Name: Somali Saha

Date of Birth: 25-08-1980 Phone Numbers: 9436926127 Email: [email protected] Academic M.A(Eng), NET(UGC), M-Phil(Eng), PhD Qualifications: pursuing.

Present Designation: Assistant Professor

Topics Taught: FNDC paper, Foundation MIL, All papers of TDPH & TDPG

Publications (Year Wise):

1) Saha, Somali. 2011. Arundhati’s The God of Small Things and Dangle’s Poisoned Bread- A Comparison in Dalit Perspective in Indian Women Novelists in English: A Critical Study. Supriya Books, New Delhi. PP-104-113. ISBN-978-81-909143-2-1.

2) Saha, Somali. 2013. Redefining the ‘Self’ and ‘Identity’ in Dalit Women’s Autobiographies. In The Voice of the Other: Post Independence Indian English Fiction. YKing Publications, Jaipur. PP-23-31. ISBN- 978-93-80930-94-7.

3) Saha, Somali and Das, Dipendu. 2014. A Site of Resistance and Assertion of Identity: A Critical Reading of Baby Kamble’s The Prisons We Broke in Variegated Narratives of Indian English Fiction. AADI Publications, Jaipur. PP-95-104. ISBN-978-93-82630-32-6.

4) Saha, Somali. 2015 (forthcoming). Assertion of Silenced Subaltern Identity- A Feminist Reading of Selected Dalit Women’s Personal Narratives in Langlit- An International Peer- reviewed Open Access Journal. ISSN-2349-5189.

Seminars/Conference/Workshop/Refresher/Orientations etc Participated:

Participated in 16 International, National, and State-Level Seminars, workshops and Conferences and presented the following papers: 1. Saha, Somali. 2010. Novels in the Post- Independence Period with Reference to Manohar Malgaonkar and Bhabani Bhattacharya. 13th and 14th Feb. Inter-College Seminar on ‘Teaching/ Learning of the History of Indian English Literature.’ Holy Cross College. . 2. Saha, Somali. 2011. Women Writers Presenting Evolutionary Women Characters in this Evolving Society- An Interpretation of this Aspect in the Novels of Shashi Deshpande and Shobha De. 5th March. State-Level Seminar on ‘Role of Women : Evolving Society’. N. S. Mahavidyalaya. Udaipur. 3. Saha, Somali. 2010. Arundhati’s The God of Small Things and Dangle’s Poisoned Bread- A Comparison in Dalit Perspective in Indian Women Novelists in English: A Critical Study.National Seminar. Ramthakur College. 4. Saha, Somali. 2011. Redefining the ‘Self’ and ‘Identity’ in Dalit Women’s Autobiographies. National Seminar. Women’s College. 5. Saha, Somali. 2011. From Suppression to Self- Assertion- A Feminist Reading of Tagore’s ‘Chandalika’ and ‘Natirpuja’. 24th-25th September. National Seminar on ‘Bichitra Rabindranath : Ananya Rabindranath’.Women’s College. Agartala. 6. Saha, Somali. 2013. Urmila Pawar’s The Weave of My Life- A Saga of Dalit Consciousness. 06-08 March. International Conference on ‘Contemporary English Studies: Society, Culture and Language’. Assam University. Silchar. 7. Saha, Somali 2014. Assertion of Silenced Subaltern Identity- a Feminist Reading of Selected Dalit Women’s Personal Narratives. 16-17 January. International Seminar on ‘Social Inequality and Literature’. University. Agartala. 8. Saha, Somali 2015. Journey from Silence to Eloquence: Specificities of Gender and Patriarchy in a Dalit Woman’s Testimonio. 16-17 January. International Seminar on ‘Gender and Patriarchy in Colonial and Post- Colonial South-Asia’. Kabi Nazrul Mahavidyalaya. Sonamura.

9) Saha, Somali and Chakraborty Prasanta 2015. Empowerment of Tribal Women in North East India -A Subaltern Study . 13-14 February. National Seminar on ‘Empowerment of Tribal Women’. Womens College. Agartala.

10. Saha, Somali and Chakraborty Prasanta 2015. 'Insurgency' in North-east literature - A study of These Hills Called Home - Stories from a War Zone by Temsula Ao.14-15 February. National Seminar on ‘North-East India Before and After Partition’. Swami Vivekananda Mahavidyalaya. Mohanpur. *Attended two workshops on Effective communication Skills organized by Women’s College in collaboration with British Council, Kolkata. * Attended a workshop on Computer Learning Programme organized by NSM, Udaipur. *Attended one Orientation Course (85th) conducted by Academic Staff College, JNU, New Delhi.

Membership/Positions in Learned Academic Bodies/Organizations:

Shouldered the following responsibilities:

1. Acted as the convenor of Routine Committee, Girls’ Common Room Committee. 2. Acted as a member of Drama Committee, Souvenir Committee, Printing and Publication Committee, Cultural Committee, Literary Activity and Debate Committee and NAAC Committee.