Scholarly Interests:

My special interests are Indian Literature, American Literature, Cultural Studies, Indian Mythology and Philosophy. I have published extensively on socio-cultural issues on Indian culture from Sahitya Academy, Delhi (India's premier literary institution that publishes literature in 24 languages). I have published several peer-reviewed articles and poems, which you can read on JSTOR. In addition, I have translated Mahesh Dattani's national award-winning play on ethnic conflict, The Final Solutions (Sahitya Academy), which was staged numerous times across the country.

Teaching Statement:

As an Instructor at Mount Royal University for over 13 years, I have taught Liberal Studies courses (such as 1201, 1202 and 1404) and English (0130) to a diverse student body. Additionally, I have taught courses in Liberal Studies, namely Myth & Literature (212) and Critical Practice: Interpretive Research (124) at the Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary.

Relevant Publications and/or Presentations:

Forthcoming: The Penguin Book of Poems on Indian Cities. (forthcoming in Summer 2025). Some of my poems will be included in this anthology. (Publisher: Penguin Random House India). Editor: Bilal Moin (Poet and Photographer, Yale University Graduate and presently a researcher at Oxford University)

"Translating Tensions: The Final Solutions" Critical Practice" Vol. No. 2 X11, June 20, 2004

"The Changing Configurations of the Indian Short Story: Sites, Semantics and Space" Indian Literature Vol. 48 (220) March-April 2004.

Transl. Mahesh Dattani. The Final Solutions (play), Sahitya Academy Press, Delhi, January 2003.

"Tradition, Modernity and the Landscapes of Ritual and Belief: Nirmal Verma's 'The Burning Bough' and UR Ananthamurthy's 'Why Not Worship in the Nude?" Indian Literature (122) 2003.