Anushree is Assistant Professor at Centre for Japanese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Previously she was Assistant Professor (Ad-Hoc) at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi. She holds a PhD from Osaka University. Her area of interests includes Japanese literature and culture. Her research focuses on postwar Japanese travel writings on India and has also worked on travel accounts by Indian travellers to Japan. She has published articles and book chapters in peer reviewed journals and edited volumes and has translated short stories from Japanese into Hindi.