Submission Guidelines
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Instructions for Contributors (On the Website)

Research Articles (Refereed)
  • Submissions should be approximately 6,000-8,000 words (not including notes and referencing).
  • The Manuscript submitted should be an original piece of work. The Manuscript once under consideration should not be submitted anywhere else for publications.
  • The Article will be reviewed by the Editor, and upon his/her assessment it will be forwarded for peer review.
  • Lengthy footnotes are strongly discouraged. Authors are requested to use Chicago Style referencing.
  • An Abstract of not more than 200 words, as well as a list of keywords.
Essays (Non-Refereed)
  • The Essays should be approximately 3,000-4,000 words (not including notes and references). Authors should refrain from exceeding the word limit mentioned.
  • The Essays submitted should be an original work. The Essay once under consideration should not be submitted anywhere else for publishing.
  • The Essay will be reviewed by the Editor. There will be no peer review for any Essay submitted.
  • Lengthy footnotes are discouraged. Authors are requested to use Chicago Style Referencing.
Book Reviews
  • Book Reviews should not exceed the word limit of more than 2,500 words. In case the word limit is exceeded, it will be considered in exceptional circumstances.
  • The top of the first page of the book review submitted should contain the following details in the order mentioned below;
    • Title of the Book
    • Name of the author/ editor/ translator (In Capital letters)
    • Publisher’s Name, city
    • Price
    • 13 digit ISBN number
    • The year of publication
    • Number of pages in the book
  • The Book Review will be assessed by the Editor. Contributors are requested not to paraphrase or quote directly from the book they are reviewing.
  • If the contributor is quoting from another book other than the one which is being reviewed, they are requested to mention the following;
    • Title of the book
    • Name of the author
    • Year of the publication
  • If the contributors are quoting from a journal or a magazine they are requested to mention the following
    • Title of the journal/magazine/newspaper
    • Title of the article
    • Name of the author
    • Volume and Issue Date
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