Volume 14 | Issue 7 |

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Serverless computing has emerged as a transformative cloud paradigm that offers elastic resource provisioning, event-driven execution, and pay-per-use billing. However, these characteristics have introduced a new class of economic cyber threats known as Denial-of-Wallet (DoW) attacks, where adversaries exploit automatic scaling mechanisms to generate excessive cloud expenditure while maintaining service availability. Existing detection approaches primarily focus on traffic anomalies and resource consumption patterns but often neglect explicit cost-awareness, multi-scale temporal behavior, and model interpretability. To address these limitations, this paper proposes a Cost-Aware Multi-Scale CNN-GRU Framework with Explainable Artificial Intelligence (CMS-CG-XAI) for accurate and interpretable DoW attack detection in serverless environments. The proposed framework integrates cloud telemetry data and financial indicators through a cost-aware feature engineering module that extracts invocation cost, billing growth rate, budget utilization, and resource-to-cost conversion metrics. A one-dimensional Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is employed to learn local behavioral patterns from invocation sequences, while a Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) network captures long-range temporal dependencies associated with attack evolution. To improve attack characterization across multiple temporal scales, Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) decomposition is incorporated before temporal learning. Furthermore, SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) are utilized to provide interpretable predictions and identify dominant attack-driving features. Experiments are conducted using publicly available DoW datasets and serverless telemetry benchmarks under strict chronological evaluation protocols. Performance is assessed using Accuracy, Precision, Recall, F1-Score, Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC), and Area Under the Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (AUC-ROC). Comparative analysis against Random Forest, XGBoost, CNN, LSTM, GRU, and CNN-LSTM baselines demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed framework. Results indicate that integrating cost-aware analytics with multi-scale temporal learning significantly improves detection capability while maintaining operational interpretability. The proposed framework offers a practical and scalable solution for next-generation serverless security systems and contributes toward economically aware cyber defense mechanisms in cloud-native infrastructures.

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Serverless Computing, Function-as-a-Service (FaaS), Denial-of-Wallet Attack, Cloud Security, Economic Cyber Attacks, Cost-Aware Computing, Anomaly Detection

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Contemporary Indian mythological fiction redefines mythology by transforming ancient narratives into reflections of modern human experiences. Kavita Kane's Menaka's Choice exemplifies this transformation by reimagining the apsara, Menaka as a multidimensional individual whose emotional struggles, personal choices and moral dilemmas transcend myth. This paper examines how Kane reconstructs Menaka's story to explore human experience while challenging patriarchal interpretations of mythology. Moving beyond Menaka's conventional portrayal as a celestial temptress, the novel presents her as a woman seeking love, belonging, dignity and self-determination. Through thematic analysis of domestic life, feminism, empowerment, etc., The study shows how these themes shape Menaka's journey from divine servitude to self-realization. It argues that Kane humanizes mythological characters by emphasizing emotional vulnerability, ethical conflict and psychological growth, making mythology relevant to contemporary society. The novel critiques patriarchal structures that restrict women's autonomy while portraying empowerment as a process of resilience and conscious choice. It further demonstrates that love and sacrifice are transformative forces shaping identity and personal growth. By blending mythology with realistic human emotions, Menaka's Choice bridges ancient traditions and modern perspectives, presenting mythology as a dynamic literary space that affirms resilience, compassion and moral strength as the essence of true heroism.

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Contemporary Indian Mythological Fiction, Menaka's Choice, Human Experience, Feminism, Empowerment and Patriarchy.

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Artificial Intelligence, Adolescents, Mental Well-Being, Mobile Health (mHealth), Randomized Controlled Trial, Social Media Addiction.

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Debendranath Acharya is a well-known novelist in the field of Assamese literature. Through four novels, he has enriched Assamese novel literature. Acharya's first novel is Onyo Jug Onyo Purux. It was published in 1971. Subsequently, he wrote three more novels -- Kaal Purux, Jangam, and Raktarag. All four novels are based on historical contexts. Of these, the novel Raktarag was initially published serially in the magazine Gariyoshi, edited by Chandra Prasad Saikia. In our research paper, we will discuss the portrayal of social life reflected in this novel.

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Key Words : Novel, Raktarag, Social Life, Social Isdue, Dowry system

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