Paradigm Shift in Indian English Literature

The volume "Paradigm Shift in Indian English Literature : From Local to Global" presents a comprehensive range of the dimensions and commitments of the stream of Indian English Literature covering a wide range of issues like feminism, nationalism, post-colonialism, postmodernism, gender dynamics, Dalit consciousness and eco-centric approaches to literature. Its highlights are : Historicism in Bharati Mukherjee's A Holder of World. Eco-consciousness in the writings of women Spectrum of child sensibility in the writings of Mulk Raj Anand Deconstruction of patriarchal conventions Nexus of political and sexual colonialism in The Inheritance of Loss. Immigrant perspectives in the writings of Bapsi Sidhwa, Jhumpa Lahiri and Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Feminine consciousness in the writings of Kamala Das, Suiata Bhatt, Namita Gokhale, Manju Kapoor, Shashi Deshpande, Nayantara Sehgal. Dalit consciousness in the New Millennium Indian consciousness in Arvind Adiga and V.S. Naipaul Cyber feminism : Concept and Ideology Post-colonial studies : A Literary Survey.