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. "The Onus of Ejaculation During Non-Consensual Unprotected Sex Under the Indian Penal Code.” Feminist Theory (Sage). (2025) https://doi.org/10.1177/14647001251362643
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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/
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Sarkar, Pritha. Das, Debojyoti. "Gender Politics in Hijra Community as Revealed through Me Hijra, Me Laxmi and The Truth About Me." Museindia 84. (2019)
  11. 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. Borah, Prithiraj. Sarkar, Pritha. "Women, Unpaid Care, and Dissent in Trade Unions: Independent Women’s Organisations in Assam Tea Plantations." Economic and Political Weekly. (2025). Scopus
  2. Sarkar, Pritha. "The Development of Debhadramahila as a Modern Version of Bhadramahila" Indialogs (Spanish Association for Indian Studies). (2025). Scopus

Communicated and Revisions

  1. Sarkar, Pritha. “Indifference as a Tool of Resistance in Personal is Political: Reading the Lives of Dalit Sex-Workers through Hansda’s Short Stories” in Journal of International Women’s Studies (Bridgewater State University). Scopus
  2. Sarkar, Pritha. “Marital Rape and Indian Society: Legal, Social, and Cultural Aspects of Violence” in Violence Against Women (Sage). Scopus
  3. Sarkar, Pritha. “Brahminical Patriarchy in Modern Marital Rituals of Bengal: The Farce of New Sindoor-Daan” in Economic and Political Weekly. Scopus
  4. Sarkar, Pritha. “The Development of Debhadramahila as a Modern Version of Bhadramahila” in The International Journal of South Asian Studies (Japanese Association for South Asian Studies).
  5. Sarkar, Pritha. "The Dynamics of Consent in Penetration: Reading Legal, Cultural and Internalised Patriarchy through Noshtoneer 1" in Journal of Gender-Based Violence (Bristol University Press). Scopus
  6. Sarkar, Pritha. "The Marital Rape Culture in the Indian Penal Code: The Institutionalisation of Marital Rape" in Feminist Theory (Sage). Scopus

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 Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. (2023).

Forthcoming

  1. Sarkar, Pritha. “The Contemporary Café Culture of Kolkata, Gen Z, Millennials, and Class Hierarchy: Gustatory Cells as a Site of Tracking Colonialism and Neo-colonialism through Enculturation and Acculturation.” in Gastronomic Journey. Peter Lang (2026)

Miscellaneous

Published

  1. Pritha Sarkar. "Institutional Paternalism, Utopian Patriarchy, Victim Shaming, and Victim Guilt: The Unaddressed Rape Culture." GroundXero. Link
  2. 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)
  2. Sarkar, Pritha. Blog Entry: “Vulnerability and Gender.” Vulnerability Studies by UNESCO. (2026)