Arundhathi Subramaniam was born in 1967. She is a poet, dance critic, a
regular freelance journalist on the arts and in charge of an interactive
arts forum at Mumbai's National Centre for the Performing Arts. As poet,she
has been published in several journals including The PEN All India journal,
Poiesis, The Brown Critique, Kavya Bharati, as well as the poetry pages of
The Independent and has read her work at several forums. She is also on the
committee of the Poetry Circle of Mumbai. As journalist, she has written
extensively for leading publications in the country, such as The Times of
India, The Hindu, among others, and now writes for several culture portals
on the web. As arts administrator, she heads a forum called "Chauraha" that
promotes dialogue betweeen practitioners of various artistic disciplines.
Contributed by Andrea Sirotti