1.0Department of English Language and Literature/englishcuthemeedtr5/english/author/cuthemeedtr5/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AuUmxJs0Yb"><a href="/english/people/mayurika-chakravorty/">Mayurika Chakravorty</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/english/people/mayurika-chakravorty/embed/#?secret=AuUmxJs0Yb" width="600" height="338" title="“Mayurika Chakravorty” — Department of English Language and Literature" data-secret="AuUmxJs0Yb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/english/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> /english/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/Mayurika-Chakravorty-June-2023.jpg541542Research Interests: Current Research Within the fields of South Asian Literature and Postcolonial Studies, my primary area of research is popular speculative fiction, specifically, science fiction and fantasy writing in colonial India. Through the lens of postcolonial theory, my research explores how fantasy and science fiction can be regarded as expressions of resistance and subversion […]