Shades within Shadows: As source material for Post Graduate and Doctoral papers

The novel has been the source material for post graduate thesis and research studies.

2015: Mabel Cynthia Mascarenhas. Representation of Community Identity in Swapna Saraswata and Shades within Shadows. Dissertation, Master of Philosophy in English Studies. Christ University, Bengaluru.

2017: Deepna Rao. ‘The Unbearable Darkness of being Conversion, Conflict and Dislocation in Alan Machado (Prabhu)’s SHADES WITHIN SHADOWS.’ In Journal of Higher Education & Research Society: A Refereed International. ISSN- 2349 0209 Vol- 5/ Issue- 2 October 2017 (UGC Approved sr. no. 256/ Journal no. 48102)

2022: Smita Sail & M.G. Priya. ‘The Role of Purity and Pollution Rituals in Religious Conversions of Goa during Portuguese Colonization: a Probe through Select Goan Novels.’ In International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. DOI: 10.1080/1369801X.2022.2157308. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2022.2157308

2024: Sonia Philomena V A. Cultural Memory in the Captivity Novels of NA D’Souza and Alan Machado. Doctoral thesis in English Studies. Christ University, Bengaluru.