Sudha Bharadwaj (b 1961) has been associated with the trade union movement in Chhattisgarh for more than 25 years. She is general secretary of the Chhattisgarh unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and a member of Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS). She lives in Bilaspur with her daughter and works with Janhit, a group of lawyers who support anti-displacement struggles.

Interviewed by Rajashri Dasgupta

Transcribed by Somdutta

Date: 4 November 2011

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Interviewed by Rajashri Dasgupta

Date: 10 November 2011

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PARBATI THAOSEN, 47, is president of Shakti Mahila Mandal and the Advisor of Dimasa Mothers’ Association. The former was established in 2006 as a result of her fight against corruption.

Interviewed by Monisha Behal

Date: 25 August 2011

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In a quest to study the status of women in Northeast India Monisha Behal, 60, engaged in research which brought her to the realization that women’s collective action is the most effective strategy for their development. With this she sensitized women’s organizations to add value to their social issues and agricultural work with a rights’ perspective.

Interviewed by Geraldine Forbes

Date: 30 November 2011

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Interviewed by Monisha Behal

Date: 4 February 2012

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Journalist-poet TIAMERENLA MONALISA CHANGKIJA, is the only woman editor, proprietor and publisher of an English daily newspaper in the Northeast, the Nagaland Page. Her poems are taught in the under-graduate and post-graduate English courses in Nagaland University, the North East Hills University and in some schools.

Interviewed by Monisha Behal

Date: 10 October 2011

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APARNA MAHANTA KAMRUP  was involved with the women’s movement as an academic and as a grassroots activist in the 1980s. She was a member and office-bearer of national and state women’s organizations like the Mahila Samakhya and the India Association of Women’s Studies.  She continues to be a researcher and writer on women’s issues in English and Assamese.

Interviewed by Monisha Behal

Date: 17 November 2011

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Interviewed by Monisha Behal

Date: 2011

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Interviewed by Monisha Behal

Date: 19 November 2011

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JUNU BORA is a renowned feminist writer and activist of Assam. She is editor of Jonaki Baat, a progressive women’s quarterly which was launched more than three decades ago. She is vocal on women issues, writes many articles on gender and socio-political issues and has published two popular books Lingya Baishyma (gender discrimination) and Shringkhal Singaar Ahbaan (call to break the shackles).

Interviewed by Monisha Behal

Date: 31 January 2012

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