Contributors

Dr. Anindita Chatterjee (Issue Editor), Associate Professor and Head of the Department of English, Durgapur Government College, completed her Ph.D. on “John Clare: Poetry of Madness” from Jadavpur University in 2010. She received a UGC funded Minor Research Project on Representation of ‘modern’ India in the Fictions of Chetan Bhagat in 2011-2012. She has co-edited Re-theorising the Indian Subcontinental Diaspora: Old and New Directions, (CSP, 2020). She completed MRP funded by ICSSR (MHRD, Govt of India) on Sari Story: Dressing the Indian Woman through History, ‘Tracing the Origin, Growth and Evolution of the Traditional Indian Wear.” She has written an article on “Weaves and Voices: Tracing the journey of the Indian Saree” in Textile- Cloth and Culture, (Taylor and Francis Journal), a book chapter on Spiritual Ecology: An Ecofeminist Study of the Jhumur Songs of Tribal Bengal in Indian Feminist Ecocriticism, (Lexington Books). Her areas of interest include British Literature of the Romantic and the Victorian Period, Indian Writing in English, Films, Gender Studies and Popular Culture.

Sharbani Banerjee Mukherjee is an Associate Professor of English at Triveni Devi Bhalotia College, Raniganj. Having teaching experience of more than 30 years, she has published a number of articles in journals of national repute. She has delivered lectures, webinars and presented papers at National and International seminars.

Dr. Smita Ray works as Assistant Professor in WBES. Posted in Bethune College, Kolkata, her area of specialization is Botany and Biotechnology. She has keen interest in the cultural heritage and the traditional assets of India which she likes to explore at her own pace.

Nishi Pulugurtha is an academic, author and poet based in Kolkata. Her publications include a collection of essays on travel, Out in the Open; an edited volume of essays on travel, Across and Beyond; two volume of poems, The Real and the Unreal and Other Poems, Raindrops on the Periwinkle; a co-edited volume of poems Voices and Vision: The First IPPL Anthology and a collection of short stories The Window Sill. Her recent book is an edited volume, Literary Representations of Pandemics, Epidemics and Pestilence (Routledge).

Dr. Pratibha is Assistant Professor of English at Kishanlal Public College, Rewari, Haryana, India. She has several academic publications to her credit. Her Instagram page @yarnsofsixyards has more than 10.2k followers.

Sunrita Chakravarti is an Assistant Professor in English (WBES). She has served at Chandannagore Government College for seven years and is currently posted at Durgapur Govt College, West Bengal.

Dr. Nilanjana Chatterjee, Assistant Professor of English in Durgapur Government College, completed her Doctoral thesis titled, “House as Space in the Fiction of Contemporary Women Writers of Indian Subcontinental Diaspora” in 2016. Her areas of interests are Indian English literature, diaspora studies, neo-oriental studies, gender studies, nature studies, and cultural studies. She has published research papers on diaspora studies, neo-orientalism, and cultural studies in some reputed journals of India. She has co-edited Re-theorising Indian Subcontinental Diaspora: Old and New Directions for CSP in 2020. She has authored a monograph on Jhumpa Lahiri and Indian American Domesticity for Routledge in 2022,
and a book chapter on Angami Kire and Ecofeminism for Rowman & Littlefield in 2022.

Runa Chatterjee is a SACT teacher in Durgapur Women’s College, Durgapur.

Dr. Shymasree Basu, Associate Professor in the Department of English, Vidyasagar Metropolitan College, Kolkata, completed her doctoral research from Jadavpur University in 2010. She has presented many papers, delivered lectures in several national seminars and has several publications to her credit.

Niveditha K Prasad is currently an undergraduate student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. When not preoccupied with a seemingly inane law school to-do list, she spends her time watching movies, re-reading TS Eliot and Joan Didion and trying to scribble words that can one day be respectfully called essays. She is especially interested in long-form writing that combines cultural commentary with a personal touch.

Sreemati Sen holds a Masters in Social Work from Shantiniketan. A Development Professional, she has specialized in Psychiatric Care of differently-abled children. Her stories have been featured in various anthologies. She made it to the Top Fifty Indian Horror Writers Contest organized by Half-Baked Beans. She has been the second runner-up for the Asian Literary Society’s Wordsmith Award, 2020, 2021 and 2022 for the Short Stories segment. She has also won the Orange Flower Award, organized by Women’s Web for her blogs on Parenting and Wellness in the year 2021, 2022 and 2023. She is also one of the top twenty-five bloggers on Momspresso.

Sharmistha Sarkar studied Business Management from the University of Calcutta. Currently she lives in Bangalore with her family and children. She has travelled across the globe and lived in many cities and explored diverse cultures. A saree enthusiast to the core, she loves to spend time with her family and friends.

Suparna Garai is an undergraduate student at the Department of English, Durgapur Government College, currently pursuing B.A., English Hons (Semester VI). She shares interest in music and traditional art and craft of India. 

Paromita Datta is an Associate Professor of English at Gobardanga Hindu College (West Bengal). She graduated from Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata and completed her masters in English from Jadavpur University in 2000. She obtained her M.Phil degree from the University of Calcutta and the thesis was titled BELOVED: ASPECTS OF SLAVERY. She has keen interest in literature and the visual arts, women’s studies, feminism and poetry. She is currently engaged in pursuing doctoral research on South Asian and diasporic women’s poetry from Presidency University, Kolkata. Some of her articles have been published in India and abroad. She has presented papers at eminent national and international seminars.

Dr. Subhasis Chakraborty is an Associate Professor, Dept. of History, Arambagh Girls’ College, Hooghly, W.B. He has received his doctoral degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He has published papers in journals of national and international repute. Email id: [email protected].

Chandrima Das is an Assistant Professor of English at Durgapur Women’s College. She has completed her Doctoral thesis on Eighteenth Century Criminal Narratives. Her area of interest includes translation studies, feminist theory, postcolonial theory, and popular literature.

Photo: Nishi Pulugurtha

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