Usha Ganguli (1945–2020) was an Indian theatre director-actor and activist, best known for her work in Hindi theatre in Calcutta from the 1970s till the 2010s. She founded the Rangakarmee theatre group in 1976, renowned for its productions such as Mahabhoj, Rudali, Court Martial and Antaryatra. She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998 for her play Himmat Mai, based on Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children.
Saniya is an award-winning, leading contemporary Marathi writer, with a large body of woman-centric writings. Her work includes the novels Sthalantar (1994), Awartan (1996) and Avakash (2001), and the
Alladi Uma and M Sridhar teach English at the University of Hyderabad and have been doing collaborative work in translation. Their translations as well as articles on the subject have appeared in m
Suleiman Ali Mourad is Professor of Religion at the Smith College, Northampton, USA. He is the author of Early Islam between Myth and History, and is co-author of The Intensification and Reorientat
