Ajay Sekher
Dr Ajay S Sekher is an Associate Professor of English at SSUS Kalady, Kerala. He is a research supervisor and has successfully guided and produced six PhDs, nine M Phils and numerous MA Dissertations so far. He is also the founder-coordinator of the Centre for Buddhist Studies (CBS) at SSUS Kalady functioning from early 2020. He is a Governing Board Member of the Kerala State Encyclopaedia Institutie Trivandrum. Also a member of the Board of Studies in English at MA College Kotamangalam.
Ajay S Sekher (1976) has an M A and Ph D (2007) in English from M G University, Kottayam, Kerala. His doctoral research deals wih the representation of caste and gender margins in postcolonial Indian fiction in various modern Indian languages and in English. He has published articles and translations on literature and culture in English and Malayalam in leading journals including The Economic and Political Weekly (2003 & 2006) and Indian Literature. He has also taught at S S University, Kalady (2004-08) and School of Letters, M G University (2008-09) as a guest lecturer. He has been teaching at PG level for the last 20 years altogether. Dr Ajay S Sekher is currently Associate Professor of English at S S University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala. He has also served formerly as Assistant Professor of English at Government College, Thrissur (2011-12) and Govt College Kasaragod (2010-11).
Ajay S Sekher's recent published titles include:
Representing the Margin: Caste and Gender in Indian Fiction. Delhi: Kalpaz/Gyan, 2008.
Writing in the Dark: A Collection of Malayalam Dalit Poetry. Mumbay: Vikas Adhyayan Kendra, 2008. (Translation)
Unknown Subjects: Songs of Poykayil Appachan. Kottayam: PRDS, 2007. (Translation)
Samskaram, Prathinidhanam, Prathirodham: Samskara Rashtreeyathilekkulla Kuripukal. Mavelikara: Fabian, 2009.
Irutile Kali. Pathanamthitta: Prasakti, 2007. (Trans. of Toni Morrison’s Playing in the Dark)
Neelimayeriya Kannukal. Kottayam: D C Books, 2009. (Tans. of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye)
Sahodaran Ayyappan: Towards a Democratic Future. Calicut: Other Books, 2012.
Dr B R Ambedkar. Kottayam: SPCS/NBS, 2015.
Putan Keralam: Kerala Samskaratinte Baudha Atithara. Trivandrum: Kerala Bhasha Institute, 2018.
Kerala Navodhanam: Putu Vayanakal. Edited with SR Chandramohanan. Tvm: Raven Books, 2017.
Buddhism and Kerala. Sankaracharya University Press, 2021 and 2023.
Ajay Sekher is also interested in Photography and Painting. He has done group and solo shows of painting in Kochi, Kalady, Calicut, Trichur, Kottayam and Chennai.
Email: [email protected]
website: www.ajaysekher.net
Mobile: +91 9895797798
Supervisors: Ajay S Sekher did his PhD under the supervision of Prof Dr P P Raveendran at School of Letters MGU Kottayam.
Phone: +919895797798
Address: Dr. Ajay S. Sekher
Assistant Professor of English
S S University Kalady, Kerala 683 574
Tirunavaya P O
Kerala, India, Pin 676 301
Ajay S Sekher (1976) has an M A and Ph D (2007) in English from M G University, Kottayam, Kerala. His doctoral research deals wih the representation of caste and gender margins in postcolonial Indian fiction in various modern Indian languages and in English. He has published articles and translations on literature and culture in English and Malayalam in leading journals including The Economic and Political Weekly (2003 & 2006) and Indian Literature. He has also taught at S S University, Kalady (2004-08) and School of Letters, M G University (2008-09) as a guest lecturer. He has been teaching at PG level for the last 20 years altogether. Dr Ajay S Sekher is currently Associate Professor of English at S S University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala. He has also served formerly as Assistant Professor of English at Government College, Thrissur (2011-12) and Govt College Kasaragod (2010-11).
Ajay S Sekher's recent published titles include:
Representing the Margin: Caste and Gender in Indian Fiction. Delhi: Kalpaz/Gyan, 2008.
