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The Regulars

By Anindita Sengupta

Currently, we have six regular contributors. They are:

AninditaAnindita Sengupta
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Anindita is a poet and writer in Bangalore. Her poetry has appeared in several journals and anthologies including Nth Position, Pratilipi, Asian Cha, Quay, and Kritya. In 2008, she won the Toto Award for Creative Writing. Her articles have been published in The Guardian Cif  (UK), Tehelka, The Hindu, and Deccan Herald. Her website.

Dilnavaz BamboatDilnavaz Bamboat

Dilnavaz is a preschool owner, educator, freelance writer and blogger in Mumbai. A mental health therapist by training, she worked on the Beverly Hills PR scene before returning to psychology, her first and true love. She is deeply committed to women’s empowerment, both for its own sake and for its ability to impact children’s lives.

Meena KandasamyMeena Kandasamy

Meena is a Chennai-based feminist writer who is obsessed with the Ambedkarite dream of caste-annihilation. She has translated half a dozen books related to the Dalit movement and/or Tamil nationalism. Her first collection of poems, Touch, was published in 2006. She is currently writing a novel. She blogs at Green Chilly.

Sharanya Manivannan

Sharanya currently lives in Chennai and is a writer and journalist. She is particularly interested in feminist perspectives of pop culture, women in the arts and the creation of a feminism that is relevant to India today. Her book of poems Witchcraft was published in 2009 and she blogs here.
Aparna Singh

Aparna worked in the corporate sector for over seven years in Market Research & B2B Marketing. Currently she is experimenting with a more independent existence as a consultant with a start-up firm besides trying to channel the muse of writing. She has been interested in feminist issues for as long as she can remember. She is also a keen traveler, listener-of-music, reader and in general, a juggler of multiple things. She blogs at Apu’s World.

oishikOishik Sircar

Oishik is a human rights lawyer and independent researcher based in Kolkata. He writes, works and teaches in the areas of post-colonial feminist theory, sexual rights, migration studies and cultures of human rights. As an upper caste, elite, married man and a feminist, he is continuously fighting the beasts of patriarchy and hetero-normativity in and around him, and negotiating/ resisting capitalism and liberalism’s cruel seductions.