<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Lakshmi Kannan]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lakshmi Kannan]]></description><link>https://www.lakshmikannan.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:38:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.lakshmikannan.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation: Sudha Rai]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sudha Rai Former Dean, Faculty of Arts, Head, Dept of English, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Her international and national research fellowships include the Senior Fellowship of Australia-India Council (2008), Visiting Research Fellowship at Paul Valery University, France (2010) and Senior Research Fellowship of ICSSR (Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi  2013-2015). Her publications include V.S.Naipaul: A Study in Expatriate Sensibility and Homeless by Choice: Naipaul,...]]></description><link>https://www.lakshmikannan.com/post/conversation-sudha-rai</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d73cb70b7119100dfffdb5</guid><category><![CDATA[Conversations]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:47:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/abc355_67b810bfb5cb41399984352a148a3bd7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_776,h_846,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lakshmi Kannan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation: Christine Gomez]]></title><description><![CDATA[Christine Gomez Dr. Christine Gomez was professor of English (Retd), Holy Cross College, Tiruchy. Her publications include The Alienated Figure in Drama (1991), a critical study, two plays, Love’s Triumph (1984) and Six Stage Plays (2004). Her fiction includes two novels, Lamplight and Shadows (1985) and Fire Blossoms (1990) and a collection of short stories titled On the Brink. My Favourite Stories (1987) and The Treasure Hunt (1992) are two books she wrote exclusively for children. She is a...]]></description><link>https://www.lakshmikannan.com/post/conversation-christine-gomez</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d73ac70b7119100dfff936</guid><category><![CDATA[Conversations]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:39:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/abc355_de38a0ae4fe7475698bd8248fa20a274~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_500,h_399,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lakshmi Kannan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation: Indira Nityanandam]]></title><description><![CDATA[Indira Nityanandam Dr. Indira Nityanandam, Principal (Retd), Smt. S.R.Mehta Arts College, Ahmedabad, was Director, Bharatiya Bhasha Sanskriti Sansthan, Gujarat Vidyapith. She was vising faculty at IIM, Ahemedabd and is presently with EDI (Gadhinagar) as visiting faculty. She has presented papers in national and international conferences. She is Associate Editor of GNOSIS, a literary journal and has published six books. Her recent publications include Varanasix, a collaborative novel with Anu...]]></description><link>https://www.lakshmikannan.com/post/conversation-indira-nityanandam</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d738d089f9e676eca2f7df</guid><category><![CDATA[Conversations]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:34:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/abc355_a7ae1a737e15402a93c8ce0cc84308b3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lakshmi Kannan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation: Jaydeep Sarangi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Jaydeep Sarangi Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi has published nine collections of poems. A widely anthologized poet, he is dubbed as ‘the Bard of Dulung’ for his poems on Dulung, a small river on the west coast of West Bengal. He is a well-known translator, reviewer and academic. Currently, he is Principal, New Alipore College, Kolkata. “Soulful Delight: Lakshmi Kannan: In Conversation with Jaydeep Sarangi”, Muse India, Sept-Oct 2014 Jaydeep Sarangi: You use the pen-name “Kaaveri” for your writings in...]]></description><link>https://www.lakshmikannan.com/post/conversation-jaydeep-sarangi</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d73738c55f668b530615f6</guid><category><![CDATA[Conversations]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:25:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/abc355_1de07245fdba4c22a2357c43fbcd13ab~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_875,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lakshmi Kannan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation: Rajul Bhargava]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rajul Bhargava Former Head, Department of English, University of Rajasthan (2006-2008) and Department of English, Central University of Haryana (2009-2012). An MA in English and in Applied Linguistics from the university of Rochester, USA and Ph.D. on the Sociology of Literature. Recipient of the New York State Scholarship and Charles Walcott Trust Scholarship and the Ray Tongue Grant. She is the author of ten books and the Founder-Editor of VOICES, a bi-annual journal. Her special interests...]]></description><link>https://www.lakshmikannan.com/post/conversation-rajul-bhargava</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d72f5989f9e676eca2e1f0</guid><category><![CDATA[Conversations]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:52:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/abc355_cc7b76e502e041bd93ebbe708b6cc0cd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_325,h_500,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Lakshmi Kannan</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>