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Githa Hariharan (born 1954) is an Indian writer based in New Delhi. Her first novel, The Thousand Faces of Night, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the best first novel in 1993. Her other works include the short story collection The Art of Dying(1993); the novels The Ghosts of Vasu Master (1994), When Dreams Travel (1999), In Times of Siege(2003), Fugitive Histories(2009) and I Have Become the Tide (2019) and a collection of essays entitled Almost Home: Cities and Other Places (2014). Books by Githa Hariharan A Southern Harvest The Art of Dying Almost Home The Ghosts of Vasu Master When Dreams Travel In Time of Siege Fugitive Histories I Have Become the Tide The thousand Faces of Night

Meena Alexander (17 February 1951 – 21 November 2018)was an Indian poet, scholar, and writer.Born in Allahabad, India, and raised in India and Sudan, Alexander lived and worked in New York City, where she was Distinguished Professor of English at Hunter College and at the CUNY Graduate Center in the PhD program in English.Meena Alexander, described as "undoubtedly one of the finest poets of contemporary times" by The Statesman was born into a Syrian Christian family from Kerala, South India.She lived in Allahabad and Kerala until she was almost five when her father's work—as a scientist for the Indian government—took the family to Khartoum in newly independent Sudan. Books by Meena Alexander Night-Scene, the Garden The Bird's Bright Ring Manhattan Music House of a Thousand Doors Quickly Changing RiverThe Shock of Arrival Raw Silk Atmospheric Embroidery: Poems  Nampally Road Name Me a Word Birthplace with Buried Stones: Poems Illiterate Heart Women in Roman...

Jahnavi Barua is an Indian author from Assam. She is the author of Next Door, a critically acclaimed collection of short stories set in Assam with insurgency as the background.Barua lives in Bangalore, and obtained her MBBS at Gauhati Medical College but does not practice medicine.She studied creative writing in the United Kingdom. Books by Jhanavi Barua Next Door Rebirth Undertow

P.Sivagami (born 30 November 1957) is an Indian Dalit-Feminist writer, former IAS officer and activist predominantly writing in Tamil. Her notable works include Pazhayani Kazhidalum, Kurruku Vettu, Nalum Thodarum and Kadaisi Mandhar. Apart from being one of the most prominent Dalit novelists in India, she has also constantly voiced her opinions on contemporary social and political issues.An author of four novels, P. Sivagami has regularly kept in touch with editing and has actively contributed to the monthly magazine Puthiya Kodangi since 1995. P. Sivakami was born in Tamil Nadu .Her father, M.Palanimuthu is an independent MLA. Book by P. Sivakami The Grip of Change

Sujatha Gidla is an Indian-American author. Gidla is known for her book Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India. She was born in Andhra Pradesh and moved to the United States in 1990, when she was 26 years old. She now lives in New York and works as a conductor on the New York City Subway.Sujatha Gidla was raised in the Dalit community of Kakinada, a small town in present-day Andhra Pradesh. Her great grandparents accepted Christianity after they heard the Gospel propagated by Canadian Baptist missionaries in her region.  Book by Sujatha Gidla Ants among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India

Yashica Dutt is an Indian writer and journalist, who currently lives in New York City. Yashica has written on a broad range of topics including fashion, gender, identity, culture and caste. She was previously working as a Principal Correspondent with Brunch, Hindustan Times in New Delhi.Yashica was born in a Valmiki (Dalit) family in Ajmer, Rajasthan on 5 February 1986. Her mother's name is Shashi Dutt.She completed her graduation in B.Sc from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 2007. Yashica completed her Master's degree in Arts and Culture Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2015. Book by Yashica Dutt COMING OUT AS DALIT

Nivedita is a software engineer by profession. She discovered her passion for writing after she became a mother. Words and love started pouring out in her heart and she put them into stories. Her stories reflect her strong belief in love, faith and the power of the mind. When she is not writing she plays around with her kid and taps her foot listening to dance numbers.  Books by Nivedita  30 Days Money Affirmations: 5 Minutes to Money The Bestseller's wife: Short love story of a social media manager 5 Minutes To Manifest Money : All in one Money Manifestation book for beginners. (5 Minutes to Money 1) Kids and Story Lessons from Ganesh: : Book 5 Short Moral Story Illustrated for Kids My Father's Lessons: You Cannot Be Perfect Always (Short Story) Two Angels A HICCUP IN LOVE Rhythm Of Love LONG LOST FRIEND LOVE: Forever Happily Ever After Romance The One I Love (Billionaire Romance Forever series Book 1) My Difficult Love: Happily Ever After Sensuous THE SEEKER: Bil...