Meena Kandasamy (b. 1984) teaches English at Anna University, Chennai and is a Contributing Editor at Muse India. Her debut poetry collection Touch, with a foreword by Kamala Das was published in 2006 (Peacock Books, Mumbai). Two of her poems have won first prizes in pan-Indian poetry contests. Her poetry has appeared in several online and print magazines including The Little Magazine, Indian Literature, Kavya Bharati, Carapace, QLRS. Her work has also been featured in the Poetry International Web. Sheher: Urban Poetry by Indian Women, an anthology will be published later this year. She is presently writing her first novel Gypsy Goddess. On the most poetic days, she is a Dalit activist and translator. She blogs at meenu.wordpress.com