Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) was a German Marxist poet, playwright and theatre practitioner. He was forced into exile in 1933, returning from the United States to Switzerland in 1947, and to East B
bell hooks (1952-2021), is a cultural critic, feminist theorist, and writer. Previously a professor in the English departments at Yale University and Oberlin College, hooks was a Distinguished Prof
Ashraf Aziz received his schooling in East Africa. But his real schooling had started much earlier at home – in Hindustani film songs, which became a life-long passion. After attending the Ma
Danish Husain is an actor, poet, storyteller as well as a theatre director. He runs his own theatre company called the Hoshruba Repertory. He is known for his revival of Urdu storytelling through t
Palagummi Sainath (born 1957), one of India’s best-known journalists, is the founding editor of People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI). He was The Hindu’s Rural Affairs Editor til
