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With its peculiarities, socio-political and religious similarities and differences, South Asia, as a region carries many significant characteristics. Through this book an attempt has been made to showcase the nuances of South Asian literature, culture, and society. It is an attempt to reflect and reverberate varied aspects of the subcontinent. It tries to give a global perspective where readers, scholars, and academicians can read, understand, realize, and appreciate the socio-cultural and literary traits of South Asia. The book has been divided into two parts. The first part, namely “Mapping South Asian Literature” contains twenty-nine research articles which vividly explicate some noteworthy literary works of this region. The second part of this volume, namely “Glimpses of South Asian Culture and Society” consists of eight scholarly articles which define a few traits of South Asian society and culture. Despite many socio-cultural, political, religious, and economic conflicts, South Asian countries are united by a cultural proximity, and this book conforms to the notion and endeavours to explore the literary and socio-culture landscape of South Asia. The book discusses the writings in English and that in the native tongues of prominent authors such as Jhumpa Lahiri, Amitav Ghosh, Kamala Markandaya, Namita Gokhale, Mohsin Hamid, Ashapurna Debi, Nirmal Bose, Orijit Sen, Vijay Tendulkar, Badal Sircar, and Taslima Nasrin. It includes essays not just on the novelists, but also on poets like Kamala Das and Eunice de Souza, and playwrights like Asif Currimbhoy.