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Aroh Akunth is the founder of Dalit Queer Project which aims to create greater awareness around intersectionality, as well as Dalit Art Archive which draws attention to the histories of art from the perspective of Dalit communities. They are based between Delhi and Germany.
Aroh Akunth is the founder of Dalit Queer Project which aims to create greater awareness around intersectionality, as well as Dalit Art Archive which draws attention to the histories of art from the perspective of Dalit communities. They are based between Delhi and Germany.
Ashlin Mathew is a multi-lingual journalist, who has been writing and covering women issues, gender, health, education, governance and politics for close to 15 years. She joined National Herald in 2017 and is currently their News Editor. She prefers fiction over non-fiction, but work compels her to read more of teh latter. She tweets at https://twitter.com/ashlinpmathew
Ashlin Mathew is a multi-lingual journalist, who has been writing and covering women issues, gender, health, education, governance and politics for close to 15 years. She joined National Herald in 2017 and is currently their News Editor. She prefers fiction over non-fiction, but work compels her to read more of teh latter. She tweets at https://twitter.com/ashlinpmathew
Dhamini Ratnam is a journalist and editor with the Hindustan Times. She won the SOPA for Human Rights reporting in 2015 and was a fellow at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in 2017. She hosted a podcast, Gender Question, which is now a column at HT Premium.
Dhamini Ratnam is a journalist and editor with the Hindustan Times. She won the SOPA for Human Rights reporting in 2015 and was a fellow at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in 2017. She hosted a podcast, Gender Question, which is now a column at HT Premium.
Niladri R. Chatterjee is Professor, Department of English, University of Kalyani, West Bengal. His doctoral work was on the novelist Christopher Isherwood. A recipient of Fulbright Scholarship (for which he went to University of Texas at Austin) and the British Counci l- Charles Wallace Fellowship (University of Cambridge), Prof. Chatterjee has co-edited The Muffled Heart: Stories of the Disempowered Male (New Delhi: Rupa and Co., 2005), contributed to The American Isherwood (University of Minnesota Press, 2015), www.glbtq.com (2007), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: OUP, 2004), The Isherwood Century (Wisconsin: Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 2001), and Reader’s Companion to Twentieth Century Writers (London: 4th Estate and Helicon, 1995). He has published in the journal American Notes and Queries (Taylor and Francis) and Intersections (www.intersections.anu.edu.au) and has reviewed for Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide (US). He was also a member of the editorial board of the afore-mentioned ANQ. In March 2011 he served as Visiting Faculty at the Dept. of English, University of North Bengal. He has been teaching a course in gender studies at his university since 2009, and runs a facebook group called New Gender Studies, which has over 14,000 members.
Prof. Chatterjee has recently begun contributing to The Wire. With Tutun Mukherjee, he co-edited Naribhav: Androgyny and Female Impersonation in India (Niyogi Books, Delhi. 2016). He has translated the fiction ofb Krishnagopal Mallick entitled Entering the Maze: Queer Fiction of Krishnagopal Mallick (2023) and is a recipient of Rainbow Award for Literature & Journalism 2023.
Niladri R. Chatterjee is Professor, Department of English, University of Kalyani, West Bengal. His doctoral work was on the novelist Christopher Isherwood. A recipient of Fulbright Scholarship (for which he went to University of Texas at Austin) and the British Counci l- Charles Wallace Fellowship (University of Cambridge), Prof. Chatterjee has co-edited The Muffled Heart: Stories of the Disempowered Male (New Delhi: Rupa and Co., 2005), contributed to The American Isherwood (University of Minnesota Press, 2015), www.glbtq.com (2007), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: OUP, 2004), The Isherwood Century (Wisconsin: Univ. of Wisconsin Press, 2001), and Reader’s Companion to Twentieth Century Writers (London: 4th Estate and Helicon, 1995). He has published in the journal American Notes and Queries (Taylor and Francis) and Intersections (www.intersections.anu.edu.au) and has reviewed for Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide (US). He was also a member of the editorial board of the afore-mentioned ANQ. In March 2011 he served as Visiting Faculty at the Dept. of English, University of North Bengal. He has been teaching a course in gender studies at his university since 2009, and runs a facebook group called New Gender Studies, which has over 14,000 members.
Prof. Chatterjee has recently begun contributing to The Wire. With Tutun Mukherjee, he co-edited Naribhav: Androgyny and Female Impersonation in India (Niyogi Books, Delhi. 2016). He has translated the fiction ofb Krishnagopal Mallick entitled Entering the Maze: Queer Fiction of Krishnagopal Mallick (2023) and is a recipient of Rainbow Award for Literature & Journalism 2023.
Parvati Sharma has written across genres. Her most recent books are two historical biographies: Jahangir: An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal and Akbar of Hindustan. Her debut was a book of fiction, The Dead Camel and Other Stories of Love. She has also written a novella, Close to Home, and two books for children, The Story of Babur and Rattu & Poorie’s Adventures in History: 1857. Sharma lives in New Delhi, where she has studied English literature and Indian history, and worked as a travel writer, editor and journalist.
