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Paricharcha — Thinking Culture, Rethinking Society
Paricharchā is the ideas and research platform of ParibhaAsha HeritEdge Lab Pvt. Ltd., dedicated to exploring how culture, memory, language, and human systems shape the way we live, learn, and imagine our collective future.
In an age where heritage is often reduced to nostalgia and policy is limited to infrastructure, Paricharchā attempts to bridge the two — to view culture itself as infrastructure, a living network of ideas, practices, and values that sustain the social fabric. We believe that by decoding how traditions, rituals, and regional wisdom continue to influence behaviour, governance, and creativity, we can rethink what progress means in a civilizational sense.
Paricharchā invites contributions that interrogate, interpret, and reimagine the epistemic, aesthetic, and affective dimensions of culture and society. We welcome works that are theoretically grounded yet accessible — engaging both the public intellectual and the informed reader in conversation around heritage, language, and contemporary experience.
Submission Themes
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Culture as Infrastructure
Culture here is positioned not as ornamentation but as infrastructure — a structural and institutional framework that sustains social life, economic systems, and ecological balance. We welcome submissions engaging with cultural policy, institutional ethnography, developmental hermeneutics, and heritage governance. Articles may critique state narratives, examine the ethics of preservation, or propose models that operationalise culture as a tool of development and civic intelligence.
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Literary Chronicles
This vertical focuses on textual hermeneutics (interpretation of literary and cultural texts) and semiotic inquiry (study of signs and meaning). We invite close readings, translation studies, comparative poetics, and analyses of literary imagination as a site of memory and resistance. Discussions may explore how language mediates identity, how translation constructs cultural capital, or how literature reflects changing moral economies.
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Echoes of Society
Essays under this theme emphasise cultural anthropology, ritual semiotics, and embodied practice. Writers may explore festivals, performative traditions, vernacular art forms, and social rituals as systems of cultural signification — modes through which communities encode ethics, gender, and spirituality. The approach may be descriptive or analytical, but it should foreground how living traditions act as archives of collective consciousness.
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Society Through Ages
This category invites historical anthropology, archival interpretation, and heritage historiography (the study of how history itself is constructed through heritage). Articles may trace dynastic lineages, architectural symbolism, maritime networks, or colonial knowledge systems that have shaped the cultural geography. We encourage interdisciplinary work connecting material culture, political history, and the anthropology of time.
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Notes & Echoes
This section accommodates analytical essays, ethnographic commentaries, and sociocultural reflections on cultural production (the processes through which meaning and identity are constructed). It seeks to examine emergent trends, civic transformations, and performative spaces where the “everyday” becomes political. Contributors may deploy frameworks from cultural studies, media anthropology, or public sociology to decode phenomena shaping the present.
Submission Guidelines
Length:
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Short Commentary: 800–1,200 words
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Feature Essay: 1,500–2,500 words
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Long form Research/Field Paper: up to 3,000 words (with abstract and references)
Language: English or Odia (bilingual submissions encouraged).
Format: Word or Google Doc; include title, abstract (100 words), author bio & photo (50–80 words), and citations.
Tone: Academic in argumentation, literary in rhythm — clear, grounded, and intellectually persuasive.
Visuals: Include up to 3 high-resolution images or figures, properly credited and captioned.
How to Submit
Email your draft to hello@paribhaasha.com with the subject line: Submission – Paricharchā – [Theme] – [Proposed Title]
Your submission must include:
Abstract: A 150-word summary articulating your central thesis and methodology.
Keywords: 3–5 indicative terms (e.g., “ritual semiotics,” “postcolonial memory,” “cultural policy”).
Methodological Lens: Specify if your essay draws from textual analysis, ethnography, field observation, or archival research.
Bio Note: Include academic affiliation, field of interest, and prior publications (if any).
Editorial Process
Initial Review: Within 3 working days, acknowledging receipt.
Peer Reading: Each accepted piece undergoes internal editorial review for conceptual clarity, argumentation, and contextual depth.
Feedback & Revision: Authors may receive light editorial queries to refine theoretical framing or structure.
Publication Schedule: Published in our weekly newsletter, with selected pieces compiled into the Quarterly Journal of Paricharchā (digital and print).
Quarterly Journal Selection
The Paricharchā Quarterly Journal curates seminal essays representing diverse theoretical traditions and regional narratives. Criteria include
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Originality of argument or methodological innovation
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Contribution to cultural discourse and heritage scholarship
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Clarity of interdisciplinary synthesis
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Relevance to contemporary cultural policy and civic thought
Selected authors are featured with extended editorial support and cross-referenced citations within the ParibhaAsha Knowledge Index.
Ethical and Citation Norms
Citation Integrity: Acknowledge primary and secondary sources accurately.
Cultural Consent: For ethnographic content, confirm participant or community consent.
Academic Neutrality: Maintain interpretive depth without ideological rigidity.
Disclosure: Declare affiliations, funding, or institutional associations where relevant.
Authors retain full copyright. Paricharchā reserves a non-exclusive license for publication and archival display across digital and print platforms. Contributors whose works appear in the Quarterly Journal will receive a formal citation record.