GIEWEC'S LITERARY FESTIVAL AT MUMBAI ON 30 NOVEMBER AND 1 DECEMBER 2012

Guild of Indian English Writers, Editors and Critics

(GIEWEC)

in Collaboration with

Department of English,

K. J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Mumbai

is organising Two-Day English Literary Festival on

Contemporary Indian Literature in English: Dimensions and Directions

at K. J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Mumbai

(Vidyanagar, Vidyavihar, Near Kurla Terminus, Mumbai – 400 077)

on Friday, 30th November and Saturday, 1st December 2012

Guild of Indian English Writers, Editors and Critics

(GIEWEC)

Registered under Societies Registration Act 1955.

Reg. No. I 194/2010 of Travancore-Kochi Act 12 of 1955

Head Office: Kannappilly, Thodupuzha East, Kerala, India – 685 585

Phone: 09947949159, Email: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com, Web: www.profkvdominic.com

A literary forum of Indian writers in English, entitled Guild of Indian English Writers, Editors and Critics (GIEWEC) was established on 24 September 2010 at Thodupuzha, Kerala, India. It was registered on 13 October 2010 and its Head Office is functioning at the residence of the Secretary at Thodupuzha. GIEWEC is a non-profit-making institution aimed at promoting Indian literature in English through the members’ creative and critical writings and by editing and publishing books and journals. The chief objectives of the Guild are: to promote Indian Literature in English, to exchange creative writings between nations, to conduct annual conferences and literary festivals, and to help Ph.D. scholars. The Guild is publishing an international biannual refereed journal entitled Writers Editors Critics (ISSN 2231-198X). The issues come out in March and September. GIEWEC is fast growing with 144 members till date, of which 68 are life members. Professors and Lecturers of universities/colleges, professional English writers and PhD research scholars are its members.

Executive Committee of GIEWEC

·         President: Prof. Rajkamal Shiromani, Patna, Bihar

                 (Email: prof.rajkamalshiromani@gmail.com. Phone: 09939876760)

—  Secretary:  Prof.  K.  V.  Dominic, Thodupuzha, Kerala

—  Treasurer:  Dr.  S. Kumaran, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

—  Vice President: Prof. M.  A. Jeyaraju,  Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu

—  Vice President: Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi, Kolkata, West Bengal

—  Joint Secretary: Dr.  Joji John Panicker, Kottayam, Kerala

—  Ex. Committee Member:  P C K Prem, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh

—  Ex. Committee Member:  Dr.  T.  Sai Chandra Mouli, Hyderabad, A.P.

—  Ex. Committee Member: Dr.  Lata Mishra, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

K. J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Mumbai

Vidyanagar, Vidyavihar, Mumbai–400 077

Somaiya Vidyavihar, founded in the year of 1959 by Padmabhushan (Late) Shri Pujya Karamshibhai Jethabai Somaiya, is sprawled across 60 acres with lush greenery at Vidyavihar and in about 30 acres at Sion. The campus houses 34 educational institutions, 1700 teaching staff and about 29,000 students. The institutions on the campus offer courses from K.G. to P.G. including programmes leading to conferment of Doctoral degree in select disciplines. Students can opt for subjects of their choice from diverse streams—Humanities, Social Sciences, Commerce, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Management, Ancient Indian Culture, Buddhism, Jainism, Foreign Languages etc.

Established in 1960, K. J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce (KJSCAC) has asserted its presence with pride on the campus, as one of the pioneering institution. The college offers courses for UG, PG and Ph. D. in Arts, Commerce and Management streams.

According to a June 2012 survey (‘India Today’, June 2012 issue), the college is placed at 5^th and 6^th rank in Commerce and Arts streams respectively in Mumbai City and 25^th and 26^th place in the aforementioned streams, nationwide.

The college caters to students from diverse backgrounds from Class XI onwards. It aims at preparing and training competent graduates, capable of shouldering professional responsibilities as also groomed for meaningful contribution to the society. The college provides a strong foundation of knowledge and skills to the students, imparted through means of excellent teaching-learning process, discipline and exposure to updates and trends, conveyed by eminent and distinguished persons in various fields. Regular workshops, seminars and conferences provide platforms for teachers and students to explore and update knowledge. The college has always stressed the due importance of Value Education and it is being imparted on the campus through specially designed lectures on ‘Geeta’ and ethics. The extra-curricular and co-curricular activities of the college attract students from all over the city.

