Priyamvada Gopal teaches Anglophone and Related Literature at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, UK. Her primary interests are in colonial and postcolonial studies. Her publications include Insurgent Empire (2019), The Indian English Novel: Nation, History and Narration (2009) and Literary Radicalism in India: Gender, Nation and the Transition to Independence (2005). Her work has appeared in academic journals (ARIEL etc), periodicals (The Guardian, India Today, The Hindu etc), and on electronic media (BBC, NDTV-India, Al-Jazeera etc).