AWARDED(M.Phil - 3)

1. Banumathi J – Sin and Sentence; A Study of ‘the Body’ in Anosh Irani’s Selected Novels

2. R. Yogapriya – An Ecofeministic Reading in the Selected Novels of Sudha Murthy

3. G. S. Varshene – From Chores to Chairs: A Progressive Maori Culture in Patricia’s Selected Short Stories

ONGOING (Ph.D - 5)

1. R. Jayasri- Examining Provincial Lives in the Selected Short Stories of Alice Munro and Ruskin Bond

2. S. Srimathi – Children with Disability in the Select Works of Jean Little

3. C. Gowripriya – Eco-Socialistic Reading in the Selected Novels of Douglas Coupland

4. J. Banumathi – Disability Studies Reading in the Selected Works of Beverley Brenna

5. N. Lavanya – Refugee Narratives

Official website - www.avinuty.ac.in/

ORCID - 0000-0003-2594-721X

ResearcherID - anjumkhan_eng@avinuty.ac.in

• Principal Investigator, Dr. M. Anjum Khan, Ms. J. Banumathi

UGC Sponsored In-House Project - A Disability Scrutiny of Tamil Nadu English Text Book Class VI, VII, VIII

Books (2)

1. Khan, Anjum and Dr.S.Kalamani. Ethnic Silhouettes, M.G. Vassanji in the Light of New Historicism. New Delhi: AuthorsPress, 2016. ISBN 978-93-5207-103-6

2. J. Banumathi and Anjum Khan. Narrating Bodies: Reading Anosh Irani. Archers and Elivators, Bangalore 2019. ISBN: 978-93-88805-71-1

Book Chapters (7)

1.Khan, Anjum. “Theocracy Surrogating Secular Democracy: Vassanji’s The Assassin’s Song and Rushdie’s Shalimer The Clown.” in Reflections on Post-Independence Indian English Fiction edited by Arvind Nawale. New Delhi: Anmol Pvt. Ltd. 2011. 68-79. Print. (ISBN: 978-81-261-4647-5).

2. Khan, Anjum. “Aging or Old Age: A Mechanism of Disintegration in Anita Desai’s In Custody and Fasting, Feasting.” Anita Desai’s Fiction: a Study Through Different Perspectives edited by Arvind M. Nawale. Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corporation, 2011. 159-172. Print. (ISBN: 13:9788196467896).

3. Khan, Anjum. “Recreating Ethnical History: Reading Between the Lines in M. G. Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack.” Opinions and Critiques on World Renowned Literature edited by Beena Vinod Rathi. Jaipur: Vital, 2012. 36-44. Print. [ISBN: 978-93-80274-12-6].

4. Khan, Anjum. “Anita Brookner’s Hotel du Lac: An Odyssey of Edith’s silent Personal Transformation.” Booker Prize Winning Writers of The World: Estimation & Expression edited by Ashok K. Saini. Germany: LAP Academic Publishing GmbH & co, 2011. Print. (ISBN: 3846531693, 9783846531693 )

5. Khan, Anjum. “Decrypting Symbols: A Symbolic Reading of Mahesh Dattani’s Ek Alag Mausam.” Mahesh Dattani: His Stage Craft in Indian Theatre. Editted by Vishwanath Bite. New Delhi: Authors P, 2013. 182-94. Print. ISBN 978-81-7273-737-5

6. Khan, Anjum, “Leisure to Learning: Integrating Films in English Language Teaching” Research Ruminations: A Bouquet of Educational Thoughts. Coimbatore: Purbuttor Prakashan, India.2013 (73-88) ISBN: 978-93-82569-28-2

7. Khan, Anjum. “Blindness and Banishment in ‘Rapunzel’ and ‘The Son of Seven Queens’." Folklore Studies Local and Global. Prestige Books, 2019. 60-67. ISBN 978-81-943009-2-2

Journal Publications (36)

1. Khan, Anjum M. “Polarity, Incongruity, Animosity: Predicament of A Foster Community in M.G. Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack.” The Literary Criterion. xlvi.1 (2011): 35-49. Print. ISSN: 0024-452X, 2011. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anjum-M

