Anjali Nerlekar
Biographic Data
| ID | 90687 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anjali Nerlekar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anjali |
| FAMILY NAME | Nerlekar |
| SIGNATURE | NERLEKAR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
About the Volume Editors
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The Oxford Handbook of Modern Indian Literatures
The Oxford Handbook of Modern Indian Literatures is a compilation of scholarship on Indian literature from the 19th century to the present in a range of Indian languages. On one hand, because of reasons associated with national academic structures, publishing resources, and global visibility, English writing gets privileged over all the other linguistic traditions in the scholarship on Indian literatures. On the other hand, within the scholarship…
The Cambridge Companion to the City in World Literature
This book forges new ground in the relationship between cities and World Literature. Through a series of essays spanning a variety of metropolises, it shows how cities have given rise to key aesthetic dispositions, acts of linguistic and cultural translation, topographic conceptualizations, global imaginaries, and narratives of self-fashioning that are central to understanding World Literature and its debates. Alongside an introduction and three …
Introduction
The Ecology of the Archive in Adil Jussawalla's ‘Date Book’ for a Missing Novel
The Cornell Bombay Poets’ Archive was initially started with Adil Jussawalla’s donation of his massive archive to the Special Collections at Cornell University. Jussawalla has been collecting and documenting the state of Indian letters, more precisely the state of Indian poetry, for over fifty years. This essay takes a representative archival document from this collection to show the abiding engagements of the poet with the world in which he live…
Further thoughts on Asian Studies “inside-out”
In response to Sato and Sonoda's “Asian Studies ‘inside out’: research agenda for the development of Global Asian Studies,” members of the Global Asias Collaborative at Rutgers University – comprised of a diverse group of scholars of Asia and the Asian diaspora located in history, literature, art history, geography, among other disciplines – offer responses to this generative prompt to remap the place and field of “Asia” in its heterogeneous and …
The LCD (Lowest Common Denominator) of Language
The tumultuous politics of the post-Independence period in Bombay/Mumbai, and the creation of the linguistic states, released multiple and contradictory energies towards a re-examination of the Marathi language and its valence in linguistic, literary, social and cultural contexts. This essay employs the bilingual poetry of Arun Kolatkar and the Marathi-language poetry of R.K. Joshi to show the ways in which the sathottari poetry of Bombay engages…
Eunice de Souza 1940-2017
The editors of the special issue of Journal of Postcolonial Writing 53 (1–2) on “The Worlds of Bombay Poetry” regret to inform readers of the death of the renowned poet, Eunice de Souza, whose inte
I knew that I was a hybrid
Kiran Nagarkar is a well-known bilingual novelist in Marathi and in English who has written several notable and award-winning novels as well as plays. In this interview conducted in August 2016, the novelist discusses his background and his beginnings in Marathi writing, and his years in advertising and working with Kersy Katrak. The novelist discusses the biographical connection to the chawls in Bombay and the role of excrement in his own work. …
Key Document
This is a translated extract from a Marathi essay that is commonly seen as one of the foundational documents of the sathottari Marathi modernism in Bombay. Ashok Shahane’s piece began as “Literature and Commitment”, a seminar presentation in English presented at a symposium organized by the Indian Congress for Cultural Freedom (ICCF) in 1963. It was translated and published as an essay in the Marathi journal Manohar in the same year, and was wide…
Key document
This is a translation from Marathi of an excerpt from Bhalchandra Nemade’s 1968 essay, “Halli lekhakacha lekhakarao hoto to ka?” [How does the writer become Mr Writer nowadays?] published in the little magazine, Vacha. It expressed the frustrated idealism of a generation of writers at the time and is referenced repeatedly today when the revolt of the sathottari generation in Marathi literature is discussed. Along with Ashok Shahane’s 1963 essay, …
Introduction
Perhaps I'm happier being on the sidelines
We were unheeding in those days
Ashok Shahane is one of the very important figures in the publishing of Marathi literature, both in terms of his involvement in the little magazine movement, and through the Bombay publishing house Pras Prakashan, which has brought out the work of many of the most significant Marathi writers. In this interview, conducted in Marathi in 2015 and 2016, and translated into English by his interviewer Anjali Nerlekar, he describes his admiration for Be…
"Poetry as "an effort to understand
In this interview, conducted in Bombay in June 2015, Gieve Patel reflects on his career as a poet, playwright, publisher, artist and educator, from his first arts show in 1966 (a year which also saw the publication of his first collection of poems) to the present. Gieve Patel is also a doctor of medicine, and he discusses the significant place afforded to the human body in his work and his “aromantic” approach to the body in poetry. He recalls th…
At heart, I am a village person
