Research Interests: Nishi's areas of research are Coleridge, British Romantic Literature, Indian Writing in English, Literature of the Diaspora, Postcolonial Literature.

Publications

Academic

• 'The Telugu Short Story: A Brief Overview' in Pegasus, June 2010 (Collection 3). Eds. Sukanti Dutta & Siddhartha Biswas. Kolkata: Pegasus Press, 2010.
• “Dancing to the moonlight roundelay: Kubla Khan ”, Journal of the Department of English , vol. xxx , nos. 1&2, 2002-2003, pp. 27-34.
• “A Critique of the Six Versions of Coleridge's Dejection: An Ode ”, Essays and Studies , Jadavpur University , XVIII, 2004, pp. 41- 52.
• “Henry Louis Vivian Derozio”(1809-1831), Pegasus Special Issue: Indian Writing in English, April 2006, pp. 72-76.
• “Toru Dutt” The Literary Encyclopaedia , The Literary Dictionary Company. 6 March 2007 , http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1364.
• “The Poetry of the Dutts”, in The Indian ImagiNation: Colonial and Postcolonial Literature and Culture , ed. Somdatta Mandal, Creative Books, New Delhi , 2007, pp. 185- 192.
• “Henry Derozio”. The Literary Encyclopedia , 10 May. 2007. The Literary Dictionary Company. <http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1234.

General

• “Heart of the hills” with Aishika Chakraborty, The Statesman , 3 October 2001 , Kolkata
• “Small wonder,” The Statesman , 13 February 2002 , Kolkata.
• “Harvesting history,” The Statesman , 12 June 2002 , Kolkata.
• “Where the heart is,” The Statesman , 26 June 2002 , Kolkata.
• “Many vistas, many moods,” The Statesman , 6 November 2002 , Kolkata.
• “Where legends live on,” The Statesman , 1 January 2003 , Kolkata.
• “Weekend Wonder,” The Statesman , 30 July 2006 , Kolkata.
• “Temples Galore,” The Statesman , 12 November 2006 , Kolkata.
• “ Holiday in the Himalayas ,” Boloji.com, http://www.boloji.com/travels/052.htm.
• “Tapestry of Life,” The Statesman , 25 March, 2007 , Kolkata.
• “The Poetry of Manmohan Ghose,” Boloji.com, http://www.boloji.com/poetry/articles/019.htm.
• “Spellbound in Murshidabad,” The Statesman , 27 May, 2007, Kolkata.
• “Glorious Land,” The Statesman , 1 July, 2007 , Kolkata.

Publications in Bengali (translated, from my English articles, by the editor of Ikkhon)

• “ The Lyrical Ballads - er Dwishotoborsho Prosonge,” (On the Bicentenary of the Lyrical Ballads ), Harappa , 5 th year, 1406, Kolkata, pp. 27-30.
• “Marquezer ‘magic realism',” (The Magic Realism of Marquez) Ikkhon , 1 st year, No.2, October 2000, Kolkata, Kolkata, pp. 34-36.
• “Salman Rushdier ‘ Midnight 's Children',” (Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children ) Ikkhon, 2 nd Year, No.2, April 2001, Kolkata, pp. 75-77.
• “Kolpobigyaner samajtotwa,” (On Magic Realism) Ikkhon , 2 nd year, No.4, January 2002, Kolkata, pp. 131-133.
• “Uttar-uponibeshik uponyase porichoyer sankot,” (The Crisis of Identity in the Postcolonial Novel) Ikkhon , 3 rd year, No.3, October 2002, Kolkata, pp. 116-117.
• “Uttar-uponibeshik uponyase porichoyer sankot,” (The Crisis of Identity in the Postcolonial Novel) Ikkhon, 3 rd year, No. 4, January 2003, Kolkata, pp. 153-155.
• “Uttar-uponibeshik uponyase porichoyer sankot,” (The Crisis of Identity in the Postcolonial Novel) Ikkhon , 4 th year, No.1, April 2003, Kolkata, pp. 77-80.
• “Uttar-uponibeshik uponyase porichoyer sankot,” (The Crisis of Identity in the Postcolonial Novel) Ikkhon , 4 th year, No. 2, July 2003, Kolkata, pp. 84-86.
• “Shotoborshe Orwell,” (On the Centenary of Orwell) Ikkhon , 4 th year, No.3, October 2003, Kolkata, pp. 16-19.
• “Uttar-uponibeshik uponyase porichoyer sankot,” (The Crisis of Identity in the Postcolonial Novel) Ikkhon , 4 th year, No.4, January 2004, Kolkata, pp.66-68 .
• “Notun Kobi Dom Moraes” (The New Poet: Dom Moraes), Ikkhon , 5 th year, no.2, July 2004, Kolkata, pp. 106-108.
• “Bhorer Pakhi Toru Dutt (The Bird of Dawn Toru Dutt)”, Ikkhon , 5 th year, no. 3, October 2004, Kolkata, pp. 20-26.
• “Amitav Ghosher Sundarbaner Kabya”, (Amitav Ghosh's Poetry on the Sundarbans), Ikkhon , 5 th year, no. 4, January 2005, pp.92-95.
• “Things Fall Apart: Ek Jugantakari Afrikar Upanyas”, ( Things Fall Apart : A Revolutionary African Novel), Ikkhon , 6 th year, no.1, April 2005, Kolkata, pp. 70-75.
• “Kasiprasad Ghose: Protham Indo-Anglian Kabi”, (Kasiprasad Ghose: The First Indo-Anglian Poet), Ikkhon , 6 th year, no. 2, July 2005, pp. 96-100.
• “Madhusudhander Ingrezi Kabya,” (The English Poetry of Michael Madhusudhan Dutt) Ikkhon , 6th year, no. 3, October 2005, pp. 104- 108.
• “Rambaganer Dutta Paribar,” (The Dutts of Rambagan”), Ikkhon , 7th year, no. 1, April 2006, Kolkata, pp. 105-108.
• “Derozior Kabitai Romantikota” (Romantic Elements in the Poetry of Derozio), Ikkhon , 7th year, no. 2, July 2006, Kolkata, pp. 106-109.
• “Raja Rao Smarane” (In Memory of Raja Rao), Ikkhon , 7th year, no. 3, October 2006, Kolkata, pp. 145-148.
• “Manmohan Ghose: Ek Byatikromi Bharatiya Ingrej Kobi” (Manmohan Ghose: An Exceptional India Poet in English), Ikkhon , 7th year, no. 4, January 2007, pp. 146- 148.
• “Bharoter Nightingale: Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949)” (The Nightingale of India: Sarojini Naidu (1879-1949)), Ikkhon , 8th year, no. 1, April 2007, Kolkata, pp. 131-134