Faculty Dr Srabani Basu

Dr Srabani Basu

Associate Professor

Department of Literature and Languages

Contact Details

srabani.b@srmap.edu.in

Office Location

Cabin No. 10, 7th Floor, SR Block

Education

2010
M.S.
IPMS
India
2003
Ph.D.
IKSVV
India
1991
Masters
Calcutta University
India
1987
Bachelors
Scottish Church College
India

Personal Website

Experience

  • 2017 - 2018, Adjunct Professor | Loyola Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vijaywada A.P
  • 2010 - 2017, Senior Corporate Trainer | Master Coach, Content Developer & OD Specialist -Adecco India Pvt Ltd, Kolkata & Hyderabad
  • 2008 - 2010, Centre Academic Head | Aptech, Kolkata
  • 2003 - 2008, ICFAI National College | Kolkata & Hyderabad
  • 2000 - 2003, Lecturer of English | Sarada Mission College
  • 1997 - 2003, Lecturer | Communicative English, College of Visual Arts
  • 1995 - 1997, English Lecturer | Bhawanipur Gujrati Education Society, Kolkata

Research Interest

Memberships

Publications

  • Humanising the Dehumanised: Kavita Kané’s reconstruction of the Great Epic

    Chakraborty S., Basu S.

    Feminist Theology, 2025, DOI Link

    View abstract ⏷

    Mahabharata, one of the two grand epics of Hinduism exerts immense influence in Indian Culture. They occupy a significant space in cultural epistemology and discourse. However, they have been predominantly handled by male authors, through whose writings we often find women marginalised to a subservient position, which posits them in the lower strata of the Indian socio-cultural hierarchy. Consequently, such women characters are seen being dehumanised through objectification within this narrative. In fact, such treatment often infiltrates itself into stereotypical notions pertaining to gender roles. In recent years, however, there has been a surge of mythological reimagination of these epics, with focus on marginalised female characters who are barely highlighted in the grand narratives established by the said epics. This reimagination provides a new historicist approach to the historically present patriarchy within these narratives. This paper aims to closely investigate instances of such dehumanisation through three books of Kavita Kané: Karna’s Wife: The Outcast Queen (2013), Menaka’s Choice (2015), The Fisher Queen’s Dynasty (2017). Through her work we revisit the epic narrative to study and comprehend their socio-cultural impacts. And examine how Kavita Kané’s re-imagination can act as an effective tool to amend such subjugation and can be a site for a discursive change.

Patents

Projects

Scholars

Doctoral Scholars

  • Ms Pratyusha Chakraborty
  • Ms Gullapalli Bhargavi
  • Ms Sayani Banerjee
  • Mr Shirshendu Chakraborty

Interests

  • Comparative Mythology
  • Neuro Linguistic Programming
  • Queer Studies
  • Shakespeare Studies

Thought Leaderships

Top Achievements

Research Area

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Education
1987
Bachelors
Scottish Church College
India
1991
Masters
Calcutta University
India
2010
M.S.
IPMS
India
2003
Ph.D.
IKSVV
India
Experience
  • 2017 - 2018, Adjunct Professor | Loyola Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vijaywada A.P
  • 2010 - 2017, Senior Corporate Trainer | Master Coach, Content Developer & OD Specialist -Adecco India Pvt Ltd, Kolkata & Hyderabad
  • 2008 - 2010, Centre Academic Head | Aptech, Kolkata
  • 2003 - 2008, ICFAI National College | Kolkata & Hyderabad
  • 2000 - 2003, Lecturer of English | Sarada Mission College
  • 1997 - 2003, Lecturer | Communicative English, College of Visual Arts
  • 1995 - 1997, English Lecturer | Bhawanipur Gujrati Education Society, Kolkata
Research Interests
Awards & Fellowships
Memberships
Publications
  • Humanising the Dehumanised: Kavita Kané’s reconstruction of the Great Epic

    Chakraborty S., Basu S.

