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The South Asian Review is an international scholarly forum for the study of South Asian Languages an

The journal welcomes analytical and critical articles of 15-25 pages that are double-spaced, prepared in the MLA style, and accompanied by a brief abstract and biographical note. Essay topics must concern South Asian languages and literatures in a broad cultural context. We invite healthy and constructive dialogue on issues pertaining to South Asia, but the thrust of the dialogue must be literatur

e and the sister arts. The journal welcomes critical and analytical essays on any aspect or period of South Asian literature (ancient, precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial). SAR is open to all ideas, positions, and critical and theoretical approaches. Recognizing the linguistic and cultural diversity of the subcontinent, we particularly welcome essays in intercultural, comparative, and interdisciplinary studies in the humanities. The journal is also interested in essays on music, painting, sculpture, architecture, and related fields. The following areas are of special interest to the journal: South Asian Literatures; South Asian Languages; South Asian Studies; South Asian Culture; South Asian Diaspora; Comparative Aesthetic; Literary Theory; Cultural Studies; Colonial Studies; Postcolonial Studies; Comparative Literature; Women’s Studies; Film Studies; and Transcultural Studies. We are funded by the South Asian Literary Association: The South Asian Literary Association, or SALA, promotes knowledge of, and scholarly interest in, the languages, cultures, and literatures of South Asia and the South Asian diaspora. Membership in the Association is open to all individuals and libraries, institutions, and organizations interested in South Asian literature, culture, languages, and philosophy, as well as in comparative studies. SALA is an Allied Organization of the Modern Language Association, and holds its annual meeting concurrently at the MLA Convention host city.

30/04/2025

Your research is read when published in South Asian Review. This first quarter of 2025 saw over 16,000 downloads of essays from our journal, which is up over 6,000 since this time last year. Thank you to our excellent contributors and to our readers!

01/01/2025

Happy New Year! South Asian Review received 410 submissions in 2024. We are grateful for all the authors who entrusted their research to us.

30/08/2024

New issue of South Asian Review is out! Volume 45, number 3 contains essays on Tagore, Arundhati Roy, Amitav Ghosh, Premchand, and other texts, plus books reviews. Congratulations to our authors!

Volume 45, Issue 3 of South Asian Review

24/04/2024

Why publish in South Asian Review? In addition to being indexed by SCOPUS and earning a Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile ranking, South Asian Review reaches more readers every year! 10,000+ in the first three months of 2024 alone. Visit https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rsoa20 to submit your work today.

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The journal welcomes analytical and critical articles of 15-25 pages and accompanied by a brief abstract and biographical note. Essay topics must concern South Asian languages and literatures in a broad cultural context. We invite healthy and constructive dialogue on issues pertaining to South Asia, but the thrust of the dialogue must be literature and the sister arts. The journal welcomes critical and analytical essays on any aspect or period of South Asian literature (ancient, precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial). SAR is open to all ideas, positions, and critical and theoretical approaches. Recognizing the linguistic and cultural diversity of the subcontinent, we particularly welcome essays in intercultural, comparative, and interdisciplinary studies in the humanities. The following areas are of special interest to the journal: South Asian Literatures; South Asian Languages; South Asian Studies; South Asian Culture; South Asian Diaspora; Comparative Aesthetic; Literary Theory; Cultural Studies; Colonial Studies; Postcolonial Studies; Comparative Literature; Women’s Studies; Film Studies; and Transcultural Studies.

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https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=rsoa20 We are funded by the South Asian Literary Association: The South Asian Literary Association, or SALA, promotes knowledge of, and scholarly interest in, the languages, cultures, and literatures of South Asia and the South Asian diaspora. Membership in the Association is open to all individuals and libraries, institutions, and organizations interested in South Asian literature, culture, languages, and philosophy, as well as in comparative studies. SALA is an Allied Organization of the Modern Language Association, and holds its annual meeting concurrently at the MLA Convention host city.