(b. 1950, Virudhnagar) is a leading Tamil intellectual who was part of a core group of mainly dalit writers and thinkers in the 1990s who were behind the influential little magazine, Nirapirigai. He has authored twenty research works that analyse the development of Tamil culture from ancient to modern periods with a focus on subaltern dalit perspectives. He retired as Head of the Tamil Department at the Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Postgraduate Studies in Puducherry.
Asif Farrukhi is an author, critic and translator, known for his short stories and essays, seven anthologies of short fiction and two collections of critical essays. He is the editor of Duniyazad,
Thirumaavalavan is the General Secretary of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal and a member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha, formerly a member of the Tamil Nadu state assembly.
Ananya Jahanara Kabir is Professor of English Literature, King's College, London. She is the author of Paradise, Death and Doomsday in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Territory of Desire: Representing t
Sneha Kar Chaudhuri is Assistant Professor of English, West Bengal State University and Guest Faculty at Department of English, Jadavpur University; formerly Assistant Editor and current Editorial Boa
