Arvind Gigoo

Arvind Gigoo was born in Srinagar, Kashmir, in 1945. He did his master’s in English from the University of Kashmir and taught English in various government colleges of the Jammu and Kashmir state till 2003. He migrated to the Jammu region in 1990 due to the militancy and terrorism in Kashmir. He is the author of The Ugly Kashmiri (Cameos in Exile). He translates Kashmiri poems and short stories into English. At present he lives in Jammu.Shaleen Kumar Singh was born in Badaun (Uttar Pradesh) in 1979. He did his PhD on Mahashweta’s English verse. He is a poet, literary critic, reviewer, editor and translator. His writings are published in the literary journals and newspapers in India and abroad. He has edited the writings of Swami Nempal and the critical writings of Stephen Gill. His poetry collection was published by Poets Printry in South Africa. He co-edited an anthology of world poetry, Journey, with Graham Lancaster. He heads the Department of English in the S.S. Post-Graduate College, Shahjahanpur, UP. He edits the e-journal Creative Saplings.Adarsh Ajit was born in Ratnipora, Pulwama district, Kashmir, in 1960. He is a reviewer, poet, columnist and translator. He is the author of a book of Urdu poems, Yaad Jo Aatay Hain Voh Din. His write-ups on social, political and literary issues have been published in various journals and newspapers. He left Kashmir in 1990 because of the political turmoil there. Since then he has been staying in Jammu.