2. Khan, Anjum. “The Transitional Political Climate: Anomic Immigrant Experience in M.G.Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack and The Book of Secrets.” published in Indian Journal of Postcolonial Literature: An International Refereed Journal, 11.2 (2011): 46-59. Print. [ISSN: 0974-7370]. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340477128_The_Transitional_Political_Climate_Anomic_Immigrant_Experience_in_MGVassanji%27s_The_Gunny_Sack_and_The_Book_of_Secrets

3. Khan, Anjum . “Apotheosis for Secularism, An Appraisal of Khoja Community in M. G. Vassanji’s A Place Within: Rediscovering India.” Writers Editors Critics (WEC) Bi-Annual Refereed Journal. 1.2 (2011): 11-17. Print. (ISSN: 2231-198X).

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4. Khan, Anjum. “Multiculturalism Conducing Eudaemonia: Empathising Shamsi Community in M. G. Vassanji’s No New Land.” International Journal on Multicultural Literature (IJML) Bi-annual Refereed Journal. 1.1 (2011): 99-106. Print. (ISSN: 2231-6248). https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anjum-M

5. Khan, Anjum M. “M. G. Vassanji: Realtor of Imaginary Estates and Anchor of Pragmatic Awareness.” Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies. Abstracted and Indexed at Library Reference Centre in EBSCO HOST, USA 3.2 (2012): 86-92. Print. [ISSN: 0976-0814]. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anjum-M

6. Khan, Anjum. “American Counter Culture: Eggression of Revolutionary Women in M. G. Vassanji’s Amriika.” Hermes 4.1(2011): 50-54. Print. [ISSN: 0975-3516]. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340488947_American_Counter_Culture_Eggression_of_Revolutionary_Women_in_M_G_Vassanji%27s_Amriika

7. Khan, Anjum M. “Beyond the Fictional Text Lies His Terrain: M. G. Vassanji.” Ruminations: A Bi-annual International Journal for Analysis and Research in Humanities and Social Sciences. 1.2 (2011): 161-167. Print. (ISSN: 229-6751).

8. Khan, Anjum. “The New Historicism: A diagnostic Practice.” Hermes 4.2(2012): 139-146. Print. [ISSN: 0975-3516]. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340488955_The_New_Historicism_A_diagnostic_Practice

9. Khan, Anjum. “Recycling History and Assembling Counter-Histories of the Shamsi Community in M. G. Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack and The Book of Secrets.” Quest: Inter-disciplinary Journal. 6.3 (Nov. 2012.): 552-60. Print. ISSN:0974-5041. https://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:quest&volume=6&issue=3&article=015

10. Khan, Anjum. “From Popular Culture to Collective Consciousness: A Pathway to Social Inclusion.” Progressive Outlook (Quarterly): A Refereed National Research Journal of Social Sciences. Vol.: IV, No.:1-A(Special Issue – Feb. 2014) ISSN: 2231-2358

11. Khan, Anjum. “Frozen Inhabitants and Living Habitat in Anita Rau Badami’s Tell it to the Trees.” Indian Journal of Postcolonial Literatures 14.1 (June 2014): 32-44. Print. [ISSN: 0974-7370].

12. Khan, Anjum, “The Narrative of Place in M. G. Vassanji’s No New Land and Monica, Ali’s Brick Lane” New Literary Horizons: A Peer Reviewed International Biannual Refereed Journal of Critical & Creative Writing in English. V.01 (June 2016) 20-28. ISSN – 2278-8255

13. Khan, Anjum and Kalamani, S. “Revitalising the Past and Homeward Odyssey In M.G. VASSANJI’s A Place Within: Rediscovering India” Research Highlights: Vol.25, No.2 146-151 April 2015. ISSN – 2231-2374

14. Khan, Anjum. “A Metropolitan Reading of Bangalore in Anjum Hasan’s Neti Neti.” Roots: A Peer Reviewed, Refereed & Quarterly Journal with Impact Factor. V.04 No.3 February 2018. P.4-8 ISSN: 2349-8684

