Sudhir K. Arora

Dr Sudhir K. Arora (1968) teaches English at Maharaja Harishchandra P.G. College, Moradabad, affiliated to M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly. He registered his presence as a poet with A Thirsty Cloud Cries in 2006. His poems, reviews and articles appear in journals across the globe, including Indian Literature and World Literature Today. He has authored a number of books including Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger A Freakish Booker, Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger: A Study, A Study of Kamala Markandaya’s Women, Multicultural Consciousness in the Novels of Kamala Markandaya, The Poetic Corpus of Stephen Gil: An Evaluation and Niranjan Mohanty: The Man and His Poetry. The voluminous critical work, Cultural and Philosophical Reflections in Indian Poetry in English in five volumes (Footprints, Pathfinders, Signatures, Milestones and Journey), is his magnum opus. He resides at B-72, Deendayal Nagar, Phase-2, Near Sai Temple, Moradabad-244001 (UP) India and can be contacted at drsudhirkarora@gmail.com.

Abnish Singh Chauhan

Dr Abnish Singh Chauhan (1979), a bilingual poet, critic, translator and editor (Hindi and English), is presently serving as a Professor and Principal/ Dean, BIUCHJ, Bareilly International University, Bareilly, U.P. His significant books include Speeches of Swami Vivekananda and Subhash Chandra Bose: A Comparative Study, Swami Vivekananda: Select Speeches, Functional English, William Shakespeare: King Lear and The Fictional World of Arun Joshi: Paradigm Shift in Values. He had been invited as Author and Speaker to Ahemdabad International Literature Festival held at Ahemdabad in 2016 and as a Judge and Speaker for ‘Young Poets Competition’ under the banner of 'Rendezvous 2017' held at IIT, Delhi on Oct 15, 2017. Besides Harivansh Rai Bachchan Yuva Geetkar Samman (2013) for his Hindi poetry collection Tukada Kagaz Ka from Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan, Lucknow, U.P., he is the recipient of 'Pratham Kavita Samman' (2011), 'Book of the Year Award' (2012), 'Srajnatmak Sahitya Puraskar' (2013) and 'Navankur Puraskar' (2014). He also edits International Journal of Higher Education and Research and a Hindi magazine Poorvabhas. He served as the Managing Editor of Creation and Criticism from April 2016 to April 2019. He resides at H. No. 36, Gaudhuli Puram, Phase-2, Vrindaban Bangar, Vrindaban, Mathura-281121 (UP) India and can also be contacted at abnishsinghchauhan@gmail.com.

Marie Shine

Marie Shine (1950) is a poet of Listowel, the literary capital of Ireland. She started her journey as a poet in 1965 with her first poem ‘Galway -v- Kerry’ published in a national newspaper The Evening Herald. After that she wrote a number of poems appeared in various magazines and newspapers across the globe, but her first collection of poetry My Potpourri of Poetry could come out very late in 2011. Her second collection of poetry A Sense of Life was published in 2018. Moreover, some of her poems have been anthologized in a book produced by The Just Write Group of Listowel called Hearth Song and also in The Ballydonoghue Journal among others. She has also been the editor of A String of Words, a collection of poems of five poets. Her poetic talent was recognized in June 2005 when she came 2^nd in The Dunlavin Arts Festival of Poetry and in July 2007 when she got 2^nd position with her English poems in 'The Irish Christian Fellowship Association'. She served as the Editor of Creation and Criticism from April 2016 to April 2019. She resides at 32, Ballygologue Park, Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland- V31 EC84 and can be contacted at shinem2010@gmail.com

Shivam Singh 

Shivam Singh (आचार्य शिवम्) is a Postgraduate in Sanskrit from Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi. The areas of his interest are Vedic Literature, Sanskrit Literature, Sanskrit Translation, Hindi Literature, Personality Development and Cultural Studies. He resides at H. No. 36, Gaudhuli Puram, Phase-2, Vrindaban Bangar, Vrindaban, Mathura-281121 (UP) India and can be contacted at toshivamchauhan@gmail.com.

DOJ: May 01, 2019