लेखक: Deepti Priya Mehrotra

Deepti Priya Mehrotra graduated from St. Stephen”s College, and has a doctorate in political science from Delhi University. She carried out independent research supported by fellowships awarded by India Foundation for the Arts, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Indian Council for Philosophical Research. Her interests include feminist thought, people”s movements, education and theatre. She works with several civil society organizations as an activist and researcher. Deepti coordinated Charkha, a developmental communication network, for some years, and currently teaches Developmental Communication and Traditional Media as well as Gender and Schooling at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University. She writes in English and Hindi. Her publications include Home Truths: Stories of Single Mothers (Penguin, 2003), Ekal Maa (Books for Change, 2002), Bharatiya Mahila Andolan (BFC, 2001), Western Philosophy and Indian Feminism (1998) and A Passion for Freedom: Kisanin Jaggi Devi (Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, 2005). She lives in New Delhi with her daughter.