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The global and the local: Cross cultural studies of the new literatures in English

Abstract The title of the 4th Social Forum, “A different world is possible”, held in Bombay in January 2004 raises the question as to the choice of English language texts to be taught in New Literatures in English courses. Should not our common procedure of prioritizing texts that are “writing back” be modified by more frequently including examples that probe into or even construct possible “different worlds"?