The Cosmic Joke

An amphibian writer, translator, poltergeist,researcher... my doppelganger pretends to be a Professor of English, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara.

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Friday, March 29, 2024

Doing BA with English Major in India: A Beginners’ Guide

In India, one of the most sought-after degrees in Arts is Bachelor of Arts with English literature major. However, its popularity is largely...

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Possible Areas for Doctoral Research in English Studies

After the recent announcement by the HRD that a PhD will be made mandatory after the year 2021 as minimum eligibility for applying for...

Saturday, October 7, 2017

Mockingbirds, Good Fences, Bad Neighbours, Refugee Mothers and Children: Or Teaching American Literature in the times of Donald Trump

Literature, as Ezra Pound famously said, is news that stays news. Resonance of quote comes freshly alive for me when I am teaching Americ...

Friday, March 24, 2017

How to Read Literary Translation

Most of the discussions around translation in India, whether academic or otherwise, seem to be struck in an obsolete paradigm. ( Check o...

Sunday, January 22, 2017

On Theorizing Indian Literatures and Cultures

As a researcher in Indian literar ures, languages and cultures, my interest in Semiotics of Culture as a theoretical framework ...

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Sachin C. Ketkar: Vadodara, Gujarat, India; A poet, translator and academician working with English, Marathi and Gujarati languages and literatures. I work as Professor in Department of English, Faculty of Arts, The M.S. University of Baroda.

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