The Department of English J.J..College of Arts and Science Sivapuram Pudukkottai. Arranged
a special lecture on New Dimensions in Indian Fiction in English at 11 am on Monday
29.11.2021

The Resource Person was Dr S. Ponkarthikeyan, Assistant Professor of
English,Rajagopalasamy Government arts college Mannarkudi.
Professor S.Selvi,Head of the Dept. introduced the Chief Guest as an eloquent Speaker and
enthusiastic teacher of Literature. He has done his doctoral research on Amitav Ghosh and
explored the post modern elements in them. Professor Ponkarthikeyan referred to the novel as
the most resilient of Literary forms. It had grown in tune with contemporary critical trends and
concepts of the world and man's place in it. We have different strands in fiction like
psychological,Sociological, Meta - physical post - colonial post modern and diasporic. This
variety is reflected in the work of Amitav Ghosh.
Starting with 'The circle of reason' through the Ibis trilogy, to his most recent works. Ghosh
has kept pace with the stream of themes, ideas and narrative techniques. He has been an
experimenter in fiction and in his efforts he has not been alone. Many writers have kept him
company in this common pursuit and the most famous names are Chitra Bannerji Devakaruni,
Aravind Adiga, Anita Nair, Shobha De and host of others. There have also been significant
contribution from Feminist writers like Arundhathi Roy and Kiran Desai.

Translation from the fiction of Indian languages have also enriched, Indian fiction in English.
Thus the field of Indian fiction in English presents fertile field for committed researchers to
explore relationship between and among writers through comparison and contrast.

earlier S.Keerthana 1st M.A welcomed the gathering and towards close T.Adeickala Sowmya of
1st M.A proposed the vote of thanks.