15. Khan, Anjum. “Bait and Victim: A Study of Food in “Hansel and Gretel.” Transstellar: International Journal of English and Literature. Vol. 8 issue 6. (6^th dec. 2018) pp. 123-27. ISSN (P): 2249-6912. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328220597_Bait_and_Victim_A_Study_of_Food_in_Hansel_and_Gretel

16. Banumathi, J. and Anjum Khan. “The Cry of the Children, A Social Reading of Anosh Irani’s The Song of Kahunsha.” Bodhi: An international Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts, and Science: An Online Peer Reviewed-refereed and quarterly journal with Impact factor. By Center for Resource, Research and Publication Services, (CRRPS India). Apr. 2018. Vol. 2 Special Issue 11. PP. 80-82. EISSN: 2456-5571.

17. khan, Anjum. “Modern Cinderella: A feministic Reading of Sudha Murthy’s House of cards.” International journal of English language literature in Humanities. Vol. 7, issue 3. March 2019. ISSN[-2321-77065

18. Khan, Anjum. “A Far Cry from Arabia” Lady Aladdin.” Literary Endeavour UGC Approved Quarterly International Referred Journal of English Language, Literature and Criticism. Vol. 10 Special Issue No. 4 (January 2019) 82-84. ISSN” 0976299X

19. Khan, Anjum. “The Foster Homes in M. G. Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack and the Book of Secrets.” Literary Insight, A referreed International Journal. Vol. 10 Issue No. 1. (January 2019) 364-68. UGC Aproved Journal No. 49284. ISSN” 09756248

20. S. Srimathi and Dr. M. Anjum Khan. “Exclusion and Exile in Jean Little's From Anna.” LangLit An International Peer Reviewed Open Access Journal. 6.1 Aug. 2019. 373-377. ISSN 2349-5189

21. R.Jayasri and Anjum Khan. “Nature and Human Kinship in Alice Munro's ‘In Sight of the Lake.’” International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research (IJSER). 10.7 (July 2019) ISSN 2229-5518. https://www.ijser.org/researchpaper/Nature-and-Human-Kinship-in-Alice-Munros-In-Sight-of-the-Lake.pdf.

22. Banumathi J. and Anjum Khan. “More Than Meets The Eye: Reading Invisible Disabilities.” International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR) 6.2 June 2019. 297-300. E-ISSN 2348-1269

23. Srimathi S. and Anjum Khan. “Disability, Displacement and Performance in Jean Little’s From Anna.” International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR) 6.2 June 2019. 835-38. E-ISSN 2348-1269.

24. Khan, Anjum. “Blindness and Banishment in "Rapunzel" and "The Son of Seven Queens.” The Commonwealth Review (A bi-annual international refereed literary journal) 26.2. 2019. 6067. ISSN- 0974-0473

25. G. S. Varshene and Dr. M. Anjum Khan. “Patricia Grace’s “A Way of Talking”: A Commentary.” LangLit - An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal. 6.2 Nov. 2019. 40-44. ISSN 2349-5189

26. C.Gowripriya and Dr. M. Anjumkhan. “Capitalism and Ecological Crisis in Douglas Coupland’s Microserfs.” LangLit - An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal. 6.2 Nov. 2019. 65-68. ISSN 2349-5189

27. G. S. Varshene and Dr. M. Anjum Khan. “Everyday Life and Maori Culture: Reading Patricia Grace.” International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews – IJRAR. 6.2 June 2019. 163-66. E-ISSN 2348-1269

28. Khan, Anjum. “Science and Humanities in Michael Crichton's Sphere and Philip K. Dick's Adjustment Team.” The Atlantic Literary Review. 20.2 June, 2019. PP. 79-90. ISSN 0972-3269

29. Khan, Anjum. “A Disability Reading of Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Vision’.” Research Journal Of English (RJOE). 3.4 2018. PP. 9-14. ISSN: 2456-2696

