Shiv Puri

Dr. Shiv Govind Puri is presently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow, (U.P.). He studied in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. His areas of interest include Contemporary Indian English Fiction, Australian Literature and Indian Literature in English. He has recently completed a UGC sponsored Major Research Project entitled “Other Voices: A Study of English Fiction by Contemporary Indian Women Writers.” He has also worked on another UGC Major Research Project entitled “Social Dialects of Indian English” in association with Late Prof. Raja Ram Mehrotra, Dept. of English, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (1999-2000). His publications include the following books: Contemporary Indian Women Writers: Concepts and Contexts; Post-1980 Indian English Fiction; Selfhood and Agency in Post 1990 Indian Women Authors in English; and Bapsi Sidhwa: Beyond Boundaries. He has published several research papers and articles in various literary journals and anthologies.