Uma Chakravarti

Uma Chakravarti is a feminist historian who taught at Miranda House, University of Delhi, from where she took early retirement in 1998. She has been associated with the women’s movement and the movement for democratic rights since the late seventies. She writes on Buddhism, early Indian history, the nineteenth century and on contemporary subjects. Among her films is Ek Inquilab Aur Aaya: Lucknow 1929–49.

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K.A. Manikumar

K.A. Manikumar retired as Professor of History, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. He is the author of Vellore Revolt, 1806 (Allied Publishers & VIT University, 2007) and A Colonia

Renate Zahar

Renate Zahar, born in 1942, has occupied herself with the problems of the Third World as her field of study. She received her education in North and Black African schools, and completed her studies

Brinda Bose

Brinda Bose is currently Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. She has taught for 10 years at the Department of English, Hindu College, Delhi University, and researches in gender, p

Daniel Guerin

Daniel Guerin (1904-88) was a French anarchist and author.

Alok Gupta

Alok Gupta is a lawyer and queer rights activist.

Richard Levins

Richard Levins is John Rock Professor of Population Sciences, Department of Population and International Health at Harvard University, Boston, MA. He is the author, along with Richard Lewontin, of

Archana Prasad

is Professor at the Centre for Informal Sector and Labour Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is the author of Against Ecological Romanticism: Verrier Elwin and the Making of an An

Jonathan Bignell

Jonathan Bignell (born 20 March 1963) is a Professor of Television and Film at the University of Reading, United Kingdom. He is the author of Media Semiotics: An Introduction (1997).

V. Gordon Childe

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Prakash Karat

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Fidel Castro

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Binodini

Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi (6 February 1922 - 17 January 2011) was a writer and member of the erstwhile royal family of Manipur.

Sam Gindin

Sam Gindin holds the Packer Chair in Social Justice in the Department of Political Science at York University, Toronto.

Vasanth Kannabiran

Vasanth Kannabiran is a feminist poet and writer. She is a founder-member of Asmita Collective, which works on issues of women's rights.

Carol Chomsky

Carol Chomsky (1 July 1930 - 19 December 2008) was an American linguist who taught at Harvard University.

Uma Chakravarti

Uma Chakravarti

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