research and publications

Spring 2026 - Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, Vol. 49, No. 1, Spring 2026 (Regular Issue), Viswanatha Kaviraja Institute 

Book Review: "THE UNRAVELING HEART: WOMEN’S ORAL POETICS AND LITERARY VERNACULARIZATION IN MARATHI. By Madhuri Deshmukh. NY: Columbia University Press, 2025. 360 pp."

Book review of one of the 2025 titles in the field of literature and anthropology of Indian oral traditions from Columbia University Press, New York, USA.

JCLA

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Winter 2025 - Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, Volume 48, No. 4, Winter 2025 (Regular Issue), Viswanatha Kaviraja Institute 

Book Review: "THE PHILOSOPHY OF WORSHIP: DIVINE AND HUMAN ASPECTS. By Aaron Segal and Samuel Lebens (Eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025. 345 pp."

Book review of one of the 2025 titles in the field of philosophy of religion from Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

JCLA

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July 2023 - Lokaratna, Folklore Foundation

“Interview with Mr Dhira Mallick” 

This interview by Ankit Rath focuses on the state of contemporary Odia experimental theatre.

Lokaratna

2023 

Book Chapter

“ଦଣ୍ଡ ନାଟ: ଦଣ୍ଡର ରୀତିନୀତି ଏବଂ ନାରୀର ଚିତ୍ର” (Tr: “Danda Nata: Rites of Retribution and the Figuration of the Feminine”)

• Published in “Daṇḍanāta: Bhiti o Bhūmi” (May 2023) (Odia)

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Coming soon.