Literary Work

Works of Literary Criticism

1. The Novels of Ayi Kwei Armah. New Delhi: Prestige, 1993.
2. Postcolonial Theory and Literature. Ed. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2003.
3. Postcolonial Indian English Fiction: Decentering the Nation. (Edited with M. Rajagopalachary) Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2016.
4. Mapping English: Recent Studies in Language and Literature - A Festschrift to Prof. T. Vinoda. Ed. New Delhi: AuthorsPress, 2016.
5. Multiculturalism in Indian Tradition and Literature. (Edited with M. Rajagopalachary) New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2016.
6. Bhakti Movement and Literature : Re-forming a Tradition. (Edited with Prof. M. Rajagopalachary). Jaipur: Rawat, 2016.

Text Books

1. English for Enrichment (for UG I year students). Ed. New Delhi: Oxford UP, 2016
2. INTERactive English (for Intermediate students). Ed. Hyderabad: Telugu Akademi, 2016
3. English for Empowerment (for UG II year students) Ed. Chennai : Cambridge UP, 2017

Course Material Edited

1. Twentieth Century English Literature. Ed. Warangal: SDLCE, 2007.
2. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Literature. Ed. Warangal: SDLCE, 2014

Translated Books

1. Telangana Harvest: Telugu Short Fiction 1912-2011 (Ed). Hyderabad: Dept of Language and Culture, Govt of Telangana, 2017
2. Ocean is My Name (Translation of Seshendra’s long poem). Hyderabad: Gunturu Seshendra Sharma Memorial Trust, 2014.
3. Ode to Frontline Formations: An Anthology of Telangana Movement Poetry 2000-2011 (ed). Hyderabad: Telangana Sahiti Samakhya, 2013.
4. Flames and the Man (Translation of Dr. C. Narayana Reddy’s Sahitya Akademi Award winning poetry collection, Mantalu—Maanavudu). New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2012.
5. Scent of the Soil: Selections from Telangana Kavitha 2006-2010 (Ed). Hyderabad: Telangana Books, 2012.
6. Pride of Place: An Anthology of Telugu Poetry 1981-2000. Hyderabad: Palapitta Publications, 2011.
7. Blissful Abode. Hyderabad: Pottisreeramulu Telugu University, 2009.
8. Brilliance-Jewelled Swan (Poetry translated from the Telugu). Calcutta: Writers Workshop, 2000.
9. Cease-fire (Poetry translated from the Telugu). Warangal: Rasadhuni, 2000.
10. Crossfire (Poetry translated from the Telugu). Warangal: Rasadhuni, 1999.
11. Fire-Spark (Poetry translated from the Telugu). Warangal: Bodhi, 1998.

Other Works

1. Role Model Government of Telangana (Edited with Prof. K. Indrasena Reddy) Hyderabad: 2017.

Editorial Experience


A) Journals
1. Compiled and Edited 21st Century Telugu Poetry section with an introduction for Indian Literature No. 302, Nov-Dec, 2017. 71-182.
2. Compiled In Memoriam to Dr. C. Narayana Reddy section for Indian Literature No. 301, Sept-Oct, 2017. 12-39.
3. Editor, Index to Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, 2017
4. Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies Vol. 36, 2017
5. Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies Vol. 35, 2016
6. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies Vol. 31. 2012
7. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies Vol. 30. 2011
8. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies Vol. 29. 2010.
9. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies Vol. 24. 2004.
10. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies Vol. 23. 2003.
11. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies Vol. 21. 2001.
12. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies Vol. 20, 2000 (Special Number on New Indian English Fiction)
13. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies Vol. 19, 1999.
14. Associate Editor, Kakatiya Journal of English Studies Vol. 18, 1998 (Special Number on Postcolonial Literatures and Mahasveta Devi)
15. Resident Editor, Revaluations, Vol.4. No 1, 1998.
16. Resident Editor, Revaluations, Vol. 3. No.2, Autumn 1997.
17. Resident Editor, Revaluations, Vol. 3. No.1, Summer 1997.

