Dr. Shikha Bhatnagar is a reputed author, poet, academician, soft-skills trainer and counsellor. Her two internationally acclaimed books are Narratology and the Modern Indian Novel and Karmic Poetics. Her areas of interest include Narratology, American Literature, Structural Anthropology, Indian Writing in English, Translation Studies, Feminist Studies and Soft Skills. She has presented papers at National and International conferences. Dr. Bhatnagar is an alumnus of Osmania University and a native of Hyderabad. Her love for the city of her birth has had a profound impact on her writing and personal.