This study was conducted against the backdrop of the global-pandemic-induced change in work climate resulting in employees working from home (WFH). The current study investigated the relationship between work-from-home productivity (WFHP) and job satisfaction. Using a structured survey instrument, data were collected from 1158 respondents from a developing country, India. After checking the psychometric properties of the measures using the LISREL software of structural equation modeling (SEM), data were analyzed using Hayes’s PROCESS macros. The findings indicate that: (i) WFHP positively predicts (a) job satisfaction and (b) work–life balance (WLB), (ii) WLB positively predicts job satisfaction, and (iii) WLB mediates the relationship between WFHP and job satisfaction. The results also support that (i) work stress moderates the relationship between WFHP and WLB, (ii) work–personal life enhancement (WPLE) (second moderator) moderates the moderated relationship between WFHP and work stress (first moderator) in influencing WLB, (iii) emotional exhaustion moderates the relationship between WLB and job satisfaction, and (iv) WPLE (second moderator) moderates the relationship between WLB and emotional exhaustion (first moderator) in influencing job satisfaction. The first three-way interaction between WFHP, work stress, and WLB and the second three-way interaction between WLB, emotional exhaustion, and job satisfaction have been investigated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. The conceptual double-layered moderated mediation model is a novel idea, and the results significantly contribute to the literature on WLB and job satisfaction. The implications for theory and practice are discussed.

The cultural history of India has been ignorant of various sexual orientations and gender identities leaving LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) community with a life of guilt and shame. Visual Media plays a key role in shaping society’s opinion of LGBTQIA+ people and individuals who come to terms with their gender and sexuality at a particular phase of their lives. The representation of homosexual characters is constantly diversified in Bollywood, and the change is evident from being caricatured and even scorned to being shown as prominent protagonists. The growing visibility and the positive portrayal of homosexual characters in Bollywood help to create a more inclusive society. This paper focuses on the select Bollywood films, Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga (2019) by Shelly Chopra Dhar and Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan (2020) by Hitesh Kewalya. The paper analyses the visual elements in select films and their role in shaping the portrayal of homosexuality within the narrative. The paper also reads the chosen films through the lens of familial resistance to same-sex relationships. By analysing the select films, the paper concludes that, though prior Bollywood films have explored the theme of individuals disclosing their sexual identity to their families, the primary narrative focus is not on seeking acceptance from their family members. Thus, the unique emphasis on seeking acceptance and understanding between family members and homosexual individuals set the select films as exceptional narratives within the context of Bollywood’s portrayal of homosexuality.

This study introduces a framework that integrates AI-driven Game-Based Language Teaching (GBLT) with advanced neuroscience to transform language education for visually impaired learners. Built on the principles of neuroplasticity and epigenetics, the approach leverages educational psychology with the help of adaptive AI to deliver personalized, gamified learning experiences that reshape neural pathways, improve memory retention, and strengthen emotional resilience. By fostering low-stress, immersive environments, it triggers positive epigenetic changes, enhancing long-term cognitive flexibility. This method article presents an interdisciplinary inclusive scientific framework that unites gamification, technology, epigenetics, and neuroscience, empowering learners and promoting sustainable well-being, while laying the groundwork for intergenerational academic and personal growth.•To propose a teaching methodology that aims to bridge gaps in traditional and game based language teaching by integrating neuroscience and epigenetics, creating an inclusive framework tailored to meet the unique needs of visually impaired learners.•The method emphasizes creating stress-free, rewarding educational environments that induce neural and epigenetic changes. These changes optimize gene expression to improve retention, emotional resilience, and cognitive flexibility, ensuring both immediate academic success and lifelong developmental benefits for diverse learners.•This framework promotes cognitive, emotional, social and biological development alongside language acquisition giving a holistic mode of growth.

The present research was carried out to check computer-based English language testing through the easy test maker application. Also, to collect English language teachers' perceptions on using the easy test maker application for language testing. Eighty English language teachers participated in the study. The practitioner research methodology was employed in the study. A perception scale questionnaire was circulated to rate the instructional testing method. The research findings revealed that the teachers' computer-based testing yielded a positive outcome after exploring the easy test maker application in the sessions. The perception scale results also confirmed that 75 participants out of 80 responded that they were satisfied with the easy test maker application on an overall level. Detailed descriptions of the usefulness of testing and evaluation of the English language are given in the investigation.

In Indian society, the caste system and its social hierarchies result in the marginalization of certain communities, notably the Dalits. Within the Dalit community, Dalit women face greater discrimination as their caste and gender identities intersect and intensify their plight. Similarly, the entrenched gender binary system and the dominant heterosexuality marginalize the queer community people. This intersection of Dalit, women, and queer identity unveils the challenges faced by individuals who navigate these marginalized identities. Films have emerged as the voices of marginalized communities and have made an effort to incorporate Dalit Queer narratives, depicting the harsh realities unfolding in Indian society. The paper offers a critical reading of a Bollywood short film Geeli Pucchi (2021) directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, the third part of the Netflix web series (anthology) titled “Ajeeb Daastaans”. The select film portrays the complex interplay of caste, gender, and sexuality. The paper attempts to analyze the intersectional realities of caste in lesbian love and argues that caste as an identity is a prominent oppressor that intersects with other identities such as gender and sexuality, complicating the lived realities of an individual. The paper further explores the visual metaphors employed in the select film, revealing the pervasive influence of caste in our daily lives.

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.