Email : oindriroy.eng@aliah.ac.in

Address : Department of English, Park Circus Campus, 17 Gorachand Road, Kolkata-700014

Dr. Oindri Roy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, Aliah University since March 2021. She has previously served as an Assistant Professor in Gokhale Memorial Girls’ College, Kolkata from October 2019 toMarch 2021 and in Adamas University from June 2017 to September 2019. She earned her doctoral degree in 2017 from EFL-University, Hyderabad for her thesis, “Sexual/Textual Consonance in Tales of ‘Disorderly’ Bodies: A Comparative Inquiry into Narratives of Gender Fluidity”. Her academic writings, predominantly in the field of Post-Feminism and Intersectionality Studies, have been published in reputed journals and edited anthologies.  Her other areas of interest include Comparative Mythology, Life-Narratives and Critical Race Theories.

PUBLICATIONS:

Period of Publication (2014-2020)

Articles in Journals:

1. “Of Spaces, Boundaries and Movements: The Recurrence of the Travel Motif in Narratives of Gender Fluidity” in eDhvani: Journal of UoH (Issue V, July 2014 ISSN: 2279-0209). 2014.
2.  “As Human as You Are: When Marangdei’s Brother’s Speak” in Indian Journal of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies (Vol 3 Issue 2 ISSN: 2321-8274), 2014.
3. “Of the Body of the Queer and the Queer of the Body: Reading the Embodied-ness of Gender- Trespassing in Narratives of Gender Fluidity” inTrespassing Journal, Winter issue, 2015. ISSN: 2147-2734.2015.
4. “Between Tales and Tellers:Literary Renderings of Gender Fluidity in Comparative Study” in Rupkatha Journal On Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities,Volume VIII, Number 1, 2016. ISSN: 0975-2935. 2015.
5. “Of Writing Transsexuality in India: A Comparative Inquiry of the Hijra-Figure vis-à-vis Queer Theories” in Modern Research Studies: An International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol 3 Issue 1, 2016, ISSN: 2349-2147. 2015
6. “A Possible Cripistemology of the Queer: Modes of Dismantling"Ability" and Heterosexuality" in Transgender Autobiographiesin InterAlia: A Journal of Queer Studies Volume 11(a), 2016. ISSN: 1689-6637 (co-authored with Prof. Amith Kumar P.V., Dept. of Comparative Literature,  EFL-University). 2016.
7. “‘The Boy who Lived’ in the Cupboard: ‘Queer Readings’ and Rowling’s Harry Potter Series” in Rupkatha Journal On Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, Volume IX No.1, 2017.
8. “Miscellaneous Tales or Tales of Miscellany: A Comparative Inquiry into the Literary Praxis of Narrating Myths” in Literary Insight: A Refereed International Journal, Vol 9, Jan 2018. ISSN: 0975-1815. 2018
9. “Of Homes and Home Lands: A Dialectics of Normative History vis-à-vis Personalized Narratives in Amrita Pritam’s The Skeleton and Bama’s Sangati”inMuse India (Issue 78 Mar- Apr 2018)( Focus: Indian Feminism) ISSN: 0975-6248.2018.
10.  “Bards of a Feather: Reading Poetry in Translation”in Communique: An Academic Journal Of Literary Studies, ISSN: 0973-8584 Vol 11(1) 2018
11. “Bridging the Gaps: Towards a New Paradigmatic Interface of Comparative Literature and Translation Studies” in Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics, ISSN: 0252-8169 Vol: Winter 43.4 2020

Book Chapters:

1. “Understanding Children: An Introduction” in Approaching the Childhood Issues and Concerns in Creative Representations. Authorspress, New Delhi 2015, ISBN /978-93-5207- 180-7. 2015.
2. “Childhood and Queer: Problems and Possibilities of Representation” in Approaching the Childhood Issues and Concerns in Creative Representations. Authorspress, New Delhi 2015, ISBN /978-93-5207- 180-7. 2015.
3. “Of ‘Possible’ Creations of ‘Impossible’ Bodies: A Comparative Inquiry into Sex/Gender Fluid Identities in the Indian Context” in Gender: Constructions, Connotations and Representations. Ed. by Dr.SudeshnaChakravorty. Pailock: Kolkata. ISBN 978-93-88207-16-4. 2019.
4. “Transformative Corporeality vis-à-vis Love In Mythological Retellings : A Comparative Inquiry into Indian Revisionist Mythology”  in Art and Aesthetics of Modern Mythopoeia: Literatures, Myths and Revisionism Volume One Edited by Ashish Gupta and Ritushree Sengupta, New Delhi, London, New York: VishvanathaKaviraja Institute ISBN: 978-81-945995-1-7. 2020.
5. "How Queer is an Indian Hijra?: A Comparative Inquiry into Transgender Selves as the Autobiographical Personal and the Theoretical Emergences in Queer Studies" in  The Dynamics of Gender: New Approaches in Feminism. Edited by Amina Hussain and Mustabshira Siddiqui (Eds.). New Delhi, London, New York: VishvanathaKaviraja Institute. ISBN: 978-81-943450-7-7. 2020.

Edited Anthology:

Approaching the Childhood: Issues and Concerns in Creative Representations. Authorspress, New Delhi 2015, ISBN 978-93-5207- 180-7(co-edited with Dr. Rahul Kamble, Assistant Professor, Dept of IWL, EFL-University)