30. Gowripriya, C. and Anjum Khan. “A New Cultural Glossary in Coupland’s Generation X: Tales For An Accelerated Culture.” International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR) - An International Peer Reviewed, Open Access Journal. 6.2 June 2019. PP. 461-68. E-ISSN 2348-1269, P- ISSN 2349-5138

31. Jayasri, R. and Anjum Khan. “Trunks and Twigs: A Tree Reading Of Ruskin Bond.” International Journal Of Research And Analytical Reviews (IJRAR) - An International Open Access Journal. 6.2 June 2019. PP. 478-91. E-ISSN 2348-1269, P- ISSN 2349-5138

32. Srimathi, S. and Anjum Khan. “Assistive Technology (AT): A Prelude to Better Inclusion.” Literary Herald - An International Refereed/Peer-reviewed English e-Journal. 5.4 December 2019. PP. 77-81. ISSN: 2454-3365

33. Banumathi, J. and Anjum Khan. “Beverley Brenna’s Wild Orchid: A Stigma Narrative.” Literary Herald - An International Refereed/Peer-reviewed English e-Journal. 5.5 Feb. 2020. PP. 1-7. ISSN: 2454-3365.

34. Jayasri, R. and Anjum Khan. “Rest in Peace: A Humanitarian Scrutiny of Ruskin Bond’s ‘The Funeral’.” Literary Herald - An International Refereed/Peer-reviewed English e-Journal. 5.5 Feb. 2020. PP. 90-93. ISSN: 2454-3365

35. Khan, Anjum. “The ‘Rest of the World’ In Vassanji’s Nostalgia.” Studies in Indian Place Names. 40.43 Feb. 2020. PP. 6-9. ISSN: 2394-3114

36. Khan, Anjum. “Disease, Desolation, and Death: A HIV Narrative in Mahesh Dattani’s ‘Ek Alag Mausam’.” EDU World - A Peer Reviewed/Refereed Journal of Education and Management. 25.1 (Mar.-Apr. 2018): 155-57. ISSN 2319-7129 UGC journal list number 64522

Conference Publications (11)

1. Khan, Anjum. “Screen Readers: a Revolutionised Itinerary in English Language Teaching.” Proceedings of the International Conference of Karunya University, 2^nd and 3^rd Dec. 2010: Language Development and Computing Methods: An Interdisciplinary Venture. Eds. J. Sundarsingh, Mohan S. and L. Ramamoorthy. Coimbatore: Garuda, 2010. 58-61. Print. [ISBN: 978-93-80769-00-4]

2. Khan, Anjum. “Canada, a Shangri-la for International Refugees in M. G. Vassanji’s No New Land.” Proceedings of the IACS National Symposium cum Seminar, 18^th and 19^th Dec. 2010: Ecology, Culture, Ethnicity & Literature: Canada and India. Ed. P. Selvam. Rajkot: Wide Margin, 2011. 28-35. Print. [ISBN: 978-81-909633-7-4].

3. Khan, Anjum M. “The Discourse of the Marginalised Immigrants: A New Historical Reading of M. G. Vassanji’s No New Land.” Abstracts of the Proceedings of the International Conference of Alagappa University, 4^th and 5^th Jan. 2011: Trends in Modern Literature: East and West. Ed. S. Subbiah. Pudukottai: Meera Pathipagam, 2011. 6-7. Print. [ISBN: 978-93-80481-04-3].

4. Khan, Anjum. “Entombed, yet, Alive: Ethnographic Assessment of Shamsi Community in M. G. Vassanji’s The Book of Secrets.” Proceedings of the UGC sponsored National Seminar of Nirmala College, 12^th & 13^th March 2012: Solidarity Amidst Cultural Diversity in World Literature. Coimbatore: Coimbatore Institute of Information Technology, 2012. 100-01. Print. [ISBN: 978-1-4507-6435-3].

5. Banumathi, J. and Anjum Khan. “A Cultural Study of the trans gender’s in Anosh Irani’s The Parcel” Shifting Grounds Gender, Community, culture and Development.,December 2017 26-30

6. Khan, Anjum, “Inclusive Education and Awakening at Collective Conscience” Proceedings of International Summit on Inclusion and Response to Intervention A Global Perspective 8-10, June 2016: [ISBN 978-93-85477-89-8].

