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omparative Study of the Indian Poetics and the Western Poetics . New Delhi : Sarup & Sons, 2008.
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Salman Rushdie: Critical Essays. (Vol. I - II) . New Delhi : Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 2006. [Jointly with Rama Kundu]
Salman Rushdie (1947-) has emerged over the years as one of the most controversial figures of our times who excites contrary responses. But whether admired or criticized, the fact remains that Rushdie with his commitment to struggle for freedom of expression, for speech to the silenced, for power to the disempowered, is a writer who cannot be ignored.
Search for identity is perhaps the one recurring theme in Rushdie's works, and the themes of ‘double identity', ‘divided selves', and ‘shadow figures' persist in his writings as correlative for the schismatic/dual identity of the migrant… Readers of the present volumes will be taken round the world of Rushdie by erudite scholars whose well-researched, perceptive articles will add substantially to their enjoyment of these fantastic ‘imaginary homelands'…