Education
1. BA in English,
Don Bosco College (Affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University), Arunachal Pradesh, India., 2012
2. MA in English,
Tezpur University, 2014
3. PhD: North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Title:
Understanding trauma: Literary representations of 9/11, 2023
Professional Experience
- 4th April 2018-till present, Assistant Professor,
Pub Kamrup College, Baihata Charali, Assam
- 2016-2017, UGC-Major Research Project Fellow under Prof. Mala Renganathan,
Department of English, North Eastern Hill University , Shillong, India
- July1st-July 31st, 2012, Summer intern,
Arunachal Times , Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh
Achievements and Awards
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B.A. in English (Gold Medalist), Don Bosco College (Affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University), Arunachal Pradesh, India., 2012
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State rank holder (3rd) Class XII (CBSE, Arts) in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
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Awarded the University Rank Holder Scholarship by University Grants Commission, New Delhi for the year 2012-2014.
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-Awarded the James Roach Fellowship by Osmania University Centre for International Program (OUCIP), Hyderabad, for Pre-Doctoral American Studies Research in the year 2017.
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Secured A Grade in Ph.D. Course Work exam from North Eastern Hill University, Shillong.
Journal publications
1.
“Mapping the discourse of home and identity: Understanding of marginal experiences in Siddhartha Deb’s Point of Return” ( Published in ‘dialog’: A bi-annual peer reviewed journal of Department of English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh, ISSN 0975-4881) UGC-CARE LIST
2.
“Lydia’s silence: Representation of trauma from the an ex-centric position in Achmat Dangor’s Bitter Fruit” (Published in transcript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, Published by the Department of English, Bodoland University, India. e-ISSN: 2582-9858) Journal indexed by Google Scholar and MLA Bibliography of periodicals.
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“Victimization of the innocent: A Reading of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Home Boy and The Submission in the light of the collective trauma of the American Muslims after 9/11” (Published in Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya (SSM), Department of English, Journal of English Literature and Culture, A National Level Peer Reviewed Journal, ISSN- 2319-7684). UGC CARE LIST
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“A fertilizing influence of Literature from North-East India: Forming a world community and combating language issues” (Published in Asian Quarterly: An International Journal of Contemporary Issues, ISSN- 2229-581X)
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“Art and Terrorism: 9/11 and the Avant-Garde Artist” (Published in Spectrum: An International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences” by English Literary Circle, Imphal. ISSN- 2319-6076).
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“Bitter Fruit”: Trauma and Testimony in Zak Ebrahim’s The Terrorist’s Son” (Published in Muse India, the literary ejournal, ISSN- 0975-1815).
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“The Practice and Significance of Head-Hunting amongst the Nagas: Excavating New Dimensions in a given cultural context” (Published in International Journal of English Language, Literature and Humanities, Indexed, Peer Reviewed and Refereed Journal, ISSN-2321-7065.
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“Critiquing the War on Terror and Multiculturalism: A Postcolonial Reading of Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist.” Published in Journal of Literature and Cultural Studies.” Vol IX, Issue 1, June 2022. A Refereed Peer Reviewed Journal published by the Department of English, Mizoram University. ISSN 2348-1188.
Book Chapters
1.
“Representation of the city of Bombay in the Poetry of Indian Writing in English” (Published in Dialogia: An Anthology of Critical Ideas, A Peer Reviewed Multilingual International Edition, ISBN- 9788192409535)
2.
‘Tragic Irony’ in Vijay Tendulkar’s Kanyadan: A Dialectical Reading of the Play. Published in Contemporary Indian English Drama: An Exegesis, ISBN-9789388593991)
Book Chapters
1.
“Representation of the city of Bombay in the Poetry of Indian Writing in English” (Published in Dialogia: An Anthology of Critical Ideas, A Peer Reviewed Multilingual International Edition, ISBN- 9788192409535)
2.
‘Tragic Irony’ in Vijay Tendulkar’s Kanyadan: A Dialectical Reading of the Play. Published in Contemporary Indian English Drama: An Exegesis, ISBN-9789388593991)
Book Review(s)
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A Book review of Butterfly for a Heart; Author: J. Jacqueline; Publisher: Notionpress.com https://theshillongtimes.com/2017/11/05/verses-straight-from-the-heart/
2.
A Book Review of Udayan Mukherjee\'s Dark Circles in Cafe Dissensus Magazine, https://cafedissensusblog.com/tag/vipasha-bhardwaj/
3.
A Book Review of Greta Rana\'s Hostage in South Asia Journal, http://southasiajournal.net/book-review-source-force-and-sheer-banditry-in-the-himalayan-kingdom-on-greta-ranas-magnum-opus-hostage/
Essays
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An article titled \"Takeaways from 2017\" published in The Arunachal Times in 2018. https://arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2018/01/01/takeaways-from-2017/
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An editorial essay \"What’s in a name?\" published in The Arunachal Times daily newspaper on June 30, 2013.
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\"Reclamation of rights and agency in Meena Kandasamy\'s When I Hit You\"
https://cafedissensus.com/2023/05/08/reclamation-of-rights-and-agency-in-meena-kandasamys-when-i-hit-you/