Dr. Kanchan Mehta

Assistant Professor

Dr. Kanchan Mehta did her Master’s degree in (English) and doctorate in (English) on the topic pertaining to Women’ Writing in India from  Department of English and Cultural Studies,Panjab University,Chandigarh. She has 19 years of  teaching experience.

19 Years in Teaching

Autobiography and Women’s Writing

M.A , Ph.D.

Publication Details

Chapter Published in Book:

  • Treatment of Guru Gobind Singh’s Vision of Life in “ I Shall not Hear the Nightingale” in Guru Gobind Singh: Ek Adhyayan Unistar (National) 209-220  ISBN 978-93-5113-554-8,  2016.

Articles Published in Journals:

  • Agony of Contemporary Life: A Review Article on the Poetry of Deepak Thakur   in  JELL (Journal of English Literature and Language) Vol 7 No 1 89-92 ISSN 0975-6930 , 2013

  • A Study of Khushwant Singh’s Novels from Foucault’s Perspective: A Review Article on Dr. Assa Singh Ghuman’s Book on Khushwant Singh’s Novels in   JELL (Journal of English Literature and Language)  Vol 7 NO 2 91-94 ISSN  0975-6930 ,  2013

  • Interrogating and Transcending Borders: A Study of Amitav Ghosh with a special reference to his Fiction by Deepak Thakur in  JELL (Journal of English Literature and Language) Vol No 8 NO 1 74 -81 ISSN  0975-6930 2014

  • From Tradition to Modernity: An Analytical Study of Ved Mehta’s Daddy Ji   in   JELL (Journal of English Literature and Language) Vol 9 No 1 82-90  ISSN 0975-6930, 2015

  • Crisis in Literature: Some Insights in   JELL (Journal of English Literature and Language) Vol 10. No 1 63-79 ISSN 0975-6930 , 2016

  • Love, Women and Time: The Optimistic Vision of Judith Wright in Insight( An International Journal of Humanities and Management) Vol 2 Issue 2 112-119 , ISSN  2394-7462 , 2016

  • Tracing Spirituality in a Feminist Context in Khushwant Singh’s I Shall not Hear the Nightingale in Writers Editors Critics, an International referred journal of English Language and Literature, Vol 7, No2 , 62-69 ISSN 2231-198 X , 2017

  • Judith Wright : The Poetics of Maternal- Feminine : A Feminist Analysis in International Journal on Multicultural Literature, Vol. 8 No 2 , 35-43 , ISSN 2231-6248 ,  2018.

Book Reviews Published in Journals:

  • Silent Steps and Other Poems by Binod Mishra in JELL (Journal of English Literature and Language) Vol.4 No.2 ISSN 0975-6930 , 2010

  • The Chaotic Age by Balbir Singh in   JELL (Journal of English Literature and Language) Vol 5. No 1.  ISSN  0975-6930 , 2011

  • A Book of Memory: Confessions and Reflections by Sudhir Kakar  in JELL (Journal of English Literature and Language) Vol. 5. No 2   ISSN 0975-6930, 2011.

Papers Presented:

  • Presented a paper titled Maximising Communication Potential: a Step to Human Fulfillment and Fraternal Society at an  International  Conference on Enhancing Human Potential : BIO-  Psychosocial Perspectives at Panjab University on 15-17,2010.

  • Presented a paper titled Sound Communication Skills :- A Boon to Community Development  at National Seminar on Millennium Development Goals and National Mission on Education at Panjab University on September 7-8 2011 .

  • Co- presented a paper titled Mira the Mystic : Understanding the Epistemology of ‘Bhakti’ in Kiran Nagarkar’s Novel ‘Cuckold’ at a National Seminar on Hindi Bhakti Literature on at Panjab University on 4th November 2016.

  • Presented a paper titled Exploring the Critique of the Denial to the Dalits their Rights to Dignity and Equality in ‘Untouchable’ at a National Seminar on Human Rights at Panjab University, Chandigarh on 01-02-2018 to 02-02-2018.

  • Presented a paper titled Critiquing the Culture of Violence Against Women in Pakistan: A Study of Sidhwa’s ‘The Pakistani Bride’ at a National Seminar on Emerging Geo Strategies in Pakistan at Panjab University, Chandigarh on 27-02-2018 to 28-02-2018.

  • Presented a paper titled Feminist Literature as a Forum for Critical Rationality and Consequent Women’s Liberation at a National Symposium on Literature and Critical Rationality in the Times of ‘Autonomy’ at Panjab University, Chandigarh on 09-04-2018 to 10-04-2018

  • Presented a paper titled Self to Women’s Selves: A Study of Women’s Related Issues in Kamala Das at a National Conference of the Bhartiya Mahila Darshnik Parishad on Vasudhaiva  Kutumbakam and Other sub themes at Panjab Univrsity, Chandigarh on 02-12-2018 to 04-12-2018

  • Presented a paper titled Educational Value of Feminism in Literature in the context of Kamala Das at a National Seminar on Academic and Administrative Reforms to meet Global Challenges in Higher Education at Dasmesh Girls College, Mukerian on 02 March 2019.

As Resource Person:

  • Participated as Resource Person at a National Seminar on Nature of Public in Public Philosophy at Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur on 30-03-2017

  • Participated as Resource Person in Seven Day Orientation Programme Under the FDP held at Dev Samaj College for Women, Ferozepur on 27-04-2018.

Articles in The Tribune:

  • “Living life on her own terms” an article on Amrita Pritam August 3,2003.

  • “Celebration of Sénses and Sensuality” an article on Modern Indian Woman Poets in English December 14, 2003.

  • “When life is a trial by fire” an article on Indira Goswami, the Jnanpith Award winner writer from Assam March 9, 2004.

Books Reviewed for the The Tribune:

  • Black Statements: Sylvia Plath’s Poetry and Fiction

  • Selected Short Stories by Mulk Raj Anand ed, Saros Cowasjee.

  • Crossing Borders: Post 1980 Subcontinental Writing in English

  • The Lasting Legacies of Mulk Raj Anand

  • Milestone: A Memoir by Indrani Jagjivan Ran

  • An Inspirational Journey : Pratibha Devi Singh Patil by Rasika Chaube and Chhaya Mahajan

  • KL Saigal: The Definitive Biography

  • The Golden Honeycomb by Kamala Markandaya