Melba Sabu is currently a research scholar at the Department of English and Cultural Studies at Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, working on a thesis titled “Ecocritical Representation of Waste in Select Works of Vikram Chandra and Shubhangi Swarup,” under the supervision of Meghna Mudaliar, Ph.D. Her interest areas include waste studies, ecocriticism, postcolonial studies, gender studies, and food studies. She has presented papers at national and international conferences.