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Residential
Address:
Ward No. 19, Debibari, Sushil Das Pally, Cooch Behar, West
Bengal-736101 (India)
Official
Address:
Katamari High School (H.S.),
Elajanerkuthi, Cooch Behar, West Bengal- 736157 (India)
Contact:
Mobile: 9002119242/6295116835
Email- dipakgiri84@yahoo.in
Website- https://www.dipakgiri.com
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Educational
Qualification:
Ø B.A. (English Honours), University B. T.
& Evening College, University of North Bengal, 2005
Ø M.A. (English), University of North Bengal,
2007
Ø B. Ed., Cooch Behar B. Ed. Training College, University
of North Bengal, 2009
Ø M.A. (Education), Netaji Subhas Open
University, Cooch Behar College Study Centre, 2013
Ø PhD , Department of English, Raiganj University, 2023 (Thesis
Title: Lesbian Bond versus
Heteronormative Bound: Reading Sexual Transgression in Select Works of Indian
Women Novelists)
Teaching
Experience: (Starting from Present Employment):
Ø Assistant Teacher of English, Katamari High
School (H.S.), Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. (Since 28th August, 2010)
Ø Academic Counselor of English, Netaji Subhas
Open University, Cooch Behar College Study Centre, Cooch Behar, West Bengal,
India. (Since 2010)
Ø Invitee Faculty (PG), Cooch Behar Panchanan
Barma University, Cooch Behar College Study Centre, Cooch Behar, West Bengal,
India. (Since 2024)
Ø Part Time Lecturer of English, Thakur
Panchanan Mahila Mahavidyalaya (NBU), Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. (1st
April, 2010- 27th August, 2010)
Ø Part Time Lecturer of English, Vivekananda
College (NBU), Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. (26th October, 2009- 25th April, 2010)
Ø Guest Lecturer of English, Dewanhat
Mahavidyalaya (NBU), Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. (1st August, 2009- 27th August, 2010)
Ø Part Time Lecturer of English, Cooch Behar
College (NBU), Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. (4th December, 2007- 27th August, 2010)
Membership:
(Starting from Present)
Ø Editorial Chief, Creative Flight: An International Half-Yearly Open Access Peer-Reviewed
e-Journal in English (ISSN 2582-6158), Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.
(Since 2020)
Ø Editor, Litinfinite:
Peer-Reviewed Journal of Literature and Social Sciences (ISSN 2582-0400), Kolkata,
West Bengal, India. (Since 2019)
Awards:
(Starting from Present)
Ø Mewadev Laurel Award, 2018, Contemporary Literary Society of Amlor, Banda, Uttar
Pradesh, India
Ø Emerging Editor of the Year, 2018, Sahitya
Anand in association with Vishwabharati Research Centre, Vishwabharati Literary
Festival-2018, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural
University, Hyderabad, India
Other
Credentials:
Ø Qualified UGC-NET, June, 2015
Ø Qualified UGC-NET, July, 2016
Publication:
Edited Books: 21
1.
Indian
English Drama: Themes and Techniques, Vishwabharati
Research Centre, Latur, India, 2018 (ISBN- 978-93-83109-62-3)
2.
Indian
English Novel: Styles and Motives, Vishwabharati
Research Centre, Latur, India, 2018 (ISBN - 978-93-83109-82-1)
3.
Postcolonial
English Literature: Theory and Practice, Authorspress, New
Delhi, India, 2018 (ISBN -978-93-87651-98-2)
4.
New
Woman in Indian Literature: From Covert to Overt,
Vishwabharati Research Centre, Latur, India, 2018 (ISBN - 978-93-87966-74-1)
5.
Indian
Women Novelists in English: Art and Vision, Vishwabharati
Research Centre, Latur, India, 2018 (ISBN- 978-93-87966-83-3)
6.
Homosexuality
in Contemporary Indian Literature: Issues and Challenges,
AABS Publishing House, Kolkata, India, 2019 (ISBN- 978-93-88963-01-5)
7.
