Dr. Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal

Introduction

Short Introduction of Dr. Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal

Name Dr. Nilanshu Kumar Agarwal
Designation Assistant Professor, Department of English, Feroze Gandhi College, Rae Bareli.
Qualification MA, D.Phil
Address A-111,Aawas Vikas Colony, Indira Nagar, Rae Bareli, U.P. India. PIN:229001
Publications
Book Discovering Stephen Gill: A Collection of Papers And Articles. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2008. ISBN: 978-81-7283-469-5.

Journal Editor Parnassus: An Innovative Journal of Literary Criticism. (First issue to be released shortly).

Publications in Edited Books: ‘A Critique of Stephen Gill’s Literary Sensibility’, Discovering Stephen Gill: A Collection of Papers And Articles. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2008 . ISBN: 978-81-7283-469-5.

‘Burial of the Motherland: A Critical Appraisal of Nirad C. Chaudhuri’s The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian’. Studies in Contemporary Indian English Prose. Delhi: BRPC, 2006. ISBN: 81-7646-544-5.

‘T.S. Eliot's Poetry vis-a-vis His Impersonal Theory’. Spectrum of British Literature. Jaipur: Book Enclave, 2005. ISBN 81-8152-101-3.

‘Currimbhoy’s Inquilab: An Appraisal’. Studies in Contemporary Indian English Drama. Ludhiana: Kalyani, 1999. ISBN: 81-7663-236-8.

‘Author as a Citizen of the Global Village: An Interview with Sunny Singh’. Connecting to India. Department of Oriental Studies, University of Turin, Italy(2009). ISBN:978-88-6272-119-4.


Conferences ‘An Evaluation of Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss’, was presented at the 53rd All India English Teachers’ Conference (2008), held at Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar .

‘Mystical Prose of Swami Vivekananda’ presented at the 49th All India English Teachers’ Conference of 2005, held at F .G. College, Rae Bareli.

Publications in International Journals ‘An Evaluation of Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss’, The Grove - Working Papers on English Studies (University of Jaén ,Spain). 1137-00SX. 2009.

‘Stifling the Voice from Within: A Discourse on the Problem of Literary Communication in Indian Writing in English’, Confluence (Surrey, U.K.) (February 2009). (Curtailed version)

‘The Poet As An Artist: An Email Interview with Ann Iverson’. The Journal (England). 23. ISSN:1466-5220.

‘Interview with Karen Alkalay-Gut (Israel)’. The Journal (England). 21. ISSN:1466-5220.
Publications in National Journals
  •  ‘INTERVIEW WITH SHANTA ACHARYA’. Indian Journal of Postcolonial Literatures (Newman College, Thodupuzha, Kerala) . 9.2.(Dec. 2009). ISSN 0974 – 7370.
  • ‘‘Only ash knows the experience of burning’: An Interview with Dalit Writer Jai Prakash Kardam’. The Quest. 23.1 (June 2009). ISSN: 0971-2321.
  • 'From Coolie Hinterland to Babu Stardom: An Interview with Tabish Khair’. Summerhill: IIAS Review.(Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla) 14.1-2 (2008).
  • ‘An Interview with Smita Agarwal’. Kavya Bharati (American College, Madurai). 20 (2008). (Abridged version).
  • ‘Ruth in Tears Amid the Alien Corn’. Katha Kshetre. 9.3. (July-Aug. Sept. 2008).
  •  ‘Fusion of Journalism and Poetry: An Email Interview with Mamang Dai’. Reflections. 7.1/2 (Jan. & Jul. 2008). ISSN: 0973-046X.
  •  ‘Stifling the Voice from Within: A Discourse on the Problem of Literary Communication in Indian Writing in English'. Journal of The Institute Of Asian Studies. (Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai) (Financially supported by Indian Council of Historical Research). 21.2 (March 2004).
  • ‘Dwivedi’s ‘Fine Frenzy’ (1998): An Assessment’. The Vedic Path (Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar) 56.2 (December 1998). ISSN: 0970-1443.