    Feminist Theology, 2025, DOI Link

    View abstract ⏷

    Mahabharata, one of the two grand epics of Hinduism exerts immense influence in Indian Culture. They occupy a significant space in cultural epistemology and discourse. However, they have been predominantly handled by male authors, through whose writings we often find women marginalised to a subservient position, which posits them in the lower strata of the Indian socio-cultural hierarchy. Consequently, such women characters are seen being dehumanised through objectification within this narrative. In fact, such treatment often infiltrates itself into stereotypical notions pertaining to gender roles. In recent years, however, there has been a surge of mythological reimagination of these epics, with focus on marginalised female characters who are barely highlighted in the grand narratives established by the said epics. This reimagination provides a new historicist approach to the historically present patriarchy within these narratives. This paper aims to closely investigate instances of such dehumanisation through three books of Kavita Kané: Karna’s Wife: The Outcast Queen (2013), Menaka’s Choice (2015), The Fisher Queen’s Dynasty (2017). Through her work we revisit the epic narrative to study and comprehend their socio-cultural impacts. And examine how Kavita Kané’s re-imagination can act as an effective tool to amend such subjugation and can be a site for a discursive change.
Contact Details

srabani.b@srmap.edu.in

Scholars

Doctoral Scholars

  • Ms Pratyusha Chakraborty
  • Ms Gullapalli Bhargavi
  • Ms Sayani Banerjee
  • Mr Shirshendu Chakraborty

Interests

  • Comparative Mythology
  • Neuro Linguistic Programming
  • Queer Studies
  • Shakespeare Studies

Education
1987
Bachelors
Scottish Church College
India
1991
Masters
Calcutta University
India
2010
M.S.
IPMS
India
2003
Ph.D.
IKSVV
India
Experience
  • 2017 - 2018, Adjunct Professor | Loyola Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vijaywada A.P
  • 2010 - 2017, Senior Corporate Trainer | Master Coach, Content Developer & OD Specialist -Adecco India Pvt Ltd, Kolkata & Hyderabad
  • 2008 - 2010, Centre Academic Head | Aptech, Kolkata
  • 2003 - 2008, ICFAI National College | Kolkata & Hyderabad
  • 2000 - 2003, Lecturer of English | Sarada Mission College
  • 1997 - 2003, Lecturer | Communicative English, College of Visual Arts
  • 1995 - 1997, English Lecturer | Bhawanipur Gujrati Education Society, Kolkata
Research Interests
Awards & Fellowships
Memberships
Publications
  • Humanising the Dehumanised: Kavita Kané’s reconstruction of the Great Epic

    Chakraborty S., Basu S.

    Feminist Theology, 2025, DOI Link

    View abstract ⏷

    Mahabharata, one of the two grand epics of Hinduism exerts immense influence in Indian Culture. They occupy a significant space in cultural epistemology and discourse. However, they have been predominantly handled by male authors, through whose writings we often find women marginalised to a subservient position, which posits them in the lower strata of the Indian socio-cultural hierarchy. Consequently, such women characters are seen being dehumanised through objectification within this narrative. In fact, such treatment often infiltrates itself into stereotypical notions pertaining to gender roles. In recent years, however, there has been a surge of mythological reimagination of these epics, with focus on marginalised female characters who are barely highlighted in the grand narratives established by the said epics. This reimagination provides a new historicist approach to the historically present patriarchy within these narratives. This paper aims to closely investigate instances of such dehumanisation through three books of Kavita Kané: Karna’s Wife: The Outcast Queen (2013), Menaka’s Choice (2015), The Fisher Queen’s Dynasty (2017). Through her work we revisit the epic narrative to study and comprehend their socio-cultural impacts. And examine how Kavita Kané’s re-imagination can act as an effective tool to amend such subjugation and can be a site for a discursive change.
Contact Details

srabani.b@srmap.edu.in

Scholars

Doctoral Scholars

  • Ms Pratyusha Chakraborty
  • Ms Gullapalli Bhargavi
  • Ms Sayani Banerjee
  • Mr Shirshendu Chakraborty