Research Interests: Salil's fields of interest include Renaissance Literature, particularly Thomas More and his works. A translator. he is also interested in Translation Theories and modes.

Publications

• 'Gyanbrikkho Nirman' ('Constructing the Tree of Knowledge', article on the new education policy in India) in Aneek (Special issue on commodification of education), 46th Year, 10th Issue, April, 2010, Kolkata.
• 'Chhatradharer Gaan' ('Songs for Chhatradhar'; Article on the songs written by Kabir Suman dedicated to Chhatradhar Mahato, tribal leader) in Nabanna, 21st Year. No. 1, Book Fair Issue, 2010, Kolkata.
• Utopia (Translation of Thomas More's Utopia). Kolkata: Monfakira, 2010.
• 'Charu Guha: Artist and Photographer' in Down Memory Lens: Early Calcutta Vignettes. Kolkata: Boi-Chitra, 2009.
• Sunil Sanad : Jaler Bikalpa Bhobissot (translation of The 'Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water' by Maud Barlow) in Adhunik Poribes Bigyan o Marxbad (Modern Science of Ecology and Marxism). Kolkata: People's Book Society, 2009.
• Internet (Auto Learning Manual in Bangla). Fourth Edition. Kolkata: J.N.Chakrabarty and Son, December 2008
• Samne je sab sankat : Bipad o Subidha in Bangla Monthly Review. Kolkata: October 2008 (tr. into Bangla of Noam Chomsky's speech delivered in Beirut in May 2006, excerpted from Inside Lebanon: Journey to a Shattered Land with Noam and Carol Chomsky published by Monthly Review Press)
• Murder in the Cathedral (Bangla Onubad). Kolkata: SAS, September 2008
• Adhikarer Andoloney Paschatyer Nari: Unish Satak (The Struggle for Women's Rights in the Nineteenth Century) in Naribiswa: A Collection of Essayson Women Studies , ed. Pulak Chanda, Kolkata: Gangchil and Shyamsundar College (Diamond Jubilee Celebration Volume), 2008.
• Studies in Candida. Kolkata: Books Way, 2007.
• 'Crumpled Eyes: The Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra' in Heteroglossia, ed. Indrani Deb, Vol. 4, 2007. Purulia: Dept. of English, Nistarini college, 2007.
• 'Dialogue of Counsel in Thomas More's Utopia' in Heteroglossia, ed. Indrani Deb, Vol. 3, 2006. Purulia: Dept. of English, Nistarini college, 2006.
• Harir Galpo (Hari's Tale), a short story in Nabanna, The Monsoon Issue, 2006.
• Indian Writing in English (Special Issue, Pegasus, Journal, English Department, Heramba Chandra College, Kolkata, Vol 2 No 20, 20076). edited with Lily Law and Reena Sinha.
• 'Life of Pico: Biography as Encomium' in To Times in Hope: Essays in Memory of Professor S. C. Sengupta. ed. Dr. Tapati Gupta and Salil Biswas, Kolkata: Subodh Chandra Sen Gupta Foundation and Blue Pencil. 2006.
• Castiglione's The Book of the Courtier: The Idea of Sprezzatura in DSA Occasional Papers Nos. 4-6 published by Department of English, Jadavpur University, 1994.
• Methane Foarar Prem -- A collection of Bengali Science Fiction Short Stories.
• Don Quixote - adapted in Bengali for children from Cervantes' novel.
• Chora Bali - A play (in SAS, 1999, an anthology of plays and writings on drama, ed. Satya Bhaduri, published annually.
• Desire under the Elms - Bengali Translation of the original by Eugene O'Neill (in SAS, 1997, an anthology of plays and writings on drama, published annually.
• Dinosaurer Dwipe -- A Bengali science fiction novel.
• Borhes-er Baroti Galpo - A collection of twelve stories by Jorge Luis Borges translated into Bengali.
• Chhaya Harleme - An anthology of poems by African and Afro-American poets translated into Bengali.
• Silas Timberman - Bengali Translation of a novel by Howard Fast.
• Apnake Bolchhi Sir - Bengali Translation of a book (Letter to a Teacher by the School of Barbiana) on informal education published originally in Italy.
• Bharat Sarkarer Aranya Niti (India Government's Forest Policy) - Bengali Translation of a booklet published by P.U.C.L.
• Dolphin Island - Bengali Translation of a children's Science Fiction novel by A. C. Clarke.
• Selected Essays

Has also published a large number of articles, book reviews, poems and short stories in various newspapers such as The Statesman, Ananda Bazar and journals such as Khonj Ekhon, Anik, Nabanna, SAS etc.
Involved in various fields of socio-political activism.
He is also the former editor of Pegasus, the departmental journal of the English Department of Heramba Chandra College. He Now edits the new Pegasus.

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