Call for Critical Papers and Poems for the Festival

The two day English festival will have six sessions, consisting of paper presentations, poetry reading and workshop on MLA Handbook. Original and unpublished critical papers on the topic "CONTEMPORARY INDIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH:  DIMENSIONS & DIRECTIONS" (includes various aspects like Nature, Environment, Science, Myth, Ethos, Nationalism, Patriotism, Politics, Ethics, Philosophy of life, Social Consciousness, Urban and Rural Sensibilities, Anxieties and Agonies, Erosion of Values, Women, Sex, Sensuousness, Sexism, Ageism, Child Labour, Superstitions, Patriarchy, Tyranny, Cruelty to Women, Children and Animals etc.) are invited for presentations in the different parallel sessions of the two day festival. The critical studies shall be on all genres of contemporary Indian literature in English.

Deadline for Submissions

·         Abstracts of original and unpublished papers in one hundred words with name, address, brief bio-data, a passport size photograph and phone number should be sent to Prof. K. V. Dominic, Secretary of GIEWEC (email: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com) by email attached Word file before 25 August 2012. The acceptability will be intimated within two days. Full papers should be limited to 1000 words and should be sent by e-mail after the registration.

·         Paper presenters will be given ten minutes for their presentation and three minutes for interaction.

·         The poets will be given ten minutes for reading their poems and three minutes for interaction. Two unpublished short poems of not more than twenty lines each and a passport size photograph of the poet with full address, brief bio-data and phone number should be sent to the Secretary by email before 25 August 2012.  The acceptability will be intimated within two days.

·         Registration fee for outstation participant is Rs. 1100 and for local participant, Rs. 600. The fee shall be paid through DD and it shall be sent to the Convenor, Prof. Satyendra Gaur, Head in-Charge, Department of English, K. J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, along with the photo copy of the registration form duly filled. Scanned copy of the DD and the filled up registration form shall be sent by email to Prof. K. V. Dominic, Secretary, GIEWEC, along with the abstract/poems, bio data, passport size photograph etc.

·       Writers (both critics and poets) who are accepted can reserve their confirmed train/flight tickets by online four months early.

Registration Form for the Festival Participation

(Photo copy of the duly filled form is to be sent along with the DD by Speed Post to Prof. Satyendra Gaur, Head in-Charge, Department of English, K. J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Vidyanagar, Vidyavihar, Mumbai–400 077, before 25th August 2012. Simultaneously, scanned copy of the DD and the Registration form should be sent by e-mail to Prof. K. V. Dominic, Secretary, GIEWEC along with abstract/poems, bio-data, passport size photograph etc.)

Name of the Participant: ……………………………………………………………….…………..

Address of the participant with e-mail Id and phone number: ......…………………………………

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Participation as paper presenter or poet: …...………………………………………………………

Details of the Registration Fee

(For outstation participant, Rs. 1100. For local participant, Rs. 600 only through D D drawn in favour of ‘K J Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce,’ payable at Mumbai (Andhra Bank, Ghatkopar (East), Mumbai Branch).

DD number ……………………of ………………………………………………Bank, dated………………………….for Rs. ……………………………………………………

Name and Signature of the participant with date: ……………………………………………..

How to Reach the Venue

Vidyavihar (locality), where Somaiya campus is situated, is a suburb well connected by road and suburban train system. The domestic airport is 10-12 Kms away and can be reached by taxies/rickshaws. The Central Railways suburban rail-route connects it from Dadar Terminus – it is the fourth station from Dadar in the direction towards Thane—another important terminus on the Central Line. The College is the closest to Kurla Terminus. From the Western Railways line, one can reach Dadar and take the Central line route to Vidyavihar. Ghatkopar is an important suburb on the Central Railway route, which adjoins Vidyavihar on its eastern side. By road, Vidyavihar can be reached via Eastern Express Highway, from Dadar.

Programme Schedule

Day One: Friday, 30th November, 2012

    9 a.m.–10:45 a.m.               : Inaugural session including Books’ Release

    10:45 a.m.–11 a.m.              : Tea Break

    11 am–1:15 p.m.                 : Parallel sessions of paper presentations on the topic      

                                                "Contemporary Indian Literature in   

                                                English: Dimensions & Directions"

     1:15 p.m.–2 p.m.                : Lunch break

     2 p.m.-3 p.m.                      : English poetry writing competition for degree                                                           students of Mumbai based participant colleges. (The

                                                best and the runner up will be awarded.)

