The Author Behind the Words

Dr. Vandana Sharma Author · Scholar · Storyteller

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Three decades of literary scholarship. A lifetime of stories waiting to be told. A voice shaped by the classics and sharpened by lived experience.

30+ Years in Academia

Ph.D. Anglo-Indian Literature

5 Published Books

∞ Stories to Tell

Dr. Vandana Sharma

Author & Scholar

Author Literary Critic Short Fiction Retired Professor Shakespeare Scholar English Mentor

Biography

A Life Lived
Among Words

Dr. Vandana Sharma is a writer whose work spans memoir, short fiction, literary criticism, and scholarly essays. She holds a Ph.D. in Anglo-Indian literature from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, and spent more than thirty years immersed in the study and teaching of English literature at university level.

A retired professor who led university departments and published scholarly works, Dr. Sharma brings to her writing both the rigour of the academy and the warmth of a born storyteller. Her specialisations span Victorian literature, Shakespeare, American modernism, Anglo-Indian literature, and Indian writing in English.

We are all nomads, gradually moving beyond our given identity — in a ceaseless journey of self-revelation.

Today, Dr. Sharma channels decades of literary study into her books, making complex ideas accessible and deeply engaging. Whether writing from personal experience, crafting short fiction, or reflecting on the intersections of culture and identity, she writes with scholarly precision and a storyteller's heart.

She also shares her love of literature, the English language, and grammar through her blog — offering book and film reviews, literary insights, and reflections on language and the written word. For students of English literature seeking guidance and mentoring, she brings the depth of a lifetime spent with great books.

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Areas of Expertise

Literary Specialisations

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Victorian Literature

Deep scholarship in the moral, social, and aesthetic complexities of the Victorian novel — from Dickens to Hardy, Eliot to the Brontës.

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Shakespeare & the Elizabethans

A lifelong engagement with Shakespeare's plays and the rich literary tradition of Elizabethan England — language, power, and the human condition.

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Anglo-Indian Literature

Her doctoral field and continuing passion — exploring the literature of cultural encounter, hybridity, and identity at the intersection of Britain and India.

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American Modernism

The transformative literary movements of early twentieth-century America — from the lost generation to the Harlem Renaissance and beyond.

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Indian Writing in English

Spanning Tagore to contemporary voices, a scholarly and personal engagement with the rich tradition of Indian literature in English.

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Psychoanalytical Criticism

Applying Freudian and Jungian frameworks to literary analysis — the methodology at the heart of her Cultural Cross Currents trilogy.

The Path

An Academic Life

Foundation

A Love of Language and Literature

From her earliest years, Dr. Sharma was drawn to the power of words — to stories as a way of understanding identity, culture, and the human heart. This curiosity would define the entire arc of her career.

Doctoral Research

Ph.D. in Anglo-Indian Literature — HP University, Shimla

Her doctoral research examined Anglo-Indian literature with particular focus on the cultural cross-currents that shape identity at the intersection of two worlds. This work would seed her later academic trilogy.

Academic Career

Three Decades in the Classroom

Over more than thirty years, Dr. Sharma led university departments, mentored generations of students, and published scholarly works that brought psychoanalytical literary criticism to bear on questions of cultural encounter and identity.

Scholarly Writing

The Cultural Cross Currents Trilogy

A landmark three-volume academic study applying Freudian and Jungian psychoanalytical frameworks to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's fiction. An examination of cultural dysfunction, creative tension, and eventual resolution.

A New Chapter

From the Academy to the Page

Retirement from university life opened new creative territory. Dr. Sharma turned to memoir and short fiction — bringing the same rigour and sensitivity to personal narrative that had characterised her academic work.

Today

Writing, Mentoring, and Sharing the Love of Literature

Dr. Sharma continues to write — stories, reviews, literary essays, and reflections on language and grammar — while offering mentoring and guidance to students of English literature who wish to deepen their understanding of the subject.

On the Shelf

Published Works

Memoir

Veiled Horizons

A deeply personal memoir navigating identity, belonging, and the quiet revolutions that transform a life from within. Written with lyrical precision and the analytical depth of a seasoned scholar.

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Short Fiction

Threads of Longings, Shadows of Loss

A collection of short stories that weave together lives suspended between longing and loss. Each story is a world complete in itself — intimate, observant, and quietly devastating.

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Academic · Book I

Cultural Cross Currents and Dysfunctionality

The first volume of the trilogy — a psychoanalytical study of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Esmond in India, examining cultural collision through Freudian and Jungian lenses.

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Academic · Books II & III

Cultural Cross Currents — Volumes II & III

The concluding volumes explore the removal of dysfunctionalities and the creative tensions that lead to resolution — completing a trilogy of rare psychological and literary depth.