NOEL VIRTUE was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1947. The author of eight novels and an autobiography, he is now established as one of New Zealand’s leading contemporary novelists.
Roland Barthes, French philosopher, critic, linguist and semiotician, had a profound influence on twentieth-century literary theory. His best-known works include Mythologies (1957), S/Z (1970), Pleasu
M.R. SHARAN grew up in Manipal in Karnataka, then a quiet university town sandwiched between the hills andthe sea. He loves reading, cricket, writing, music and quantitative research on development
Saralabebi Chaudhurani (9 September 1872 – 18 August 1945) was a social reformer who founded the first women's organization in India called the Bharat Stree Mahamandal in Allahabad in 1910.
