• Comment: 1) remove all the listings, indexing sources used as references.
    2) add references to reviews of works by Deepak giri. And not to the references to work by Deepak giri.
    3) if you failed to establish a notability of Deepak giri we will be forced to delete this draft too. We need definitive proof of the fact Deepak giri is notable enough. Thanks QueerEcofeminist🌈 12:25, 20 August 2024 (UTC)


Dipak Giri
Born7 March, 1984
NationalityIndian
EducationM.A. (Double), PhD in English
Occupation(s)Teacher, Writer, Editor and Critic
Websitehttps://www.dipakgiri.com/

Dipak Giri (born 7 March, 1984) is an Indian English writer, editor and critic.[1][2][3] He is the Editor-in-Chief of Creative Flight[4].

Early Life and Education

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He was born and brought up in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.[5][6] He completed his PhD form Raiganj University, West Bengal, India on Lesbian characters in select works of Indian Women Novelists.[7] [8]

Career

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He started his career as a Part Time Lecturer in Cooch Behar College in 2007. Since his first job as a Part Time Lecturer in Cooch Behar College where he has now been employed as an Invitee Faculty for PG (Post Graduation) in the Department of English[9], he had already rendered his teaching services in a number of educational institutions in his district town Cooch Behar, named Dewanhat Mahavidyalaya, Thakur Panchanan Mahila Mahavidyalaya and also at a college in his neighboring district Jalpaiguri, named Vivekananda College, Alipurduar (Now in Alipurduar district) before he got permanent job as a school teacher in Katamari High School (H.S.) in his hometown Cooch Behar in 2010.[10] He is also an Academic Counsellor of Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Works

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His books encompass a wide range of subjects, especially related with Indian roots. His main area of concern includes women, Dalits, tribes, homosexuals, transgenders & other marginalized people of Indian society. Apart from social issues, he has also brought out books of literary criticism, especially on Indian English literature.[11] His first published book was Indian English Drama: Themes and Techniques (2018). This book with twenty seven chapters includes all the major dramatists of India and their works. [12][13] Among other notable books, New Woman in Indian Literature: From Covert to Overt (2018) studies new woman in Indian literature against the old and conventional image of womanhood in Indian society,[14] Transgender in Indian Context: Rights and Activism (2019) presents the pathetic picture of Indian transgenders and seeks plea for their rights and social validation, [15][16] Homosexuality in Contemporary Indian Literature: Issues and Challenges (2019) studies the practice of homosexuality in Indian literature from a contemporary perspective,[17]Same Sex Desire in Present India: An Anthology of Literary Texts and Contexts (2019) quests for social validation of homosexual desire in reference to Indian literary texts,[18] Woman-Nature Interface: An Ecofeminist Study (2019) glorifies Woman and Nature and seeks parallelism between the two,[19][20] Queer sexualities in Indian Culture : Critical Responses (2020) scrutinizes the queer (LGBTQIA+) space in Indian culture in reference to all possible media of culture available to human world like art, literature and movie, Tribal Perspectives in India: Critical Responses (2020) presents a panoramic view of Indian tribe and their socio-cultural life, [21][22] Perspectives on Indian Dalit Literature: Critical Responses (2020) deals with the plights and sufferings of Indian Dalits and their movements toward the attainment of mainstream social life,[23][24]Subaltern Perspectives in Indian Context: Critical Responses (2021) critiques subalterns in Indian context from all possible perspectives- from historical to modern and sexual to social[25] and Gender Perspectives in Indian Context: Critical Responses (2021) critiques against gender stereotypes in Indian society. As a critic he has had literary criticism in all possible genres of Indian literature, from poetry to drama, from short story to novel and from native Indian literature to diasporic literature.[1] They are Indian English Drama: Themes and Techniques (2018),[12][13] Indian English Novel: Styles & Motives (2018),[26] Postcolonial English Literature: Theory and Practice (2018),[27] Indian Women Novelists in English: Art and Vision (2018), [28] Gender and Marginality in Mahesh Dattani's Drama: Text and Context (2019), Immigration and Estrangement in Indian Diaspora Literature: A Critical Study (2019), Indian English Poetry: A Critical Evaluation (2021), Indian Diaspora Literature: A Critical Evaluation (2024) and Indian Short Story: A Critical Evaluation (2024). He has also studied Indian cinema through literary adaptation in his book From Literary Composition to Cinematic Adaptation: A Study of Cinema through Literature from Indian Perspective (2022). In 2024, he reached a milestone of twenty books with the publication of Indian Short Story: A Critical Evaluation (2024)[1]

Awards and Recognition

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  • Emerging Editor of the Year (2018)[1][11][29]
  • Mewadev Laurel Award (2018)[30]

List of Major Works

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Social Criticism

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  • Transgender in Indian Context: Rights and Activism (2019)
  • Woman-Nature Interface: An Ecofeminist Study (2019)
  • Tribal Perspectives in India: Critical Responses (2020)
  • Queer sexualities in Indian Culture : Critical Responses (2020)
  • Gender Perspectives in Indian Context: Critical Responses (2021)
  • Subaltern Perspectives in Indian Context: Critical Responses (2020)

Socio-Literary Criticism

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  • New Woman in Indian Literature: From Covert to Overt (2018)
  • Homosexuality in Contemporary Indian Literature: Issues and Challenges (2019)
  • Gender and Marginality in Mahesh Dattani's Drama: Text and Context (2019)
  • Immigration and Estrangement in Indian Diaspora Literature: A Critical Study (2019)
  • Same Sex Desire in Present India: An Anthology of Literary Texts and Contexts (2019)
  • Perspectives on Indian Dalit Literature: Critical Responses (2020)