2 p.m.–4 p.m.                    : Poetry Reading

                                          (Leading English poets of the country read their

                                          poems)

4 p.m.–4:30 p.m.               : Coffee break

4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.         :GIEWEC’s Executive Committee and General Body    

                                           Meeting

Day Two: Saturday, 1^st December, 2012

9 a.m.–11 a.m.                   : Workshop on Research Methodology and MLA Style,    

                                            conducted by Prof. K. V. Dominic (Secretary of  

                                            GIEWEC, Editor of two international biannual refereed       

                                            journals—Writers Editors Critics (WEC) and    

                                            International Journal on Multicultural Literature

                                            (IJML), author of 19 books)

    9 a.m.–10 a.m.                     : Paper Presentations on Fiction Continued

    10 a.m.–11 a.m.                   : Poetry Reading Continued

    11 a.m.–11:15 a.m.              : Coffee break

    11:15 a.m.–1:15 p.m.          : Valedictory Function including awards

                                                    presentation and certificate distribution

    1:15 p.m.–2 p.m.                 :  Lunch Break

    2 pm                                    :  Mumbai Sight-seeing (The expense of the trip will

                                                   be shared by the sightseers)

Committees

Advisory Committee

Shri Samir Somaiya, President, Somaiya Trust (Chairman)
Prof. Rajkamal Shiromani, President, GIEWEC
Shri V. Ranganathan, Hon. Secretary, Somaiya Trust
Prof.  K.  V.  Dominic, Secretary, GIEWEC,

Mr. Jayanti M. Dalal, Member of Advisory Committee, GIEWEC

Organising Committee

Chairperson: Dr. (Smt.) Sudha Vyas, Principal, K J Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce,

                        Mumbai

Convenors:

Dr. Mayuresh Mule, Vice-Principal, K J Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai
Mr. Satyendra Gaur, Head I/C, Department of English, K J Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai
Dr. Rajshree Trivedi, Associate Professor of English, Maniben Nanavati College, Vile-parle, Mumbai
Organising Members:
Prof. Satyawan Hanegave, K J Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai
Prof. Meera Venkatesh, K J Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai
Prof. Amruta Gangan, K J Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai
Prof. Sachin Narawade, K J Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai

Dr. Jaishree Palit, Associate Professor of English, Maniben Nanavati College, Vile-parle,   Mumbai
Ms Trupti  Sabharanjak, Department of English, Maniben Nanavati College, Vile-parle, Mumbai.

Prof. Rajkamal Shiromani        Prof. K. V. Dominic               Dr. (Mrs.) Sudha Vyas

President, GIEWEC                   Secretary, GIEWEC                Principal, K J Som College     

                                                                                            of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai

N.B.: The outstation participants will be provided free lodging on 29^th, 30^th November and 1^st

December, and free food on festival days. The local participants will be given free food on festival days.

No T. A. will be given to any participant. All participants will be supplied copies of the souvenir

along with the kits. They will also be given participation certificates.

GIEWEC’s Workshop on Research Methodology

GIEWEC’s Workshop on Research Methodology

In collaboration with the Department of English, CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala, GIEWEC conducted a Workshop on Research Methodology in English on 21 July 2012. Prof. K. V. Dominic, Secretary, GIEWEC, led the workshop. Dr. Joji John Panicker, Joint Secretary of GIEWEC, as well as Assistant Professor of English, CMS College, Kottayam was the coordinator. Nearly one hundred research scholars and PG students of English participated in the workshop.

GIEWEC's Second Literary Festival in Mumbai on 30 November and 1 December 2012

Esteemed Members-cum-friends of GIEWEC,

Greetings from GIEWEC’s Office!

Glad to inform you that this year’s annual literary festival and general body meeting of GIEWEC will be convened at K J Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce, Mumbai (Near Kurla or Lokmanya Tilak Railway Station) on 30^th November (Friday) and 1^st December 2012 (Saturday).

Free accommodation will be provided by the college to the outstation participants on 29^th November, 30^th November and 1^st December in two or three campus hostels (3 persons each in non A/C rooms, with attached bath) and free vegetarian food will be served on festival days. Each participant will have to pay Rs. 1100 as registration fees to the college of which Rs. 100 will be given to GIEWEC by the college for printing brochure, souvenir, certificates etc. 

