CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS ISSUE

A C Sinha is the former dean of the School of Social Sciences at the North Eastern Hill University, Shillong.

Abid Anwar is associated with the United News of India in Delhi.

Aditi Bhaduri is a freelance journalist based in Calcutta.

Ahilan Kadirgamar is an activist with the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum.

Aishath Velezinee is a journalist and human rights activist based in Male.

Amit Chamaria is a Delhi-based freelance journalist.

Ang Sang is an artist with the Lhasa-based Gedun Choephel Artists Guild. More of his works can be viewed at the Lotus Gallery: www.lotusgallerynepal.com.

Anjali Lal Gupta is a freelance journalist based in Delhi. This story was made possible with the assistance of ActionAid.

Antu Saha is a doctoral student in Anthropology at the University of Delhi.

Asif Anwar Alig is the editorial coordinator for Vision, the Journal of Business Perspective, at the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon.

Aurangzaib Khan writes from Peshawar.

Chayanika Shah is a queer feminist based in Bombay.

C K Lal is a columnist for this magazine and for the Nepali Times.

Deepa A is a journalist based in Delhi. This report was made possible by the Sanskriti-Prabha Dutt Fellowship in Journalism, 2006.

Dilrukshi Handunnetti is investigations editor at The Sunday Leader in Colombo.

G Narasimha Raghavan is a doctoral scholar in Economics at the PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore.

James Mutti is a Fullbright scholar in Lucknow.

John Dayal is a journalist and president of the All India Catholic Union.

Kanishka Goonewardena is a professor at the University of Toronto.

Kazu Ahmed is assistant programme manager with Panos South Asia, in Guwahati.

Larry Jagan is a freelance journalist and Burma specialist, based in Bangkok.

Malavika PC is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Madras.

Naeem Mohaiemen works on art and technology projects in Dhaka and New York.

Pervez Hoodbhoy is professor of Physics at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.

Rakesh Shukla is a Delhi-based Supreme Court lawyer and student of Psychoanalysis.

Rinku Dutta is pursuing her postdoctoral research on Genomics in Pennsylvania.

Saad Hammadi is an investigative reporter with the New Age, in Dhaka.

Sabir Nazar is a Lahore-based cartoonist with The Friday Times and the Daily Times.

Sharmistha Gooptu is finishing her PhD on Bengali cinema at the University of Chicago.

Subhash Gatade is a Delhi-based writer and editor of the Hindi journal Sandhan.

Sudharshan Seneviratne is professor of Archaeology at the University of Peradeniya, and director-general of the UNESCO-affiliated Central Cultural Fund.

Sumana Roy teaches English at Darjeeling Government College.

Tahira Abdullah is a development worker and rights activist based in Islamabad.

Tanvir Murad Topu is a Dhaka-based photographer, currently a student of Pathshala (South Asian Institute for Photography).

Tom Mangattuthazhe Thomas is a Catholic priest in Diphu, Assam.

Utpal Borpujari is a journalist and film critic for the Deccan Herald, based in Delhi.