Very little is known about the two secretaries of the embassy sent by Tipu Sultan to Constantinople, Khwaja Abdul Qadir, who wrote the Waqai-i Manazil-i Rum, and Sayyid Jafar.
Saheb Ram Tudu, a Santal, is an artist, illustrator, animation filmmaker and sculptor with degrees from the Banaras Hindu University and the National Institute of Design. He has won 4 nat
Sitharamam Kakarala is Director, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society (CSCS), Bangalore, and has been involved in a range of pedagogic and research activity at the intersection of law, socie
Satarupa Chakraborty is a researcher at Tricontinental Research. She is also a PhD candidate in the Center for Philosophy at JNU. Satarupa is currently a member of the state committee of All India
Meera Kosambi, who has edited this volume, is a sociologist. Her several books include Crossing Thresholds: Feminist Essays in Social History (2007), and Women Writing Gender: Marathi Fiction Before I