The two-day festival will be on Contemporary Indian Literature in English with parallel sessions of paper presentations on Poetry, Fiction and Drama. There will be a session of poetry reading, a class on MLA Handbook (Manual on writing research papers and thesis) and English poetry writing competition for degree students of Mumbai based participant colleges.

A Mumbai sightseeing trip will be arranged by the host college for the participants in the afternoon of Saturday (1^st December) after the valedictory meeting and the expense will be shared by the sightseers.

In the evening of 30^th November, after the festival sessions, there will be an executive committee and general body meeting of GIEWEC.

A brochure containing call for articles and poems, programme schedule at a glance, a route map to the venue etc. will be designed within a few days and circulated to the members by email within a week.

Since online booking of railway tickets is possible four months back to the journey, I request our honourable members who are interested in participating in the festival, to reserve their tickets sufficiently early.

Thanking you once again for your love and cooperation,

Dr. K. V. Dominic, Secretary

International Journal on Multicultural Literature 2.2 (July 2012)

Contents of IJML 2.2 (July 2012) & Editorial

Editorial

Culture, Multicultural and the Case of India

--Sudhir K. Arora

Change and Dynamism in African Society: Exploring New Directions in the Novels of Chinua Achebe                                                   

--Monir Ahmed Choudhury

Black American Discourse and Women Writers

--Rohit Phutela

Reflections on the “Feminine Cause” in Robin S. Ngangom’s Poetry

--Rosaline Jamir

Parvathy Baul’s Way of Life: An Interview (Interview)

--Aju Mukhopadhyay

Relationship (Short Story)

--Pronab Kumar Majumder

Silent Voices and Liberated Women: Bhandaru Acchamamba and Savitribai Phule

--Sujatha Rao

George Lamming’s Silent-Violent Voice in Water with Berries

--Sajitha M. A.

Socio-Historical Documentation in Select Novels of Amitav Ghosh and Rohinton Mistry

--Chikkala Swathi

Longing and Alienation in Diasporas

--Bishun Kumar

The Pleasures and Principles of Culinary Art: Shifting Paradigms in Cooking with Stella and Mistress of Spices

--Gigy J. Alex

An Unrealized Dream (Short Story)                        

--Ketaki Datta

Triumph of Evil in Rohinton Mistry's Novels

--Ezzeldin Abdelgadir Ahmed Elmadda & Dr. Nagya Naik B. H.

Between Two Worlds: A Study of Bharati Mukherjee’s The Tiger’s Daughter

--S. Bhuvaneswari

Redefining the Individuality in the Autobiographies of Indira Goswami and Binodini Dasi

--Dhanusha Vyas 

Portraiture of Colonial and Post-colonial India in Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Heat and Dust

--S. Lavanya

Cracked Legs (Short Story)

--Jayanti M. Dalal (Trans. Pramesh Lakhia)

Class, Culture, and Language: A Study in Mahesh Dattani’s Plays

--Madhur Kumar

Conflicts of Globalization, Multiculturalism and Economic Inequity in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss

--K. Mangayarkarasi

The Legacy of Non-violence: J M Coetzee’s Fiction in Context

--Namrata Nistandra

A Prodigious Tale (Short Story)

--Rajshree Trivedi

Salman Rushdie’s Shame: A Postcolonial study

--Punyajit Gupta & Shri Krishan Rai

Portrayal of Women and their Sufferings in Select Plays of Mahesh Dattani

--K. Sathya Devi

Conflict of Culture in John Steinbeck’s “Flight”

--S. Sujaritha

What a Great Republican Shore are We Basking in (Poem)

--Aju Mukhopadhyay

Culture (Poem)

--PCK Prem

Time: The Crazy Clock (Poem)

--Itishri Sarangi

Multiculturalism (Poem)

--K. V. Dominic

India, Number One!

--K. V. Dominic

Sundown Poetry (poem)

Pronab Kumar Majumder

Martin Luther King (Poem)

--Hazara Singh

March of Life (Poem)

--Hazara Singh

Krishna (Poem)

--O. P. Arora

The Riddle (Poem)

--O. P. Arora

Nightmare (Poem)

 --S. V. Rama Rao

The Prophecy (Poem)

--S. V. Rama Rao

Amputee, about an abused child (Poem)

--Stephen Gill

K. V. Dominic—A Humanitarian in Conception and Socio-Consciousness: An Analytical Study of Write Son, Write (Review Article)

