Dr Joya John, Assistant Professor of Literature, SIAS, Krea University, was an invited speaker at the Manipal Centre for the Humanities, Manipal University, for an International Conference on Modern Indian Literatures held on 23 September, 2024. The conference included the release of the Oxford Handbook of Modern Indian Literatures. Dr John contributed an article titled Adivasi Poetry: The Poetics of Indigeneity in Contemporary India. She participated in a roundtable discussion with the editors and fellow contributors, exploring the evolving directions of Modern Indian literature.
