Contemporary Literary Review India

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Contemporary Literary Review India (CLRI) is a literary journal in English and publishes a wide variety of creative pieces including poems, stories, research papers (literary criticism), book reviews, film reviews, essays, arts, and photography of the best quality of the time. CLRI is an internationally referred journal and publishes authors from around the world. It is one of the leading journals in the field of English literature and language.

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Looking for Section Editors

2021-06-28

To strive for higher standard, we update our editorial polices from time to time. We are looking for section editors. Apply only if you can spare time to contribute to this position.

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2020-07-20

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2020-06-20

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2020-01-19

Current Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2: CLRI May 2026

CLRI May 2026: Vol. 13, No. 2 brings to you a beautiful collection of RESEARCH PAPERS by Dr. Dalip Khetarpal, Indranuj Ray, Mamta Sharma, Dr. A. C. Kharingpam, Monalisha Singhal, Subhajit Bhadra, Ujjal Mandal; DRAMA by H.L. Dowless; STORIES by Debasish Banerjee, Dr. Nipam Kumar Saikia, Vijayakumar Thulasilingam, Naresh Chandra Mandal, Dr. Padumi Singha, Papiya Lahiri, Suryendu Chaudhury, Vaishampayan Chaturvedi; BOOK REVIEWS by Nida Eqbal, Venkatesh Govindarajan; and critical essay by Subhajit Bhadra.

Buy CLRI May 2026 Digital Edition at Rs 199/

Published: 2026-09-27

Research Papers

Against the Synthetic Deep Ecology, Materiality, Memory and the Search for Authenticity in the Anthropocene in Selected Poems of Rajiv Khandelwal

Dr. Dalip Khetarpal

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The Writer as Activist Merit and Gender in Austen's 'Persuasion'

Indranuj Ray

16-21
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An Erotic, Scary, and Sacred Image of the Fairies of Uttarakhand A Study

Mamta Sharma, Dr. A. C. Kharingpam

22-39
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The Pervasive Colonization A Honeycomb Wrapped in the Cloth of Curse or Boon in Reality

Monalisha Singhal

40-51
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Revisiting a Classic A Critical Interpretation of J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace

Subhajit Bhadra

52-60
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Toxic Intimacy Lead, Skin and the Working-Class Body in Clare and Wordsworth

Ujjal Mandal

61-74
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Drama

The Last Eunuch Marionette

H. L. Dowless

75-205
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Stories

A Deathly Summon

Debasish Banerjee

206-213
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Height

Dr. Nipam Kumar Saikia

214-221
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The Brittle Twins

Vijayakumar Thulasilingam

222-238
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Poems

Nothingness, Odisha

Naresh Chandra Mandal

239-244
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Sunbird, Scream

Dr. Padumi Singha

245-248
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Legends of Tomorrow are a Misfit Today, Just one more night

Papiya Lahiri

249-252
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Hollow Celebrations

Suryendu Chaudhury

253-257
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Non-Living Lifeline

Vaishampayan Chaturvedi

258-260
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Book Review

Why Urdu Poetry Still Speaks to Us, and What The Art of Expression Reminds Us About the Language of Feeling A Book Rreview

Nida Ekbal

261-264
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Guru to the World A Book Review

Venkatesh Govindarajan

265-274
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Essay

A Rare Intellectual Dynamite Dr. Biki Das On Shastrabirodhi (Anti-Classical) and Neem Literature

Subhajit Bhadra

275-281
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Contemporary Literary Review India (CLRI) is at par with UGC's list of approved journals as per new notification. University Grants Commission (UGC) gives dues credits for Academic Performance Indicators (API) scoring to the research papers published in refereed journals or non-refereed but recognized and reputable journals and periodicals, having ISBN/ISSN numbers. CLRI is a peer-reviewed and internationally referred journal. In September 2018, the UGC has approved all peer-reviewed journals at par with its approved list of journals.

CLRI is listed with several reputed journal directories and has applied to many others including DOAJ and SCOPUS.

CLRI is an open access (OA) journal with high Publication Impact Factor. It does not charge any reading fee or publishing fee for the online edition.

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