Parvati Sharma has written across genres. Her most recent books are two historical biographies: Jahangir: An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal and Akbar of Hindustan. Her debut was a book of fiction, The Dead Camel and Other Stories of Love. She has also written a novella, Close to Home, and two books for children, The Story of Babur and Rattu & Poorie’s Adventures in History: 1857. Sharma lives in New Delhi, where she has studied English literature and Indian history, and worked as a travel writer, editor and journalist.
Poonam Saxena is a journalist, writer and translator. She has had a distinguished career with The Hindustan Times, where she launched and edited the HT Sunday magazine, Brunch, for over ten years, before moving on to edit the weekend section. She has written extensively on popular culture, film, television, books and literature. She continues to do a regular column for Hindustan Times which looks at our past through the prism of Hindi literature and Hindi cinema. She translates from Hindi to English and her translations include Dharmvir Bharati’s Gunahon ka Devta (Chander & Sudha, Penguin Viking), Rahi Masoom Raza’s Scene : 75 (HarperCollins) and The Greatest Hindi Stories Ever Told (Aleph). She was also the co-author for filmmaker Karan Johar’s memoir, An Unsuitable Boy (Penguin).
Poonam Saxena is a journalist, writer and translator. She has had a distinguished career with The Hindustan Times, where she launched and edited the HT Sunday magazine, Brunch, for over ten years, before moving on to edit the weekend section. She has written extensively on popular culture, film, television, books and literature. She continues to do a regular column for Hindustan Times which looks at our past through the prism of Hindi literature and Hindi cinema. She translates from Hindi to English and her translations include Dharmvir Bharati’s Gunahon ka Devta (Chander & Sudha, Penguin Viking), Rahi Masoom Raza’s Scene : 75 (HarperCollins) and The Greatest Hindi Stories Ever Told (Aleph). She was also the co-author for filmmaker Karan Johar’s memoir, An Unsuitable Boy (Penguin).
They are an independent journalist and an assistant professor at the Centre for Writing and Pedagogy, Krea University. Their research and writing is at the intersections of science, gender, sexuality, health, and caste, and has been supported by grants from the Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures initiative, the National Association for Science Writers, ReFrame Institute of Art and Expression, the DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance, and The Thakur Foundation. They have bylines in several national and international journalistic platforms, including The Hindu, LGBTQ Nation (where they wrote a column on international affairs), FiftyTwo.in, The Wire (where they wrote a column on science and gender), and The News Minute (where they write a newsletter with several other authors).
In 2023, they were awarded the Laadli Media & Advertising Award for their report on gendered hostels in Indian science institutions. The same year, they were recognised as one of the twenty trailblazing queer and trans individuals in India by Egomonk. Their children’s book, The Plant Whisperer, was mentioned in the Parag Honour List 2023, and was shortlisted for the Green Literature Festival’s 2023 Honour List.
They are an independent journalist and an assistant professor at the Centre for Writing and Pedagogy, Krea University. Their research and writing is at the intersections of science, gender, sexuality, health, and caste, and has been supported by grants from the Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures initiative, the National Association for Science Writers, ReFrame Institute of Art and Expression, the DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance, and The Thakur Foundation. They have bylines in several national and international journalistic platforms, including The Hindu, LGBTQ Nation (where they wrote a column on international affairs), FiftyTwo.in, The Wire (where they wrote a column on science and gender), and The News Minute (where they write a newsletter with several other authors).
In 2023, they were awarded the Laadli Media & Advertising Award for their report on gendered hostels in Indian science institutions. The same year, they were recognised as one of the twenty trailblazing queer and trans individuals in India by Egomonk. Their children’s book, The Plant Whisperer, was mentioned in the Parag Honour List 2023, and was shortlisted for the Green Literature Festival’s 2023 Honour List.
Sindhu Rajasekaran is an author, filmmaker & academic. Her debut novel Kaleidoscopic Reflections was nominated for the Crossword Book Award, while her latest book of nonfiction is the best-selling Smashing the Patriarchy – A Guide for the 21st century Indian Woman. Sindhu’s fiction, poetry & essays have been published internationally by literary magazines, leading platforms, and academic journals. She has produced an award-winning Indo-British feature film, Ramanujan, and has written for the screen. Worked for years as a communications consultant. Done a bunch of disparate things. Sindhu recently created The Subjective Space website – of which she is the Curatrix.
She’s currently completing her PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde, where she’s a recipient of the Dean’s Global Research Award. She’s exploring queer South Asian pasts, creative epistemologies & queer decolonial storytelling.
Sindhu Rajasekaran is an author, filmmaker & academic. Her debut novel Kaleidoscopic Reflections was nominated for the Crossword Book Award, while her latest book of nonfiction is the best-selling Smashing the Patriarchy – A Guide for the 21st century Indian Woman. Sindhu’s fiction, poetry & essays have been published internationally by literary magazines, leading platforms, and academic journals. She has produced an award-winning Indo-British feature film, Ramanujan, and has written for the screen. Worked for years as a communications consultant. Done a bunch of disparate things. Sindhu recently created The Subjective Space website – of which she is the Curatrix.
She’s currently completing her PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde, where she’s a recipient of the Dean’s Global Research Award. She’s exploring queer South Asian pasts, creative epistemologies & queer decolonial storytelling.
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