Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English

Manju Jaidka, former Senior Professor and Dean at Shoolini University, Solan, HP, and former Chair and Professor at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, is the recipient of several national and international fellowships, including a Fulbright, two Rockefeller awards, and a Lifetime Achievement Award. As a speaker and academician, she has made presentations in fora across India and abroad. Jaidka has been organizing international conferences annually. She has published more than twenty-five books, including two collections of poems, a play, and four novels.Tej N. Dhar, Professor of English, Shoolini University, has taught in universities in Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Asmara (Eritrea) and held fellowships at the BHU, University of Southern California, and IIAS, Shimla. He has authored History-Fiction Interface in the Indian English Novel, Under the Shadow of Militancy: The Diary of an Unknown Kashmiri, and The Tale of a Beleaguered Soldier; edited fourteen books; and published over fifty critical essays and four hundred book reviews.

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