Siddalingaiah is a major Kannada poet and one of the founders of the Dalit Sangharsha Samiti. He has also written two plays, and his doctoral research was on folk deities. He has served twice as member of the Karnataka Legislative Council. A professor at Bangalore University, he is also chairman of the Kannada Development Authority.
Sapan Saran is a poet, writer, and theatre director based in Mumbai. She is the co-founder of Tamaasha Theatre, one of Mumbai's leading theatre companies.
Sreedevi K. Nair teaches English at the N.S.S. College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram. Her book Malayalathinte Kathaakaarikal carries interviews with ten Malayalam women writers, and she has receive
Arupa Patangia Kalita is an Assamese novelist and short-story writer. She has received several literary honours including, in 2014, the Sahitya Akademi Award for her book of short stories Mariam Au
