JOYA MITRA is a full-time writer, and author of several novels and collections of poems in Bengali. Her involvement with politics began while she was a college student in the late '60s. Her poetry collections include Pratnoprastherer Gaan (Song of the Ancient Stones), and Deergha Ektara (The Long String Instrument). Among her novels is Swarna Kamaler Cinha (The Sign of the Golden Lotus). She has translated the works of Amrita Pritam, Bhisham Sahni, Vaidehi and Ajeet Caur into Bengali.
Indranil is a health economist and activist trained in Economics and Public Health. He is associated with the Jan Swasthya Abhiyan. He also teaches Public Health and Development Economics in OP Ji
Hywel Francis was Labour MP for Aberavon from 2001 to 2015. An expert on South Wales labour movement history, and former Professor of Continuing Education at Swansea University, he was the founder
Srimati Basu is Chair of the Gender and Women’s Studies department and Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Anthropology at the University of Kentucky. She is the author of the monograph
Deepti Misri is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies-Women and Gender Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is the author of Beyond Partition: Gender, Violence an
