She is an Indian feminist and a celebrated publisher. She is the first Indian to co-found India’s exclusive feminist publishing house, ‘Kali for Women’ in 1984. The organization was set up as a trust to increase the body of knowledge on women in the Third World, to give voice to such knowledge as already exists, and to provide a forum for women writers, creative and academics. She is also a founder of Zubaan Books.
She was honored with INDIAN WOMEN ACHIEVERS AWARD by the President of India on January 20, 2018 at New Delhi.
