Pinaki Roy

Dr. Pinaki Roy (a resident of Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, India) studied English Literature at Visva-Bharati (Santiniketan, West Bengal, India) and University of North Bengal (Raja Rammohunpur, Darjeeling, West Bengal). Since 2019, h is PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH at the RAIGANJ UNIVERSITY in Raiganj (Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal). Previously, between 2008 and 2016, ROY worked as Assistant Professor at COOCH BEHAR PANCHANAN BARMA UNIVERSITY (Cooch Behar, West Bengal) and MALDA COLLEGE (Malda, West Bengal). ROY, the founding-editor of the book-series Studies in Commonwealth Writings (SCW) (Ibidem), is the present Chairman of Academic Committee of The Vidyasagar Academy–Kolkata (Government of West Bengal). His previous books include NATIONALISM AND INDIGENOUSNESS IN SELECT COMMONWEALTH WRITINGS AND FILMS: A POSTCOLONIAL REREADING (Ibidem, 2025), WORDS FROM INDIA IN THE WEST (Ibidem, 2023), THE BROKEN PENS (Aaadi, 2015), WILFRED OWEN: THE MAN, THE SOLDIER, THE POET (Books Way, 2013), HEMINGWAY’S ‘A FAREWELL TO ARMS’: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL (Books Way, 2012), THE SCARLET CRITIQUE (Sarup, 2010), and THE MANICHEAN INVESTIGATORS (Sarup, 2008). His papers have been published by, among other outlets, CLUES, WLA(JOURNAL OF THE US AIR FORCE ACADEMY), MUSE INDIA, VISVA-BHARATI QUARTERLY, ENGLISH FORUM (GAUHATI UNIVERSITY), ANYALEKHO, and (PASCHIM BANGA) NATYA AKADEMI PATRIKA.