Ruth Vanita is currently professor at the University of Montana, and was founding co-editor of Manushi. She is the author of several books, including Gender, Sex and the City: Urdu Rekhti Poetry in India, 1780-1870 and Gandhi’s Tiger and Sita’s Smile: Essays on Gender, Culture and Sexuality; and a well-known translator of fiction and poetry from Hindi to English.
Taimoor Shahid is a doctoral student in the department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is also a translator of Urdu works in English.
Venkatesh Athreya, a chemical engineer-turned-development economist, served as Professor of Economics at Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, for nearly three decades. His earlier works include B
Kristoffel Lieten is a professor at the University of Amsterdam, where he teaches development sociology, and where he holds the chair of Child Labour Studies on behalf of the International Institut
