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Dipak Giri is an author, editor and critic of multiple works and publications on Indian writing in English, Diaspora Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Dalit Literature, Feminism and Gender Studies in India. As an editor he has brought about a revolution bringing out eight anthologies in less than one and half year. His growing popularity has drawn attention to Indian literati. For his valuable contributions in the field of literature in very short time, he was honoured with the award of "Emerging Editor of the Year" in 2018 in Vishwabharati Literary Festival held on 27th May, 2018 at Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad by Sahitya Anand in association with Vishwabharati Research Centre. He is currently teaching as an Assistant Teacher in Katamari High School in his home town Cooch Behar, West Bengal. He is also Academic Counsellor in Netaji Subhas Open University, Cooch Behar College Study Centre. Prior to joining his teaching job in high school, he worked several colleges as Part Time Teacher and Guest Teacher. Those colleges where he formerly worked as a Part Time Teacher are Cooch Behar College, Thakur Panchanan Mahila Mahavidyalaya and Vivekananda College, Alipurduar. As a Guest Teacher, he worked in Dewanhat Mahavidyalaya. All these colleges are situated in his home district Cooch Behar, West Bengal save Vivekananda College, Alipurduar which is situated in his neighbouring district Alipurduar, West Bengal. He is a member of organising commitee of International Conference of Multi-disciplinary Research that is organised annually in major cities in India. The last conference was held in The Circle, Kolkata on 2nd March, 2019. Next one is to be held in Mumbai from 3 February, 2020 to 4 February, 2020. He is the member of editorial board of Litinfinite, a bi-annual open-access journal in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Early life
Dipak Giri was born and grown up in Cooch Behar, West Bengal. His parental origin is Bihar. He is the first and only son of his family. He had his early schooling in Cooch Behar Shree Hindi Vidyalaya.

Education
After his graduation from University B.T. & Evening College, he completed his M.A. in English Literature from North Bengal University and M.A. in Education from Netaji Subhas Open University. Currently he is doing his Phd from Raiganj University. The problem on which he is working for his Phd is a contemporary issue. His Phd topic is "Transgressing Heterosexuality : A Study of Lesbianism in the select works of contemporary Indian Women Novelists".

Literary career
He started his literary career by contributing poems in magazines when he had been in college. Later he took interest to write research articles and contributed his papers to many journals and anthologies. His articles began to appear one after another anthologies and journals of both national and international repute. His popularity among literati grew him interest to edit books. Then he concentrated to edit books on contemporary Indian writers and issues and challenges they generally deal with. His first anthology "Indian English Drama: Themes and Techniques" appeared in January, 2018. Since then he has been editing one after another anthologies on Indian English literature. Surprisingly he has edited eight books only within one and half year.

Vishwabharati Research Centre from where he had brought out his first two anthologies felicitated him in Vishwabharati Literary Festivals among many literary stalwarts. His book "Indian English Novel: Styles and Motives" was officially released in this festival. He was also honoured with "Emerging Editor of the Year". The chief guest of this festival was Indian poet Jernail Singh Anand. This literary festival was held in Hyderabad, India in 2018.

In 2019 he was felicitated among many international delegates in International Conference of Multi-disciplinary Research (ICMDR) in Kolkata, India. His book "Homosexuality in Contemporary Indian Literature: Issues and Challenges" was officially released in this conference. The chief guest of this conference was Padma Shri Vishnu Pandya, the Chairman of Gujarat Sahitya Akademi.

Books

 * Indian English Drama: Themes and Techniques (2018)
 * Indian English Novel: Styles and Motives (2018)
 * Postcolonial English Literature: Theory and Practice (2018)
 * New Woman in Indian Literature: From Covert to Overt (2018)
 * Indian Women Novelists in English: Art and Vision (2018)
 * Homosexuality in Contemporary Indian Literature: Issues and Challenges (2019)
 * Transgender in Indian Context: Rights and Activism (2019)
 * Gender and Marginality in Mahesh Dattani's Drama: Text and Context (2019)

