▁ ▁Ran chan ' s ▁Ph . D . ▁dis sert ation ▁substantial ly ▁advanced ▁the ▁understanding ▁of ▁Whit man ▁as ▁a ▁pre - em inent ▁poet ▁of ▁the ▁soul . ▁He ▁brought ▁to ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁Whit man ▁an ▁insight ▁and ▁understanding ▁only ▁an ▁Indian ▁ste ep ed ▁in ▁T ant ra ▁could ▁reve al . ▁ ▁Ran chan ▁def ends ▁these ▁claims ▁with ▁a ▁note ▁of ▁relative ▁vital ity : ▁“ I ▁am ▁not ▁a ▁clone ▁of ▁W alt ▁Whit man ▁but ▁do ▁use ▁chant , ▁catalog ue ▁style .” ▁ ▁However , ▁it ▁is ▁not ew orth y ▁ ▁feature ▁in ▁his ▁poetry ▁that ▁his ▁poetry ▁has ▁a ▁ly ric ism ▁rarely ▁felt ▁in ▁Whit man . ▁ ▁He ▁came ▁back ▁from ▁America ▁and ▁taught ▁for ▁three ▁years ▁as ▁an ▁Associ ate ▁Professor ▁of ▁English ▁in ▁the ▁P un j abi ▁University , ▁Pat ial a ▁( 1 9 6 4 – 6 6 ). ▁So on ▁after , ▁he ▁went ▁back ▁to ▁United ▁States ▁of ▁America ▁and ▁taught ▁there ▁for ▁almost ▁six ▁years ▁at ▁California ▁State ▁University , ▁Full erton ▁where ▁he ▁held ▁many ▁administrative ▁respons ib ilities : “ The ▁Executive ▁Council ” ▁( 1 9 7 0 – 7 1 ), ▁“ Com par ative ▁Liter ature ▁Committee ” ▁( 1 9 7 2 – 1 9 7 4 ), ▁“ As ian ▁Studies ▁Committee ” ▁( 1 9 7 4 – 7 5 ), ▁“ Inter dis cipl inary ▁Studies ” ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁a