Diasporic literature is literature with a difference. It is not only a consciousness or an awareness of the other within the other nativist’s burden of a backward motion love but also of the verisimilitude to accommodate in a multicultural world. The need to know and understand other worlds has been humans’ congenital nature and this can be realized only by the extension of our selves. In fact, all of us are diasporic, thanks to the books of history and geography. Our existence in today’s world can be elevated through cultural exchange. The chemistry of love alone can pave the way to a multicultural, multilingual world where we respond, correspond and commingle. The quintessence of all diasporic literature thus lies in inventing ties and bonds. The book in your hand is an outcome of the long felt needs of academicians and students alike. It comprises twenty-two articles ranging from Raja Rao, Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Amitav Ghosh, V.S. Naipaul, Bharati Mukherjee, Kamala Markandaya, Dom Moraes, Kiran Desai, Stephen Gill, Jayant Mahapatra, Chitra Banerjee, Divakaruni, G.S. Sharat Chandra etc. Since many of these authors are prescribed in various colleges and universities, an attempt has been made to make the book reader friendly. The book satisfies the expectations of everyone working in the field of diasporic literature.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Binod Mishra
Binod Mishra (1966) did his Honours (1989) and M.A. (1991) in English Literature from LNMU, Darbhanga. He was awarded Ph.D. in English on Mulk Raj Anand from the same university in 1998. Dr. Mishra has over ten years of teaching experience both at college and university levels. He started his career as a lecturer in English in February 1995 and was the Head, (Department of English) in Rangachachi College, Majuli, Assam, for five years. He received UGC Minor Research Project on the topic "Journey from Innocence to Experience in major Indo-Anglian Novelists". He has attended various conferences, seminars and workshops of National and International standards. He has also contributed his articles extensively to various journals and, anthologies on fiction and poetry. Apart from his critical writings, he has a good number of poems published both in English and Hindi. His areas of interest, include Indian Writing in english, Modern Fiction, and Modern Peotry and Criticism. Besides his keen interest in literature, he is actively involved in carrying, out research in the areas of Technical and communication English. Dr. Mishra is a Life Member of All India Association of English Studies. He is also a member of All India Studies in contemporry Literature. Since October 2000-Dr. Mishra has been an Assistant Professor, languages Group in Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, (Raj.) He is also the co-editor of BITSCAN-Semester News, a bi-annual newsletter published from the institute. He has also co-edited proceedings of National Seminar on Communication, held in October, 2004 and released in the form of a book " Communicating at Work: Shifting Paradigm and Emerging Trends'
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.J. Paul Dhanasekaran
P.J. Paul Dhanasekaran, a Senior lecture of English in Sherubtse College Kanglung Campus, Royal University of Bhutan has been teaching English since 1995. He has attended and presented papers in many International Conferences in TESOL and done extensive research on ESL/ELT in Bhutan. Educated at Madras University, he had been a course book writer for Government of Tamil Nadu apart from being a curriculum designer for the Royal University of Bhutan for BA (Hons) English courses, Business Communication and Communication Skills. His areas of interest include Modern poetry, Indian Writing in English, Comparative Literature, American Literature, Translation Studies and Folk Literature. He is presently involved in various research projects in the areas of Instructional Technology in English and CALL.
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