7. Khan, Anjum, “Welcome Home! A Geographical reading of Dionne Brand’s Land to Light on” Proceedings of International Conference on Acculturation in the works of Millennium 11-12, Jan 2018: [ISBN 978-81-935892-2].

8. Khan, Anjum. “Fate to Free Will: Nazneen Ahmed in Monica Ali’s The Brick Lane.” Proceedings of 3^rd International Research Conference on Gender Conflicts as Evident in Contemporary English Literature. Published by KG College of Arts and Science. 2018. PP. 1-7. ISBN: 978-93-5311-291-63.

9. Khan, Anjum. “Fancy Dress: An Cinslive Tool for English Language Teaching.” Souvenier: 4rth International Seminar on Strategies of Teaching and Learning. Published by Tamizh Naatragnngaal. 2018. PP. 61-65. ISBN: 978-0-359-26035-5.

10. Khan, Anjum and B. Sindhu. “A Consumer Cultural Reading of Suchitra Bhattacharya’s White Power, Red Colour.” Proceedings of 2^nd International Research Conference on the Binding of Literature with Culture IRCBLC18. By KG College of Arts and Science. 2018. PP. 41-45. ISBN: 978-93-5279-342-6

11. Banumathi, J. and Anjum Khan. “A Cultural Appraisal of Transgender Community in Anosh Irani’s The Parcel.” Proceedings of 2^nd International Research Conference on the Binding of Literature with Culture IRCBLC18. By KG arts and Science. March 2018. PP. 1-5. ISBNN: 978-93-5279-342-6.

1. Presented Paper entitled “Vassanji’s The In-Between World of Vikram Lall: an Oscilloscope of Historical Panorama.” National Seminar on Historic and Economics Ideologies and Issues Immortalised in Literature. Organized by Department of English, Economics, History on 8 Feb 2010.

2. Presented Paper entitled “Drumming Cadences of Primitive man Ressonate Louder than Modern Melodies: Feud Between Technology and Ecology In J. M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians.” UGC sponsored National Conference on Eco-Economic and Ecocritical Issues Organized by Department of English and Economics, St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli on 5^th & 6^th March 2010.

3. Presented Paper entitled “Disoriented Orientals in M. G. Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack and The Book of Secrets.” UGC sponsored National Seminar on Globalisation and Marginalisation. Organized by PG Research Department of English, Vellalar College for Women (Autonomous), Erode on 9&10 Dec. 2010.

4. Presented Paper entitled “Canada, a Shangri-la for International Refugees in M. G. Vassanji’s No New Land.” IACS National Symposium cum Seminar on Canadian Studies: Ecology, Culture, Ethnicity and Literature: Canada and India. Organized by Indian Association for Canadian Studies & SNR Sons College, Coimbatore on 18^th and 19^th Dec. 2010.

5. Presented Paper entitled “Effigies of Revolutionised Women: the Zeitgeist of American Counter Culture in M. G. Vassanji’s Amriika.” National Level Seminar. Organized by Post Graduate Department of English, Kongunadu Arts and Science College, Coimbatore on 15 Feb 2011.

6. Presented Paper entitled “Decrypting Ethos: a New Historical Reading of M. G. Vassanji’s The Gunny Sack.” UGC sponsored National Seminar on Socio-Cultural Perspectives in English Literature. Department of English, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women on 17 Feb 2011.

7. Presented Paper entitled “An Earthly Inferno Far Ahead of Demise: Plight of HIV Infected Sufferers in Mahesh Dattani’s Ek Alag Mausam.” UGC sponsored National Seminar on Voice of the Marginalised in SAARC literature. Organized by Department of English, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore on 10 Feb 2012.

8. Presented Paper entitled “Entombed, yet, Alive: Ethnographic Assessment of Shamsi Community in M. G. Vassanji’s The Book of Secrets.” UGC sponsored National Seminar on Solidarity Amidst Cultural Diversity in World Literature. Organized by Research Department of English and Asian Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies, Chennai, Nirmala College for Women, Coimbatore on 12^th & 13^th March 2012.

