Saleem Kidwai is a medieval historian, scholar and translator. He has co-edited Same-sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History, a pioneering work documenting and exploring the indigenous routes of same-sex desire in South Asia. He has translated Qurratulain Hyder's Chandni Begum; the singer, Malka Pukhraj's autobiography, Song Sung True; and Mirror of Wonders and Other Tales, a collection of short stories by Syed Rafiq Hussain.
Pamela Philipose is Public Editor, The Wire. Previously, she was Senior Associate Editor at The Indian Express and Director and Editor-in-Chief of Women’s Feature Service, a Delhi-based women's n
