M.R. Renukumar is a poet, painter and translator. With an M.Phil. in economics, his day job is with the State Audit Department in Kottayam. He has published three collections of poetry: Keninilangail (In marshy lands, 2005), Veshakkaya (The fruit of knowledge, 2007) and Pachakkuppi (Green bottle, 2011). His other works include Naalaam classile varaal (Snakehead fish in the fourth standard, 2008), Poykayil Yohannan (2009, biography of the activist, poet and socio-religious reformer of the same name), and a book of essays and reminiscences, Muzhusooryanaakaanulla shramangal (Attempts to be a full-blown sun, 2013). He has translated the graphic biography of B.R. Ambedkar, Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability, from English into Malayalam (2014).
Anand Chakravarti retired as Professor of Sociology at the University of Delhi in 2006. He held the S.K. Dey Chair in Local Government at the Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi, from July 2013
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Anil Rajimwale is a well-known Marxist theoretician, contributing consistently to the enrichment of scientific Marxist theory over the years. He has written widely on philosophy, history, economics, p
Alex Akhup belongs to the Kom society. His research interests include epistemology, lived experiences, worldviews, narratives, history writing and ecology studies.
Author of three novels and several story collections, Geetanjali Shree’s work has been translated into English, French, German, Serbian, and Korean. She has received and been shortlisted for a nu
Born and raised in Kolkata, Amrita Nilanjana obtained a Master’s degree and an MPhil in English Literature from Calcutta University. After migrating to Delhi, she taught English Literature as a visi
