Navigating Sociopath in Sarnath Banerjee’s Graphic Novel All Quiet in Vikaspuri within the framework of Hegemony, Social Injustice, and Blue Humanities

Evangelin Saral, Dr Sakthivel Subramanian

Page No: 53-67

DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19434923

This paper aims to explore how social injustice and hegemony produce sociopaths in society based on water-associated references and representations in the graphic novel All Quiet in Vikaspuri.The graphic novel All Quiet in Vikaspuri by Sarnath Banerjee was published in 2015. The fictional novel centres on the water wars of Delhi. The author sketches the dystopian state of society. The novel revolves around several characters who are victims, instigators, and followers of water racism, water wars, supremacy, and discrimination. The society presented in the novel is a greed-oriented and growth-obsessed region that runs under the influence of a sovereignty that paves the way for exploitation. This paper analyses the novel under the scope of hegemony and social injustice. Since it is predominantly associated with water, it is also analysed from a blue humanities perspective. This paper gives an analytical study of the novel All Quiet in Vikaspuri and answers how hegemony and injustice are the reasons for the formation of sociopaths and how water-based elements play an important role in it.

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APA: Evangelin Saral, Dr Sakthivel Subramanian (2026). Navigating Sociopath in Sarnath Banerjee’s Graphic Novel All Quiet in Vikaspuri within the framework of Hegemony, Social Injustice, and Blue Humanities. DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19434923

AMA: Evangelin Saral, Dr Sakthivel Subramanian. Navigating Sociopath in Sarnath Banerjee’s Graphic Novel All Quiet in Vikaspuri within the framework of Hegemony, Social Injustice, and Blue Humanities. 2026. DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19434923

Chicago: Evangelin Saral, Dr Sakthivel Subramanian. "Navigating Sociopath in Sarnath Banerjee’s Graphic Novel All Quiet in Vikaspuri within the framework of Hegemony, Social Injustice, and Blue Humanities." Published 2026. DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19434923

IEEE: Evangelin Saral, Dr Sakthivel Subramanian, "Navigating Sociopath in Sarnath Banerjee’s Graphic Novel All Quiet in Vikaspuri within the framework of Hegemony, Social Injustice, and Blue Humanities," 2026, DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19434923

ISNAD: Evangelin Saral, Dr Sakthivel Subramanian. "Navigating Sociopath in Sarnath Banerjee’s Graphic Novel All Quiet in Vikaspuri within the framework of Hegemony, Social Injustice, and Blue Humanities." DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19434923

MLA: Evangelin Saral, Dr Sakthivel Subramanian. "Navigating Sociopath in Sarnath Banerjee’s Graphic Novel All Quiet in Vikaspuri within the framework of Hegemony, Social Injustice, and Blue Humanities." 2026, DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19434923