Kalyani Thakur Charal
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Kalyani Thakur Charal
Kalyani Thakur Charal is a poet turned novelist and editor of Neer Rituparna. She has been appointed as a member of the Bangla Dalit Sahitya Academy.
- Dalit LekhikaINR 500
This selection from Bangla writing comprises of translated short stories and poems penned by Bengali Dalit women. Until a few decades back, Bangla Dalit literature wa...
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R. Umamaheshwari
R. Umamaheshwari is currently Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. She has been, for the most part of her career, an independent journalist-academic. She has a Ph.D. in History
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Freedom Mazwi
Freedom Mazwi is Resarcher at the Sam Moyo African Institute for Agraian Studies, Harare, Zimbabwe.
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Shalini Singh
Shalini Singh is a Delhi-based journalist, who has written for The Week and the Hindustan Times. In 2012 she won the Prem Bhatia Award for excellence in environmental reporting. Shalini is a foundi
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Shashi Deshpande
Shashi Deshpande, novelist and short story writer, has nine short story collections, ten novels, a book of essays and four children’s books to her credit. Three of her novels have received awards
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Madhu Singh
Madhu Singh is a professor in the Department of English and Modern European Languages, University of Lucknow. She has previously translated the scholar G.N. Devy’s work, A Nomad Cal
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T.M. Krishna
T.M. Krishna is a Carnatic vocalist, activist, and author. Recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2016, he is the author, most recently, of Sebastian and Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers
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