Rajnish Mishra

Writer, Poet, Blogger, Academician

Rajnish Mishra has a PhD in English literature and he has been active in the areas of teaching, research
and writing for over a decade now. He has published twenty papers in scholarly journals and as chapters
in books and anthologies. Their details are:

1. Mishra, Rajnish. Puranic Narratives of Separation from the City of Kashi. Kruti: A Peer
Reviewed Multidisciplinary Research Journal. Vol 2, No. 2. ISSN: 2349-8358. December,
2016. pp. 23-31. Print. Refereed.
2. Mishra, Rajnish. Psychogeography and the Kashi Texts. Literaria Linguistica: A Journal of
Research in Literature, Linguistics and Language Teaching. Vol 1. Ed. Upendra Gami. ISSN:
2454-5228. July, 2015. pp. 60-65. Print. Refereed.
3. ---. The Picturesque Varanasi, its Imagined Topography and Autopolisphlia. Journal of
Perspective of Social Sciences and Humanities. Vol 2, No. 3. Ed. Hemant Kumar Singh. ISSN
2322-0325. June 2014. pp. 2-7. Print. Refereed.
4. ---. The Minority in Banaras: Intercommunity Power Friction and Heterogeneity. Voices.
Vol 4, No. 1. Ed. Rajul Bhargava. ISSN 2230-875X. April-May 2014. pp. 50-56. Print.
Refereed.
5. ---. Revisiting Macaulays Minute in a Postcolonial World. Post-colonial Pedagogical
Issues: Strategies, Theories and Practices in English Language Teaching. Ed. Binod Mishra
and Prashant Mishra. ISBN 978-81-8435-398-3. 2014. pp. 189-202. Print.
6. ---. Truth in Autobiography: Gandhis the Story of My Experiments with Truth. Voices.
Vol3, No. 2. Ed. Rajul Bhargava. ISSN 2230-875X. Feb-March 2013. pp. 3-12. Print.
Refereed.
7. ---. Truth in Autobiography: Rousseaus Confessions and Gandhis My Experiments with
Truth. Autobiographies, Biographies and Memoirs in English: Pristine Waves. Ed. Arvind
M. Nawale et. al. ISBN 978-93-81030-48-6. 2013. pp. 146-156. Print.
8. ---. Sea of Poppies: A Postcolonial Critique of the Past. The Fictional Craftmanship of
Amitav Ghosh. Ed. Arvind M. Nawale et.al. ISBN 978-81-7273-725-2. 2013. pp. 193-205.
Print.
9. ---. Sea of Poppies: Postcolonial Strands of the Commonwealth Literature. World English
Literature: Bridging Oneness. Ed. Arvind M. Nawale and Pinaki Roy. ISBN 978-81-7273-
705-4. January 2013. pp. 303-14. Print.
10. ---. Opium, History and Narration in River of Smoke. The Fiction of Amitav Ghosh: A
Critical Commentary. Ed. Vivekanand Jha. ISBN 978-81-269-1793-8. 2013. pp. 65-76. Print.
11. ---. Border, Violence and Amitav Ghoshs The Shadow Lines. The Fiction of Amitav
Ghosh: A Critical Commentary. Ed. Vivekanand Jha. ISBN 978-81-269-1793-8. 2013. pp.
239-246. Print.
12. ---. The Way of Heaven in Amitav Ghoshs River of Smoke. Perspectives on Ecocriticism.
Ed. Harish Mahanta. ISBN 978-93-5126-166-7. 2012. pp. 134-145. Print.
13. ---. History, Race and Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies. The Novels of Amitav Ghosh: An
Analytical Appraisal. Ed. Dr. Vivekanand Jha. ISBN 9789350500620. November 2012.
pp. 74-84. Print.
14. ---. The Forces of Light and Darkness in River of Smoke. The Novels of Amitav Ghosh:
An Analytical Appraisal. Ed. Dr. Vivekanand Jha. ISBN 9789350500620. November 2012.
pp. 211-218. Print.
15. ---. The Structural Role of Iago in Othello. Contemporary Issues in Language and
Humanities. Refereed. Ed. Sanjay Sanap. ISSN 2249-9792. Vol.2 Number II. June 2012. pp.
16-25. Print. Refereed.