Transgender
in Indian Context: Rights and Activism, AABS Publishing
House, Kolkata, India, 2019 (ISBN- 978-93-88963-25-1)
8.
Gender
and Marginality in Mahesh Dattani’s Drama: Text and Context,
AABS Publishing House, Kolkata, India, 2019 (ISBN- 978-93-88963-32-9)
9.
Immigration
and Estrangement in Indian Diaspora Literature: A Critical Study,
AABS Publishing House, Kolkata, India, 2019 (ISBN- 978-93-88963-43-5)
10. Woman-Nature Interface: An
Ecofeminist Study, AABS Publishing House, Kolkata, India,
2019 (ISBN- 978-93-88963-60-2)
11. Same Sex Desire in Present India:
An Anthology of Literary Texts and Contexts, LAP (Lambert
Academic Publishing), Germany, 2019 (ISBN-978-620-0-23799-6)
12. Perspectives on Indian Dalit
Literature: Critical Responses, Booksclinic
Publishing, Chhattisgarh, India, 2020 (ISBN-978-93-89757-71-2)
13. Tribal Perspectives in India:
Critical Responses, Booksclinic Publishing, Chhattisgarh,
India, 2020 (ISBN-978-93-90192-22-9)
14. Queer Sexualities in Indian
Culture: Critical Responses, Booksclinic Publishing,
Chhattisgarh, India, 2020 (ISBN-978-93-90192-92-2)
15. Subaltern Perspectives in Indian
Context: Critical Responses, Booksclinic Publishing,
Chhattisgarh, India, 2021 (ISBN-978-93-90655-92-2)
16. Gender Perspectives in Indian
Context: Critical Responses, Booksclinic Publishing,
Chhattisgarh, India, 2021 (ISBN-978-93-90655-84-7)
17. Indian English Poetry: A Critical
Evaluation, Pacific Books International, New Delhi, India,
2021 (ISBN-978-81-953736-6-6)
18. From Literary Composition to
Cinematic Adaptation: A Study of Cinema through Literature from Indian
Perspective, AABS Publishing House, Kolkata, India,
2022 (ISBN- 978-93-91146-51-1)
19. Indian Diaspora Literature: A
Critical Evaluation, Malik & Sons Publishers &
Distributors, New Delhi, India, 2024 (ISBN- 978-93-92459-50-4)
20. Indian Short Story: A Critical
Evaluation, Malik & Sons Publishers & Distributors,
New Delhi, India, 2024 (ISBN- 978-93-92459-85-6)
21. Human-Nature Interface: An
Ecocritical Study, Rudra Publishers & Distributors,
New Delhi, India, 2024 (ISBN- 978-93-48421-37-1)
Journals: 12
1. “Self-contradictory Image of the M(O)ther
Resulting out of Social and Familial Denial: A Study of Mahasweta Devi’s Mother of 1084”, Gnosis,
vol. 4, no.1, Oct. 2017, pp. 155-162 (ISSN 2394-0131) UGC Listed
2. “Vijay Tendulkar’s Kamala: A Study of the Downward Trend in Modern Journalism”. Rock Pebbles. vol. 21, no. 4, Dec. 2017, pp. 131-137 (ISSN
0975-0509) UGC Listed
3. “An Approach And Practice to Writing English
Novels on Lesbianism: A Study of Post-Modern Indian Women Novelists from Late
Twentieth to Present Century”, Literary
Endeavour, vol. 9, no. 1, Jan. 2018, pp. 53-59 (ISSN 0976-299X) UGC Listed
4. “Rise
of Tension and Conflict out of Cross-culturalism: A Postcolonial Study of V.S.
