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About the Writer
Name: Dr. Dipak Giri 

Date of Birth: 07/03/1984

Place of Birth: Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India

Profession: Writer, Editor, Researcher and Teacher

Nationality: Indian



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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.


In 2020, the Journal of Commonwealth Literature, an international journal of repute, published by Sage, U.K. has looked upon his works as worthy of being included in the Indian section of "The Bibliography of Commonwealth Literature".