নৰ্থ লখিমপুৰ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় North Lakhimpur University A Public State University established by upgrading North Lakhimpur College
under Assam Act No. LVIII of 2023 & Recognized by the UGC under section 2(f) of the UGC Act, 1956
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Dr Binda Sah

Associate Professor (HOD) | English

Dr. Binda Sah is an academic and researcher in English Studies, with interdisciplinary interests in Indian literature, gender and feminist studies, postcolonial and decolonial studies, Dalit studies, Indian Diaspora and Indian Knowledge Systems. His research focuses particularly on the intersections of gender, embodiment, space, power, ecopolics and digital humanities. He is also interested in integrating Indian epistemologies and interdisciplinary perspectives into literary studies and higher education.

Research Interests

Postcolonial literature, Diaspora, Indian Writings in English, Critical Theory, Dalit Writings, 

Specialized Courses

Postcolonial literature 

Critical theory 

ELT 

Publications

                   

Publications in Research Journal

Phukon, Rimi Rekha, Kamala Kanta Bori, and Binda Sah. “Gender, Conflict and Resilience: Reading Arupa Patangia Kalita’s Novel Felanee in Context.” SUṢAMĀ: Multidisciplinary Research Journal, vol. 2, no. 3, 2026, pp. 370–378.   https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22700795

Baruah, Sushmita, and Binda Sah. “The Female Body as a Site of Control and Redemption in Ahalya’s Awakening”. Drishti: The Sight, vol. 15, no. 1, 2026, pp. 64-67.

Sah, Binda, and D. Medhi. “Negotiating Caste and Class: Dalit Selfhood Through Food, Education and Religion in Omprakash Valmiki’s Joothan.” Contemporary Voice of Dalit, 2026,     https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X261424632

Doley, Surjya Kumar, and Binda Sah. “Reclaiming Earth through Indigenous Epistemology in Sarah Joseph’s Gift of Green: An Ecopolitical Perspective.” Sampriti, vol. 11, no. 2, 2025, pp. 313–24.

Baruah, Sushmita, and Binda Sah. “Gender-Based Violence and Memory in The Forest of Enchantment: Reclaiming the Silenced Wounds.” Sampriti, vol. 11, no. 2, 2025, pp. 360–67.

Das, Sanjib, Kamala Kanta Bori, and Binda Sah. “Exploring Acculturation and Indigenous Wisdom in the Narratives of Funeral Nights and The Black Hills.” Drishti: The Sight, vol. 14, no. 2, 2025, pp. 81–83.

Debnath, Kakoli, and Binda Sah. “Between Nations and Narratives: Transnational Engagement and Flexible Citizenship in American Betiya.” The Literary Scientist, vol. 1, no. 3, 2025.      https://theliteraryscientist.org

Debnath, Kakoli, and Binda Sah. “Silence and Brown Womanhood: Diasporic Feminist Weaving and Heterogeneity in The Direction of the Wind.” Confluence: Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences and Commerce, vol. 1, no. 1, 2025, pp. 15–25.      https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15721993

Sah, Binda. “Indira Goswami’s ‘Sanskar’: Reading Female Body as a Subversive Agent.” Jodhpur Studies in English, vol. 23, 2025, pp. 16–21.

Doley, Surjya Kumar, and Binda Sah. “From Landscape to Life: An Ecopolitical Reading of Sarah Joseph’s Gift in Green.” Educational Administration: Theory and Practice, vol. 30, no. 1, 2024, pp. 8081–87.         https://doi.org/10.67145/kuey.v30i1.11164

Sah, Binda. “Narrative of Contagions: Dimensions and Perspectives.” Sampratyaya, vol. 1, no. 1, 2024, pp. 83–92.     DOI: https://doi.org/10.21276/smprt.202407.1.1.a6

Sah, Binda. “Patriarchal Representation of Female Body in the Oral Narratives of Assam.” Drishti: The Sight, vol. XII, no. II, Nov. 2023–Apr. 2024, pp. 106–109. https://www.drishtithesight.com/assets/resources/2025/08/Drishti_Volume_XII_Issue_II.pdf#page=105

Sah, Binda. “Identity Crisis vis-à-vis Acculturation: Migration in Postcolonial Era—A Case Study of Bhojpuriya in Assam.” Language in India, vol. 19, no. 6, June 2019, pp. 33–39.     https://www.languageinindia.com/june2019/bindaIdentitycrisisacculturationmigrationwithinindiafinal1.pdf

