Meena Kandasamy is a poet, fiction writer, translator and activist based in Chennai. She has published two collections of poetry, Touch (2006) and Ms Militancy (2010). She holds a PhD in socio-linguistics from Anna University, Chennai, has represented India at the University of Iowa’s International Writing program and was made the Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow at the University of Kent, Canterbury. The Gypsy Goddess is her first novel.
Year: 2014-15