Lakshmi Anil serves as Assistant Professor of English at Sacred Heart College (East Campus). An active researcher and academic influencer, her teaching and research interests span across Renaissance literature, colourism studies, and cultural studies, with a particular focus on the intersections of identity, power, and representation in literary and cultural narratives. Her current research explores the dynamics of colourism and neo-colonialism in Malayalam popular culture along with travelogues from Kerala, contributing to inclusive and contextually grounded literary studies.