Publications

Edited Books


2021. Alternative Horizons in Linguistics. A Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Panchanan Mohanty. Munich, Germany: Lincom Europa. ISBN 9783969390269.

2021. Indradhanush of Ideas in Language, Literature and Translation. Papers in Honour of Prof. Panchanan Mohanty. Munich, Germany: Lincom Europa. ISBN 9783969390276.

2020. The Interplays of Language, Society and Culture. Mysore: CIIL, Mysore & LSI, Pune. ISBN 978-81-946499-8-4

2020. Queries in the Structure of Language. Mysore: CIIL, Mysore & LSI, Pune. ISBN 978-81-946499-7-7

2020. Trends in Applied Linguistics and Language in Use. Mysore: CIIL, Mysore & LSI, Pune. ISBN 978-81-946499-9-1

2018. Balramayana. Urdu translation of Balramayana. Hyderabad: EMESCO

2017. The History of Translation in India. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISBN 9788173421890

2014. Multidisciplinary Research: The Pedagogical Benchmarks. Hyderabad: Bonfring. ISBN 9789383459711

2012. Coalescence: A Post Conference Publication cum Linguistics Students' Resource Book. Hyderabad: Pothi.com. (Co-edited with Abhijit Debnath). ISBN 9788192117843

2012. Vaagartha: A Festschrift for Prof. Padmakar R. Dadegaonkar. Hyderabad: Impressions Print. (Co-edited with Shivarama Padikkal). ISBN 9789350876916

Edited Journals

2024. Edited Volume 18, Issue 2 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2024. Edited Volume 18, Issue 1 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2023. Edited Volume 17, Issue 2 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2023. Edited Volume 17, Issue 1 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2022. Edited Volume 16, Issue 2 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2022. Edited Volume 16, Issue 1 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2021. Edited Volume 15, Issue 2 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2021. Edited Volume 15, Issue 1 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2020. Edited Volume 14, Issue 2 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2020. Edited Volume 14, Issue 1 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2019. Edited Volume 13, Issue 2 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2019. Edited Special Thematic Issue titled Translation, Nation and Knowledge Society. Volume 13, Issue 1 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740. 

2018. Edited Volume 12, Issue 2 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2018. Edited Volume 12, Issue 1 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2017. Edited Volume 11, Issue 2 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2017. Edited Volume 11, Issue 1 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

2016. Edited Volume 10, Issue 2 of Translation Today, National Translation Mission, Central Institute of Indian Languages. ISSN 0972-8740

Research papers/articles

2025. Remakes as translation: A case study of the Indian remake of the Mind Your Language series. Cadernos De Tradução, 45(Special Issue 1), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7968.2025.e105461  

2022. Translation, Interpretation and Adaptation of Humorous Texts: Some Conceptual Issues. In Sheikh, Mohammad Aejaz & Rana, Shalini (eds.). Translation Trails. Delhi: Authors Press. pp.64-84

2021. Mind Your Language Series from the Standpoints of Applied Linguistics and Humour Studies. Talenta: Local Wisdom, Social and Arts (LWSA). Volume 4(2). TALENTA Publisher. pp. 18-23. https://doi.org/10.32734/lwsa.v4i2.1186 

2021. The Naskh/Nasta`liq script: An evaluation of its native-foreign dichotomy, learnability issues and proposals for reform. In Khan, Tariq (ed.). Alternative Horizons in Linguistics. Munchen, Germany: Lincom Europa. pp. 339-352

2019. Variations in Bhojpuri: A sociolinguistic study. In Shailendra Kumar Singh & Sweta Sinha (ed.). Linguistic Ecology: Bihar. Munchen, Germany: LINCOM Europa. Pages 60-71.

2016. Book review on Understanding Language Through Humor by Chris Holcomb and Stanley Dubinsky. In Tanmoy Bhattacharya (ed.). Indian Linguistics. Volume 76(3-4). 119-121. Pune: Linguistic Society of India.

2015. Humorous Headlines or Forced Reinterpretations? Some Reflections on The Faking News and The Unreal Times. Global Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies. Volume 4(3) 155-171.

2014. Revisiting the Interdisciplinarity of Linguistics in Indian Universities. In Khan, Tariq (ed.). Hyderabad: Bonfring.

2014. Book review on Meaning and Humour by Andrew Goatly. In Imtiaz Hasnain (ed.). Indian Linguistics. Volume 75(3-4) 255-257. Pune: Linguistic Society of India.

2014. The Names of Virtual Communities: A Linguistic and Socio-Onomastic Analysis. Global Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies. Volume 3(9). 456-465

2013. Linguistic and Extra-Linguistic Factors in Bilingual Texting. In Interdisciplinary Journal of Linguistics. Published by the University of Kashmir. Volume 6. 125-138. (Co-authored with Deepa V. and Panchanan Mohanty).

2013. Book review on Introducing Sarlaa Mahaabhaarata by B. N. Patnaik. In Imtiaz Hasnain (ed.). Indian Linguistics. Volume 75(1-2). Pune: Linguistic Society of India.

2013. Death by Disowning: An Account of words and expressions That Will Die. In Ganeshan M. (ed.). Language Endangerment in South Asia. Vol. 1. 2013. (Co-authored with Panchanan Mohanty.)

2013. Linguistic Interest of Verbal Myths. In Gurpreet Kaur (ed.) Language and Society. Ropar: Bhaddal Tech. Publications.

2012. Optimizing Humor in Language Classrooms. In Padikkal, Shivarama & Tariq Khan. Vaagartha. Hyderabad: Impression Print.

2012. The Cooperative Pursuits of Linguistics and Humor. In Debnath, Abhijit & Tariq Khan (eds.), Coalescence. Hyderabad: Pothi.com.

2012. Focus Particles and Ambiguity Resolution in Bangla and Hindi-Urdu. In Debnath, Abhijit & Tariq Khan (eds.), Coalescence. Hyderabad: Pothi.com.

2010. Verbal Humor As New Vistas of Sciencing Language. In C. Sivashanumugam & V. Thayalan (eds.). Greater Heights in Linguistics. Department of Linguistics. Bharathiar University.

2009. Using Levins Verb Classification for Prepositional Sense Selection in English to Indian Language MT. In Proceedings of the Conference on Language Technology (CLT 09). Lahore. (With Samar Hussain et al.).


Self-learning Modules/Pedagogical Materials

2022. Published PG-level SLM titled Word Formation, Morphemes and Allomorphs for Directorate of Distance Education, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad

2022. Published PG-level SLM titled Morphology for Directorate of Distance Education, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad

2022. Published UG-level SLM titled Introduction to British Drama for Directorate of Distance Education, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad: https://manuu.edu.in/dde/sites/default/files/DDE/DDE-SelfLearnmaterial/7-nov-2022/BA%203rd%20Sem%20English.pdf

2017. Wrote PG-level content for the module Basic Concepts in Linguistics for UGC- ePGP-Pathshala. Available online at https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/Home/ViewSubject?catid=13.


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