Diane D'Souza is a scholar of Islamic and Gender studies, and a specialist in conflict transformation and peacebuilding. She is a scholar in residence at Suffolk University's Center for Women's Health and Human Rights in Boston.
Harry Magdoff (1913-2006) was an American socialist and influential Marxist economist. He was co-editor, along with Paul Sweezy, of the independent Marxian journal Monthly Review for many year
Manoj Mitta is a Delhi-based journalist focusing on law, human rights and social justice. A law graduate from Hyderabad, he has worked with the Times of India, the Indian Express and India Today. M
Mridula Garg has published 16 books, including novels, short story collections, plays and essays. She has won many awards, including the Hammett Hellman award given by Human Rights Watch for courage
Laila El-Haddad is a journalist, political analyst and social activist from Gaza. She and her two young children spend as much time in Gaza as they can – but her spouse, a Palestinian physician w
Arundhati Roy is a novelist, activist and a world citizen. She won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her first novel The God of Small Things. Since then, she has concentrated her writing on political is
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