Naipaul’s A Bend in the River”, Literary Insight, vol. 9, no. 2, Jul. 2018,
pp. 79-83 (ISSN 0975-6248) UGC Listed
5. “Mahesh Dattani’s On A Muggy Night in Mumbai: A Critique of (Hetero)Sexism”. Literary Endeavour. vol. 9, no. 3, Jul. 2018, pp. 85-90 (ISSN
0976-299X) UGC Listed
6. “Restructuring
Gender Identity through Reversal of Hegemonic Masculinity: A Study of Kavita
Sinha’s Pourush”. Middle Flight. vol. 7, no. 1, Nov. 2018, pp. 74-81 (ISSN 2319-7684) UGC Listed
7. “Thwarting Male Hegemony
through Reversal of Sexual Subalternity: A Study of Lesbianism in Manju Kapur’s
A Married Woman”. Literary Herald. vol. 6, no. 5, Feb. 2021, pp. 228-234 (ISSN 2454- 3365) Peer Reviewed
8. “Voicing the Unvoiced: (Re)-Reading Narendra
Jadhav’s Outcaste: A Memoir and
Omprakash Valmiki’s Joothan as an
Alternative Narrative of Protest through (Re)-Formulation of ‘Own’ Identity”. Creative Flight. vol.
2, no. 1, Apr. 2021, pp. 263-273 (ISSN
2582- 6158) Peer Reviewed
9. “Out of Lesbian Bond,
Heterosexual Bound as A Metaphorical Suicide: A Lesbo-Anomic Reading of Shobhaa
De’s Snapshots”. Drishti:
the Sight. vol. 10, no. 1,
May 2021-Oct. 2021, pp. 258-271 (ISSN
2319- 8281) UGC-CARE Listed
10. “A Study of the New Woman in
Anita Nair's Ladies Coupe”. IIS (deemed to be University) Jaipur. vol. 10, no. 1, Jul. 2021, pp. 44-51 (ISSN 2319-5339) UGC-CARE Listed
11. “Subversion of Gender Binary
in Relation to Nature/Culture Dichotomy: An Ecofeminist Study of Anita Desai’s Fire on the Mountain”. Sahitya
Setu (Special Issue on Feminism). no. 65, Sep. 2021- Oct. 2021 (ISSN 2249- 2372) UGC-CARE Listed
12. “Struggle of Class and
Conflict of Ideas as Seen from the Familial to Social Surface in Mahasweta
Devi’s Mother of 1084: A Marxist Study”. Creative Flight. vol.
2, no. 2, Oct. 2021, pp. 258-271 (ISSN
2582- 6158) Peer Reviewed
Book Chapters: 25
1. “Search for Identity in V.S. Naipaul: A Study
of The Mimic Men & A House for Mr. Biswas”. Perspectives on Postcolonial Writing: an
exploration, edited by Ram Avadh Prajapati
& Dr. Ashish Gupta. Takhtotaaz, 2015. pp. 27-38. (ISBN-
978-81-922645-1-6)
2. “Lesbianism-A Common Thematic Approach Among
The Post-Modern Indian Women Novelists Writing Alternative Sexualities: A
Critical Rumination”. Indian Writing in English: Themes and
Techniques, edited by Ram Avadh Prajapati & Shailesh Sharma. Vangamay Publication & Distributors, 2016.
pp. 173-182. (ISBN- 978-93-82485-59-9)
3. “Reversal of Sexual Subalternity: A Study of
Female Protagonist in Manju Kapur’s A
Married Woman”. Rainbow: Shades of
Indian English Literature, edited by Samadhan Mane. Lambert Academic
Publishing, 2016. pp. 46-53. (ISBN- 978-3-659-93006-5)
4. “Transformation of Dalits from ‘Being’ to
‘Becoming’: A Study of Narendra Jadhav’s Outcaste:
A Memoir and Omprakash Valmiki’s Joothan”. Dalit Men’s Autobiographies: A Critical Appraisal, edited
by Bijender Singh. Kalpaz
Publications, 2017. pp. 173-182. (ISBN- 978-93-5128-240-2)
5. “A Study of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things from the
Perspective of Ecofeminism”. Perspectives
on Ecocritical Studies, edited by Ram Avadh Prajapati. Adhyayan Publishers &
Distributors, 2017. pp. 166-176. (ISBN-978-81-8435-512-3)
6. “Reversal of Gender Role in Terms of ‘Sex’,
‘Femininity’ and ‘Culture’: A Study of Shobha De’s Women Characters in the Light
of ‘Cultural Feminism’”. Cultural
Perspectives, edited by Lilack Biswas. Lambert Academic Publishing, 2017. pp.
