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).
Shobha Shinde is a Professor of English at the School of Language Studies & Research Centre, North Maharashtra University. She is the author of The Poetry of Adrienne Rich and Margaret Atwood:
Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik are both Emeritus Professors at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Utsa’s books include Peasant Class Differentiation, The Long Transition and&nb
