Saniya is an award-winning, leading contemporary Marathi writer, with a large body of woman-centric writings. Her work includes the novels Sthalantar (1994), Awartan (1996) and Avakash (2001), and the short story collections Tyanantar (2002), Omiyage (2005), Bhumika (2010) and Punha Ekada (2015).
Ola Johansson is Associate Professor in Contemporary Performance Practice at the Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts (ResCen), Middlesex University (UK). He has specialized in
