Assistant Professor
| Date of Birth : | 28/03/1982 |
| E-mails : | chaitaligorai[at]tripurauniv.ac.in , chaiti.31[at]gmail.com |
| Qualifications : | M.A., Ph.D. |
| Topics Taught : | Renaissance, Romantic and Victorian Literature, Indian English Fiction, Postcolonial Theories, New Literatures (African, Caribbean, Australian and Canadian) |
1. PUBLICATIONS:
(i) Journals
| SI. No | Title with volume, number and page number | Journal Name | ISBN/ISSN/Categorization Peer-reviewed/UGC listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ‘The Isolated Navigator: Salman Rushdie’s Manifestation of Self in Haroun and the Sea of Stories’ Vol.12.1 (Feb 2021): 74-82 | The Criterion: An International Journal in English | ISSN: 0976-8165/ Peer-reviewed |
| 2. | 'A Dark Beam through the Prismatic Eye: The Black Community in George Lamming's In the Castle of My Skin' Vol 10.1(2020): 98-108 | Journal of The Odisha Association for English Studies | ISSN: 2249-6726/ Peer-reviewed |
| 3. | ‘The ‘Other’ Side of Indian Independence and Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan’ Vol 10.1 (2016): 116-28 | Samay-Aagam Research Journal | ISSN-0976-4682/ Peer-reviewed |
| 4. | ‘Between Cultural Crossroads: Traditional Indians versus Anglicised Indians in Selected Short Stories of Khushwant Singh’ Vol 9.2 (2015): 99-116 | Samay-Aagam Research Journal | ISSN-0976-4682/ Peer-reviewed |
| 5. | ‘All is Fresh, All is Green’ (a Poem) Vol 26 (October 2014): 63 | Samay-Sarita | ISSN: 0976-4690/ Peer-Reviewed |
| 6. | ‘Decoding the Matriarchal Myth in The Da Vinci Code’ Vol. VII No. 1 & 2. Jan & July (2008): 126-134 | Reflections | ISSN: 0973-046X/ Peer-Reviewed |
| 7. | The Novels of Jean Rhys as Studies in Inverted Odyssey Vol.6 No 2 April-June (2007): 86-96 | The Atlantic Critical Review | ISSN: 0972-6373/ Peer-Reviewed |
| 8. | ‘Caliban down the Centuries’ Vol.4.3 [July-September (2005)]: 13-21 | The Atlantic Critical Review | ISSN: 0972-6373/ Peer-Reviewed |
(ii) Books/Chapters in Books
| SI. No | Art/Chapter Title with page numbers | Book title, Editor & Publisher | ISBN/ISSN No/(Or, Renowned publishers) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ‘Vidyasagar’s the Barnaparchay and the Written Characters of Bengali’ pp.77-85 | IswarchandraVidyasagar: DuishoBacharerNiswangaPathik Ed. Nirmal Das & RupasreeDebnath Tripura BaniPrakashani, 2020 | ISBN 978-81-940408-7-3 |
| The Traveller: Uncollected Works of Mohit K. Ray 2016 | ISBN 978-93-5208-046-5 | ||
| 2. | ‘A Word for You, My Teacher’ p.857 | The Traveller: Uncollected Works of Mohit K. Ray 2016 | ISBN 978-93-5208-046-5 |
| 3. | Rabha Folk Tales, Pp xi+104. AkanshaPublishing House, 2014 | ISBN 978-81-8370-406-9 | |
| 4. | Phoenix Pp. 239. Orient Blackswan, 2014 | ISBN 978 81 250 5753 6 | |
| 5. | ‘Thus the Arabian Tales are Quilted Again: A Study of Hariharan’sWhen Dreams Travel’ pp.84-94 | Variegated Narratives of Indian English Fiction. Ed. Ghanashyam & Prasanta Chakraborty. AdiPublicaitons, 2014 | ISBN 978-93-82630-32-6 |
| 6. | ‘The Semiotics of Space in Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things’ pp.103-116 | The Voice of the Other: Post Independence Indian English Fiction. Ed. Ghanashyam & Prasanta Chakraborty. Yking Books, 2013 | ISBN 978-81-909143-2-1 |
| 7. | ‘Voyaging Within and Without: A Study of Rhys’s Voyage in the Dark’ pp.216-222 | Contemporary English Literatures: A Reader 2009 | ISBN 81 906258 1 0 |
| 8. | ‘Jane Eyre: A Site for Conflicting Contexts’ pp.1-7 | Studies in Women Writers in English Vol. 7 2009 | ISBN 978-81-269-1258-2 |
| 9. | ‘Homecoming’ pp.299-302 | Widening Horizons: Essays in Honour of Professor Mohit K. Ray 2005 | ISBN 81-7625-598-X |
(iii) Translations
| SI. No | Title with page number | Type of Book/ and Authorship | Publisher & ISBN/ISSN/Categorization |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ‘The Tale of the Frog Boy’ pp.93-97 | Echoes from Lungleng Tang: Bongcher Literature of Oral Tradition’ Ed. Kamal Bongcher and ZohmingThangaBongcher. SahityaAcademi, 2011 | ISBN 978-81-260-3210-5 |
| 2. | ‘PapiyasaRetep’ pp.98-105 | Echoes from Lungleng Tang: Bongcher Literature of Oral Tradition’ Ed. Kamal Bongcher and ZohmingThangaBongcher. SahityaAcademi, 2011 | ISBN 978-81-260-3210-5 |
2. SEMINARS/INVITED RESOURCE PERSON
| SI. No | Title of the Invited Lecture/Paper presented | Title of Conference / Seminar | Organized by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Keynote Speaker ‘The (Un)making of the Folk Hero in the Tales from Northeast India’ | 23rd April 2022 | iSPELL (Indian Society for the Promotion of English Language and Literature) Tripura Forum (Webinar) |
