Namita Waikar was born in Mumbai in 1961 and studied Biochemistry at the University of Mumbai. She is managing editor of the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI) where she leads and writes for the Grindmill Songs Project and oversees its translations programme. She is also a partner in a chemistry databases firm in Pune, which is the culmination of her work experience as a biochemist and a software project manager.
Ananth Narayan Mahadevan is a screenwriter, actor and director of Hindi and Marathi films and television serials. He received the National Award in 2010 for Best Screenplay and Dialogues for the Ma
Giles Tillotson is well known as a writer and lecturer on Indian history and architecture. He taught at the University of London from 1990 to 2004, since when he has been living in Gurgaon, near De
Mridula Garg has published 16 books, including novels, short story collections, plays and essays. She has won many awards, including the Hammett Hellman award given by Human Rights Watch for courage
Eswaran Sridharan is Academic Director and Chief Executive, University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India, in Delhi. He is the author or editor of eleven books on Indian and int