Literary Criticism

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  • Indian English Drama: Themes and Techniques (2018)
  • Indian English Novel: Styles & Motives (2018)
  • Postcolonial English Literature: Theory and Practice (2018)
  • Indian Women Novelists in English: Art and Vision (2018)
  • Indian English Poetry: A Critical Evaluation (2021)
  • From Literary Composition to Cinematic Adaptation: A Study of Cinema through Literature from Indian Perspective (2022)
  • Indian Diaspora Literature: A Critical Evaluation (2024)
  • Indian Short Story: A Critical Evaluation (2024)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Sethi,Shiv (2024-08-18). "Dr Dipak Giri on the verge of his twentieth book" The Hans India. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  2. ^ Sethi,Shiv (2024-06-14). "‘I’m more a humanist than a Feminist and my books also bear this stamp,’ says writer Dr. Dipak Giri" The Daily Guardian. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  3. ^ Sethi,Shiv (2024-06-29)."A Spectacular Literary Journey of Writer Dr. Dipak Giri" Precious Kashmir. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  4. ^ "About Us: About the Editor-in-Chief" Creative Flight: An International Half-Yearly Open Access Peer-Reviewed e-Journal in English. "ISSN 2582-6158" Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  5. ^ Anand, Jernail Singh (2024-09-13)."An Interview with Dr. Dipak Giri on Poetics of Creation by Dr. Jernail Singh Anand" Compulsive Reader. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  6. ^ "Meet Our Author" AABS Publihing House. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  7. ^ "Lesbian Bond Versus Heteronormative Bound Reading Sexual Transgression in Select Works of Indian Women Novelists" Shodhganga: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET. Uploaded 2023-11-07 Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  8. ^ "Raiganj University: English: Research Scholars" Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  9. ^ "Faculty and Non Teaching Staff" Cooch Behar College. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  10. ^ "Dipak Giri" AuthorsPress. Retrieved 2024-06-23
  11. ^ a b Mahalakshmi, S. (2024). An Interview with Indian Writer Dr. Dipak Giri Creative Saplings. 3 (7): 1-5 . ISSN 0974-536X Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  12. ^ a b Amalraj, D. (2024). Indian English Drama: Themes and Techniques by Dr. Dipak Giri Polis Magazino. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  13. ^ a b Rahaman, Sharuk (2024). Indian English Drama: Themes and Techniques by Dr. Dipak Giri Setu. 9 (3). ISSN 2475-1359 Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  14. ^ Haleem, Aisha (2024). Dipak Giri’s New Woman in Indian Literature: From Covert to Overt Creative Saplings. 3 (9). ISSN 0974-536X Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  15. ^ Sethi, Shiv (2024-07-13). A true picture of third gender in India The Daily Guardian. Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  16. ^ Kavitha, K. (2024-09-25). Transgender in Indian Context: Rights and Activism by Dipak Giri Erothanatos. 8 (3). ISSN 2457-0265 Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  17. ^ Roy, Sahadev (2024). Review of Homosexuality in Contemporary Indian Literature: Issues and Challenges by Dipak Giri Das Literarisch. 7 (1) Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  18. ^ Sarkar, Priyabrata Dey (2024). Same Sex Desire in Present India: An Anthology of Literary Texts and Contexts by Dipak Giri. Creative Flight. 5 (2). ISSN 2582-6158 Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  19. ^ Malhotra, Monika (2024-07-02). Woman-Nature Interface: An Ecofeminist Study by Dipak Giri Litinfinite. 6 (1): 28-30 . ISSN 2582-0400 Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  20. ^ Biswas, Antara (2024). Dipak Giri (Ed.), Woman-Nature Interface: An Ecofeminist Study Galaxy. 13 (4): 29-32 . ISSN 2278-9529 Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  21. ^ L.V.L, Himani (2024). Tribal Perspectives in India: Critical Responses by Dipak Giri, Booksclinic Publishing, Chhattisgarh, India, 2020. Creative Saplings. 3 (7): 1-4 . ISSN 0974-536X Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  22. ^ Biswas, Antara (2024). Tribal Perspectives in India: Critical Responses by Dipak Giri The Literary Herald: An International Refereed English e-Journal. 10 (1): 315-18 . ISSN 2454-3365 Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  23. ^ Chakrabarti, Priyadarshini (2021). Dipak Giri, Perspectives on Indian Dalit Literature: Critical Responses The Text. 3 (1): 60-65 . ISSN 2581-9526 Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  24. ^ L.V.L., Himani (2024). Book Review on Perspectives on Indian Dalit Literature: Critical Responses by Dipak Giri New Academia. 13 (3). ISSN 2347-2073 Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  25. ^ Rahaman, Sharuk (2024). Dipak Giri’s Subaltern Perspectives in Indian Context: Critical Responses Creative Saplings. 3 (10). ISSN 0974-536X Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  26. ^ Gore, Mangesh (2024). Indian English Novel: Styles and Motives by Dipak Giri The Criterion. 15 (5): 452-455 . ISSN 0976-8165 Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  27. ^ Sofi, Naseer Ud din (2024). Postcolonial English Literature: Theory and Practice by Dipak Giri Afflatus Creations. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  28. ^ Kapur, Meetu Bhatia (2024). Indian Women Novelists in English: Art and Vision by Dr. Dipak Giri Literary Druid. 6 (3): 28-31 . ISSN 2582-4155 Retrieved 2024-11-19.
  29. ^ Vishwabharati Literary Festival (2018-05-27)"Emerging Editor of the Year" by Sahitya Anand in association with Vishwabharati Research Centre at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India. Retrieved 2024-06-29
  30. ^ "Mewadev Laurel Award (2018)" by Pratham Trust, Contemporary Literary Society of Amlor, Uttar Pradesh, India. Retrieved 2024-06-29
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