Umesh Kumar

About

Dr Umesh Kumar teaches English studies at the Department of English, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India since 2015. Apart from teaching canonical courses in British literature, his research interests include Bhasha literatures, translation studies and children’s literature. His work seeks to develop sincere insights into a process through which the local can be connected with the global and vice-versa.

Employment

• Banaras Hindu University Assistant Professor
  2015 - Present

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Publications (6)

• Subverting the Norms: Reconsidering Disability and Dependence in Contemporary Indian Picturebooks
  Children's Literature in Education 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s10583-026-09685-8
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• Contemporary Children's Literature in India
  2025 DOI: 10.4324/9781003431923-34
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• Translating violence in India: Literary representations and the cartography of gender-based violence
  Cadernos de Tradução 2025 DOI: 10.5007/2175-7968.2025.e105456
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• CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN INDIA: Shifting Paradigms
  Routledge Companion to Gender and Childhood 2025 DOI: 10.4324/9781003431923-34
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• Translating the Margins: An Interview with V. Ramaswamy- the Translator Spy
  Translation Today 2023 DOI: 10.46623/tt/2023.17.1.in1
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• Reconsidering the Everyday Ambedkar: Notes towards an Alternative Hero Worship
  Contemporary Voice of Dalit 2021 DOI: 10.1177/2455328X211032458
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