His current research interests include modern American novel, translation studies, and comparative literary and culture studies. He is convener of Inter-Cultural Studies Research Group, a multidisciplinary research initiative of Banaras Hindu University engaged in a comparative study of South Asian vernacular and folk literary and cultural traditions as sites of articulation of alternative modernities. He is co-editing a volume of essays on a 16th century Odiya vernacular text, Lakshmi Purana and a related Bhojpuri folksong based on the story of Lakshmi Purana, and two volumes on Alternative Modernities based on conferences organized at Banaras Hindu University in 2010 and 2011.