Paromita Bose

Dr. Paromita Bose is an Associate Professor of English at Mahindra University École Centrale School of Engineering in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Hyderabad.

Dr. Paromita's interests include Indian Writing, both in English and in Translation particularly in the nineteenth and twentieth century India along with an expertise in Children's Literature, Women's Writing, Gender Studies among others.

• Education
  1. 2015: Ph.D., English - University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
  2. 2009: M. Phil, English - University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
  3. 2007: M.A. English - University of Delhi, Delhi, India
  4. 2005: B.A. English (Hons.) - University of Delhi, Delhi, India
• Research
  • Indian Writing in English and Translation
  • Women’s Writing
  • Gender Studies
  • History of Dance in India
  • Cultural Studies
  • Urban Studies
  • Children’s Literature

  Internal Research Funding from MEC. Project Title: “Narrating the City.”

• Awards

  Anuradha Bhardwaj Memorial Prize for Consistently Good Academic Performance in B.A English (Hons.) at Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, 2003-2004, 2004-2005.

• Publications

  Publications

  1. From Amar Chitra Katha's Babasaheb Ambedkar (He Dared to Fight) to Bhimayana (Experiences of Untouchability)- Narrating Lives" at "Decolonising the Panel; Deconstructing the Gutter": International Conference on Postcolonial Studies in Comics and Graphic Narratives in South Asia. IIT Patna and Postcolonial Studies Association, UK. 25-26th September, 2021. (WebEx)
  2. Paromita Bose, “Learning and Unlearning in English Classroom”, Think Pieces Series No. 18. Education. SouthAsia (https://educationsouthasia.web.ox.ac.uk/thinkpiece18); 2021
  3. Paromita Bose, "Negotiating the Stage and the World: The Life Writings of Binodini Dasi." Samyukta: A Journal of Gender and Culture. Volume 6. No. 1; 2021
  4. "Writing Self, Writing for Others", Influence of English on Indian Women Writers: Voices from the Regional Languages," Ed. K Suneetha Rani, Sage Publications. 2017
  5. "Bedanabala- Mahasweta Devi" Mahasweta Devi- Collected Works. Ed. Nandini Bhattacharya and Naveen Kishore. Seagull, Kolkata. (Submitted)
  6. "Devadasi Reform in Colonial South India: The case of Radhika Santwanam", Transcultural Negotiations of Gender: Studies in (Be)longing. Heidelberg Studies on Transcultural Research, Springer. September 2015. ISBN: 978-81- 322-2436- 5 (Print) 978-81-322- 2437-2 (Online)
  7. "Writing Self, Writing for Others", Accepted for Publication under Seminar Proceedings of “Women and English” (Organised by University of Hyderabad), Forthcoming- Sage Publications- . (2016)
  8. Sultana’s Dream: “Ladyland” amidst Nationalist “Tradition” and Colonial “Modernity” Journal of Indian Writing in English. Volume 7, No. 15. September 2014.
  9. “Sports and/in Young Adult Fiction: A case in Bengali Literature” in Wizcraft Journal of Language and Literature. Vol. I, Issue II. January, 2013.
  10. “Mahasweta Devi”. Entry in Sachidananda Mohanty and Sunita Mishra (eds). A Handbook of Indian Theatre. Margao: CinnamonTeal, 2011. [A Handbook of Indian Theatre was prepared under the ASIHSS Programme of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad.]
  11. “Habib Tanvir”. Entry in Sachidananda Mohanty and Sunita Mishra (eds). A Handbook of Indian Theatre. Margao: CinnamonTeal, 2011. [A Handbook of Indian Theatre was prepared under the ASIHSS Programme of the Department of English, University of Hyderabad.]

  Conference Presentations

  1. Paromita Bose,”Caste Politics in the Cultural Realm: Drawing and Reading Discrimination”. International Symposium, “Research in the Arts, The Arts in Research” Cultural Literacy in Europe (CLE) organised and hosted by University of Lodz, Poland over Zoom (May 2020).
  2. Changing Cityscapes: Real City, Mythic Hero", at the International Conference, "Crossroads in Cultural Studies" Association for Culture Studies (ACS) hosted by University of Sydney and University of Western Sydney, 2016.
  3. “Cultural Conflicts: Comparative Analysis of Counter Texts, Mircea Eliade’s Bengal Nights and Maitreyi Devi’s It Does Not Die” at the National Seminar on Comparative Literature in India: Contemporary Issues, Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. March 2015.
  4. "Devadasi Reform in Colonial South India: The case of Radhika Santwanam" at the International Conference on Gender Studies and Expanding Horizons of Inter/Trans- Culturality, CES and CSPILAS, JNU, New Delhi. 2013.
  5. "The Child in Tagore" at the National Seminar on Rabindranath Tagore- In His Time and Ours, Centre for Comparative Literature, UoH, Hyderabad, 2012.
  6. "Writing Self, Performing Self" at the International Conference on Text, Culture and Performance: Postcolonial Issues, IACLALS. 2012.
  7. "Writing Self, Writing for Others" at the National Seminar on Women and English in India, Department of English, UoH, 2012.
  8. "Sport and/in Young Adult Fiction: The Case of Bengali Literature" at the National Seminar ‘The game’s afoot…’ Sport, Literature and Culture, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, 2010.
  9. "The Performative Aspect of the Body" at the National Conference for Research Scholars on Theatre Studies, Department of English (Under ASIHSS), UoH, 2008.
  10. "Women and Crime Fiction/ Detective Fiction" at the Student Seminar on Popular Culture, Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi, 2006.
  11. “Perspective and the Politics of Perspective” at the Student Seminar, Department of English, University of Delhi, 2005.
  12. “Urbanity and Modernity in Tagore’s Home and the World” at a Student Seminar organised by Katha, University of Delhi, 2005.

  Invited Talks

  1. “Devadasi Reform in Colonial South India: The Case of Radhika Santwanam”, St Xaviers College, Ahmedabad. January 2021. (Google Meet)
  2. “Mahasweta Devi” Department of English and Culture Studies, University of Burdwan, September, 2016
  3. "Critical Issues in Fiction", B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad. September 2019
  4. "Michelangelo: Master Sculptor", Department of English, RLA College, University of Delhi, July 2020 (Google Meet)
  5. "Michelangelo: Painter and Architect", Department of English, RLA College, University of Delhi, July 2020 (Google Meet)
  6. "Raphael: The Florentine Period", Department of English , RLA College, University of Delhi, July 2020 (Google Meet)
  7. "Raphael: The Roman Years", Department of English, RLA College, University of Delhi, July 2020 (Google Meet)
  8. "What is Freedom? Reading Anton Chekhov’s The Bet and Malcom X in context". TATA Steel Foundation, Jamshedpur. August 2020 (MS Teams) 
  9. "How to Write: Academic Writing". St Francis College, Hyderabad and American Corner (US Consulate); Three Day Workshop on Indo US Relations. November 2020 (Zoom) 
• Experience
  1. Guest Faculty, Department of English, University of Kalyani, West Bengal (Feb 2015- June 2015)
  2. Project Fellow, UGC-DSA, Department of English, University of Hyderabad (2010-2014)
  3. Content Editor, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (Feb 2009- July 2009)