Articles

 * “Vijay Tendulkar’s Kamala Throwing Light on the Downward Trend of Modern Journalism: A Study.” Rock Pebbles 21.4 (2017). Print.
 * “Self-contradictory Image of the (M)Other Resulting out of Social and Familial Denial: A Study of Mahasweta Devi’s Mother of 1084”. Gnosis 4.1 (2017). Print.
 * “An Approach and Practice to Writing English Novels on Lesbianism: A Study of Post-Modern Indian Women Novelists from Late Twentieth to Present Century”. Literary Endeavour 9.1 (2018). Print.
 * "Mahesh Dattani's On a Muggy Night in Mumbai: A Critique of (Hetero)Sexism". Literary Endeavour 9.3 (2018). Print.
 * “Rise of Tension and Conflict out of Cross-culturalism: A Postcolonial Study of V.S. Naipaul’s A Bend in the River”. Literary Insight 9.2 (2018). Print.
 * “ Restructuring Gender Identity through Reversal of Hegemonic Masculinity: A Study of Kavita Sinha’s Pourush”. Middle Flight 7.1 (2018). Print.
 * “Discrimination of Gender and Female Marginalization: A Study of Anita Desai’s Fasting, Feasting through a Feminist Lens.” ICMDR Vol. 1 (2019). Print.
 * “Search for Identity in V.S. Naipaul: A Study of The Mimic Men & A House for Mr. Biswas.” Perspectives on Postcolonial Writing: An Exploration. Eds. Ram Avadh Prajapati and Dr. Ashish Gupta. Allahabad: Takhtotaaz, 2015.Print.
 * “Lesbianism: A Common Thematic Approach among the Post-Modern Indian Women Novelists Writing Alternative Sexualities.” Indian Writing in English: Themes & Techniques. Eds. Ram Avadh Prajapati and Shailesh Sharma. Aligarh: Vangamay Publication & Distributors, 2016.Print.
 * “Reversal of Sexual Subalternity: A Study of Female Protagonist in Manju Kapur’s A Married Woman.” Rainbow: Shades of Indian English Literature. Ed. Samadhan Mane. Deutschland/Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2016.Print.
 * “Transformation of Dalits from ‘Being’ to ‘Becoming’: A Study of Narendra Jadhav’s Outcaste: A Memoir and Omprakash Valmiki’s Joothan.” Dalit Men’s Autobiographies: A Critical Appraisal. Ed. Bijender Singh. Delhi: Kalpaz Publications, 2017.Print.
 * “A Study of Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things from the perspective of Ecofeminism.” Perspectives on Ecocritical Studies. Ed. Ram Avadh Prajapati. New Delhi: Adhyayan Publishers & Distributors, 2017.Print.
 * “Reversal of Gender Role in Terms of ‘Sex’, ‘Feminity’ and ‘Culture’: A Study of Shobha De’s Women Characters in the Light of ‘Cultural Feminism’.” Cultural Perspectives. Ed. Lilack Biswas. Deutschland/Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2017.Print.
 * “Denial of Power, Position and Rights: A Shadowy and Realistic Portrayal of Dalit in Premchand’s Select Short Stories.” Plurality and Difference: Emerging Trends in Indian Writing in English. Eds. Prayer Elmo Raj and Ch. Radhika. New Delhi: Authors Press, 2017.Print.
 * “Reconstruction of Female Identity from Silent Subaltern to Strong Rebel: A Study of Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe.” Subalternity and Literature. Eds. P. Karkuzhali and P. Prayer Elmo Raj. New Delhi: Authors Press, 2017.Print.
 * “Fragmentation of the Self in V.S. Naipaul: A Study of Half a Life and Magic Seeds.” V.S. Naipaul: A Critical Evaluation. Ed. Bijender Singh. New Delhi: Pacific Books International, 2018.Print.
 * “Changing Power Structure in terms of ‘Sex’, ‘Religion’ and ‘Politics’: A Study of Vijay Tendulkar’s Ghashiram Kotwal” Indian English Drama: Themes and Techniques. Ed. Dipak Giri. Latur: Vishwabharati Research Centre, 2018.Print.
 * “Struggle of Class and Conflict of Ideas as Seen from the Familial to Social Surface in Mahasweta Devi’s Mother of 1084: A Marxist Study.” Mahasweta Devi: Her Art and Vision. Ed. Sanjeev Vishwakarma. Latur: Vishwabharati Research Centre, 2019.Print.
 * “Que(e)rying Gender and Sexuality: A Study of Third Gender in Mahesh Dattani’s Seven Steps Around the Fire.” The Third Gender: Stain and Pain. Ed. Dr. Ashish Kumar Gupta. Latur: Vishwabharati Research Centre, 2018.Print.
 * "Woman-Nature Interface: An Ecofeminist Study of Kamala Markandaya’s Nectar in a Sieve". Indian English Novel: Styles and Motives. Ed. Dipak Giri. Latur: Vishwabharati Research Centre, 2018.Print.
 * "Interrogating National Identity: A Postcolonial Study of Mahesh Dattani's Final Solutions". Postcolonial English Literature: Theory and Practice. Ed. Dipak Giri. New Delhi: Authors Press, 2018.Print.
 * “Idealizing Consummate Heterosexual Love against Romantic Lesbian Love through Various Forms of Love Relationship: A Study of Rita Garg’s Precursor of Love from the Perspective of Sternberg’s Triangular Theory of Love”. Indian Women Novelists in English: Art and Vision. Ed. Dipak Giri. Latur: Vishwabharati Research Centre, 2018.Print.
 * “Redefining Feminine Identity through Subversion of Hegemonic Masculinity: A Study of Mahesh Dattani’s Bravely Fought the Queen”. New Woman in Indian Literature: From Covert to Overt. Ed. Dipak Giri. Latur: Vishwabharati Research Centre, 2018.Print.
 * “Sense of Insecurity and Guilt Arising Out of Social and Familial Tension: A Psychological Study of Lesbian Protagonist in Vijay Tendulkar’s A Friend’s Story”. Homosexuality in Contemporary Indian Literature: Issues and Challenges. Ed. Dipak Giri. Kolkata: AABS Publishing House, 2019.Print.
 * “Reversal of Gender Binary in Living Smile Vidya’s I am Vidya: A Transgender’s Journey”. Transgender in Indian Context: Rights and Activism. Ed. Dipak Giri. Kolkata: AABS Publishing House, 2019.Print.
 * “Critiquing (Hetero)Sexism and Gender Performativity: A Study of Mahesh Dattani's Do The Needful”. Gender and Marginality in Mahesh Dattani's Drama: Text and Context. Ed. Dipak Giri. Kolkata: AABS Publishing House, 2019.Print.