Shoolini University’s Belletristic literature society launched another literary landmark, e-book titled, ‘Covid’s Metamorphosis’ edited by Prof Manju Jaidka and Dr Nilak Datta . It is a collection of tales that record how human lives have been radically transformed with the Corona Virus rampaging across the globe.
The session was presided by Prof. Malashri Lala, an eminent academician and author from Delhi University.
Prof Malashri Lal, in her presidential remarks, complimented the editors and Shoolini University for organising literary events of a high standard on a regular basis.Despite a lot of material on Covid with which the internet is flooded, the book is unique and is the first international collection of unusual and original stories from across the globe, she said.
The stories are original, unpublished contributions written especially for this collection. Authors documented the struggle of the human soul against an unprecedented calamity, grope for ways of struggling with it, and simultaneously seek light at the end of the tunnel. The authors hail from different geographical locations, each with a story to narrate that is unique but, at the same time, resonates in the lives of the readers.
Pro-VC Shoolini University, Prof. Atul Khosla addressed the session and appreciated the work done. He was of the opinion that a ground-breaking collection like this deserves to be on the syllabi of universities and perhaps Shoolini would set an example by offering a course on it.
The e- book has been edited and compiled by Prof Manju Jaidka, HOD, English Department, Shoolini University and Dr Nilak Datta of BITS Pilani – Goa Campus. The contributors from India and abroad include Aleksander Boskovic, Anupam Nahar, Asra Mamnoon, Cora L. Hardt, Disha Pokhriyal, Eric Chinje, Howard Wolf, Ketaki Datta, Krishnamurari Mukherjee, M. Siddique Khan, Mahesh Sharma, Mandeep Kaur, Meenakshi Tiwari, Mitul Sarkar, Mukesh Williams, Nishi Pulugurtha, Payel Dutta Chowdhury, Pedro Panhoca, Pratima Agnihotri, Pratip Mazumdar, Sagar Pandya, Shikha Thakur, Sudipta Saha, Sunaina Jain, Suneeta Patnayak, Sunita Singh, Takbeer Salati, Virginia R. Dominguez, Vivek Sachdeva, and Yeshim Ternar.
