Arundhati Nag (b. 1956) is a well -known theatre personality who has contributed immensely to the Indian stage as an actor, director and most importantly, as the founder of Rangashankara (a dedicated space for theatre in Bangalore). She has had…
The education of the Muslim girl child has been a much neglected area. However the Aligarh Girls School has provided the security, the protection, the right atmosphere, the right fees and the right language to Muslim girls and has thereby…
Keywords: authorz coracle, self publishing, first time writer (A conversation between Divya Dubey and Bhargavi Chandrasekharan)1 BC: Would it be fitting to call you the “one woman army” spearheading the successful “Gyaana Books”? Also, many congratulations on your latest publication…
Keywords: short fiction, short story, Indian subcontinent, danger of extinction, Indian languages (A conversation between Indira Chandrasekhar and Rizio Yohannann Raj) RYR: As Out Of Print is a rather recent initiative, perhaps we could start this conversation with the story…
Keywords: feminist publisher, Indian publishing, Indian languages, non-fiction, women’s empowerment, Zubaan (This is a conversation between Urvashi Bhutalia and Rizio Yohannan Raj) RYR: As an activist who ventured into publishing in English, did you ever feel torn between the world…
Keywords: women in publishing, mother tongue, poverty alleviation Geeta Dharmarajan, Founder and Executive Director of Katha in conversation with Rizio Yohannan Raj and Abhirami Sriram (2006) RYR: Why did you start KATHA as a publishing house that exclusively publishes Indian…
Keywords: dalit women, cochin legislative council, indian national congress, mandal agitation, form of engagement, form of exclusion Dr Meera Velayudhan, Fellow Council For Social Development (CSD), Hyderabad is one among the prominent Dalit activists in India. She was gracious enough…
Keywords: empowerment of transgenders, transgender rights activists, lgbt activists, sexual minority, literacy rate Kalki Subramanyam is the founder of “Sahodari Foundation,” an organization working far the empowerment of transgenders in India. As a transgender rights activist, actor and a transsexual…
Abstract: Kerala witnesses the onrush of migrant workers from the other states of India like West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, and Uttar Pradesh. Interestingly, the size of the migrant workforce in the State almost matched the estimated size of Malayalis working…
Currently the Principal Secretary of the newly established Department of Minority Development, Government of Maharashtra Mrs. Thancy Francis Thekkekara, has had a long and distinguished career. She is a dedicated officer who has worked consistently for the empowerment of women…
Kalanidhi Narayanan (b. 1928) is recognised with the highest of national and artistic awards for her recovery of methods of abhinaya, particularly, padam and javali forms that celebrate human love. She was ferreted out from retirement in 1973 by dance…
Keywords: Ayyappa Paniker, modernism, series poem, Malayalam literature, Malyalam modern poetry, women’s emancipation Your early poetry shows strong strains of melancholy, morbidity and skepticism: could you please explain their sources? My first collection of poems, Anchusooryan (Five Suns,1971)is indeed dominated…