9. Presented Paper entitled “Frozen Inhabitants and Living Habitat in Anita Rau Badami’s Tell it to the Tress.” UGC sponsored National seminar on Bioregional and Eco critical Discourses: Nature and Narration. Organized by Postgraduate and research department of English, Newman College, Thodupuzha on 23&24 January 2014.

10. Presented Paper entitled “Blind Men And An Elephant: Integrating New Historicism With Disability Studies.” A Two-Day National Conference on Literary Theories. Organized by PG & Research Department of English, St Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli on 03^rd & 04^th December 2015.

11. Presented Paper entitled “A Cultural Study of the Transgenders in Anosh Irani’s The Parcel.” National Seminar on Shifting Grounds: Gender, Community, Culture and Development. Organized by Faculty of Humanities, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore on 8^th December 2017.

12. Presented Paper entitled “Participated in One Day National Seminar on Promotion of Higher Education for Persons with Special Needs.” One Day National Seminar on Promotion of Higher Education for Persons with Special Needs. Organized by Department of Special Education and Department of English. Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore on 12^th December, 2017.

13. Presented Paper entitled “A Far Cry from Arabia: Lady Aladdin.” National Conference on Gender Discrimination (NCGD-2019). Organized by Dept. of English, Gandhi Arts and Science College on 23^rd Jan. 2019.

14. Presented Paper entitled “A Disability Reading of Maurice Meterlinck’s The Sightless.” National Conference on recent Discourses on Language and Literature. Organized by Dept. of English, Dr. NGP Arts and Science College on March 11, 2019.

15. Presented Paper entitled “The Rest o of the World in Vassanji’s Nostalgia.” Voicing the Voices of the Voiceless: Seeking Space through Literature. Organized by Department of English, Saraswathi Thyagaraj College on 25^th February 2020.

State Level

1. Presented Paper entitled “E Learning: an Add-on, No Stand-in.” State Level Seminar on Role of ICT in Providing Quality Education. Organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode on 6th & 7^th Jan 2012.

SEMINARS / WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:

1. Workshop on “Path Finder – Explore, Experiment, Elucidate Research: A Colloquium-2010” on 22^nd & 23^rd Dec. 2010 at Avinashilingam Deemed University for Women, Coimbatore.

2. UGC sponsored National Level Workshop on “Emerging Trends in New Literatures in English” on 4^th March 2011 at Avinashilingam Deemed University for Women, Coimbatore.

3. Research Convention titled “Research Ethics & Post Research Perspectives” on 10^th and 11^th Aug. 2011 at Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore.

4. UGC sponsored National Workshop on “Entrepreneurial Stimulation for Youth” held on 29 and 30 March, 2011 at Avinashilingam Deemed University for Women, Coimbatore.

5. Participated in the one day National Workshop on “Intellectual Property Right IPR – 2014” on March 15, 2014 (DST – CURIE Sponsored)

6. One Day National Workshop on Career Opportunities Through communication Skills For Visually Challenged Students, Department of English and Foreign Languages in Collaboration with Department of Extension and Career Guidance held on 2^nd September 2017

7. Participated in the workshop on Pesonality Development Programme for the Differently Abled on 23 Mar. 2019 jointly organized by Dept. of Special Ed. Avinasilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women and Rotary Club of Coimbatore Texcity.

• Member in ARVIC (Association for the Rights of Visually Challenged)

• Membership of RNIB, UK

• Vice President of VIUCTA

1. Best paper presenter award in an International conference (International Conference on Trends in Modern Literature: East and West)

2. Awarded “Women Exemplar Award 2014” for the outstanding contribution in the field of Education by ACC Limited

3. Awarded the title “Shakthi Sadhana” by Sudashi Magazine 2015

4. Awarded Excellent Achievement in Education & Literacy in spite of challenges by Rotary Club of Coimbatore – MONARKS on 20/01/18