Sessions
தமிழ் Crossings
AJ Thomas, Gita Ramaswamy, Mini Krishnan and VS Sreedhara
Land, Guns, Caste, Woman
Gita Ramaswamy with Cynthia Stephen
Bio
Gita Ramaswamy has worked extensively with Dalits on bonded labour, agricultural wage labour, and land entitlements, but is better known for her 42-year work in Telugu publishing with the Hyderabad Book Trust. She also writes and translates extensively. Among her works are:
1. The Child and The Law, Unicef, 1996
2. Women and The Law, Unicef, 1997
3. Co-author of The Lambadas: A Community Besieged, Unicef, 2002
4. Co-author of Taking Charge of Our Bodies: A Health Handbook for Women, Penguin, 2004
5. India Stinking: Manual Scavengers in Andhra Pradesh and Their Work, Navayana, 2005 (Maaku voddu ee chandalam in Telugu with Vimala)
6. Co-author of On Their Own: A socio-legal investigation of inter-country adoption in India, Otherwise Press, 2007
7. Co-author of The Oxford Anthology of Telugu Dalit Writing, OUP, 2016
8. Translated Life in Anantharam, Banyan Tree Books, 2016 (ooru, vaada, batuku: Devulapalli Krishnamurthy)
9. Authored Jeena Hai To Marna Seekho: The Life and Times of George Reddy, Hyderabad Book Trust, 2016
10. Edited Here I Am and other stories, Ratna Books, 2018 (stories of P.Sathyavathi)
11. Edited Prison Notes of a Woman Activist, Ratna books, 2021 (stories by B. Anuradha)
12. Co-translated Kakka, Hawakkal, 2021 (novel by Vemula Yellaiah)