Lucknow: Professor Siddharth Singh of Shri Jai Narain Misra PG College, affiliated with Lucknow University, has become the first recipient from Uttar Pradesh of the EFSLE China Travel Grant 2026.The award enabled him to travel to China to attend an international conference marking the 130th anniversary of Sichuan University.At the event, Singh presented a paper titled “Transnational Feminism and Third World Literatures in the Context of the Cold War,” focusing on how feminism and Third World writing intersect with Cold War politics and gender geopolitics.He also chaired an academic session and took part in an international panel discussion. Singh said feminism should not be viewed only through Western experiences, stressing the need to read Third World literatures in their own historical and cultural settings. He added that literature can strengthen connections between India and China.
