The Best Plays of Asif Currimbhoy 01 Edition  (English, Hardcover, Agrawal Krishna Avtar)

Asif Currimbhoy is "India's first authentic voice in the theatre". He is the one modern Indian playwright who has shown great interest in producing drams. Among the very few Indian dramatics writing plays in English, he has made his debut as a dramatist for the stage. His twenty nine plays are first and foremost meant for the stage and he brilliantly succeeds in producing "actable" plays. The aim of the present volume is to make a close and analytical study of his selected plays, laying stress on their artistic excellence and theatrical vitality. The present book is the first critical studies of the plays of Asif Currimbhoy. It is useful for the readers and researchers of Indian English drama.

About the Author
Krishna Avtar Agrawal started his teaching career as Lecturer in English in 1967. At present, he is Reader in English at Gurukul Kangri University, Hardwar (Uttaranchal). He obtained his M.A. degree from Lucknow University and Ph.D. degree from Meerut University, Meerut.

Dr. Agrawal has contributed a large number of research papers, articles and has published more than one dozen books on English and Indian English literature. He has also edited two books on Swami Shraddhananda Saraswati- Socio-Political Observations of Swami Shraddhananda. He has co-edited two books-Swami Shraddhananda Ki Samkalin Tipanniya and Reflections on Indian Writing in English. He has also edited four anthologies of critical essays of Indian English Literature. He has edited Indian Writing English Literature. He has edited Indian Writing in English: A Critical Study, Spectrum of British Literature, Spectrum of American Literature and Dimensions of Indian English Literature. He has organized a couple of seminars on Contemporary Indian English Literature. He has taken part in a number of national and international seminars and conferences, and contributed research papers in them. He has also been the editor of the Vedic Path (Gurukul Kangari University's quarterly English journal). At Present he is working on his forthcoming books on Toru Dutt : The Pioneer spirit of Indian English Poetry Raja Rao and Asif Currimbhoy.