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.
Hoshang Merchant (b. 1947) has authored twenty-nine books of poetry, literary commentary, translations, memoirs, and anthologies including Yaraana: Gay Writing from India (1999) and most recently Secr
Haifa Zangana writes regularly for the Guardian and Al-Ahram Weekly, and is the author of many books, including City of Widows: An Iraqi Woman's Account of War and Resistance. She lives in London.<
Tutun Mukherjee is Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad, India and has also taught courses at Centre for Women’s Studies and Department of Theatre Arts in the university.
Jilmil Breckenridge is a poet, writer and activist. She is the founder of Bhor Foundation. Her areas of work include mental health, domestic violence and trauma. She vociferously opposes forced psychi
