The Literary Rides
Podcast
92 episodes of literature, language, and exam strategy — from postcolonial theory to UGC NET preparation, delivered by a PhD scholar with 15 years of teaching. Listened to in 55+ countries.
Where English Literature Meets Real Exam Preparation
Literary Rides is not a generic study podcast. Every episode is built on 15 years of postgraduate teaching, two international journals, and 12+ books — bringing serious academic depth to the students who need it most.
Whether you’re an MA student navigating literary theory, a UGC NET aspirant building your Paper 2 knowledge, or simply someone who loves literature and wants to understand it better — there’s an episode made for you.
New episodes every Monday, Wednesday & Saturday
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PhD · Assistant Professor of English
Govt. Vidarbha Institute of Science & Humanities, Amravati
- 15 years of postgraduate teaching
- 12+ books authored including NEP series
- Founder — The Criterion & Galaxy journals
- 38+ research papers published internationally
- 9,810+ YouTube subscribers across two channels
“When you light one lamp, that person goes on to light countless others.”
Latest Episodes
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- 102: Arthur Miller: The American Tragedyon June 20, 2026
Arthur Miller revolutionised modern drama by asking a profound question: can an ordinary salesman become a tragic hero? In this episode of Literary Rides, we […]
- 101: Stylistics: The Science of Literary Languageon June 13, 2026
How does language create literary beauty, emotional force, and ideological meaning? In this episode of Literary Rides, we explore stylistics — the […]
- 100: Intertextuality: Texts as Echo Systemson June 6, 2026
Every text carries the memory of other texts. A novel echoes myths, a film rewrites older narratives, a poem speaks through inherited symbols, and even […]
- 99: Haruki Murakami: Surrealism & Alienationon June 3, 2026
What happens when loneliness becomes a surreal landscape? Why do wells, cats, jazz bars, dreams, and parallel worlds recur so insistently in the fiction of […]
- 98: Cognitive Semantics & Conceptual Metaphoron June 1, 2026
What does it actually mean to say that language is embodied? How do human beings transform physical experience into abstract thought, metaphor, and meaning? […]
- 97: Genre Theory: What Makes a Genre?on May 30, 2026
Why do we instinctively classify stories, films, music, and artistic experiences into genres? What makes a horror film feel like horror, or a detective novel […]
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