Dr. Hemendra Singh Chandalia is a Professor of English at Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth (University).He has seventeen books and about thirty five research papers to his credit. Three collections of his poems namely Safar Se Purv (1991),Sirf Swapna Nahin hei Sonchirayya(1998) and Mein Tumhe Bhula Kahan hun Mahasaagar(2014)have been published. His major books include Script to Screen : The Progressive Vision of Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (2014), Tribal Literature , Culture and Knowledge Systems ( 2018) and Killing Gandhi, Living Gandhi ( 2020). Two works of translation namely Swatantrata Sangraam mein Bheetarghaat ( from English to Hindi) and Obeisance through Body, Obeisance through Mind(From Hindi to English)  are also published. In March, 2017 he was appointed as the President  of India’s Nominee in the Court of Banaras Hindu University for a term of three years. Prof. Chandalia has visited Sri Lanka, Peoples Republic of China and Thailand in pursuance of his academic interest. He can be contacted at hemchandalia@gmail.com.

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• Poetry of Compassion from Rajasthan