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RAGINI RAMACHANDRA was educated at the Universities of Mysore, Bangalore and Utah. Twice gold-medalist, she was also the recipient of National Merit Scholarship, Fulbright Scholarship and UGC Fellowship. She is currently Professor and Head of the Department of English at A.P.S. College, Bangalore University, Bangalore. Dr. Ramachandra has published articles in leading journals and widely acclaimed critical anthologies. She has also authored a full-length book titled 'Literary Criticism: An Enquiry into its Continuity and Vitality (1989)' and contributed to 'Encyclopaedia of Post Colonial Literatures in English (Routledge, U.K.). An honorary member of Cambridge Society, Cambridge, U.K. She is also on the Editorial Board of 'The Literary Criterion'. Her project on 'The Feminine Principle in the Works of Raja Rao' is nearing completion, and her major interests include Literary Theory and Criticism, Indian Aesthetics, and Indian Responses to Shakespeare.