Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers in the world. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics.
Vivan Sundaram (born 1943) studied painting in Baroda and London. Since 1990 he has made sculpture, installation, photography, and video. His major works include the installations Memorial (1993),
Timir Basu, a postgraduate in geology, was a student leader and trade-union activist, besides being a freelance writer. He has served as the editor of Frontier ever since the death of Samar Sen, it
Ali Mir is a professor at William Paterson University in the US, and is the co-author of Anthems of Resistance: A Celebration of Progressive Urdu Poetry.
Anita Anand is a development and multimedia communications specialist, writer and water colour artist. She began her forty-plus years' career in developing science teaching programmes for rural sch