Online Publications
  • 'An Interview with Mahendra Bhatnagar', Wild Violet. (Philadelphia). 8.1 (Summer 2009). ISSN 1948-1527.
  • Unearthing of Indian Writing in English: Conversation with Christopher Rollason and Ludmila Volná. SKASE JOURNAL OF LITERARY STUDIES . 1.1 (2009). Published as a joint effort between the Slovak Association for the Study of English (SKASE) and the University Library of Prešov University.
  • ‘Voice of Protest against ‘Universal Male Sexual Sadism’: An Interview with Sarojini Sahoo.’ NEBULA: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Scholarship. (Affiliated with University of Western Sydney's School of Humanities and Languages) 6.2. (June 2009). ISSN: 1449-7751.
  •  ‘Human Society as the Grist to the Ever Grinding Mill of Poet’s Imagination : Interview with P.Raja’. Thanalonline. 3.3 (April 2009). ISSN 0975 -0843.
  •  ‘Shattering the Stereotypes: An Interview with Fawzia Afzal-Khan’.Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies (Department of English, Kent State University) Vol. 1, No. 1 (2009). ISSN 1946-5343.
  •  ‘Poetry from the Innermost Recesses of the Heart: An Interview with D.C. Chambial’, Wild Violet (Philadelphia). 7.3 (Winter 2009). ISSN 1948-1527.
  • Poetry of Immense Grief: An Interview with Kamla Kapur’. ASEBL Journal (St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, New York).  5.1 (Winter/Spring 2009). E-ISSN: 1944-401X.
  • ‘Rabindra Swain: In Discussion with Nilanshu Agarwal’. Muse India. 20 (July-Aug. 2008). Published with financial assistance of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. ISSN: 0975-1815.
  •  ‘Deconstructing the Orthodox: C. P.Aboobacker in Conversation’. The Indian Review of World Literature in English. (Pachaiyappa's College, University of Madras) 4.2 (July 2008) ISSN: 0974 - 097X.
  •  ‘Kanwar Dinesh Singh: In Conversation’. Muse India. 18 (March-April 2008). Published with financial assistance of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. ISSN: 0975-1815.


Newspaper Articles

Several articles in the newspapers like Northern India Patrika and Hindustan Times.

Book Review
  • As A Fountain In A Garden by Kamla K. Kapur. Journal of South Texas English Studies. (The University of Texas) 1.1 (Dec.11,2009).
  • A Shrine to Lata Mangeshkar by Kerry Leves. Dialogue. 5.1 (June 2009). ISSN: 0974-5556.
  • Postcolonial Literature: An Introduction by Pramod K. Nayar. Parnassus: An Innovative Journal of Literary Criticism. Vol.1 (2009). ISSN   0975 – 0266.   
  • ‘Sparkling Poetry: R. Leland Waldrip’s Satin Verses’. Indian Journal of World Literature and Culture.2 (Jul.-Dec. 2006).
  • Protest Poems by A. N. Dwivedi. The Quest. 17.1 (June 2003). ISSN: 0971-2321.
Poems (Print and online)

Poems published in South Asian Review (Published by South Asian Literary Association, an allied organization of the Modern Language Association of America. Edited by K.D.Verma,University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. ISSN: 0275-9527)  (Blue Collar Review (Partisan Press. ISSN: 1535-136X), Cantaraville (ISSN 1933-6624), The Raven Chronicles (Phoebus Publications, Seattle. ISSN: 1066-1883), Promise Magazine (Purple Rose Publications. ISSN: 1530-2156.), Yellow Bat Review, Dwan (edited by Donny Smith of Swarthmore), The People’s Poet Summer Community  Magazine (Great Britian. ISSN: 1479-8794), The Journal (England. ISSN:1466-5220.), Deep South (University of Otago, New Zealand), Poetcrit (ISSN: 09702830) and Turning the Tide (ISSN: 1082-6491).

Poems are also included in The Pagan’s Muse (Citadel Press. ISBN: 0-8065-2440-5) and The People’s Poet Anthology (Great Britain. ISBN: 0-9543621-0-1). Several internet sites have given space to the poems. The poem 'Tempest of Passion' won the second place at the Webstatic Poetry Contest of 2000.

