity of the evolving health issues amidst the pandemic.

Gender Dysphoria, Body Image and Trauma: Hijra’s Rewriting of the Self in Living Smile Vidya’s I Am Vidya: A Transgender’s Journey

Drawing on an interdisciplinary approach, this study adopts and appropriates critical cultural theories such as Julia Kristeva's abjection and Pierre Bourdieu's social theories to examine the entangled and affective complexities of intending mothers, their reproductive trauma, and disenfranchised grief through the lens of Indian films such as Filhaal (2002) and works of fiction such as Baby Makers: A Story of Indian Surrogacy (2014) and Kartikeya: The Destroyer's Son (2017). Ample research has examined surrogate mothers' precarious position in the context of a surrogacy arrangement. However, not much has been discussed to reflect on the vulnerable status of the intending mothers who resort to surrogacy to fulfil their desire for motherhood. Thus, this study aims to highlight the significance of the selected fictional accounts to unfold the vulnerable and marginalised status of the intending mothers in a patriarchal society like India, where they find acceptance for their womanhood and earn respect and autonomy only through the power of their womb. The paper adopts generic fluidity and intersectionality as a methodology to critically analyse how the selected literature and film narratives can aid in instilling in us sensitivity towards the complex sociocultural positionality of the intending mothers who are normatively represented in popular discourses as immoral and monstrous. Emphasising the significance of the human rights-based approach to sexual and reproductive health, this research advocates for developing a non-discriminatory attitude towards intending mothers whose reproductive decision-making, privacy, and confidentiality related to the use of reproductive technology should be treated with respect and dignity.