Ira Pande is an editor, author and translator. Formerly a lecturer in Panjab University, Chandigarh, she is currently chief editor, IIC Publications. She is the author of Diddi: My Mother's Voice.
Bama teaches in a primary school in Uthramerur, near Chennai. She draws her energy from the Dalit movements in Tamil Nadu and her writing is a source of strength for the growing Dalit consciousness
NINAN KOSHY served as Director, Commission of the Churches on International Affairs, World Council of Churches (WCC), Geneva, from 1981 to 1991 and earlier as its Executive Secretary for seven year
