Dear Readers & Contributors,
As we glide into our 15th year of publishing this fills my heart with amazement at the journey that we have begun and undertook. It had its ups and downs but what we never had was boredom. Editing the issues has always been the best time of each quarter.
This issue has three young writers who have turned their avid reading into writing ‘Book Reviews’. The papers are all very interesting to read with Arab Revolution to Tagore’s Geetanjali, from unique narrative innovation through Oulipo to K Pop band BTS. English Language Teaching section has two interesting articles on ‘Multiliteracies’ to ‘Critical Pedagogy.
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Happy Reading and Happy Sharing!
Dr Mrudula Lakkaraju
Editor
Our Contributors
Ms Bangari Beulah is a MA English literature student, exploring classic and contemporary works. She is deeply engaged with literary theory, poetry, and fiction. She aspires to contribute through research, writing, and teaching.
Dr Chittaranjan Misra is a bilingual poet and critic. He has taught English literature in different colleges of Odisha. He studied in Ravenshaw College, Cuttack and earned his Ph. D. degree from Sambalpur University. He has translated Albert Camus’ novel “The Outsider” and four plays of Harold Pinter into Odia.
Ms Pochigari Guna Sai Vani is a passionate student of English Literature, currently pursuing her Master’s degree. A keen observer and thoughtful learner, she finds joy in the quiet details of life and the expressive power of language.
Ms Namala Rachana is a dedicated student of English Literature at UPGCS, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Her academic interests include book writing, reading, storytelling, and aiming to contribute meaningfully to today’s literature domain.
Dr Mahabir Prasad Yadav having 33 years of experience in teaching English language and literature.
He is presently a faculty in the Department of English at Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi.
Dr Vinod H Asudani, a blind scholar with dual PhDs, is an award-winning professor, poet, translator, and trainer who has inspired thousands through education, literature, and motivational work.
Ms Diksha Bharti is a PhD candidate at Ranchi University, Jharkhand. Her research focuses on the thematic and performative aspects of Indian plays in English written by contemporary women dramatists.
Dr Supriya is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of English at Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand. With over thirty-three years of teaching and research experience, her area of expertise is Indian English Literature.
Dr TS Kavitha is an Assistant professor of French at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She has earned a PhD from The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. She has published in the area of multiculturalism, the Arab Spring, francophone postcolonial writing and narrative medicine.
Ms Gangadhari Manjula is an Assistant Professor of English at Marri Laxman Reddy Institute of Technology and Management, Hyderabad. With a postgraduate degree in English and having qualified the UGC-NET twice, she is a literary enthusiast with a keen interest in exploring lesser-studied areas of English literature that enrich the understanding of the discipline.
Ms Elizabeth Lalchhandami is a Ph.D. scholar at the Department of English and Culture Studies, Mizoram University. She is working on popular culture focusing particularly on K-pop, and her research interests also include queer studies.
Dr Margaret L Pachuau is Professor at the Department of English and Culture Studies, Mizoram University. Her research areas include fiction, culture studies, folkloristics and translation. She has published several articles and translations on the same.
Ms Megha Patil is a full-time research scholar in the Department of Studies in English Literature, Karnatak University, Dharwad and is working on Gender Studies and Spatial Literature.
Dr Stella Steven is an Assistant Professor of English at Karnatak Arts and Commerce College, Dharwad. She is a Research supervisor and has an experience of guiding several Research Scholars in Literary Research. Her areas of specializations are Gender Studies and English Literature in English Translation.
Mr S J Ravi Prakash joined teaching profession in 1995 as a School Assistant Teacher. At present he is working at Silver Jubilee Government College, a lead constituent College of Cluster University Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. His other areas of interest include Dalit and Subaltern Studies.
Ms Trisha Ghosh is a postgraduate scholar in English Literature at the University of Liverpool, with academic interests in Renaissance and Early Modern literary texts. She holds two prior degrees from India.
Dr Kshema Jose works in the Department for Training and Development, at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India. Her research interests span both digital technologies and ESL classroom pedagogies.
Mr Rajesh S is a Ph. D research scholar at Bangalore University, specializing in English literature and language with a focus on stylistics. His research explores the intricate relationship between language and style in literary texts, examining contribution of stylistic features in developing meaning, interpretation, and reader experience.
