Born and raised in Kolkata, Amrita Nilanjana obtained a Master’s degree and an MPhil in English Literature from Calcutta University. After migrating to Delhi, she taught English Literature as a visi
Subhash Gatade is a left activist and author. He is the author of Charvak ke Vaaris (Hindi, 2018), Ambedkar ani Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Marathi, 2016), Godse’s Children: Hindutva Terro
Sudhi Pradhan (1912-1997) left his medical studies in 1939 to become a full-time member of the CPI and eventually an organiser in the Indian People's Theatre Association. His main achievement was 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
Durgabati Ghose: was born in 1905 into a prosperous Bengali family. Her father Girindra Sekhar Basu was the founder of the Indian Psychoanalytical Society. She accompanied her husband on a trip to Eur
Rafia Zakaria is a columnist for Dawn (Pakistan) and the Boston Review’s ‘Reading Other Women’ Series. She is the author of The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan (Bea
