Radha Chakravarty teaches literature at Gargi College, University of Delhi. She is the author of Feminism and Contemporary Women Writers: Rethinking Subjectivity. Her books in translation include Bankimchandra's Kapalkundal; Tagore's Chokher Bali, Farewell Song: Shesher Kabita, Gora, Boyhood Days and The Land of Cards: Stories, Poems & Plays for Children; Mahasweta Devi's In the Name of the Mother: Four Stories, and the anthology Crossings: Stories from Bangladesh and India. She has edited Bodymaps: Stories by South Asian Women, and is currently co-editing The Essential Tagore for Visva Bharati and Harvard.
Jothibai Pariyadath, the transcriber of Mayilamma: Oru Jeevitham, is an acclaimed Malayalam poet, writer and translator. She published her first poetry collection, Pesamadantha, in 2009, and has trans
Hywel Francis was Labour MP for Aberavon from 2001 to 2015. An expert on South Wales labour movement history, and former Professor of Continuing Education at Swansea University, he was the founder
Sivanath Sastri (1847–1919) was a scholar, religious reformer, educator, writer and historian. He played an active role in the society of his times and kept a wonderful record of events but for whi
Balaraba Ramat Yakubu published her first novel in 1987, and has been one of the bestselling Hausa authors ever since. She has also written, directed, and produced a number of films for Kannywood, the
Deepa Bhasthi is a writer based in Bengaluru. She occasionally works on contemporary art projects. Her research interests are in the areas of sociolinguistics, land/landscape and food politics.
