Religious and Superstitious Outlook: A Pseudo-Scientific Approach to Queer in Raj Rao’s Novel Hostel Room 131

Abstract

Raj Rao in his work Hostel Room 131 brings about the concept of Superstition and religion as a Pseudo-scientific approach. Various perspectives of the societal conceptions are discussed in the works of Raj Rao. As a queer writer he has tried to bring out the nature of Homophobic society that is drowned with Patriarchal and religious beliefs, societal conventions, prejudices and practises. Though several notions of homosexuality is discussed in the society, acceptance in this regard seems inapparent. It is noted that sexuality and gender is discussed as biologically and socially constructed and there is no alteration found in the beliefs of the same. The paper tries to bring out the societal outlook of homosexuality as a superstition.