Dr. C.L. Khatri, a reputed perceptive critic and editor of Cyber Literature and several anthologies of criticism, is a practicing poet writing in Hindi and English. He has two poetry collections in English: Kargil and Ripples in the Lake and one in Hindi Goolar Ka Phool to his credit. He was awarded Michael Madhusdan Academy Award for Kargil in 2000. He is an Executive (East Zone). The Association for English Studies of India and on the Advisory Board of Indian Journal of English Studies. As a prolific writer he has produced more than three dozen papers and twelve books of criticism. His books include Vivekananda: Speeches and writings: A Critical Study, Walter de la Mare: Poetry and Novels: An Evaluation (with Kumar Chandradeep), Indian Novels in English: Sense and Sensibility, World Literature: Critical Responses, Narrative Noodles: Essays on Indian English Novels, Vivekananda: Voice and Vision: A Literary Perspective, Mohan Rakesh's Halfway House: A Critique, Vijay Tendulkar's Silence! The Court in Session: A Critique, Girish Karnad's Naga-Mandala: A Critique. Edited Books: Indian Literature in English: Critical Discourses, Indian Writing in English: Voices from the Oblivion, Indian Drama in English (with Kumar Chandradeep), Thunder on Stage: A Study of Girish Karnad's Plays (with Sudhir K. Arora), British Author & Texts, R.K. Narayan: Reflections and Re-evaluation, Indian Novels in English: Recent Criticism, Commonwealth Literature: Colonial Inheritance (with R.B. Singh), Indian English Poetry: A Discovery (with Sudhir K. Arora). Currently he is Associate Professor, Dept. of English, T.P.S. College, Patna.
