Malini Bhattacharya
Malini Bhattacharya
Malini Bhattacharya (b. 1943) retired as Professor of English and Director, School of Women’s Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She is a well-known activist in the women’s movement, and is President of the All India Democratic Women’s Association. She is a prolific author, translator, playwright, and poet. She was elected to the Lok Sabha as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate from the Jadavpur constituency in 1989, and re-elected in 1991.
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
Ajay Dandekar
Ajay Dandekar is the Director of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) and Center for Public Affairs and Critical Theory (C-PACT), and a faculty member at the Department of History, S
Marguerite Duras
N/AKasturi Basu
Kasturi Basu is a social activist, science researcher, occasional writer and editor based in Kolkata. She is currently directing a documentary, S.D. [2018], on Saroj Dutta, martyred communist poet,
Sangtin Writers
The Sangtin Writers, Anupamlata, Ramsheela, Reshma Ansari, Richa Singh, Shashibala, Shashi Vaish, Surbala, and Vibha Bajpayee, are grassroots activists and members of a small organization called Sa
Kalpana Sharma
Kalpana Sharma is an independent journalist and author based in Mumbai. In over four decades as a journalist, she has worked with Himmat Weekly, The Indian Express, Times of India and The Hindu. Sh
Martin Malia
N/APeter Custers
Peter Custers (1949-2015) was a Dutch journalist and researcher who worked extensively on South Asia, particularly Bangladesh.