The deliberations of the conference will be useful for sharpening the research tools and strategies adopted by the teachers and research scholars. The conference will discuss theoretical concepts focusing on the ideological issues of caste, gender, religion, and the social movements affecting the new literatures written in different languages and regions with a view to bringing out the multicultural diversity. It is hoped that the conference will enlighten the delegates and scholars about the nature of the new literatures, the ideological and cultural deep structures lying behind them, and the way new critical issues raised by the writers who have questioned the established beliefs and systems of the past.