Bhalchandra Nemade is the author of six novels, ranging from Kosla (1963) to Hindu (2010). He has also published two collections of poetry and several substantial books of criticism. He occupied a significant place in Bombay literary life in the 1960s and is at the center of the Marathi canon today. In this interview, conducted in Dahisar, Mumbai in 2011 and continued in 2015 in Santa Cruz, Mumbai, Nemade discusses his studies in Pune, and his ea…
Indian' doesn't exclude me
As poet, anthologist, journalist and teacher, Eunice de Souza has imprinted the Bombay reader’s consciousness over several decades with her concise and strong creative expression. In this interview undertaken at her residence in Santa Cruz in 2011 and 2015, the poet talks about her early years in Pune and Bombay, her dark childhood after the early loss of her father, and the impact it had on her work. Eunice de Souza also discusses the role of sm…
The rough ground of translation and bilingual writing in Arun Kolatkar's Jejuri
This essay is about the bilingual poetry of Arun Kolatkar (in Marathi and English), specifically about his book, Jejuri, published in two languages and bookending the career of the poet 34 years apart, from the publication of the English book of poems in 1976 to the posthumous publication of the Marathi Jejuri in 2010. It studies how a creative impulse can be said to relate to linguisticity as a faculty or endowment, independent of the language(s…
The cartography of the local in Arun Kolatkar's poetry
The post-independence bilingual Indian poet Arun Kolatkar (1932–2004) uses cartographic images and narratives of travel to interrogate the newly independent Indian nation. Focusing on the city of Bombay/Mumbai, the poet persistently maps the city and its environs in unconventional ways: on foot, through eating habits and clothing. Such walking documentation of city spaces provides a resistant alternative to privileged viewpoints of spaces and peo…
Adarallu Idu [“This, even in the midst of that”]
(2005). Adarallu Idu [“This, even in the midst of that”]: Girish Karnad talks about A.K. Ramanujan and his own dramaturgy. South Asian Review: Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 217-236
Of mothers, among other things
(2003). Of mothers, among other things: The sources of A K Ramanujan's poetry. Wasafiri: Vol. 18, No. 38, pp. 49-53
The cartography of the local in Arun Kolatkar's poetry
The post-independence bilingual Indian poet Arun Kolatkar (1932–2004) uses cartographic images and narratives of travel to interrogate the newly independent Indian nation. Focusing on the city of Bombay/Mumbai, the poet persistently maps the city and its environs in unconventional ways: on foot, through eating habits and clothing. Such walking documentation of city spaces provides a resistant alternative to privileged viewpoints of spaces and peo…
Introduction
Introduction
Perhaps I'm happier being on the sidelines
"Poetry as "an effort to understand
In this interview, conducted in Bombay in June 2015, Gieve Patel reflects on his career as a poet, playwright, publisher, artist and educator, from his first arts show in 1966 (a year which also saw the publication of his first collection of poems) to the present. Gieve Patel is also a doctor of medicine, and he discusses the significant place afforded to the human body in his work and his “aromantic” approach to the body in poetry. He recalls th…
Adarallu Idu [“This, even in the midst of that”]
(2005). Adarallu Idu [“This, even in the midst of that”]: Girish Karnad talks about A.K. Ramanujan and his own dramaturgy. South Asian Review: Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 217-236
Of mothers, among other things
(2003). Of mothers, among other things: The sources of A K Ramanujan's poetry. Wasafiri: Vol. 18, No. 38, pp. 49-53
Adarallu Idu [“This, even in the midst of that”]
(2005). Adarallu Idu [“This, even in the midst of that”]: Girish Karnad talks about A.K. Ramanujan and his own dramaturgy. South Asian Review: Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 217-236
The rough ground of translation and bilingual writing in Arun Kolatkar's Jejuri
This essay is about the bilingual poetry of Arun Kolatkar (in Marathi and English), specifically about his book, Jejuri, published in two languages and bookending the career of the poet 34 years apart, from the publication of the English book of poems in 1976 to the posthumous publication of the Marathi Jejuri in 2010. It studies how a creative impulse can be said to relate to linguisticity as a faculty or endowment, independent of the language(s…
The cartography of the local in Arun Kolatkar's poetry
The post-independence bilingual Indian poet Arun Kolatkar (1932–2004) uses cartographic images and narratives of travel to interrogate the newly independent Indian nation. Focusing on the city of Bombay/Mumbai, the poet persistently maps the city and its environs in unconventional ways: on foot, through eating habits and clothing. Such walking documentation of city spaces provides a resistant alternative to privileged viewpoints of spaces and peo…
Eunice de Souza 1940-2017
The editors of the special issue of Journal of Postcolonial Writing 53 (1–2) on “The Worlds of Bombay Poetry” regret to inform readers of the death of the renowned poet, Eunice de Souza, whose inte
I knew that I was a hybrid
Kiran Nagarkar is a well-known bilingual novelist in Marathi and in English who has written several notable and award-winning novels as well as plays. In this interview conducted in August 2016, the novelist discusses his background and his beginnings in Marathi writing, and his years in advertising and working with Kersy Katrak. The novelist discusses the biographical connection to the chawls in Bombay and the role of excrement in his own work. …
Key Document
