Aim and Scope

Academic focus

The journal aims to explore literary, cultural, and critical writings from the SAARC region within the wider framework of the Global South, foregrounding questions of postcoloniality, regional identity, multilingualism, migration, ecology, memory, gender, and transnational dialogue. It seeks to examine how South Asian literatures engage with local histories while contributing to global debates on power, representation, resistance, and cultural exchange.

Core areas of focus

• SAARC literatures in comparative and transnational perspectives.
• 1.  Postcolonial, decolonial, and Global South literary studies.
• 2.  Indian English literature and other South Asian English writings.
• 3.  Regional languages, translation, and cross-cultural literary circulation.
• 4.  Migration, diaspora, borders, and displacement in South Asian writing.
• 5.  Ecocriticism, climate crisis, and environmental humanities in the SAARC context.
• 6.  Gender, caste, class, ethnicity, and marginalized voices.
• 7.  Memory, trauma, conflict, and partition narratives.
• 8.  Digital humanities, new media, and contemporary South Asian storytelling.
• 9.  Intersections of literature with history, politics, philosophy, and culture.

Short journal description

SAARC Literature and the Global South provides an interdisciplinary platform for scholarly engagement with literary and cultural productions from South Asia, situating them within global South epistemologies and critical traditions. The journal welcomes original research that highlights regional specificity, comparative insight, and the emerging role of South Asian literatures in shaping global literary discourse.