CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS ON ANITA DESAI

Anita Desai’s Fiction

A Study through Different Perspectives

...No Contribution/Subscription fees. Papers will be accepted and published free of cost
and only on basis of quality

Dear All,
I am glad to inform you that I am going to edit one volume of research papers on Anita
Desai (b.1937), Indian English novelist and short story writer who has been shortlisted
for the Booker Prize three times and was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978
for her novel, Fire on the Mountain, by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy
of Letters. Authentic, scholarly and unpublished research papers are invited from
scholars/faculty/researchers/writers/professors from all over the world for this volume
tentatively titled as Anita Desai’s Fiction: A Study through Different Perspectives.

Proposed Publisher:
The volume will be published with an ISBN (International Standard Book Number) by
renowned Delhi based publisher.

Thematic Focus of the Volume:

The articles should be on any theme of any work of Anita Desai including…
Cry, The Peacock (1963), Voices in the City (1965), Bye-Bye, Blackbird (1971), The
Peacock Garden (1974), Where Shall We Go This Summer? (1975), Cat on a Houseboat
(1976), Fire on the Mountain (1977), Games at Twilight and Other Stories (1978), Clear
Light of Day (1980), Village by the Sea (1982), In Custody (1984), Baumgartner's
Bombay (1988), Journey to Ithaca (1996), Fasting, Feasting (1999), Diamond Dust
(2000), The Zigzag Way ( 2004) etc.

Editing requirements:
• Paper size: A4, Font size: Times New Roman 12, Spacing: 1.5 line, Margin of 1 inch on
all four sides.
• Title of the paper: bold, title case, centered.
• Text of the paper: justified.
• References: Please follow MLA style strictly. Don’t use Foot Notes, Use End Notes
• Titles of books: italics.
• Titles of articles: quoted.
• Articles should be submitted as MS Word attachments.
• The paper should not usually exceed 16 pages maximum, 8 pages minimum in 1.5
spacing.
• A short-bio data of the contributor(s) indicating name, institutional affiliation, career
history, postal address, mobile number and e-mail in a separate attachment.
• Abstract of paper about 300 words with maximum 5 key words in separate attachment.
• Each paper must be accompanied by a declaration that it is an original work and has not
been published anywhere else.
• The papers submitted should evince serious academic work contributing new
knowledge or innovative critical perspectives on the subject explored.

Mode of Submission:
Each contributor is advised to send (i) Brief bio-note (ii) Abstract of 300 words with 5key
words (iii) Full paper and (iv) A declaration that it is an original work and has not been
published anywhere, as MS-Word email attachments to my email addresses:
amnawale@gmail.com up to 15th Oct. 2010. The contributors are also supposed to
submit one hard copy of (i) Brief bio-note (ii) Abstract of 300 words with 5key words
(iii) Full paper and (iv) A declaration, typed in above mentioned format on postal address
given bellow. One hard copy is required for our record. Without hard copy no paper will
be considered for publication.

Selection Procedure:
All submissions will be sent for peer reviewing. Final selection will be made only if the
papers are recommended for publication by the reviewers. The details of the selection of
your paper will be informed to you telephonically or on your email. The editors will have
the right to make necessary editing of selected papers for the sake of conceptual clarity
and formatting. Non-selected papers will not be sent back to the contributor in any form.
So, all contributors are advised to keep a copy of their submission with them.

Plagiarism Alert:
Contributors are advised to adhere to strict academic ethics with respect to
acknowledgment of original ideas from others. The editors will not be responsible for any
such lapse of the contributor. All submissions should be original and must be
accompanied by a declaration that it is an original work and has not been published
anywhere else.

Postal Address to Send Hard Copy of Paper:

Dr. Arvind Nawale,

“Akshar”.
Anand Nagar, Behind Wajan Kata,
Near Nanded Naka,
UDGIR, Dist: Latur (M.S.) 413 517. India

Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Arvind Nawale,
Head, Dept of English,
Shivaji Mahavidyalaya, Udgir
Dist: Latur (M.S.) 413 517. India
Cell: +91 9422535390
Email: amnawale@gmail.com
Web: http://arvindnawale.blogspot.com/
http://amnawale.over-blog.com/
www.facebook.com/amnawale
http://www.the-criterion.com/
(Member,Board of Studies in English; Faculty of Arts; Ex Senator, S.R.T.M.University,
Nanded, Maharashtra)

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