Aradhana Sharma is an associate professor of anthropology and feminist studies at Wesleyan University. She is the co-editor of the book The Anthropology of the State: A Reader.
Nikhat Grewal is a child psychologist and aspiring fiction writer and traveler. She believes in the power of bed tea, human weakness and lunar eclipses. She currently lives in New Delhi with her turtl
David Forgacs holds the endowed Guido and Mariuccia Zerilli-Marimò Chair in Contemporary Italian Studies at New York University. He earned both his M.A. in English and his M.Phil. in Compara
Alladi Uma and M Sridhar teach English at the University of Hyderabad and have been doing collaborative work in translation. Their translations as well as articles on the subject have appeared in many
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
David Parker is Emeritus Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Leeds. His books include The Making of French Absolutism (1983); State and Class in Ancient Regime France: The Road t
Gopalkrishna Gandhi took voluntary retirement from the Indian Administrative Service in 1992, was Director of The Nehru Centre, London, from 1992 to 1996, and later High Commissioner for India in S
Samata Biswas teaches English at The Sanskrit College and University, Kolkata. She is a member of the Calcutta Research Group. She has co-edited the Anveshi Broadsheet on Violence; is a member of t
