Monograph

Forthcoming

  1. Pritha Sarkar. "Association of the Middle Class in the Naxalbari Movement of Bengal (1965-75) in Indian English Literature." Stree-Samya.

Research Articles

Published

  1. Sarkar, Pritha. “Brahminical Patriarchy in Modern Marital Rituals of Bengal: The Farce of New Sindoor-Daan” Contemporary Voice of Dalit (Sage Publications). (2026). https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X261435268
  2. Sarkar, Pritha. "The Onus of Ejaculation During Non-Consensual Unprotected Sex Under the Indian Penal Code.” Feminist Theory (Sage). (2025) https://doi.org/10.1177/14647001251362643
  3. Sarkar, Pritha. Chattopadhyay, Sayan. "Re-reading the Role of Violence in the Naxalbari Movement (1965-1975) through The Naxalites: An Interaction between History and Literature” Nidān: International Journal for Indian Studies. (University of Heidelberg). (2025). https://doi.org/10.58125/nidan.2025.1.28111
  4. Sarkar, Pritha. " The Role of Violence and Its Backlash in the Naxalbari Movement (1965-1975): Re-reading History and Inquilaab: A Play in Three Acts (1971).” Cultural Logic (Hosted by the University of British Columbia). (2024). https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/clogic/article/view/200245
  5. Sarkar, Pritha. "Disentangling the Relationship between the Middle Class and Peasantry in the Naxalbari Movement through The Lives of Others (2014)." Cogent Arts and Humanities (Taylor & Francis). (2023) https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2023.2286082
  6. Sarkar, Pritha. Chattopadhyay, Sayan. “Caste Identity of Contemporary Naxalites: Reading the Battles of the Naxals against the Caste Hierarchy through a Close Reading of A Naxal Story (2008).” Contemporary Voice of Dalit (Sage Publications). (2023) https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X231157631
  7. Sarkar, Pritha. "A Gendered Historical Discourse of the Naxalbari Movement: Locating the Middle-Class Women in the Movement through the Lowland." Journal of International Women’s Studies 25.7 (Bridgewater State University). (2023) https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol25/iss7/15/
  8. Sarkar, Pritha. “Violence, Naxalbari Movement (1965–1975), and its Representation in Indian English Literature: A Re-reading of History through The Lives of Others (2014).” Indialogs 10. (2023) 28-43
  9. Sarkar, Pritha. "Patriarchy, 20th Century Bengal and the Naxalbari Movement (1965-1975): Tracing the Roots through Lives of Others." Journal of International Women's Studies 22.9. (2021) 160-173
  10. Sarkar, Pritha. "Locating Women in the Naxalbari Movement: A Story of Resistance and Fabrication of the Individual Female Identity." Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities 13.2. (2021) doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v13n2.28
  11. Sarkar, Pritha. Das, Debojyoti. "Gender Politics in Hijra Community as Revealed through Me Hijra, Me Laxmi and The Truth About Me." Museindia 84. (2019)
  12. Sarkar, Pritha. "Dissent against Marriage as a Heteronormative Institution." Pratidhwani the Echo -- A Peer-Reviewed International Journal of Humanities & Social Science 6.3. (2018) 246-252

Forthcoming

  1. Sarkar, Pritha. “Navigating Mental Sexual Division of Labour through Literary Studies”, Journal of International Women’s Studies (Bridgewater State University). (2027).
  2. Borah, Prithiraj. Sarkar, Pritha. "Women, Unpaid Care, and Dissent in Trade Unions: Independent Women’s Organisations in Assam Tea Plantations." Economic and Political Weekly. (2026).
  3. Sarkar, Pritha. "The Development of Debhadramahila as a Modern Version of Bhadramahila". Indialogs (Spanish Association for Indian Studies). (2026).
  4. Sarkar, Pritha. "Indifference as a Tool of Personal Agency: Theorising Choices of Adivasi Women through Hansda’s Short Stories." Contemporary South Asia (Taylor & Francis). (2027).

Book Chapters

Published

  1. Dey, Sayan. Sarkar, Pritha. "Eating with the Others: Politicizing the Kitchen in India." in Palates of Pleasure by Routledge India. (2025)
  2. Sarkar, Pritha. “Assertion of Women’s Agency by Subverting the Heteronormativity in Bollywood Films: Locating Fire in Opposition to Ek Ladki ko Dekha to Aisa Laga” Gender, Sexuality, and Indian Cinema: Queer Visuals by Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. (2023).

Forthcoming

  1. Sarkar, Pritha. “Cuisines of Café as a Site of Acculturation and Enculturation: Tracing the Journey of the Urban Bengal’s Middle Class through the Gustatory Cells.” Bengal and Bengali identity in Food Cultural Studies Routledge, UK. (2027).
  2. Sarkar, Pritha. “Narratives of Cafe Culture in Kolkata: An Ethnographic Evolutionary History of Bengal’s Cafes.” Spiced History by Peter Lang, UK. (2027).
  3. Yashmin, Yasaswee. Sarkar, Pritha. "The Body as a Site of Horror and the Emergence of Third Space in White Teeth." Aesthetics and Politics of Horror in the Global South by Peter Lang (2027).

Miscellaneous

Published

  1. Sarkar, Pritha. Blog Entry: “Vulnerability and Gender.” Vulnerability Studies by UNESCO. (2026)
  2. Pritha Sarkar. "Institutional Paternalism, Utopian Patriarchy, Victim Shaming, and Victim Guilt: The Unaddressed Rape Culture." GroundXero. Link
  3. Pritha Sarkar. "The Hue of Rape and Women’s Safety: The Middle-Class’s Take on White-Collared Attack". GroundXero. Link

Forthcoming

  1. Sarkar, Pritha. Encyclopedia Entry:“Meena Kandasamy." IWE online, Central University of Hyderabad. (2026)