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Dr. Pankaj Parashar
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M.A. (PU), M.Phil., Ph.D. (JNU), PGDTVJ (JMI)
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Assistant Professor
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Literary Criticism, Fiction, Bhakti and Modern Poetry.
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dr.ppamu@gmail.com
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Dr Pankaj Parashar has mentored PhD students in addition to lecturing. His interests include literary criticism, current poetry, Bhakti, and contemporary fiction. He teaches Bhakti literature, early Hindi poetry, contemporary literary conversation, and criticism. He also enjoys Black literature, subaltern literature, Indian classical music, and politics in South Asia. He has attended several national and international seminars and conferences on pertinent topics. He served at Varanasi's Vasanta College for Women, which is a constituent college of Banaras Hindu University (BHU). Punarwachan, Rachna Ka Samajik Path, Kavita Key Prashna Aur Pratimaan, and Vivechana Key Rang are some of his previous writings.
He has translated works by famous poets such as Claude Mckay, Langston Hughes, Ken Saro Wiwa, Paul Eluard, Rainer Maria Rilke, Sadi Yusuf, and Nazim Hikmat. He has also translated research publications by Eberhard Fisher, Haku Shah, and Bruce Chatwin. He has translated the unobtainable and extinct lecture of the great critic, Namwar Singh, 'Unnisween Sadi Ka Hindi Navjaagran: Yathaarth Ya Mithak' from English, in Namwar Singh's exact style. His poetry collections 'Samay Key Akanait', 'Swar-Ujas', and 'Vilambit Kaik Yug Mein Nibaddh', as well as his book 'Jal-Prantar', have all been published in Maithili. A Hindi poetry collection titled 'Dant-Kathaon Mein Striyaan' is being published.
He recently won the Devi Shankar Awasthi Award for his contribution to Hindi criticism for his book 'Kavita Ke Prashna Aur Pratiman', which was published in 2016. He has received two prominent literary awards for his contributions to contemporary Maithili poems (Maheshwari Singh Mahesh Granth Puraskar and Yatri Puraskar), as well as a Research Award 2016-18 from the UGC, Delhi. From 2014 to 2018, he served as an Associate Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS), Shimla.
- Bhoomandalikrit Sadi Mein Kavita Ka Samajik Path
- Eaitihasik Tathyon Ko Nazarandaz Karne Wali Itihas-Drishti
- Aksar Nazar Aa Jata Hai Dil Aankhon Mein
- Kufr-O-Iman Ke Shayar Pandit Hari Chand Akhtar
- Ustad Abdul Kareem Khan Aur Kirana Gharana
- Aalochna Ki Sanskriti Aur Manager Pandey Ki Alochana
- Shayad Ki Yaad Bhoolne Wale Ne Phir Kiya
- Saghan Avegmayi Swar-Ujas Ki Vishuddhatam Sur Shikar (Gangubai Hangul Ki Swar-Yatra)
- Pahle Dil-E-Gudakhta Paida Kare Koi (Sandarbh: Nand Kishore Acharya Ki Kavitayen)
- Poore Sach Ki Adhuri Katha
- Madhyakaleen Bhasha Samaj Aur Tulsidas