Uma Chakravarti

Uma Chakravarti is an Indian feminist historian and filmmaker based in New Delhi. She is the author of multiple books some of which are listed here: Social Dimensions of Early Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 1987); Delhi Riots: Three Days in the Life of a Nation (with Nandita Haksar, Delhi: Lancer International, 1987); Rewriting History: The Life and Times of Pandita Ramabai (Kali for Women, 1998); From Myths to Markets: Essays on Gender (with Kumkum Sangari, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla, 1999); Gendering Caste through a Feminist Lens (Stree, 2002).