Radhika Coomaraswamy was formerly Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission, Sri Lanka, and Director, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo. She was formerly the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women. She has served as a member of the Global Faculty of the New York University School of Law.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel,
SHASHI DESHPANDE has written novels, short stories, essays and children's books. Three of her novels have received awards, including the Sahitya Akademi award for That Long Silence. The most recent
Prof. Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed was born in Lahore on February 24, 1947. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Stockholm University. He is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Stockholm Unive
Jhilmil Breckenridge is a poet, writer and activist. She is the founder of Bhor Foundation. Her areas of work include mental health, domestic violence and trauma. She vociferously opposes forced ps
Dr. Darvesh Gopal is a professor at the Faculty of Political Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University. He also heads the Centre for Gandhi and Peace Studies and is the coordinator of Austral
