Indira Jaising is a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India. She is Founder Secretary of the Lawyers' Collective and Director of its Women's Rights Initiative. She is Editor of the monthly magazine, The Lawyers. Jaising was awarded the Padma Shree in 2005. Her edited volume, Men's Laws, Women's Lives: A Constitutional Perspective on Religion, Law and Culture in South Asia, addresses the vexed question of how to achieve gender equality in personal laws while maintaining the right to freedom of religion and the cultural rights of minorities (Women Unlimited, 2005).
Arjun Dangle, born in Mumbai in 1945, is an important name in the politics and literature of Maharashtra. A founder member of the militant Dalit youth organization, the Dalit Panthers, he has also
M.R. Renukumar is a poet, painter and translator. With an M.Phil. in economics, his day job is with the State Audit Department in Kottayam. He has published three collections of poetry: Keninilanga
Saitya Brata Das teaches at the Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is associated with the UFR Philosophie, Université de Strasbourg, France, and with Maison des Scie
Sheema Kermani is a classical dancer, teacher, theatre practitioner, choreographer and women’s rights activist. She is founder and head of Tehrik-e-Niswan Cultural Action Group dedicated to improvin
Meera Velayudhan is a policy analyst and former president of Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS). She has been involved in gender studies from its inception in India in early 1980s, her
