Shivaji Das

Lucinda Ramberg

Lucinda Ramberg is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Cornell University. She is the author of the monograph, Given to the Goddess: South Indian Deva

Wang Chaohua

Wang Chaohua is a researcher who has a doctorate in modern Chinese literature and culture from the University of California, Los Angeles. She writes regularly on Chinese politics and has edited a c

Okbazghi Yohannes

Okbazghi Yohannes is Political Science Professor Emeritus at University of Louisville in Louisville, KY, and author of Eritrea: A Pawn in World Politics.

B.R. Ambedkar

Born into an ‘untouchable’ family, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956) was one of India’s most radical thinkers. A brilliant student, he earned doctorates in economics from both Co

Ajita Chakraborty

Born in 1926, Ajita Chakraborty specialized in psychiatry, retiring as professor of the Department of Neurology and later director of the Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (

V. Jain

Srividya Sivakumar

Srividya Sivakumar is a poet, teacher, columnist and speaker. She has two collections of poetry, The Blue Note and the critically- acclaimed The Heart is an Attic. Her weekly column, Running on Poe

Ashwin Desai

Ashwin Desai is Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg. His previous books include South Africa: Still Revolting, ‘We are the Poors’: Community Struggles in Post-Apart