Sah, Binda. “The Hairy Ape: A Tragic Dilemma of Belonging.” Language in India, vol. 19, no. 4, Apr. 2019, pp. 62–67. https://www.languageinindia.com/april2019/bindadilemmabelonginghairyape.pdf

Sah, Binda. “Female Friendship vis-à-vis Marriage Plot in Jane Austen’s Emma: A Feminist Reading”. Review of Research, Vol. 7, Issue 4, Jan. 2018. https://oldror.lbp.world/UploadedData/10560.pdf   

Sah, Binda. “A Study of Language Change of Migrants with Reference to the Bhojpuri Speech Community in Tezpur of Assam.” Language in India, vol. 17, no. 2, Feb. 2017, pp. 39–50.      https://www.languageinindia.com/feb2017/v17i2feb2017.pdf

Sah, Binda. “A Summary of UGC Minor Research Project on ‘Language, Acculturation and Identity: A Case Study of the Bhojpuri Speech Community of Tezpur in Assam.’” Indian Stream Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 12, 2016.       https://www.oldisrj.lbp.world/ArticleList.aspx?Month=January&VolumeID=60

Sah, B. “War, Violence and the Poetry of Ted Hughes: A Reflection.” The Criterion: An International Journal in English, vol. 4, no. 4, 2013, pp. 1–6.                 https://www.the-criterion.com/V4/n4/Binda.pdf

Sah, Binda. “Post-War British poetry: An Analysis”. .” Indian Streams Research Journal, vol. 3, no. VII, 2013, pp. 1-4. https://www.academia.edu/65306907/Post_War_British_Poetry_An_Analysis

Sah, Binda. “Multicultural Concern in Jhumpa Lahiri and Margaret Wilson.” Indian Streams Research Journal, vol. 2, no. XII, 2013, pp. 89–94.

Sah, Binda. “Voicing the Subaltern in the Works of Margaret Wilson.” Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 2013, pp. 172-176.

Sah, Binda. “Myriad Modes of Sexuality, Ecology, Pain and Ambition in Jhumpa Lahiri and Margaret Wilson”. Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 2012, pp.53-59.

Sah, Binda. “Redefining Womanhood.” Indian Streams Research Journal, vol. 2, no. X, 2012, pp. 54–56.                              https://www.oldisrj.lbp.world/ArchiveArticleList.aspx?VolumeID=22

Sah, Binda. “Making of Meaning”. Arunachal University Research Journal, Vol. 7 (2), 2004, pp. 117-121.       https://www.academia.edu/346312 

 

Research Supervision

                   

Scholars of North Lakhimpur College registered under Dibrugarh University

 

Sl. No.

Name

Topics

Date of Ph. D. Registration

Name of Supervisor/

Co-Supervisors

Status

 

 

01

 

 

Kakoli Debnath

Shifting Paradigms in Indian Diasporic Writings: A Critical Study of Select Fictions of Anuradha D. Rajurkar, Mansi Shah, Mira Jacob, and Sanjena Sathian.

 

 

 

 

14/05/2024

 

 

Dr. Binda Sah

 

Abstract approved

 

 

02

 

 

Rimi Rekha Phukon

Representation and the Subaltern: Reading the Troubled Periphery in the Select Works of Mamang Dai and Arupa Patangia Kalita.

 

 

 

14/05/2024

 

Dr. Binda Sah

(Co-Supervisor)

Ongoing

 

 

03

 

Surjya Kumar Doley

Ecofeminism vis-à-vis Industrial Development and Power Politics: A Critical Study of Select Fictions of Anuradha Roy, Usha K. R. and Sarah Joseph.

 

 

 

14/05/2024

 

 

Dr. Binda Sah

Ongoing

 

 

04

 

 

Sushmita Baruah

Rewriting of Mythical Women: A Postcolonial Study of Select Works of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Kavita Kane.

 

 

 

14/05/2024

 

Dr. Binda Sah

Ongoing

 

05

 

Sanjib Das

Interrogating Reason Through Indigenous Wisdom in the Select writings from North East India.

 

01/08/2024

Dr. Binda Sah

(Co-Supervisor)

Ongoing

 

Scholars of North Lakhimpur University

 

Sl. No.

Name

Topics

Date of Ph. D. Registration

Name of Supervisor/

Co-Supervisors

Status

01

Primika Hagjer

 

 

 

 

Dr. Binda Sah

Coursework completed

02

Rahul Pegu

 

 

 

Dr. Binda Sah

Coursework completed

03

Ankita Chaudhury

 

 

Dr. Binda Sah

Coursework completed