Mr. Rajorshi Das

Published Papers

1. "Masculinity Subverted and Redefined in the Works of Mahesh Dattani." IUP Journal of English Studies. 9.3 (2014):110-115

2. “Reading Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide through the History and

Legacy of Morichjhapi.” The Golden Line: A Magazine of English Literature. 1.2 (2015): 40-44

3. “Representation and Categorization: Understanding the Hijra and the Transgender Identities through Personal Narratives.” Rupkatha Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities. 7.3 (2015): n.p.

Interview

“Feminism Means Nothing to Poor Indian Women: Hoshang Merchant.” Firstpost. 25 July 2016.

Poetry Publications

‘An Army of Lovers Cannot Lose’ in If You Can Hear This: Poems in Protest of An American Inauguration. Ed. Bryan Borland. Little Rock: Sibling Rivalry Press, 2017 (ISBN: 978-1943977-34-5)

‘The Pride That Wasn’t’ in “Portrait of an Artist as a Queer Poet” Firstpost. 10 Dec 2016.

‘The Voyeur’, ‘Some Other Time’ and ‘A Story of Lost Friend’ in Muse India, ed. Semeen Ali, Issue 64, Nov-Dec 2015 (ISSN: 0975-1815)

‘My Father’s Boyfriend’ in Nepantla, ed. Christopher Soto, September 2014.

Presentations

    1. Nation and Censorship: A reading of Aubrey Menen’s Rama Retold. National Seminar on Censorship and Contemporary India. April 2017, New Delhi, India. Unpublished Conference Paper. Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi.

    2. The Hijra Body: Subversion and Homonationalism. International Conference. February 2017, New Delhi, India. Unpublished Conference Paper. Swami Shraddhanand College, University of Delhi.

    3. Nation, Islam and Celebrification: The (Un)Making of Sania Mirza. WDC National Conference. December 2016, New Delhi, India. Unpublished Conference Paper. Shyam Lal College, University of Delhi.

4. The Hijra Body and Performance in the Narratives of Laxmi and Vidya. Crossroads V: Bodily Modernities. Comparing, Intersecting, Dismembering. October 2016, Amherst. United States. Unpublished Conference Paper. University of Massachusetts. (Paper read by a volunteer in my absence)

Article

“Being Queer: Dissidence and Dissonance.” COMEOUTLOUD. 16 May 2016.

Invitation

Panel Discussion on Fluidity: Gender and Orientation at Kamala Nehru College (Department of English) on 20 February 2017.