Education
Ph.D., JNU, 1996
M.Phil., JNU, 1991
M.A., JNU, 1989
Research interests
Semiotics, Literature and Art, Comparative Studies, Translation
Selected Publications
Books / Monographs
- Rilke, Kafka, Manto. The Semiotics of Love, Life and Death, Harman, Delhi, 2001
- Tagore, Rilke, Gibran. A Comparative Study, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 2002
- Franz Kafka and Literary Criticism: ‘The Metamorphosis’ and ‘The Burrow’, vdm, Saarbrücken, 2010
Edited Volumes
- Autobiography. Fact and Fiction, Aryan Books International, Delhi, 2009
Articles
- ,Sufi-Gesänge von Schah Hussain. Poetologische Erwägungen und einige Übersetzungen‘, Journal für Religion & Moderne, No. 12/13, 2013, pp 45-70
- 'Franz Kafka: Mythology in Bureaucratic Modernity’, Goethe Yearbook, 2013, pp 108-120
- 'On Peter Handke’s Warum eine Küche? Memories, War and Media’, German Studies in India, No. 3, 2012, pp 113-123
- 'Shah Hussain’, South Asian Ensemble. A Canadian Quarterly of Arts, Literature and Culture, Vol. 3 & 4, No. 4/1, 2011/12, pp 157-170
- 'Rilke’s Fifth Duino Elegy and Picasso’s La famille des saltimbanques. Two fin-de-siècle Narratives on Circus’, South Asian Ensemble. A Canadian Quarterly of Arts, Literature and Culture, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2011, pp 62-84
- 'Zum Ästhetischen und Sakralen im Werk Rilkes. Die Buddha-Gedichte’, Weimarer Beiträge, 57. Jg., Heft 2, 2011, pp 213-25
- 'On Thomas Mann’s Herr und Hund’, Sprachkunst, Jg. XLI, 2. Halbband, 2010, pp. 193-202
- 'The Paradox of Multiculturalism in UK: Semiotics of ‘Past-Modern’ Paintings by Singh Twins’, South Asian Ensemble. A Canadian Quarterly of Arts, Literature and Culture, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2010, pp 115-35
- 'Kafka’s Letters to Felice Bauer. A Lovers Discourse' In: Autobiography. Fact and Fiction, ed. by Rosy Singh, Aryan Books International, Delhi, 2009
- Quer durch das Deutsche Wörterbuch. Surfen mit den Gebrüdern Grimm. In: German Studies in India, München, 2008
- Kafka and Mythology. Transformation of Myths. In: German Studies in India, München, 2006
- Franz Kafka: Judaism and Jewishness. In: Sprachkunst, Jg. XXXIV, 2. Halbband, Kommission für Literaturwissenschaft, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, 2003
- Kafka and Mythology. In: Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, Shimla, 2004. Also published In: Folklore in the New Millenium, A Festschrift to Rama Raju, New Delhi, 2004.
- Signification in Shah Hussain. In: Signification in Language and Culture, ed. H.S. Gill, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, 2002
- Milan Kundera and the Metaphor of Forgetting. In: Germinal, Delhi, 2000
- Human Dignity in Saadat Hasan Manto. In: Semiotics of Language, Literature and Cinema, ed. Harish Narang, Delhi, 2000
- A semiotic analysis of Kafka’s The Trial. In: Signs and Signification, Volume II, ed. H.S. Gill and G. Manetti, Delhi, 2000
- Kafka und Literaturkritik. In: Goethe Society of India, Yearbook, ed. B. Subramanian, Chennai, 1998
- Tochter! Nein Danke. In: Berliner Frau, Berlin, 1991
Reviews
- 'Legacy of Cervantes’ Review of Vibha Maurya and Ignacio Arellano (eds.): Cervantes and Don Quixote in Jan Sansar, Kolkata, No. 18, 16-30 Sept 2009
- “Punjabi Antigones, the Martyrs of Love” Review of Heer Ranjhaand other Legends of the Punjab by H.S. Gill and E.V. S. Gill in Summerhill, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, Vol. IX, No. 1 & 2, 2003, pp 37-38
- “Conceptualism in Buddhist and French Traditions” Review of Signification in Buddhist and French Traditions by H.S. Gill in Summerhill, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, Vol. VIII, No. I, 2002, pp 24-26
- Review of the German Textbook DeutschInteressant 1, 2, 3 by P.L. Aneja in Foreign Trade Bulletin, monthly Journal of Indian Institue of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, June 1990, p 25
- Review of German Textbook Deutsch für Euch by MMB, Delhi, in German Studies in India, Kerala, 1989, pp 67-68
- Interview published under the title Grosses Interesse an Städten in alten und neuen Ländern in Verdener Zeitung, 15 June 1991
Translations
- ‘Der Hund von Tetwal’ German translation of Manto’s ‚Tetwal ka Kutta’, Union Verlag, Zürich, 2008. (forthcoming)
- ‘Gyara Bete’, Translation of Franz Kafka’s “Elf Söhne” into Urdu, in: Ajkal (Urdu), Vol. 60, No. 8, New Delhi, March 2002, pp 38-40. Also published in Saar Sansar, Quarterly Journal of Foreign Languages Literature in Hindi, ed. Amrit Mehta, Delhi, Oct-December, 1999
Conference Presentations
- ‘Semiotics of a Jewish Legend in Kafka’s Trial’ in National Folklore Congress, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, 2000
- ‘Signification in Shah Hussain’, International Symposium on Buddhist and French Traditions, Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla, 2001
- ‘Rilke, Tagore, Gibran. A comparative Study’, IIAS, Shimla, 2002
- ‘Kafka: Mythology in Bureaucratised Modernity’, International Seminar on Literature and Industry, Dept. of Germanic & Romance Studies, Delhi University, 2003
- ‘Transformation of Myths’, National Seminar on Folklore, GNDU, Amritsar, 2003
- ‘Franz Kafka. The Paradox of Judaism’, IIAS, Shimla, 2003
- ‘An Analysis of Hans Christian Andersen’s Tale: The Shadow’, IIAS, Shimla, 2004
- ‘Rilkes Duineser Elegien’ Bielefeld Universität, Germany, 2006
- ’Picasso’s La famille des saltimbanques and Rilke’s Fifth Duino Elegy’, University of Delhi, 2007
- ‘Paradox of Multiculturalism in UK: Noah’s Ark or Djinn escaped from the bottle. Semiotics of Paintings by the Singh Twins’, University of Delhi, 2007
- The Concept of Space in Kafka’s The Burrow, University of Delhi, March 2009
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