--D. C. Chambial

K. V. Dominic, ed. Critical Perspectives on the Poetry of R. K. Singh, D. C. Chambial and I. K. Sharma (Review)

--Kavitha Gopalakrishnan

Our Esteemed Contributors

EDITORIAL

Multicultural Coexistence

It is interesting to note the march of the world from colonialism to postcolonialism and now to multiculturalism. As man is an evolutionary being, this evolutionary process has been going on for millennia and in this modern world is galloping at a faster rate from centuries to decades. Pre-colonialism, colonialism, postcolonialism and multiculturalism are different phases of this evolutionary stride of man. Appropriately, I, who have been the editor of a postcolonial journal (Indian Journal of Postcolonial Literatures) in the last decade, have now evolved to the editor of a multicultural journal.

Though western colonialism was the result of man’s quest for adventure and exploration, avarice, supremacy and hegemony, it was never a one-way traffic. As the colonizers amassed wealth through tapping the resources with the help of modern science, there was development in all the sectors of the colonized country. Naturally the colonized people also gained; their standard of life increased. If we make an honest assessment of the postcolonial, colonial and pre-colonial periods of the country, we cannot but admit that colonialism paved the seeds of growth and development. The common people in the pre-colonial period were exploited by the native rulers and upper class; they were subjected to all kinds of tortures in the name of race, caste, religion etc. Bereft of bare necessities of life and education, the common folk were struggling for their existence. The plight of the marginalized and women was atrocious. Rule of the jungle—might is right—prevailed in societies. All kinds of superstitions, and exploitation as a result of them reigned supreme. Taken these facts as granted, wasn’t colonialism a need for the under-developed countries? Can one ignore the services rendered by the colonialists in establishing schools, colleges, universities and thus spreading education in towns as well as villages? Don’t the colonized owe to the West for being cultured and civilized?  Haven’t the colonizers promoted agriculture, industry, transportation, healthcare, communication, print etc. using scientific inventions and techniques? Aren’t the colonizers responsible for the growth of regional languages and the global language, English? Isn’t it the colonial powers who replaced autocratic, tyrannical rulers of the under-developed countries with democratic regimes?  When we now talk of universal family (vasudeva kudumbam), western people’s advent or settlement in other continents could be considered only as an unavoidable, multicultural coexistence.

Colonialism to postcolonialism was just a shift of power from the foreign rulers to native rulers. In fact the native rulers were reaping the harvest of colonialism. A rewriting of the history books which cover the freedom struggle is required now. When the present postcolonial governments involve in multi-billions’ scams and corruption, looting their own people who voted them to power, strangle them with over-burdened taxes and regulations, deny them justice and protest—the subjects are compelled to believe that the colonial rulers were far better than their own elected representatives.

Multiculturalism has become a reality now. No nation can exist without a multicultural existence. No race, no religion, no caste, no tribe, no language can claim to be superior to others. As particles of an atom are different, fingers of a hand are different, brothers and sisters of a family are different, variety is the very essence of creation, whether it is human beings, other beings, or inanimate objects. It is selfish to call a place—village, town, city, district, state or country—as one group’s and deny others entrance to it. It is happy to note that most of the countries in the world are becoming more and more multicultural now, accommodating thousands of foreigners representing different cultures. Kerala, a small state in the southern part of India is a role model in multiculturalism. Even though the reason for its multiculturalism is hazy, thousands of labourers from other states of India are working in all sectors, earning high wages, inter-mingling with different cultures.

This multicultural coexistence demands a common language for communication and English has succeeded in filling this vacuum at a universal level. The universal acceptance and rapid growth of English can be attributed to the evolutionary process in languages. From a metalanguage English has now risen to become the global language.

There are twenty critical and research articles on multicultural themes and aspects in this issue. In addition, there are four short stories, thirteen poems of nine poets, one interview, one review article and one book review sprinkled as spices to make the book more attractive. Before winding up let me express my deep gratitude to the contributors and subscribers who sustain and immortalize this journal. Wishing all readers a mental feast,

Thodupuzha,                                                                                     Dr. K. V. Dominic

1 July 2012.                                                                                         Editor, IJML.

Subscription and Contribution details of Writers Editors Critics (WEC) and International Journal on Multicultural Literature (IJML)

Writers Editors Critics (WEC) ISSN 2231-198X

(GIEWEC’s International Biannual Refereed Journal of English Language and literature, Published in March and September)

Board of Editors: Prof. Rajkamal Shiromani, Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi, Dr. Lata Mishra &

Dr. K. V. Dominic (Editor-in-Chief)

Associate Editors: Dr. S. Kumaran & Dr. Joji John Panicker

High quality critical articles, reviews, interviews, poems and short stories from the members of the GIEWEC are published in the issues of WEC coming out in March and September. The critical articles are subjected to blind review by a panel of Referees who are equipped with plagiarism alert software.

