Sharankumar Limbale is a Dalit author and poet. He writes in Marathi and has forty-four published works to his name. His books have been translated into several Indian languages. He is widely known for his autobiography, Akkarmashi (The Outcaste). His book Towards an Aesthetic of Dalit Literature is highly acclaimed in the academic world. He is the first Dalit writer to have received the Saraswati Samman, one of India’s highest awards for Indian literature. His work is taught at many universities.

Paromita Sengupta is director of studies of Griffith Institute of Language, Griffith College, Ireland. Her published works include a critical edition of The Persecuted, the first drama to be written in the English language by an Indian, and Bimukta, the Bengali translation of Volga’s The Liberation of Sita. She has a PhD in English from the University of Calcutta and taught English language and literature at graduate and postgraduate levels in various colleges in India between 2002 and 2019. In 2020 she was awarded the Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship to pursue a master's course in media studies from Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.