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 16. ---. The Legacy of Macaulays Minutes. Voices. Refereed. Ed. Z. N. Patil. ISSN 2230-
875X. Vol.2 Number 2. April 2012. pp. 1-10. Print. Refereed.
17. ---. Indias Hidden Apartheid and the Poetry of a Dalit Woman Activist. Voices. Refereed.
Ed. Rajul Bhargava. ISSN 2230-875X. Vol.2 Number 1. April 2012. pp. 22-35. Print.
Refereed.
18. ---. Anger, Hatred and Pride in Dalit Indian Poetry. Ed. O. Antony. Full paper published in
the proceedings of the National Conference on Urban Catharsis, Lingayas University,
Faridabad. ISBN 978-81-909732-6-7. February 2012. CA 117. PDF.
19. ---. Postmodernism in Om Shanti Om. Journal of RASE. Refereed. Ed. Gautam Sharma.
Vol. 7. ISSN 0975-3419. November 2011. pp. 74-81. Print. Refereed.
20. ---. The Postcolonial Discourse and Socio-cultural Interrogation. Voices. Refereed. Ed.
Rajul Bhargava. ISSN 2230-875X. Vol.1 Number 2. September 2011. pp. 1-12. Print.
Refereed.

He has published more than a dozen books. Their details are:

1. Poetry Lives
2. Kashi: Sonnet Series on Varanasi
3. Ghats of Varanasi: Varanasi Walks 1
4. Lanes of Varanasi: Varanasi Walks 2
5. Varanasi in Books and Films:
6. India, English and Literature
7. Critical Perspectives on Amitav Ghoshs The Shadow Lines: Indian English Novels 1
8. Novels of Amitav Ghosh: Indian English Novels 2
9. Critical Perspectives on Salman Rushdies Midnights Children
10. Walk Your Way to Fitness: Scientifically Proven Ways to Your Fitness Goals by Just Walking
(Fitness Series Book 1)
11. Strength Training for Fitness: Proven Ways to Get Stronger and Feel Better (Fitness Series Book
2)
12. Lose Weight to Gain Fitness: Cut down Your Weight without Making Compromises on Your
Performance & How to Stay Motivated to Lose Weight (Fitness Series Book 3)
13. Nutrition for Fitness: All-Natural Ways to Plan your Diet without Complex Calculations (Fitness
Series Book 4)
14. Body Composition and Confidence for Fitness: Your Guide to Fitness through Body-Knowledge
(Fitness Series Book 5)
15. Fitness for You: Your Roadmap on the Golden Path to Holistic Health (Fitness Series Book 6)
16. Fitness for Women: A Woman's Guide to Life-Long Fitness (Fitness Series Book 7)
17. Ketogenic Diet: Ketogenic Diet 360 Degrees: The Ultimate Guide to Living the Ketogenic
Lifestyle
18. The Paleo/Caveman Lifestyle: Eat and Live Strong (Paleo Diet, Paleo Diet Recipes, Paleo Diet
for beginners, Paleo Diet Plan)

19. Knavery's Plain Face: Villains in William Shakespeares Tragedies

He has edited six anthologies. Their details are:

1. Fictional Transformation: Sahitya Academy Award Winning English Novels. Ed. Rajnish Mishra and
Vivekanand Jha. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2015. Print. ISBN 978-93-82647-05-8.
2. Indian Booker prize Winners: Resounding Researches and Insights. Ed. Rajnish Mishra and

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 Vivekanand Jha. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2015. Print. ISBN 978-81-7273-899-0.
3. Multilayered Literary Innovations: Sahitya Academy Award Winning English Novels. Ed. Rajnish
Mishra and Vivekanand Jha. New Delhi: Authorspress, 2014. Print. ISBN 978-93-82647-03-4.
4. Indian Booker Prize Winners: Images and Imaginations. Ed. Rajnish Mishra and Vivekanand Jha. New
Delhi: Authorspress, 2014. Print. ISBN 978-93-81030-74-5.
5. Indian Booker Prize Winners. Ed. Rajnish Mishra and Vivekanand Jha. New Delhi: B. R. Publishing
Corporation, 2013. Print. ISBN 13: 9789350501245.
6. Sahitya Akademi Award Winning Novels. Ed. Rajnish Mishra and Vivekanand Jha. New Delhi: B. R.
Publishing Corporation, 2013. Print. ISBN 13: 9789350501252.

He has published poems in various journals and magazines. Few of his poems can be read at the
following sites:
https://www.poemhunter.com/, https://allpoetry.com, https://www.instagram.com/rajnishmishravns/,
http://stanzaicstylings.blogspot.in,

His love for his city and his awareness of its effects on his psycho-social development led him to starting
his own blog: rajnishmishravns.wordpress.com in 2011. The blog features both his academic writing and
his writing on his city: the City of Light, Varanasi. Then, as he is a poet, and loves reading and talking
about other peoples poems too, he started another blog: https://poetrypoeticspleasure.wordpress.com/. He
runs an ezine: PPP Ezine to promote poetry and poets.