Biographies of Urvashi Butalia

Urvashi Butalia is a publisher and writer based in India. She is co-founder of Kali for Women, India’s first feminist publishing house, and is now director of Zubaan, an imprint of Kali. She has published many books, including the award-winning The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India. She has co-edited In Other Words: Women’s Writing from India, Truth Tales: Stories from India and The Slate of Life. She is also the editor of Katha: Short Stories by Indian Women and The Inner Line: Women’s Stories from India.

Urvashi Butalia (born 1952) is an Indian feminist writer, publisher and activist. She is known for her work in the women's movement of India, as well as for authoring books such as The Other Side of Silence: Voices from and the Partition of India and Speaking Peace: Women's Voices from Kashmir. Along with Ritu Menon, she co-founded Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house, in 1984. In 2003, she founded Zubaan Books, an imprint of Kali for Women. In 2011, Butalia and Menon were joi...

Urvashi Butalia, née à Ambala en 1952, est une historienne et féministe indienne. Elle est directrice et cofondatrice de Kali for Women, la première maison d’édition féministe indienne. Biographie Butalia obtient une maîtrise en littérature à l’université de Delhi en 1973, puis une maîtrise en études sud-asiatiques à l’université de Londres en 1971. Elle a travaillé pour l’éditeur Zed Publishing puis a créé sa propre maison d’édition. Elle a collaboré avec plusieurs journaux tels que The Gua...