Meena Kandasamy

Ilavenil Meena Kandasamy (born October 12, 1984) is an Indian poet, fiction writer, translator and activist from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Meena published two collections of poetry, ''Touch'' (2006) and ''Ms. Militancy'' (2010). From 2001 to 2002, she edited ''The Dalit'', a bi-monthly alternative English magazine of the Dalit Media Network.

She represented India at the University of Iowa's International Writing Program and was a Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow at the University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom. She writes columns for platforms including Outlook India and ''The Hindu''. Provided by Wikipedia