Arjun Dangle, born in Mumbai in 1945, is an important name in the politics and literature of Maharashtra. A founder member of the militant Dalit youth organization, the Dalit Panthers, he has also been the president of the State Unit of the Bharatiya Republican Party of India.
Dangle’s poetry, essays and short stories, published to critical acclaim, have been translated into several Indian and foreign languages.
SHASWATI MAZUMDAR teaches German at the Department of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of Delhi. Her research has included a focus on the German writer Bertolt Brecht. She has edited a coll
Ajit Navale is a doctor by profession. He is the General Secretary of the Maharashtra state unit of the All India Kisan Sabha and was one of the main leaders of the Kisan Long March.
Annie Zaidi is a writer and journalist who has worked with newspapers and magazines such as Mid-Day and Frontline. She is the author of the acclaimed book of essays Known Turf: Bantering with Bandi
Mahdi Amel (1936–1987; given name Hassan Hamdan) was a professor at the Lebanese University and a central committee member of Lebanon’s Communist Party (LCP). He was a prominent theoretician of
