Basudhara Roy

Basudhara Roy (born 1986) is an Indian English-language poet, critic, and assistant professor at PG Department of English at Karim City College, Jamshedpur, which is affiliated with Kolhan University.

Early life and education Born in 1986, Roy completed her graduation and post-graduation in English at Banaras Hindu University, where she earned gold medals. She was later awarded the UGC Junior Research Fellowship and received her Ph.D. in Diaspora Women's writing from Kolhan University, Chaibasa.

Career Roy has been teaching in the Department of English at Karim City College for over a decade, with areas of interest that include diaspora literature, cultural studies, gender studies, postmodern criticism, and ecological studies. Write to Me: Essays on Indian Poetry in English (Black Eagle Books, 2024)

Poetry collections Moon in My Teacup (Writer's Workshop, 2019) Stitching a Home (Red River, 2021) A Blur of a Woman (Red River, 2024)

Edited Books

Soul Spaces: Poems on Cities, Towns and Villages (Authorspress, 2022)

Poetry and critical reception

Roy's debut collection, Moon in My Teacup, was praised by Jaydeep Sarangi in The Statesman for its “unassailable gusto,” its blend of intimacy and socio-ecological awareness, and a manner “marked by clarity and modesty,” which the reviewer linked to poetic traditions of Kamala Das and Mamang Dai. According to Lahiri, Roy's "poems never shrink from moral ambiguity and difficult questions of life." Her recent collection, A Blur of a Woman gathers poems and has received coverage in national press. The Hindu carried a dedicated review of the collection, marking mainstream critical attention to her most recent volume.

Roy explores belonging, memory, relationships, ecological awareness, and lived interiority in her poems. Her poetic language moves between delicate imagery, quiet strength, and emotional resonance, balancing the personal and universal in a voice both reflective and quietly powerful.