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Anil Pradhan

Sikkim Manipal University, Basanti Devi College, Kolkata, Jadavpur University, Presidency University

ORCID iD 0000-0002-8998-8697
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I am Adjunct Faculty at the Centre for Distance and Online Education, Sikkim Manipal University, Gangtok and Guest Lecturer at the Department of English (Post Graduate section), Basanti Devi College, Kolkata. I am also a PhD Candidate and former UGC Senior Research Fellow at the Department of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. I received my MPhil and MA in English from Jadavpur University and my BA in English from Presidency University, Kolkata. My areas of interest include queer and diaspora cultures and literature (with focus on South Asian queer diaspora), Indian queer literature in English, and queer food studies.

Employment

  • Sikkim Manipal University Adjunct Faculty
    2025 - Present
  • Basanti Devi College, Kolkata Guest Lecturer
    2024 - Present
  • Jadavpur University UGC-NET Senior Research Fellow
    2021 - 2024
  • Jadavpur University UGC-NET Junior Research Fellow
    2019 - 2021

Education

  • Jadavpur University Doctor of Philosophy
    2019 - Present
  • Jadavpur University Master of Philosophy
    2017 - 2019
  • Jadavpur University Master of Arts
    2015 - 2017
  • Presidency University Bachelor of Arts
    2012 - 2015

Projects & Funding

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Publications (33)

  • Return to Nature, Love: The Queer Potential of Rural Spaces and Travels in Contemporary Indian Gay Romance Fiction
    Non-Western Approaches in Environmental Humanities 2025
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  • Love is where the Home is: The Domestic as Queer Space of/for Intimacy in Contemporary Indian Gay Romance Fiction in English
    Shelter in Text: Essays on Dwelling and Refuge 2025
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  • Satyal, Rakesh (1980–)
    Encyclopedic Dictionary of Diasporic Indian English Writing 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-0045-8_307
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  • Queer Diaspora
    Encyclopedic Dictionary of Diasporic Indian English Writing 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-0045-8_256
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  • Parajuly, Prajwal (1984–)
    Encyclopedic Dictionary of Diasporic Indian English Writing 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-0045-8_243
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  • Mehta, Rahul (1973–)
    Encyclopedic Dictionary of Diasporic Indian English Writing 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-0045-8_200
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  • Dhalla, Ghalib Shiraz (1967–)
    Encyclopedic Dictionary of Diasporic Indian English Writing 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-0045-8_81
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  • Merchant, Hoshang (1947-)
    The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English 2024
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  • Pariat, Janice (1982-)
    The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English 2024
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  • Seahorse by Janice Pariat
    The Routledge Encyclopedia of Indian Writing in English 2024
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