This is a translated extract from a Marathi essay that is commonly seen as one of the foundational documents of the sathottari Marathi modernism in Bombay. Ashok Shahane’s piece began as “Literature and Commitment”, a seminar presentation in English presented at a symposium organized by the Indian Congress for Cultural Freedom (ICCF) in 1963. It was translated and published as an essay in the Marathi journal Manohar in the same year, and was wide…
Key document
This is a translation from Marathi of an excerpt from Bhalchandra Nemade’s 1968 essay, “Halli lekhakacha lekhakarao hoto to ka?” [How does the writer become Mr Writer nowadays?] published in the little magazine, Vacha. It expressed the frustrated idealism of a generation of writers at the time and is referenced repeatedly today when the revolt of the sathottari generation in Marathi literature is discussed. Along with Ashok Shahane’s 1963 essay, …
Introduction
Perhaps I'm happier being on the sidelines
We were unheeding in those days
Ashok Shahane is one of the very important figures in the publishing of Marathi literature, both in terms of his involvement in the little magazine movement, and through the Bombay publishing house Pras Prakashan, which has brought out the work of many of the most significant Marathi writers. In this interview, conducted in Marathi in 2015 and 2016, and translated into English by his interviewer Anjali Nerlekar, he describes his admiration for Be…
"Poetry as "an effort to understand
In this interview, conducted in Bombay in June 2015, Gieve Patel reflects on his career as a poet, playwright, publisher, artist and educator, from his first arts show in 1966 (a year which also saw the publication of his first collection of poems) to the present. Gieve Patel is also a doctor of medicine, and he discusses the significant place afforded to the human body in his work and his “aromantic” approach to the body in poetry. He recalls th…
At heart, I am a village person
Bhalchandra Nemade is the author of six novels, ranging from Kosla (1963) to Hindu (2010). He has also published two collections of poetry and several substantial books of criticism. He occupied a significant place in Bombay literary life in the 1960s and is at the center of the Marathi canon today. In this interview, conducted in Dahisar, Mumbai in 2011 and continued in 2015 in Santa Cruz, Mumbai, Nemade discusses his studies in Pune, and his ea…
Indian' doesn't exclude me
As poet, anthologist, journalist and teacher, Eunice de Souza has imprinted the Bombay reader’s consciousness over several decades with her concise and strong creative expression. In this interview undertaken at her residence in Santa Cruz in 2011 and 2015, the poet talks about her early years in Pune and Bombay, her dark childhood after the early loss of her father, and the impact it had on her work. Eunice de Souza also discusses the role of sm…
The LCD (Lowest Common Denominator) of Language
The tumultuous politics of the post-Independence period in Bombay/Mumbai, and the creation of the linguistic states, released multiple and contradictory energies towards a re-examination of the Marathi language and its valence in linguistic, literary, social and cultural contexts. This essay employs the bilingual poetry of Arun Kolatkar and the Marathi-language poetry of R.K. Joshi to show the ways in which the sathottari poetry of Bombay engages…
Further thoughts on Asian Studies “inside-out”
In response to Sato and Sonoda's “Asian Studies ‘inside out’: research agenda for the development of Global Asian Studies,” members of the Global Asias Collaborative at Rutgers University – comprised of a diverse group of scholars of Asia and the Asian diaspora located in history, literature, art history, geography, among other disciplines – offer responses to this generative prompt to remap the place and field of “Asia” in its heterogeneous and …
Introduction
The Ecology of the Archive in Adil Jussawalla's ‘Date Book’ for a Missing Novel
The Cornell Bombay Poets’ Archive was initially started with Adil Jussawalla’s donation of his massive archive to the Special Collections at Cornell University. Jussawalla has been collecting and documenting the state of Indian letters, more precisely the state of Indian poetry, for over fifty years. This essay takes a representative archival document from this collection to show the abiding engagements of the poet with the world in which he live…
The Cambridge Companion to the City in World Literature
This book forges new ground in the relationship between cities and World Literature. Through a series of essays spanning a variety of metropolises, it shows how cities have given rise to key aesthetic dispositions, acts of linguistic and cultural translation, topographic conceptualizations, global imaginaries, and narratives of self-fashioning that are central to understanding World Literature and its debates. Alongside an introduction and three …
About the Volume Editors
Copyright Page
The Oxford Handbook of Modern Indian Literatures
The Oxford Handbook of Modern Indian Literatures is a compilation of scholarship on Indian literature from the 19th century to the present in a range of Indian languages. On one hand, because of reasons associated with national academic structures, publishing resources, and global visibility, English writing gets privileged over all the other linguistic traditions in the scholarship on Indian literatures. On the other hand, within the scholarship…
Art (17 works) · Literature (16 works) · South Asian Studies and Diaspora (14 works) · History (13 works) · South Asian Cinema and Culture (13 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Poetry (9 works) · History (6 works) · Marathi (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works)