Sourit Bhattacharya

Sourit Bhattacharya, a lecturer in global anglophone literatures and author of Postcolonialism Now, grew up in Alipurduar and researches colonial/postcolonial South Asian texts. He discusses defining postcolonial, decolonizing as active practice, and anti-colonial resistance. He focuses on reading as a politicizing method and connects literature to social movements and pedagogy.

Sourit Bhattacharya, a Lecturer in global anglophone literatures at the University of Edinburgh, studies colonial and postcolonial writings. He discusses a new decolonial method of close, comparative reading. Conversations cover migration, ecology, trauma, minorities and futurity across novels, poetry, film and graphic novels. The talk links classroom practice to social movements and publishing realities.

Sourit Bhattacharya, a lecturer in global anglophone literatures and author of Postcolonialism Now, explores decolonial reading and comparative close readings. He traces how migration, ecology, trauma, minorities and futurity reshape literary interpretation. Conversation ties classroom practice to social movements and rethinking how we read across forms and geographies.