| 2. | Keynote Speaker ‘What is it to be a Woman: A Peek into Perception Contrasts’ | 46th Sunday SahityikSatsang July 2021, 1st August 2021 | iSPELL (Indian Society for the Promotion of English Language and Literature) (Webinar) |
| 3. | Resource Person | 4 days Translation Workshop, 9th – 12th August 2019 | NECOL, SahityaAcademi, Agartala |
| 4. | ‘A Demi-God among the Zo: The Retold Story of Lalruanga’ | Negotiating Issues of Orality, Folk and History in the 21st Century 5th-6th November 2018 | ICFAI University, Tripura |
| 5. | ‘BhāsāSankat: Kāran, Pratifal o tārPratikār’ | SSahityaSammelan – 2017, 22 February 2017 | SahityaSammelan Preparatory Committee, Agartala |
| 6. | ‘The Soliloquies of Shakespeare: Pieces Neither Withered by Age Nor Staled by Custom’ | Panel Discussion to Commemorate the 400th Death Anniversary of Shakespeare 4th October 2016 | Department of English, N. S. Mahavidyalaya, Udaipur |
| 7. | ‘Folklore: Its Contextualisation in Mainstream Literature’ | The Silence of Dying Voices: Literatures on the Verge of Extinction in India’s North-East and the World 4th & 5th July 2016 | Department of English, Tripura University |
| 8. | ‘Home, Personal Space and the Metaphor of Journey: A Reading of Jean Rhys’ Good Morning, Midnight’ | Heterotopologies: Re-defining Space and Cultural Imaginaries 17th-18th February 2011 | Department of English, The University of Burdwan |
| 9. | ‘In Search of her Mother’s Garden: Female Protagonist in Jean Rhys’ After Leaving Mr Mackenzie’ | Texts and Discourses 18 December 2009 | Department of English, The University of Burdwan |
| 10. | ‘God’s Un-Chosen Seeds: Study of the Socially Exiled in Mulk Raj Anand’sUntouchable’ | Social Exclusion and Empowerment: A Multidisciplinary Approach 28th-29th May 2007 | Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies (CIS), The University of Burdwan |
Publications (year wise) :
| Caliban down the Centuries | The Atlantic Critical Review Vol.4 No 3. ed by Dr Mohit K Ray. New Delhi: The Atlantic Publishers and Distributors Ltd, 2005 |
| The Novels of Jean Rhys as Studies in Inverted Odyssey | The Atlantic Critical Review Vol.4 No 3. ed by Dr Mohit K Ray. New Delhi: The Atlantic Publishers and Distributors Ltd, 2007 |
| God’s Unchosen Seeds: Study of the Socially Exiled in Anand’s Untouchable | Working Paper Series of CIS, no 4 (2008). Burdwan University: CIS of the Faculty of Arts, Science and Commerce [In Press] |
| Jane Eyre: A Site for Conflicting Contexts | Studies in Women Writers in English Vol. 7. ed by Dr Rama Kundu. New Delhi: The Atlantic Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd. [In Press] |
| Voyaging Within and Without: A Study of Rhys’s Voyage in the Dark | Contemporary English Literatures: A Reader. Ed by Dr Angshuman Kar. West Bengal: Icon Publishers, 2009 |
| Decoding the Matriarchal Myth in The Da Vinci Code | Reflections. Ed by Dr Gauri Sankar Jha. Bhagalpur: Writers and Writings, Jan & July 2008. |
| In Search for her Mother’s Garden: Female Protagonist in Jean Rhys’s After Leaving Mr Mackenzie”. | The Journal of English Department. Burdwan: Burdwan University [In Press] |
| Translation of Bongcher Tales of “Papiyasa Retep” and “Uchekte Retep” from Bengali to English. | Sahitya Akademi NECOL [North-East Centre for Oral Literature]. 2010 [In Press]. |
Seminar/Conference/Workshop/Refresher/Orientation etc Participated:
| 1.International Seminar on Writing Across Cultures | 14 February 2006. | Department of English, the University of Burdwan | Participated |
| 2. National Seminar on Literary Theory: Spectre and Aura | 15-16 January, 2007 | Department of English, Maharajadhiraj Uday Chand Women’s College, Burdwan | Participated |
| 3. National Seminar on Nineteenth Century British Literature: Text and Context | 13-14 February, 2007 | Department of English, the University of Burdwan | Presented a paper titled “Jane Eyre: A Site for Conflicting Contexts” |
| 4. Two-day UGC sponsored National Seminar on Social Exclusion and Empowerment: A Multidisciplinary Approach on | 28-29 May, 2007 | Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies [CIS] | Presented a paper titled “God’s Unchosen Seeds: Study of the Socially Exiled in Anand’s Untouchable” |
| 5. National Seminar on Multiculturalism and Literature of Asian Diaspora | 27-28 February, 2008 | Department of English, The University of Burdwan, | Participated |
| 6. International Research Scholars’ Seminar on Australian Studies: Divergent Directions | 22 November, 2009. | The IASA (Indian Association for the Study of Australia), Eastern Region, | Participated |
| 7. National Seminar for Research Scholars and Students on Texts and Discourses | 18 December, 2009 | Department of English, The University of Burdwan, | Presented a paper titled “In search for her Mother’s Garden: Female Protagonist in Jean Rhys’s After Leaving Mr Mackenzie” |