EFLU

Dr. Chinnadevi Singadi

Associate Professor

Department

Indian and World Literatures

School

Literary Studies

Contact Details

: chinnadevi@efluniversity.ac.in

Academic Details

Academic qualifications: S.No.

Degree/Diploma

University

1

PhD.

Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur.

2

MA in English

Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur.

3

SLET
Brief bio note: Chinnadevi Singadi is Associate Professor in the Department of Indian and World Literatures at The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. She graduated in English from Goa University and holds an MA in English and a Doctoral Degree in English from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur. She also holds a Post Graduate Certificate and a Post Graduate Diploma in Teaching of English from the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (now EFL University), Hyderabad. Her areas of specialization are World Literatures, New Literatures, Women’s Writing, Modern/Postmodern Fiction and Holocaust Writing. She is also proficient in Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi & Konkani and can also converse in Tamil. She is a poet, songwriter and translator and her wide range of publications include research articles, book reviews, travel essays and poems, as well as a collection of ghazals in a mellifluous blend of Hindi and Urdu titled Ishq ka Asar: Songs of Love. Her most popular reviews have been “Languages of Truth: Salman Rushdie’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ for Art” and “Salman Rushdie’s Quichotte: A Hall of Mirrors”. She is a regular contributor to The Punch Magazine. She was DAAD Visiting Fellow at Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany in 2013.
Thrust areas of interest and research: World Literatures, Postcolonial Literatures, Modernism, Postmodernism, Women’s Writing, Feminism, Cosmopolitanism, Holocaust Studies, Translation
Research articles published in peer reviewed journals with ISSN no.: S.No.

Title of the journal with ISSN no.

1

Singadi, Chinnadevi, and N Rama Devi Murru. “Capitalism of the Twenty-First Century: The Seduction and Subjection of Women.” Seduction of Feminism: The Masquerades of Global Capitalism, edited by and Chinnadevi Singadi and N Rama Devi Murru, Authorspress, 2022, pp. 15–36.

2

Singadi, Chinnadevi, and Sreya Mukherjee. “Market Mayhem around Menstruation: The Commoditization of Menstruation and Menstrual Products.” Seduction of Feminism: The Masquerades of Global Capitalism, edited by Chinnadevi Singadi and N Rama Devi Murru, Authorspress, 2022, pp. 120–142.

3

Solanki, Megha, and Chinnadevi Singadi. “Women in Advertisements Today: Portraits of Skewed Empowerment.” Seduction of Feminism: The Masquerades of Global Capitalism, edited by Chinnadevi Singadi and N Rama Devi Murru, Authorspress, 2022, pp. 204–221.

4

Singadi, Chinnadevi, and Sreya Mukherjee. “Elusive History Ambivalent Memory: The Unconventional Treatment of History and Memory in Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient.” Language Forum, vol. 48, no. 1-2, 2022, pp. 44–58, ISSN 0253-9071.

5

Singadi, Chinnadevi, and Abhirami A. “A Postmodern Reading of Quichotte by Salman Rushdie.” Language Forum, vol. 48, no. 1–2, 2022, pp. 19–27, ISSN 0253-9071.

6

Singadi, Chinnadevi, and Gangothri T. "Documenting History, Storying Childhood: An Analysis of Khaled Hosseini's Kite Runner. " Literary Miscellany: An International Journal of Literary Studies , vol.10, no. 1-2, 2022, pp. 59-68, ISSN 2320-8759.

7

Singadi, Chinnadevi, and Shabnur Parveen. "Countering the Orientalist Discourse: Translation as Postcolonial Resistance in The Translation by Leila Aboulela." _Quote Unquote: International Journal of Language, Humanities & Management , vol. 9, no. 1-2, 2022, pp. 129-141,ISSN 2320-8759.

8

Singadi, Chinnadevi, and Akshita Bhardwaj. "Ecofeminism and the Politics of Meat Eating in The Vegetarian” by Han Kang. Literaria: An International Journal of New Literatures Across the World, no. 1-2, 2022, pp. 72-83, ISSN 2229-4600.

9

Singadi, Chinnadevi, and Chippy Abraham. "Beautiful Black and Dignified Dalit: A Comparative Study of Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings & Baby Kamble's The Prisons We Broke." Creative Forum: Journal of Literary & Critical Writings, vol. no. 35, 2022, pp. 67-76, ISSN 0975-6396.

10

Singadi, Chinnadevi, and Malvika Lobo. “Beyond Cartography: The Unmappable in Anthony Minghella’s Cinematic Representation of Michael Ondaatje’s ‘The English Patient’.” Open Eyes, vol. 19, no. 1, June 2022, pp. 84–90, ISSN: 2249-4332.

