Subhashini Ali, formerly the president of the All India Democratic Women's Association, is a Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Nicolas Mahler is a prolific writer and cartoonist. He has also reimagined Thomas Bernhard's controversial play The World Betterer as a graphic novel, which will be published in an English translation
Meera Kosambi, who has edited this volume, is a sociologist. Her several books include Crossing Thresholds: Feminist Essays in Social History (2007), and Women Writing Gender: Marathi Fiction Before I