109-123. (ISBN- 978-3-330-07914-4)
7. “Que(e)rying Gender and Sexuality: A Study of
Third Gender in Mahesh Dattani’s Seven
Steps Around the Fire”. The Third Gender: Stain and Pain,
edited by Dr. Ashish Kumar Gupta
& Dr. Grishma Khobragade. Vishwabharati Research Centre, 2018. pp. 62-70.
(ISBN 978-93-87966-02-4)
8. “Fragmentation of the Self in V.S. Naipaul: A
Study of Half A Life and Magic Seeds”. V.S. Naipaul: A Critical Evaluation, edited by Bijender Singh. Pacific Books
International, 2018. pp. 70-79. (ISBN-978-93-86655-56-1)
9. “Changing Power Structure in Terms of ‘Sex’,
‘Religion’ & ‘Politics’: A Study of Vijay Tendulkar’s Ghashiram Kotwal”. Indian English Drama: Themes and
Techniques, edited by Dipak Giri. Vishwabharati Research
Centre, 2018. pp. 287-301.
(ISBN- 978-93-83109-62-3)
10. “Woman-Nature Interface: An Ecofeminist Study
of Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve”.
Indian English Novel:
Styles and Motives, edited by Dipak Giri. Vishwabharati
Research Centre, 2018. pp. 226-234.
(ISBN - 978-93-83109-82-1)
11. “Interrogating National Identity: A
Postcolonial Study of Mahesh Dattani’s Final
Solutions”. Postcolonial English Literature:
Theory and Practice, edited by Dipak Giri. Authorspress, 2018. pp. 208-217. (ISBN -978-93-87651-98-2)
12. “Redefining Feminine Identity through
Subversion of Hegemonic Masculinity: A Study of Mahesh Dattani’s Bravely Fought the Queen”. New
Woman in Indian Literature: from Covert to Overt,
edited by Dipak Giri. Vishwabharati
Research Centre, 2018. pp.
248-256. (ISBN - 978-93-87966-74-1)
13. “Idealizing Consummate Heterosexual Love
against Romantic Lesbian Love through Various Forms of Love Relationship: A
Study of Rita Garg’s Precursor of Love
from the Perspective of Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love”. Indian Women Novelists in English:
Art and Vision, edited by Dipak Giri. Vishwabharati
Research Centre, 2018. pp.
248-257. (ISBN- 978-93-87966-83-3)
14. “Sense of Insecurity and
Guilt Arising out of Social and Familial Tension: A Psychological Study of
Lesbian Protagonist in Vijay Tendulkar’s A Friend’s Story”. Homosexuality
in Contemporary Indian Literature: Issues and Challenges,
edited by Dipak Giri. AABS Publishing House, 2019. pp. 355-363. (ISBN- 978-93-88963-01-5)
15. “Reversal
of Gender Binary in Living Smile Vidya’s I Am Vidya: A Transgender’s
Journey”. Transgender
in Indian Context: Rights and Activism, edited by Dipak
Giri. AABS Publishing House, 2019. pp. 265-274. (ISBN-
978-93-88963-25-1)
16. “Mahesh Dattani's Do the Needful Through the Lens of
Gender Performativity”. Gender
and Marginality in Mahesh Dattani’s Drama: Text and Context,
edited by Dipak Giri. AABS Publishing House, 2019. pp. 201-207. (ISBN- 978-93-88963-32-9)
17. “Home and Away: Migrancy,
Diasporicity and Identity in Select Novels of V.S. Naipaul”. Immigration and Estrangement in
Indian Diaspora Literature: A Critical Study, edited by
Dipak Giri. AABS Publishing House, 2019. pp. 184-214. (ISBN- 978-93-88963-43-5)
18. “Dalit in Premchand’s Select Short Stories”. Perspectives on Indian Dalit
Literature: Critical Responses, edited by Dipak
Giri. Booksclinic Publishing, 2020. pp. 251-260.