11

Singadi, Chinnadevi. “Ari Gautier’s The Thinnai breaks new ground in Franco-Indian Dalit writing” Dec 28, 2021, https://thepunchmagazine.com/the-byword/review/ari-gautier-amp-rsquo-s-the-thinnai-breaks-new-ground-in-franco-indian-dalit-writing

12

Singadi, Chinnadevi. “Rohit Trilokekar’s The Perfect Outside: Unboxing Life into the Imperfect ‘Inside’”, Oct. 152021,https://thepunchmagazine.com/the-byword/review/rohit-trilokekar-amp-rsquo-s-the-perfect-outside-unboxing-life-into-the-imperfect-amp-lsquo-inside-amp-rsquo

13

Singadi, Chinnadevi. “Languages of Truth: Rushdie’s ‘Noah’s Ark’ for Art.” The Punch Magazine. May 31, 2021. https:// thepunchmagazine.com/the-byword/review/languages-of-truth-rushdie-amp-rsquo-s-amp-ldquo-noah-amp-rsquos-ark-amp-rdquo-for-art

14

Singadi, Chinnadevi. “Monuments to War,” “No Water Broke,” and “I seek No Justice.” Earth Fire Water Air: An Anthology of Poems.” Anita Nahal, New Delhi: Authors Press, February, 2021, 345-348, ISBN 978-93- 90588- 83-1

15

Singadi, Chinnadevi. “ Plains of Paradise”, “You Walked Me,” “Faith.” Stefan Bohdan, Third Eye Butterfly Press, Florida, USA 2021

16

Singadi, Chinnadevi. “Letter to Medusa” Letters — from Here to Hereafter, An International Anthology 2021, Monica Mastrantonio. January 2021, 25-27. https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/various-authors/letters-from-here-to-hereafter/ebook/ product-qwpnk9.html?page=1&pageSize=4

17

Singadi, Chinnadevi. “If Saleem Sinai had a Facebook Account: Revisiting the Postcolonial Puzzle in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children”. Postcoloniality in Transition: Essays on Cosmopolitanism, Transnationalism and Globalisation, Ed. Ramadevi Murru, Chennai: Norton Press, 2020, 236-242. ISBN: 978-1-64783-490-6

18

Singadi, Chinnadevi. “Salman Rushdie’s Quichotte: A Hall of Mirrors.” Review of Rushdie’s latest novel Quichotte) The Punch Magazine. 22 Sep. 2019. http://thepunchmagazine.com/the-byword/review/salman-rushdie-amp-rsquo-s-quichotte-a-hall-of-mirrors

19

Singadi, Chinnadevi. “Resurrected Ruins: The ‘Canaletto View’ of Dresden Today.” The Punch Magazine. 1 Nov. 2016. http://thepunchmagazine.com/culture/travel/resurrected-ruins-amp-quot-the-canaletto-view-amp-quot-of-dresden-today.

20

Singadi, Chinnadevi. “To the Lion Monument” (poem in World War I Revisited: Perspectives and Resonances, EFL University Press, April 2016, ISBN 9789380425054

21

Singadi, Chinnadevi. “Celebration of Colonial Practices in Shakespeare’s The Tempest” in Global World of Shakespeare: Translations, Adaptations, Transformations, Prestige Books International, New Delhi ,July 2015, ISBN 9789382186625

22

Singadi, Chinnadevi. “The God of Small Things: Arundhati Roy’s ‘Made in India’ Booker-boiler” in the critical anthology titled Postliberalization Indian Novels in English: Politics of Global Reception and Awards published. (Anthem Press, London, 2014, ISBN 9780857285645)
Books authored, edited, chapters in books with ISBN no.: Sl.No.

Books authored, edited.

1

Singadi, Chinnadevi. Seduction of Feminism: The Masquerades of Global Capitalism. Eds. Chinnadevi Singadi and N Rama Devi Murru. AuthorsPress International. 2022. ISBN 9789355290748

2

Singadi, Chinnadevi. Resisting the Onslaught of Postmodern Paranoia: John Gardner versus American Fiction. Amazon Kindle. June 2020. ASIN: BO8B4XSZJ5

3

Singadi, Chinnadevi. Ishq Ka Asar: Songs of Love (a collection of ghazals and songs in a blend of Hindi and Urdu) in January 2013 (Power Publishers, ISBN 9789382792000).

4

Wrote the unit “Salman Rushdie and the Emergence of Postmodernism” for the module Indian Writing in English for PGDTE course (distance mode), EFL University

5

Wrote 1 chapter on the novel Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf for the Distance Education Study Material for BA English of BR Ambedkar Open University, (BRAOU) Hyderabad

6

Reviewed Sahityabharati, course books in English Literature for Classes XI (2010) and XII (2011) introduced for the first time ever in the country by the State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Maharashtra

7

Reviewed Yuvakbharati, course books in English Language for Classes XI (2012) and XII (2013) for the State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education

Chapters in books with ISBN no.
Research projects (ongoing and completed): ⚽
Administrative responsibilities: ⚽ Member of the Department Council

⚽ Member of the Board of Studies

⚽ Advisory Committee Member (Research)
Professional affiliations (membership, editorial board, etc.,): ⚽

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Awards and recognitions: ⚽ Was Visiting Fellow at the Institute of English and American Studies, Technische Universitӓt Dresden (TUD), Dresden, Germany, under the DAAD schedule in 2013 where I offered two comprehensive courses in the area of Postcolonial Studies titled Glimpses of India & Reading India and a sideline titled Contemporary Indian Cinema