Emerging Trends in Languages

This article examines the significance of sound and silence in the fiction of Chinua Achebe, arguing that auditory experience functions as a crucial medium through which cultural memory, identity, and resistance are represented. Although Achebe’s novels have been extensively studied in relation to colonialism, nationalism, and language politics, comparatively little attention has been paid to their acoustic dimensions. Drawing on postcolonial theory, oral tradition studies, and cultural memory studies, this paper investigates how Achebe employs drums, songs, proverbs, ritual speech, storytelling, and communal dialogue to preserve indigenous Igbo knowledge systems. At the same time, silence emerges as a powerful narrative device that reflects alienation, psychological conflict, cultural fragmentation, and the disruptive consequences of colonial modernity.

English literature context has been changed significantly with modernisation of the digital age that is creating a massive impact on creation, dissemination, and interpretation of literature. When one considers the relationship between literature and digital innovation, one may summarize these disruptive forces as both a challenge to and opportunity for literature — a hybridization of past forms. It explores how digital technologies have transformed reading practices, textual analysis, and the work of criticism, while highlighting the nascent field of digital humanities.

This article examines the significance of sound and silence in the fiction of Chinua Achebe,arguing that auditory experience functions as a crucial medium through which cultural memory,identity, and resistance are represented. Although Achebe’s novels have been extensively studied in relation to colonialism, nationalism, and language politics, comparatively little attention has been paid to their acoustic dimensions. Drawing on postcolonial theory, oral tradition studies, and cultural memory studies, this paper investigates how Achebe employs drums, songs, proverbs, ritual speech, storytelling, and communal dialogue to preserve indigenous Igbo knowledge systems.

This paper explores the concept of smart education and presents its conceptual framework in the context of Puducherry. It aims to enhance the understanding of smart education by analysing its fundamental components, including educational challenges, technological innovations, management strategies, policy frameworks, historical evolution, and emerging trends. The adoption of smart education has accelerated significantly in recent years, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, when educational institutions worldwide transitioned from traditional classroom-based instruction to digital and online learning environments.

The English language performs an essential role in communication, serving as the universal medium through which people exchange data, express feelings, and build relationships. This research explores the importance of language in communication, examining its role in human interactions, the dynamics of effective communication, and the socio-cultural impact of language. Communication is a skill that involves a systematic and continuous process of speaking, listening, and understanding. We are also taught some communication skills directly through training, by bringing those skills into practice and getting them evaluated.

The research delves into the analysis of stoic characters from The Lies I Tell in various perspectives. The argument rests on those character's specific characteristics of being a stoic person and following the philosophies of the stoic human. Using a literary-philosophical approach, the analysis explores how both protagonists demonstrate the stoic ideal in distinct ways. Meg Williams, in her calculated acts of retribution, exhibits controlled reasoning and a deep, though unconventional, sense of justice. Kat Roberts, whose mission for truth is tempered by personal trauma, reveals inner strength, moral growth, and moderation. The paper closely examines several pivotal moments in the narrative that reflect stoic responses to adversity, emotional regulation, and ethical decision-making.