B) Souvenirs
1. Editor, Abstracts, IACLALS Annual Conference, co-hosted by the Dept of English, January 22-24, 2016
2. Editor, Souvenir of Week-long Celebrations of Telangana Formation Day at University College, Kakatiya University, 2-9 June, 2014.
3. Editor, Souvenir & Abstracts of Papers of the International Conference on Diversity in New Literatures organized by the Department of English in association with Indian Association for Commonwealth Studies (IACS) at KU during December 16—18,2010.
4. Editor, Souvenir & Abstracts of the UGC National Seminar on Gendering Indian Narratives organized by the Department of English, KU, during March 22-23, 2010.
5. Editor, Kakatiya Dissertations in English Studies (Abstracts of Ph.D. and M.Phil. theses produced in the Department of English, Kakatiya University) 1993
6. Associate Editor, Souvenir of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Department of English, Kakatiya University, 1992.

Research Articles/Reviews/Forewords

1. “Introduction.” Telangana Harvest: Telugu Short Fiction 1912-2011 (Ed). Hyderabad: Dept of Language and Culture, Govt of Telangana, 2017. V-X.
2. “21st Century Telugu Poetry: A Dialogue with Self and Society.” Indian Literature No. 302, (Nov-Dec, 2017) 71-77.
3. "Celebration of Universal Man: C. Narayana Reddy.” Indian Literature No. 302 (Sept-Oct, 2017) 22-27.
4. “Poetics of Commitment: Portrayal of Neocolonialism in Ngugi wa Thiongo’s Petals of Blood and Devil on the Cross” (with M. Venumadhav). Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 36 (2017). 35-41. Print.
5. “Alternative’ Use of English in Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children ” (with G. Rajaiah). Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 36 (2017). 119-124. Print.
6. “Foreword.” Smiles and Tears and More. English Translation of Telugu Poems by Rachakonda Narasimha Sarma. Visakhapatnam: 2016.
7. “Foreword.” Angel and Phoenix: Anthology of Poems . English Poetry of Ravi Thakur. Hyderabad: Aasheesh Prakashan, 2016. v-ix.
8. “Subalterns and Superstitions : A Study of Mahasweta Devi’s ‘Bayen.’” Virtuoso. 5. 1 & 2 (February 2016). 68-79.
9. “Introduction.” Bhakti Movement and Literature: Re-forming a Tradition . Jaipur: Rawat, 2016. 1-8.
10. “Devi Bhakti in Indian Tradition: Contextualising the Translation of Bhoomaiha’s Brilliance Jewelled Swan. Bhakti Movement and Literature: Re-forming a Tradition . Jaipur: Rawat, 2016. 66-74.
11. “Multiculturalism in Indian Tradition.” Bharatiya Prajna (Online journal). 1.1 ( 2016).
12. “Introduction.” Postcolonial Indian English Fiction: De-centering the Nation . Jaipur: Rawat, 2016. 1-20. Reprinted a modified version as “Indian English Fiction as a Postcolonial-Postmodern Narrative.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 35 (2016) . 33-42
13. "Nuanced Search in Mahasweta Devi’s Mother of 1084.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 35 (2016) 107-111
14. “The Maternal Element and the Challenge of Change in Mahasweta Devi’s ‘Breast-Giver.’” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 34 (2015). 53-60.
Reprinted in Mapping English: Recent Studies in Language and Literature A Festschrift to Prof. T. Vinoda. New Delhi: AuthorsPress, 2016. 301-10.
15. “A State of Poetry: Contextualizing Telangana Movement and its Voices.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 33 (2014). 62-73.
16. “The Politics of Poetry” The Hindu. Literary Review. (Sunday July 7, 2013) 2.
17. “Telangana Struggle Poetry and Literature of Combat.” The Idea of Telangana. Warangal: AKUT, 2013. 35-43.
18. “Dynamics of Social Change in Ngugi wa Thiongo’s MatigariKakatiya Journal of English Studies 31 (2012). 33-39.
Reprinted in Mapping English: Recent Studies in Language and Literature A Festschrift to Prof. T. Vinoda. New Delhi: AuthorsPress, 2016. 311-19.
