Contemporary Indian Writings

The present anthology is a humble attempt at the beginning to understand the vast canvas of literature with potential beyond the limited technical understanding. It discusses modern novels, short stories, and poetry with their contemporaneous elements, discovering themes and voices of the present literature. About the Editors Dr Shruti Rawal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at St Xavier's College Jaipur. She has a distinctive academic record with merit scholarships from CBSE (All India Rank) and UGC (PG Merit Scholarship). She completed her post-graduation in 2008 with distinction and received a Gold Medal for her academic performance. She cleared her NET and was awarded Junior Research Fellowship by UGC in the same year and went on to pursue her PhD on City Narratives which she completed in 2011. She has been teaching for over fifteen years in different institutes like UIT-RGPV, Bhopal, Sophia Girls' College, Ajmer, and IIS Deemed to be University, Jaipur. She has over twenty publications in research journals and has presented papers at conferences. Dr Sheehan S Khan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Tagore P.G. Girls College (University of Rajasthan), Jaipur. She has received her Bachelor's Degree (2015) from the University of Rajasthan and a Master's Degree in English Literature (2017) from The IIS University, Jaipur. She holds a Doctoral Degree (PhD) in Postcolonial Studies (2021) from IIS (Deemed to be University), Jaipur. Dr Khan has over five years of teaching experience in the fields of English Language & Literature. Migration and Diaspora Studies, Indian Writing in English, Postcolonial Studies, Linguistics, Gender and Cultural Studies, and South Asian and Contemporary Literature have been her focal areas of research.