Life membership fee of the Guild-cum-Journal is Rs. 5000, and Rs. 1000 for annual membership. The membership fees shall be remitted to the Guild’s joint account at SBI Thodupuzha, Kerala. The details are given below.

Account Holder’s Name: GIEWEC

Account Number: 32008434002

Name of Branch: SBI Thodupuzha (Idukki District, Kerala)

IFSC Code: SBIN0008674. SWIFT Code: SBININBB396

Membership fees may be remitted at SBI branches or transferred online or DD drawn in favour of GIEWEC, payable at Thodupuzha and sent by speed post to the Secretary.

Subscription Rates:

Life: Rs. 5000 ($200, £ 150, € 150). Annual: Rs. 1000 ($40, £ 30, € 30)

Length of Submissions

Critical Articles: maximum 3000 words, Short Stories: maximum 1800 words, Reviews: maximum 1500 words Interviews: maximum 1500 words, Poems: maximum 2 pages for a poet

The size of the letter for all submissions is: 14 in Times New Roman fond and the spacing is: 1.5. The writers should strictly follow MLA style of documentation, 7^th edition (2009) for their critical articles. Book Reviews should be followed by copies of the original books sent to the Secretary. Each submission should be accompanied by a certificate denoting that the submission is original and unpublished. There should also be a declaration regarding the membership of the guild.

Deadline for Submissions

For March issue: 31 December, and for September issue: 30 June

Email copies of the submissions shall be sent to the secretary-cum-editor-in-chief, Dr. K. V. Dominic (Email: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com). Hard copies of the submissions should also be sent after the acceptance. Priority will be given to those members whose submissions have not been included in the issues already published. The copy right of the journal articles is reserved to the Editor.

Address all correspondence to:

Dr. K. V. Dominic, Secretary, GIEWEC

Kannappilly House, Thodupuzha East P. O.

Idukki Dt., Kerala, India – 685 585

Phone: 91+9947949159, Email: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com

Web Site: www.profkvdominic.com. Blog: www.profkvdominic.blogspot.com

 International Journal on Multicultural Literature (IJML)

(An International Refereed Biannual published in January and July)

ISSN    2231 –6248

Edited and Published by: Dr. K. V. DOMINIC

Associate Editor: Dr. S. Kumaran

Unpublished and high quality critical articles on multicultural literature as well as reviews, interviews, poems and short stories are called for from the subscribers of IJML for the issues coming out in January and July. The submissions are subjected to double blind review. The referees are equipped with plagiarism alert software and the plagiarized articles will be summarily rejected.

Length of Submissions

Critical Articles: Maximum 2500-3000 words or 8-10 pages

Reviews: Maximum 1000-1500 words or 2-3 pages

Interviews: Maximum 1500 words or 5 pages

Poems: Maximum 2 pages for a poet

Short Stories: Maximum 1800 words or 6 pages

The size of the letter for all submissions is: 14 in Times New Roman fond and the spacing is: 1.5. The writers should strictly follow MLA style of documentation, 7^th edition (2009) for their critical articles. Book Reviews should be followed by copies of the original books sent to the Editor.

Deadline for Submissions

For January issue: 30 October

For July issue: 30 April

Only subscribers’ submissions will be published in the journal. Hence kindly take the subscription of the journal before you send your submissions.

Annual Subscription Rates:

India                                                      Rs. 800

All other countries          US $ 40 or € 30 or £ 25     

Subscriptions may be sent as MO to the editor. The address is given below.

All submissions shall be sent to the Editor by email attachment.  If acceptable, hard copies of the submissions should also be sent. Each submission should be accompanied by a certificate denoting that the submission is original and unpublished. The copy right of the journal articles is reserved to the Editor.

Address all correspondence to:

Dr. K. V. Dominic, Editor, 

International Journal on Multicultural Literature,

Kannappilly House, Thodupuzha East P. O.

Kerala, India – 685 585

Phone: 91+9947949159,

Email: prof.kvdominic@gmail.com Web Site: www.profkvdominic.com

Blog: www.profkvdominic.blogspot.com