19. “The Conundrum of Survival–Support in Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 31 (2012). 142-50.
20. “Questing the Transient and the Infinite in Vidyarthi’s Poetry.” Addamlo Vidyarthi. Hyderabad: Jayamitra, 2012. 321-25.
21. “’matter of fact, yet a fine tapestry’: Narrative Strategies in Mahasveta Devi’s Short Story, “Dhouli.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 30 (2011). 87-97.
Reprinted as “Inventing a Poetics of Suffering and Resistance: Narrative Strategies in Mahasveta Devi’s Story, “Dhouli.” Multiculturalism in Indian Tradition and Literature. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2016. 144-53.
22. “Memoirs as Afsaanas: Life and Times of Ismat Chughtai.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 30 (2011). 188-98.
Reprinted in Multiculturalism in Indian Tradition and Literature. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2016. 110-19.
23. “Learner-Oriented Teaching: Challenges and Perspectives.” Learner-Centered Teaching Strategies and Perspectives. Khammam: Dept of English, SR&BGNR, 2011. 57-61.
Reprinted in Reflections on Education Festschrift to A. Parankusham Warangal, 2014. 17-22.
24. “Introduction” to T. Rammohan Rao’s Anklets. Hyderabad: Padmasurya, 2011. 7-10.
25. “To Be is To Connect: Humanist Vision in Amitav Ghosh’s In An Antique Land.” KJES 29 (2010). 131-36.
Revised and expanded version reprinted as “To Be is To Connect: Harmony and Humanist\ Vision in Amitav Ghosh’s In An Antique Land.” Multiculturalism in Indian Tradition and Literature. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers, 2016. 180-87.
26. “Foreword” to Gollapudi Srinivasa Rao’s Fruit and Other Stories. Calcutta: Writers’ Workshop, 2010. 9-16.
27. “Liberation Aesthetics: Ngugi wa Thiongo’s Devil on the Cross as an Allegory of Neo-colonial Code of Inter-Continental Games—Corruption and Greed, Depravity and Disgrace.” KJES 28 (2008-09). 33-42.
28. “Tracing the Beginnings and Growth of Urdu, Deccani and Telugu: A Comparative Study.” KJES 28 (2008-09). 133-39.
29. “I am A Writer with a Conscience” Interview with Telugu short-story writer and Sahitya Akademi Award winner Dr. Naveen, Journal of Literature & Aesthetics Vol 7. Nos. 1 & 2, Jan-Dec, 2007. 289-92.
30. “Charting Alter-‘native’ Terrain: Class-, Culture-, and Gender-Resistance in Mahasveta Devi’s ‘Draupadi’KJES 24 (2004). 131-38.
31. “Nationalism in Margaret Atwood’s Surfacing.” KJES 24 (2004). 151-57
32. “Banality of Nationalism and the Scourge of Communal Violence in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines.” KJES 23 (2003). 196-209.
Reprinted in Littcrit/ 30. 2 (December 2004) Special Number on The Fictional World of Amitav Ghosh. 74-84.
Revised version reprinted as “Eloquence of Silence: The Scourge of Violence in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines. Postcolonial Indian English Fiction: Decentering the Nation. Jaipur: Rawat, 2016. 140-50
33. “Focussing on Epiphanies” (Book Review) KJES 23 (2003).250-51.
34. “Demythicizing History: A Reading of Dina Mehta’s And Some Take A Lover as Resistance Narrative.” KJES 21 (2001) 104-110.
Revised version reprinted as “The Personal and the Historical in Dina Mehta’s And Some Take A Lover as Resistance Narrative.” Postcolonial Indian English Fiction: Decentering the Nation. Jaipur: Rawat, 2016. 164-169.
35. “Re-forming a Stone, De-scribing a Place and a People: The Theme of Survival in Margaret Laurence’s The Stone Angel.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 19 (1999). 152-57.
36. Review Article, “Feminism/Postmodernism: The Novels of Margaret Atwood.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 19 (1999). 181-84.
37. “The Context of Regionalism in Margaret Laurence’s Manawaka Fiction.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 18 (1998). 85-92. Reprinted in Postcolonial Theory and Literature. Delhi: Atlantic, 2003. 220-27.
