Dr. Debotri Dhar Interviewed by Martin A Bradley
Dr. Debotri Dhar
Martin A Bradley
Doctor Debotri Dhar is a lecturer in Women’s and Gender Studies in the University of Michigan at St. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Dr. Dhar obtained her PhD in Women’s and Gender Studies, at Rutgers University, USA, her Masters in Women’s Studies (Distinction), at Oxford University, England and a Bachelors (Honours) in Economics, in Delhi, India. Her latest book ‘Love is not a word’ was recently published (2020) to glowing reviews. She also has written novels, short stories, essays, and newspaper columns. ‘Postcards from Oxford’, her single-authored book of stories on women and travel, was published in London and Kolkata in 2013, her novel The ‘Courtesans of Karim Street’ (2015) was short-listed for a Young Writers' Award, her short stories have appeared in literary magazines in USA, UK, India, Canada, New Zealand and elsewhere, and her long story ‘A Flute Called Radha’ was published in a 2019 Penguin Random House anthology. In 2018, she was invited to judge and guest-edit The Best Asian Short Stories (Kitaab, Singapore), a global contest for creative writers in/ from Asia and the Asian diaspora. Her monthly column An Indian Abroad in The Sunday Guardian from New Delhi was immensely popular, and her literary essays such as ‘A Sense of Belonging’ in OPEN Magazine (2017) have received thousands of circulations worldwide. The above I have borrowed from Dr. Dhar’s very lengthy list of accreditations on the University of Michigan website. Dr. Dhar and I ‘met’ while Dr. Dhar was editing an anthology of short stories ‘The Best Asian Short Stories’ (2018, Kitaab, Singapore) which contained my short story ‘Bougainvillea’. ed. 65
