The retirement of Professor GJV Prasad from the Centre for English Studies (earlier named Centre for Linguistics and English) in November 2020, after 41 years of teaching at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, amidst the distressing Covid-19 pandemic, gave his former and current students a rare and motivating occasion to connect digitally and rethink respective journeys with him as well as the discipline of English studies. As notes were compared across generations of students through memory books, Zoom farewells, YouTube tributes, Facebook–Instagram posts and in-person meetings, the editors of this volume coalesced around the idea of this Festschrift as a means of honouring GJV as a memorable and beloved teacher.