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Dr Sooraj Kumar

Dr Sooraj Kumar

Associate Professor and Head of English

PROFILE
 
Educational Qualification: M.A, B.Ed, M.Phil, NET, Ph.D
Area of interests: New Historicism and Film Studies
Contact: +91 9446908066
Teaching Experience: 15 years
Dr Sooraj Kumar completed Ph.D from M.S University, Tirunelveli, in the area of New Historicism in 2014. He secured his M.Phil degree in English from the Department of English, St. John’s College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli in 2007. Also, he completed his B.Ed. from KUCTE, Anchal, Kerala. He is an alumnus of St John’s College, Anchal. He joined Higher Secondary school service in 2008 and later joined college service in 2010 and has over 15 years of teaching experience.
Publications

Journal Articles

1. Kumar, Sooraj. “Interlacing History with Fiction: Reading Shashi Tharoor's The Great Indian Novel.” English Activities Update, vol. II, no. 1, Jan, 2011, pp 105-111. ISSN 0976-3643.

2. Kumar, Sooraj. “Yoking History, Politics and Fiction with Celluloid Saga in Shashi Tharoor’s Show Business.” Critical Space. vol. I, no. 1, Oct. 2012, pp 73-80. ISSN 2319-3689. 

3. Kumar, Sooraj. “An Epitome of Prodigious Transfiguration: Analytical Study of Paan Singh Tomar.” GLIMPSES, pp 85-90, Jun. 2019. ISSN 2250-0561. 

4. Kumar, Sooraj and Seema Rajan S. “Beyond the Coupe: Reconstructing Female Identity through Deconstruction and Subversion in Anita Nair's Ladies Coupe.” Shodkosh- Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, vol. 2, issue 2, no. 2, Dec. 2021, pp 249-253. ISSN 2582- 7472, doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v2.i2.2021.3352. 

5. Kumar, Sooraj and Seema Rajan S. “The Alchemy of Myth, History and Reality: A Re-reading of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children.” Shodkosh- Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, vol. 3, issue 2, no. 2, Dec. 2022, pp 951-954. ISSN 2582- 7472, doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v3.i2.2022.3406. 

6. Kumar, Sooraj and Seema Rajan S. “The Dialectics of Myth and History: Exploring and Decoding The Circle of Reason by Amitav Ghosh.” Shodkosh- Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, vol. 4, issue 1, no. 1, Jun. 2023, pp 1317-1320. ISSN 2582- 7472, doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v4.i1.June 2023.3432. 

7. Kumar, Sooraj and Seema Rajan S. “Unity to Rupture: Fragmentation of Fraternity and History in Shiv K. Kumar’s A River with Three Banks.” Shodkosh- Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, vol. 4, issue 2, no. 2, Dec. 2023, pp 2235-2239. ISSN 2582- 7472, doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v4.i2.December 2023.3473. 

8. Kumar, Sooraj and Seema Rajan S. “Fame, Fiction, And Fallacy: Unmasking the Dualities of Indian Popular Culture in Show Business.” Shodkosh- Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, vol. 5, issue 3, no. 3, Mar. 2024, pp 915-919. ISSN 2582- 7472, doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v5.i3.2024.3485. 

9. Kumar, Sooraj. “The Social and Emotional Resonance of Capernaum: A Cinematic Journey of the Voiceless and Marginalized.” Chalachitra Sameeksha, vol. 8, issue 11, pp 74-83, Nov. 2024. ISSN 2584-1173. 

10. Kumar, Sooraj and Sibi C Babu. “Decolonizing Education and Reclaiming India’s Intellectual Legacy: Integrating Indian Knowledge System in NEP 2020”. TIJMR- International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research. ISSN (Online): 2581-6519/ISSN, (Print): 2582-130x. vol. 03, no. 1, January 2025. 

11. Kumar, Sooraj and Sibi C. Babu. “Visualizing Feminist Resistance: Reclaiming Feminine Identity and Space through Empowerment in Laapata Ladies.” Literary Herald, vol. 10, issue 6, April 2025. ISSN: 2454-3365.

12. Kumar, Sooraj. “Fathoming the interplay of Jingoism, Identity and Feminine Allegiance: Evolution of Female Distinctiveness in Raazi.” Teresian Journal of English Studies. vol. XVII, issue II, pp 15-23, April- June 2025. ISSN 0975-6302. 

13. Kumar, Sooraj. “Reclaiming the Borderless Self through Resistance: Exploring Motherhood, Widowhood, and Rebirth of Indian Women in Tomb of Sand.” Malayala Sahithi, vol. 13, issue I, January- June 2025. ISSN 2349-7246.

14. Kumar, Sooraj. “Intersecting Feminism, Power, History, and Myth: Unveiling Empires in Salman Rushdie’s Victory City”. Creative Saplings, vol. 04, no. 09, Sep. 2025, ISSN-0974-536X.

Book Chapters

1. Kumar, Sooraj. “Beyond the Boundary: Examining Cricket Narratives and Middle-age Aspirations in Lubber Panthu and 1983.” The Art of Adaptation: English Literature in Film and Media. Ed. Dr Saran S. Granthaalaya Publications and Printers, Indore. PP 11-20. ISBN 978-81-967555-3-9. June 2025.

2. Kumar, Sooraj. “Temples as Centres of Knowledge: Decolonizing Indian education through Indian knowledge Systems.” Living Legacies: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Indian Knowledge Systems. Ed. Dr Sigma C. R., Shama Pillai. Black Eagle Books, Bhubaneswar. PP 74-89, 2025. ISBN 978-1-64560-697-0. 2025.

Seminar Presentations

  1. Kumar, Sooraj. Lost Landscapes in Malayalam Literature. 10.02.2012. NSS College Nilamel.  
  2. Kumar, Sooraj. In Search of Lost Identity: A Postmodern Reading of Shashi Tharoor's Riot. 2nd and 3rd April, 2012. St. John’s College, Palayamkottai. 
  3. Praxis of Fiction and Myth, History and Reality: A Study of Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children. Noorul Islam University. 28/02/2014. 
  4. Food as Artefacts of Indian Culture: Exploring Gastronomy, Identity and Storytelling in Indian Movies. HHMSPB NSS College, Neeramankara. 21/01/2025. 
  5. Real Realities and Historical Revisionism: Cinematic Post-Truth in Contemporary Bollywood Movies. 31/01/2025. 
  6. Custodians of Indian Epistemology: Women as Traditional Sentinels of Indian Knowledge System. VTM NSS College, Dhanuvachapuram. 05/03/2025-06/03/2025. 
  7. Globalisation and Hybridisation of Cultural identities. NSS College Nilamel. 24-26 March, 2025. 

 

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