Dissertations About a dozen Post-Graduate students have written their dissertations under my supervision.
Course/ Dictionary Preparations
  • Entries on U. R. Ananthamurthy’s Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man and Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide for Dictionary of World Literary Characters. Ed. Michael D. Sollars (Texas Southern University). (New York: Facts on File, Inc., forthcoming in Fall 2009).
  • Prepared Two units on Salman Rushdie’s  Imaginary Homelands for the study material of Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University, Kota. 2009.
Membership/ Editorship
  • Peer reviewer for Plenum:  The South Carolina State University Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. (ISSN 2151-0377).
  • Editorial Advisor, Indian Journal of Postcolonial Literatures (Newman College, Thodupuzha, Kerala). ISSN 0974 – 7370.
  • Review Editor, The Journal Of Contemporary Literature (Allahabad).ISSN 0975- 1637.
  • Member, Editorial Board, Souvenir. 49th All India English Teachers’ Conference.
  • Coordinator, 49th All India English Teachers’ Conference.
Literary Festivals/ Conferences/ Seminars/ Workshops
  • Agenda of the West and Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger’, accepted  for ACROSS BORDERS IV: MIGRATION IN CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN KROSNO, POLAND, 16-17 April 2010.
  • ‘Aesthetics of Objectivity and the Challenges of Preparing an Edited Collection on An Alive Author’, accepted to be presented in NeMLA’s (Northeast Modern Language Association) Publishing Panel (Montreal, Quebec April 7-11, 2010). The host institution is McGill University.
  • ‘Traumatic Synthetic Voice: Crisis of Effective Communication in Indian English Poetry’, accepted for CEA (College English Association) Conference in San Antonio, Texas, March 25-27 (2010).
  • ‘Colonial Agenda and Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger’, accepted for the Bridges and  Boundaries: English Studies in the Borderlands conference at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Píedras from 19 March - 20 March 2010. 
  • ‘Salman Rusdie’s Imaginary Homelands as a Statement of Diasporic Sensibility’, presented at the International Conference on ‘Literatures of Indian Diaspora’ at K.S.Saket P.G.College, Ayodhya, Faizabad. (10-11 January, 2010).
  • ‘Colonial Agenda and Indian English Fiction’, presented at the  International Seminar on ‘The Novel in the Twenty-first Century: Text and Context’ at Department of English & Modern European LanguagesUniversity of Allahabad, Allahabad (29 November - 01 December 2009).
  • ‘Suggestiveness as the Soul of Literature and Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide’, presented at the 5th International Writers’ Festival, organized by India Inter-Continental Cultural Association, Writers Club International & Kafla Inter-Continental at Maharishi Arvind Institute of Science & Management, Ambabari Circle, Ambabari , Jaipur. (14-15 November, 2009).
  • ‘An Appraisal of A.K.Ramanujan’s Translation of U.R.Ananthamurthy’s Samskara’, presented at the UGC sponsored National Seminar at Dayanad Vedik P.G.College, Orai (Jalaun), (U.P.). (26 & 27 September, 2009).
  • ‘The Rooster Coop Theory and Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger’ accepted for presentation at the National Seminar on ‘What’s in a Booker? The Booker Prize and the Indian Novel in English’, organized by Osmania University Centre for International Programmes. (15-16 September 2009).
  • ‘‘Jug Jug to Dirty Ears’: The Other Side of the Feminist Literature in India’, presented at the National Seminar on ‘Many Faces of Feminism in India’, held at Banaras Hindu University. ( 27 & 28 March, 2009).
  • ‘Synthetic versus Spontaneous: An Appraisal of North Eastern Sensibility in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss and Mamang Dai’s River Poems’, presented at the National Seminar on ‘The Dynamics of  Culture, Society and Identity: Emerging Literatures From  North East India’ held at Mizoram University, Aizawl and sponsored by Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla. (10 &11 March, 2009).
  • ‘From Artistic Candour to Imperishable Desire: An Estimate of Indian English Writing by Women’, presented at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ‘WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: PAST TRENDS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS’ held at GOVT.P.G.COLLEGE LANSDOWNE, PAURI GARHWAL, Uttarakhand. ((March 6 & 7, 2009).
  • ‘An Evaluation of Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss’, presented at the 53rd All India English Teachers’ Conference (2008), held at Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar.
  • ‘Stifling the Voice from Within: A Discourse on the Problem of Literary Communication in Indian Writing in English’, presented on invitation at the ‘Language And Identity’ Seminar, organized during The International Literary Festival, 2008, hosted by Kerala Language Institute at Calicut (Kerala, India).
  • ‘Mulk Raj Anand as the Champion of Human Rights’ presented at the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Human Rights in Rural India at Government P.G.College, Sangipur, Pratapgarh (2008).
  • ‘Mystical Prose of Swami Vivekananda’ presented at the 49th All India English Teachers’ Conference of 2005, held at F.G.College, Rae Bareli.
  • ‘T. S. Eliot’s Theory of Objective Correlative’, presented at the Vth Conference of IASCL at Bareilly College, Bareilly.(1999).
  • ‘Dwivedi’s ‘Fine Frenzy’ (1998): An Assessment’, presented at the IVth Conference of IASCL at Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar.(1998).
  • ‘T.S. Eliot's Poetry vis-a-vis His Impersonal Theory’, presented at the III Conference of IASCL at Allahabad University.(1997).
  • Attended workshop on Plain English, conducted by Martin Cutts of Plain Language Commission, U.K. on January 31, 1997.

 

Orientation Programme/ Refresher Courses
  • UGC sponsored Refresher Course at Allahabad University from December 20, 2006 to January 9, 2007.
  • UGC sponsored Refresher Course at Allahabad University from October 7, 2005 to October 27, 2005.
  • UGC sponsored Orientation Programme at Allahabad University from June 5, 2000 to June 29, 2000.