Dr Soumyarup Bhattacharjee is currently an Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Language, Literature, and Cultural Studies (formerly the Department of English) at Swami Vivekananda University, India. He was previously a research scholar in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Bombay. His current research focuses on transcultural approaches to contemporary Gothic literature in South and Southeast Asia. His other areas of interest include adaptation studies, postcolonial Asian writing, and contemporary horror literature and film.