(ISBN-978-93-89757-71-2)
19. “Interrogating
Transgression of Monogamy in the form of Polyandry in Monpa Community: A Study
of Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi’s Sonam”. Tribal Perspectives in India:
Critical Responses, edited by Dipak Giri. Booksclinic
Publishing, 2020. pp. 190-198. (ISBN-978-93-90192-22-9)
20. “A Brief Interview with Ruth Vanita on Major
Points of Her Life, Vision and Works”. Queer
Sexualities in Indian Culture: Critical Responses,
edited by Dipak Giri. Booksclinic
Publishing, 2020. pp. 162-167.
(ISBN-978-93-90192-92-2)
21. “Are
Dalits Subaltern?: An Interview with Dalit Writer Sharankumar Limbale on Dalit
Life, Struggle and Works”. Subaltern
Perspectives in Indian Context: Critical Responses,
edited by Dipak Giri. Booksclinic Publishing, 2021. pp. 289-299. (ISBN-978-93-90655-92-2)
22. “An Interview with Indian Poet Keki N. Daruwalla”. Indian English Poetry: A Critical
Evaluation, edited by Dipak Giri. Pacific Books International,
2021. pp. 159-164. (ISBN-978-81-953736-6-6)
23. “Cinematic Adaptation of Ismat Chughtai’s Short Story “Lihaaf” ( The
Quilt )”. From Literary
Composition to Cinematic Adaptation: A Study of Cinema through Literature from
Indian Perspective, edited by Dipak Giri. AABS Publishing
House, 2022. pp. 211-217.
(ISBN- 978-93-91146-51-1)
24. “Cultural Displacement and Identical Dilemma in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss”. Indian Diaspora Literature: A Critical Evaluation, edited by Dr. Dipak Giri. Malik & Sons Publishers & Distributors, 2024. pp. 177-181. (ISBN- 978-93-92459-50-4)
25. “A Study of Caste, Class and Gender in Select Short Stories of Mulk Raj Anand from Lajwanti and Other Stories”. Indian Short Story: A Critical Evaluation, edited by Dr. Dipak Giri. Malik & Sons Publishers & Distributors, 2024. pp. 217-222. (ISBN- 978-93-92459-85-6)
Conference: 02
1. “Discrimination
of Gender and Female Marginalization: A Study
of Anita Desai’s Fasting, Feasting through
a Feminist Lens”. ICMDR: Next Gen
Initiatives, vol. 1. , edited by S.S. Kanade & Sunita Paul. Vishwabharati Research
Centre & AABS Publishing House, 2019. pp.100-108 (ISBN 978-93-88963-06-0)
2. “Cultural
Conflict Arising Out of Multiplicity of Identity: A Postcolonial Study of
Amitav Ghosh's The Shadow Lines”. ICMDR: Inculcating Human Values through Art,
Literature, Culture, Management and Technology, vol. 1. , edited by S.S. Kanade & Sunita Paul.
Vishwabharati Research Centre, 2020. pp.125-136. (ISBN 978-93-89264-33-3)
Seminar Presentation: 02
1.
“Transgression Resulting Out of Lesbianism: A Study of Shobha De’s Starry Nights through the Lens of
Cultural Feminism”. One-Day National
Level Virtual Conference on “Emergency of Cultural Studies in Current
Scenario”. Department of English, Sri Sarada Niketan College for Women,
Karur, Tamil Nadu (India) on 30 December, 2020.
2. “Transgressing
the Heteronormative Bounds: Reading Lesbianism in Manju Kapur’s A Married Woman”.
Three-Day International Seminar on Literatures from
Indian Subcontinent: A Review of Different Dimensions. Department of English, Iswar Saran P. G.
College, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (India), 08-10 January, 2021.