38. “Possible Stories and Multiple Endings”: Rukun Advani’s Beethoven Among the Cows as an Open-ended Narrative.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 15 (1995). 67-78.
Reprinted in Indian Fiction in English. New Delhi: Atlantic, 1999. 288-98.
Reprinted in Postmodernism and English Literature. New Delhi: Atlantic, 1999.92-102
39. “Things Fall Apart in an Alientaed History: An Assessment of Chinua Achebe’s Fictional Perspectives.” Triveni 64. 4 (October-December, 1995). 28-33.
40. “Season of Suffering: Metaphor and Reality in Belinder Dhanoa’s Waiting for Winter.” Feminism and Literature New Delhi: Prestige, 1995. 174-82.
41. “Penance as Multiple Response in Gita Hariharan’s The Thousand Faces of Night.” Indian Women Novelists Vol. 5 New Delhi: Prestige, 1995. 159-69
42. “All About Wretched of the Earth: Secularism and Democracy as Dominant Modes in Contemporary Telugu Poetry.” KJES 14 (1994). 74-90.
Reprinted as “Socio-Economic Issues in Modern Telugu Poetry.” Pratibha India 22. 3 (April-June, 2005).
43. “Fictional Strategies of Ayi Kwei Armah” Literary Half-Yearly. 35. 2 (July 1994). 104-21.
44. “Ritual Games of the Melanesian Cargo Mentality: Contrasts and Parallels in Ayi Kwei Armah’s Fragments.” New Quest. No.107 (September-October 1994). 289-94.
45. “Ordinariness of Dreams, Longevity of the Journey: Story, Statement and Allegory in Rohinton Mistry’s Such A Long Journey.” The Commonwealth Review 5. 1 (1994)
Reprinted in Indian Literature Today. Vol.1 New Delhi: Prestige, 1994. 128-35
46. “Silence as Possible Mode of Response in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 13 (1993). 81-89.
Reprinted in ed. R.K. Dhawan. The Novels of Amitav Ghosh. New Delhi: Prestige, 1999.
Reprinted in ed. Novy Kapadia. Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow Lines. Delhi: Asia Book Club, 2001. 246-57.
47. “Magic and Irony as Principles of Structure: A Reading of Amitav Ghosh’s The Circle of Reason.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 12 (1992). 120-28.
Reprinted in Indian Fiction in English. New Delhi: Atlantic, 1999. 279-87.
Reprinted in ed. R. K. Dhawan The Novels of Amitav Ghosh. New Delhi: Prestige, 1999.
Reprinted in ed. R.K. Dhawan Indian Literature Today. Vol.1 New Delhi: Prestige, 1994. 161-69.
48. “Destruction of Destroyers: Thematic and Structural Polarities in Armah’s Two Thousand Seasons .” New Quest .88 (July-August, 1991). 241-46.
49. “Work of Masters in the Arts of Eloquence: The Healers.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 11 (1991).72-78.
50. “Decolonizing the Mind: A Dialectic of the Personal and the Continental in Armah’s Why Are We So Blest?” Triveni . 60. 1 & 2 (Jan-June 1991). 55-59.
51. “Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born: A Study in the Aesthetics of Negation.” Kakatiya Journal of English Studies 10 (1990). 41-50.

Essays/Profiles

1.“Yadi Sadasiva, a genius par excellence” (about Sri S. Sadasiva) The Hindu, Friday, 29 October, 2009.
2. “Remembering Kaloji” The Hindu, Friday, March 12, 2010.
3. “Bridging the Language Divide” (about Biruduraju Ramaraju) The Hindu, Friday, April 16, 2010.
4. “Doyen of Linguistics” (about Bhadriraju Krishnamurty)The Hindu, Friday, August 27, 2010.
5. “A Woman of Substance” (about Dr. T. Vinoda) The Hindu, Friday, December 24, 2010.
6. “The Struggle and its Context.” Hans India. 25 September, 2013. 7

Creative Writing

1. Presented a short story titled, “Tilting Scales of Justice” in the Creative Writing Session during the three day International Conference on Diversity in New Literatures at KU, Warangal, on 17-12-2010.
Published in Muse India online journal ( March-April, 2011).
2. “A Green Story.” Indian Literature 272 (November-December 2012).