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

Here is a short excerpt from the interview in Assamese

English translation of the complete interview with Aparna Mahanta

Transcripts cleaned and edited by Laxmi Murthy
Audio edited and uploaded by Uma Tanuku