Literature, cinema
and the study of belonging.
I am Professor and Head of the Department of English at Government College Gangashahar, Bikaner. My teaching and research explore postcolonial literature, diaspora, literary theory, Indian Writing in English, and the relationship between cinema and literary adaptation.
The Literary Compass
Literature becomes more accessible when its historical settings, language and central questions are explained with care. The Literary Compass brings together literary foundations, critical studies, detailed summaries, glossaries and answered practice across six semesters. Explore the volume for your semester and contact the publisher for availability and ordering.
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Literature with Indian Devotional Writing
Renaissance, metaphysical and devotional writing
Eighteenth Century and Romantic Literature with Voices from India
Order, nature and the Romantic imagination
Nineteenth Century Literature with Voices from India
Victorian literature and the questions of art
Research & Writing
My research considers how literature and cinema represent memory, exile, identity and belonging. My publications include Michael Ondaatje's Fiction: Poetics of Exile. My current monograph, InDie Shakespeare, examines Vishal Bhardwaj's adaptations of Shakespeare.
Teaching and creative practice
Teaching, research supervision and creative work inform one another in my practice. Documentary filmmaking, translation and scriptwriting offer further ways to explore the relationship between representation and lived experience.
Academic and book enquiries
For lectures, seminars, research conversations or publication enquiries, please get in touch. Book purchases and institutional orders are handled through the publisher.
