Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

Faculty Member, English

Reader

Faculty of Arts

About

I write and read for dying and lecture in a university for living.

Apart from` Bhintishivaicya Khidkitun Dokavtana', Abhidhanantar Prakashan, Mumbai, a collection of Marathi Poems, 2004 and `A Dirge for the Dead Dog and other Incantations', Sanbun Publishers, New Delhi, a collection of English Poems, 2003, I have translated and edited `Live Update: an Anthology of Recent Marathi Poetry ’, Poetrywala Publications, Mumbai, July 2005. I translate mostly fiction and poetry from Gujarati and Marathi into English and from English into Marathi. I have translated contemporary Gujarati short story writers like Nazir Mansuri and Mona Patrawala along with the Gujarati poets like Narsinh Mehta (15th century AD) into English. I also work as contributing editor for New Quest, a journal for participatory cultural inquiry, Mumbai. I hold a doctorate in translation studies and works as Reader in Dept. of English, The MS University of Baroda, Baroda.

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