Vrinda Marwah
Vrinda Marwah
Vrinda Marwah is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Texas, Austin. She has worked in various capacities with the Delhi-based Sama, a resource group for women and health.
Cornel West
Cornel West (born 2 June 1953) is an American philosopher, political activist and preeminent public intellectual. He is Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and Prof
D.D. Kosambi
Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (July 31, 1907 – June 29, 1966) was a man with a Renaissance type of versatility: he had a wide range of knowledge without sacrificing depth. He was a mathematician, statAshapurna Debi
Ashapurna Debi was born in 1909. Her conservative family did not send her to school, but encouraged by her mother, she learnt to read and write on her own and published her first poem in the childrenâPradip Kumar Datta
Pradip Kumar Datta is the author of Carving Blocs: Communal Ideology in Early Twentieth-Century Bengal (1999) and one of the co-authors of Khaki Shorts and Saffron Flag: A Critique of the Hindu Rig
Sheema Kermani
Sheema Kermani is a classical dancer, teacher, theatre practitioner, choreographer and women's rights activist. She is founder and head of Tehrik-e-Niswan Cultural Action Group, dedicated to improv
G.S. Jayasree
G.S. Jayasree is Reader in English and Director of the Centre for Women's Studies at the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, and is Editor of Samyukta: A Journal of Women's Studies.
Truman Capote
Truman Capote was born September 30, 1924, in New Orleans. After his parents' divorce, he was sent to live with relatives in Monroeville, Alabama. It was here he would meet his lifelong friend, the
Sunaina Marr Maira
Sunaina Marr Maira is Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies in the English and Anthropology Departments at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst; she is the co-editor of Contours of the