Jael Silliman (1 Post)

Jael Silliman was a tenured Associate Professor of Women Studies at the University of Iowa, (1996 – 2002). Thereafter she served as Program Officer for Reproductive Rights and Women’s Rights at the Ford Foundation in New York (2003 – 2009). In 2014 she was a Nehru Fulbright Scholar. She is currently an independent scholar and writer and has several books and articles to her name. She has published widely in academic journals and now regularly writes for popular audiences.

John W Hood (1 Post)

John W Hood divides his time between Melbourne and Kolkata, writing about Indian and Bangladeshi cinema and translating Bengali literature. He has written The Essential Mystery. Major Filmmakers of Indian Art Cinema, as well as books on Mrinal Sen, Buddhadev Dasgupta and Satyajit Ray.

Jugu Abraham (1 Post)

lives in Trivandrum, Kerala. He has been employed with UN organizations for over 20 years, specializing in resource mobilization for international non-profit agricultural research. Earlier, he was a film critic with the Hindustan Times Group in New Delhi from 1978 to 1985, and continues to write on good quality international cinema. Jugu’s blog on international cinema at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com is quite popular with readers in the Americas and Europe.

Jumelia (0 Post)

Jumelia is an engineer, an IT consultant, a management student and a classical dancer; also an avid reader of various genres, a mother of two lovely daughters, and a diligent midnight blogger, all in random order. She is still soul-searching and poetry soothes her.

Jyoti Babel (1 Post)

Jyoti is a Content Developer and a lover of books, an Engineer by education who finally found her calling in words. Taking long walks, practising yoga, listening to music, meeting a good friend over a cup of tea, baking the perfect cake – all these little things make her happy in their own way. Jyoti enjoys writing on a wide range of topics but her favourites are food, books, travel, and culture.