Ms. Mitali Mishra

Papers in Journals:

  • Mishra, M., & Saraswat, S. (2025). Mothers in the eye of the storm: Maternal ambivalence and agency in Lalithambika Antharjanam’s A Leaf in the Storm. Indian Literature, 69(1), 146-155. ISSN 0019-5804. (UGC-CARELIST Publication)
  • Mishra, M., K.C., B., & Menon, K. (2024). Interpreting the buried truth: Unraveling the figure of the ‘murdering mother’ on popular OTT platforms through a feminist motherhood studies perspective. Chalachitra Sameeksha, 8(10), 78-91. ISSN: 2584-1173. (UGC-CARELIST Publication)
  • Mishra, M., & Saraswat, S. (2024). Recovering the loss: Infanticide, ambivalence, and trauma in Shobha Rao’s The Lost Ribbon. IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities, 11(2). https://doi.org/10.22492/ijah.11.2.03. ISSN: 2187-0616. (UGC-CARELIST Publication)
  • Mishra, M., Saraswat, S., & Menon, K. (2024). Motherhood and resistance in Amrita Pritam’s Pinjar. Madhya Bharti: Humanities and Social Sciences, 86, 215-224. ISSN: 0974-0066. (UGC-CARELIST Publication)
  • Mishra, M. (2024). (Un) Belonging to a nation: Reading Ismat Chugtai’s Roots. Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science, 12(9), 7–9. ISSN: 2321-9467.
  • Mishra, M. (2024). Echoes of silence: Analysing war’s trauma and the unspoken in Soraya Khan’s Noor. Shodh Drishti, 15(8.1), 255-259. ISSN: 0976-6650.
  • Mishra, M. (2023). Exploring intersectional identities in Suraiya Qasim’s Where Did She Belong. Anukriti, 13(12.1), 50–54. ISSN: 2250-1193.
  • Mishra, M. (2024). Contextualizing Kamla Patel’s Torn from the Roots: A Historical Examination of Personal Narrative. International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research, 5(5). https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2024.v06i05.27412. ISSN: 2582-2160.
  • Mishra, M. (2024). Colonial echoes: The emergence and development of Commonwealth literatures. International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 11(3), 325-329. https://www.ijrar.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJRAR24C2690. ISSN: 2348-1269, P-ISSN 2349-5138.
  • Mishra, M. (2024). Maternal metaphors: Exploring the nation-as-mother trope in nationalist discourse and gendered identity formation. Vidyawarta, 29-32. ISSN: 2319-9318.
  • Mishra, M. (2024). Negotiating identity: Indian English poetry in the context of colonial language politics. Creative Flight, 5(2), 22-34. ISSN: 2582-6158.
  • Mishra, M. (1999). Instant gratification. Psychological Foundations: The Journal, 1(2), 12-13. Registered with the Registrar of Newspapers (No. 71123/99).
  • Mishra, M. (2000). Review of The Case of the Himalayan Herb and The Mystery at Marigold Farm. The Book Review – Children’s Book Special, XXIV(11), 48-49. ISSN: 0970-4175.
  • Mishra, M. (2002). Review of 19 children’s books. The Book Review – Children’s Book Special, XXVI(11), 21-22. ISSN: 0970-4175.
  • Mishra, M. (2003). Review of 14 children’s books. The Book Review – Children’s Book Special, XXVII(11), 29-30. ISSN: 0970-4175.
  • Mishra, M. (2004). Review of 44 children’s books. The Book Review – Children’s Book Special, XXVIII(11), 22-23. ISSN: 0970-4175.
  • Mishra, M. (2005). Review of 23 children’s books. The Book Review – Children’s Book Special, XXIX(11), 36-27. ISSN: 0970-4175.

Book Chapter:

  • Mishra, M. (2024). Unsung heroine of partition: Kamla Patel’s Gandhian legacy in the recovery of abducted women. In D. Jaronde (Ed.), Great women of India (Vol. 5, pp. 34-42). Ramanshil Publication. ISBN 978-93-92310-73-7.
  • Mishra, M. (2025). Dismembering the mother: National trauma and maternal symbolism in Ismat Chughtai’s Roots. In A. Gupta & A. F. M. Malik (Eds.), Preventing violence against women and children (pp. 309-315). Sunbeam. ISBN 978-93-48856-15-9

International Conference:

  • Mishra, M, (2023). “Recovered Women and Partitioned Nation”, at the International Conference of Jai Narayan Vyas University, Jodhpur on The Concept of Nation in Indian Literature, 11th &12th March, 2023 (International Conference).
  • Mishra, M (2023). “Lost Mothers in Partition Recovery” at the Three Day Virtual International Conference of Vellore Institute of Technology-Andhra Pradesh School of Social Sciences and Humanities (VISH) on Gender Perspectives and Representations: Breaking Barriers and Buildings Bridges, 20th to 22nd June 2023 (International Conference).
  • Mishra. M (2024). “Roots And Weeds: An Ecofeminist Perspective On Gendered Citizenship In Some Partition Stories” at the ICSSR International Conference of Department of English, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University on Environmental and Apocalyptic Imagination: Ecocritical Readings in South Asian Literature, 19th & 20th September 2024. (International Conference)
  • Mishra. M (2024). “Trauma And Silence: Reading Shobha Rao’s ‘The Lost Ribbon’” at 5th International e-Conference of New Literaria: An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities in collaboration with the Department of History, Humanities and Society, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, and the Department of English, Central University of Karnataka on Bridging Realms: Exploring Intersections in Humanities and Social Sciences, 4th & 5th October 2024. (International Conference)
  • Mishra. M. (2024). “From Roots to Blossoms: Tracing the Metaphor of Women and Nature in Some Partition Short Stories” at 3rd International Conference of The Achievers Foundation of English Studies with Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur and LJNH Girls College, Una, Himachal, on Sustainable Global Goals in World Literature and Contemporary Studies: Remodelling Gnoseological Interlinkage, 14th & 15th December 2024. (International Conference).

National Conference:

  • Mishra, M. (2025). “Trauma and Maternal Ambivalence: Unpacking Infanticide in the Context of Partition” at K.K.S. Women’s College, Balasore, Odisha on Intersection Of Psychology And Literature in Contemporary Literature In English: Themes & Perspectives, 28 March 2025 (National Seminar).
  • Mishra, M, (2023). “Lost Mothers and Partitioned Nation”, at the Sahitya Akademi National Conference at IIT Roorkee on Women, Narrative and Agency: Enhancing Women’s Empowerment in India by Probing Violence, Gender, Discrimination and Recuperation & Voices Unheard: An Approach to Indigenous Indian Literature, 12th &13th April 2023 (National Conference).
  • Mishra, M, (2023). “Trees in Some Partition Stories”, at the ICSSR National Conference at ARSD College, University of Delhi on Trees in Literature: Varied Paradigms, 18th &19th April 2023 (National Conference).
  • Mishra, M, (2024). “Structural Violence and Maternal Trauma: Rethinking Motherhood in the Partition Recovery Context”, at the National Seminar at Maa Manikeshwari University, Kalahandi, Orissa on Rethinking Vulnerability, Re-understanding Resistance: Perspective from Language, Literature and Culture, 23rd & 24th December 2024 (National Conference).