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Dr. Mohammad Tariq / Tariq Faraz, [Khursheed Faraz, a name with historical significance attributed to him at the time of his birth by his father] is currently Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Languages, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Integral University, Lucknow. He teaches Contemporary Literary Theories to PhD and MA English students and various courses on Professional Communication to the Undergraduate and Postgraduate students. Faraz was educated at the University of Lucknow and studied Urdu, History and English literature. He submitted his MA English Dissertation on the topic: “The Theme of Existentialism in Waiting for Godot and No Exit: A Critical Study” under the supervision of Prof. Madhu Mehrotra (Retd), Head Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow, Lucknow (then). He did his PhD (2012-2017) on the topic “Metaphor, Time and Narrative: Paul Ricoeur’s Philosophy of Language and Literary Hermeneutics” under the kind supervision of Dr. R. B. Sharma from the University of Lucknow, Lucknow (his almamater). He also qualified UGC-NET in English in 2014. A significant feature of his personality is his deep interest in the fresh avenues both in creative writing and critical thinking i. e. poetry, poetics, Hermeneutics, Studies in Comparative Religion and film-studies. His area of specialization is the Philosophy of Language, Professional Communication and Literary Hermeneutics. He has also worked at Lucknow Christian Degree College as Lecturer in English and was Academic Counselor (English) at IGNOU, LCDC Branch, Lucknow. At present, he is engaged in editing two books entitled The Poetic Gesture of Feminine Perspective: A Comparative Approach to the Contemporary Indo-Pak Urdu Poetry, and Diaspora as a Cathartic Metaphor: A Hermeneutical Approach. Tariq writes in both the languages, Urdu and English.