Writing in the Dark: A Collection of Malayalam Dalit Poetry. Mumbay: Vikas Adhyayan Kendra, 2008. (Translation)
Unknown Subjects: Songs of Poykayil Appachan. Kottayam: PRDS, 2007. (Translation)
Samskaram, Prathinidhanam, Prathirodham: Samskara Rashtreeyathilekkulla Kuripukal. Mavelikara: Fabian, 2009.
Irutile Kali. Pathanamthitta: Prasakti, 2007. (Trans. of Toni Morrison’s Playing in the Dark)
Neelimayeriya Kannukal. Kottayam: D C Books, 2009. (Tans. of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye)
Sahodaran Ayyappan: Towards a Democratic Future. Calicut: Other Books, 2012.
Dr B R Ambedkar. Kottayam: SPCS/NBS, 2015.
Putan Keralam: Kerala Samskaratinte Baudha Atithara. Trivandrum: Kerala Bhasha Institute, 2018.
Kerala Navodhanam: Putu Vayanakal. Edited with SR Chandramohanan. Tvm: Raven Books, 2017.
Buddhism and Kerala. Sankaracharya University Press, 2021 and 2023.
Ajay Sekher is also interested in Photography and Painting. He has done group and solo shows of painting in Kochi, Kalady, Calicut, Trichur, Kottayam and Chennai.
Email: [email protected]
website: www.ajaysekher.net
Mobile: +91 9895797798
Supervisors: Ajay S Sekher did his PhD under the supervision of Prof Dr P P Raveendran at School of Letters MGU Kottayam.
Phone: +919895797798
Address: Dr. Ajay S. Sekher
Assistant Professor of English
S S University Kalady, Kerala 683 574
Tirunavaya P O
Kerala, India, Pin 676 301
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https://www.amazon.in/Sahodaran-Ayyappan-Towards-Democratic-Future/dp/9380081189
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The counter hegemonic and radical subversive acts against dominant and elitist culture are carried forward by little but deviant epistemological practices. Challenging and continuously destabilizing and rewriting existing notions of culture, polity and society are part of the democratic cultural politics. Expressing and marking the difference of historical and social experience and the politics of subject formation are also part of this practice in a society where slavery and extreme forms of brutal marginalization were practiced for many millenniums.
Cultural elitist discourses, transcendental mysticism or dogmas, hegemonic notions or practices of culture are rejected and critiqued. The themes varies from literature to film and music to pop culture. The work is a collection of critical essays and notes written and published in leading journals in Malayalam like Bhashaposhini, Mathrubhumy, Madhyamam, Kalakaumudi, Pachakuthira, Suchakam etc in the last decade. It is divided into two parts. The first part includes essays on literature and the second part includes essays dealing with pop film, music, art and visual culture. The book also contains a foreword by Prof. P P Raveendran. It is published by Fabian Books, Mavelikara.
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Papers by Ajay Sekher
https://www.amazon.in/Sahodaran-Ayyappan-Towards-Democratic-Future/dp/9380081189
For buying and reading online preview visit google reads or use the link info:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35333486-representing-the-margin
The counter hegemonic and radical subversive acts against dominant and elitist culture are carried forward by little but deviant epistemological practices. Challenging and continuously destabilizing and rewriting existing notions of culture, polity and society are part of the democratic cultural politics. Expressing and marking the difference of historical and social experience and the politics of subject formation are also part of this practice in a society where slavery and extreme forms of brutal marginalization were practiced for many millenniums.
Cultural elitist discourses, transcendental mysticism or dogmas, hegemonic notions or practices of culture are rejected and critiqued. The themes varies from literature to film and music to pop culture. The work is a collection of critical essays and notes written and published in leading journals in Malayalam like Bhashaposhini, Mathrubhumy, Madhyamam, Kalakaumudi, Pachakuthira, Suchakam etc in the last decade. It is divided into two parts. The first part includes essays on literature and the second part includes essays dealing with pop film, music, art and visual culture. The book also contains a foreword by Prof. P P Raveendran. It is published by Fabian Books, Mavelikara.
vak@[email protected] www.vakindian.org