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Urvashi Butalia

1952 - Today

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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. She is a visiting professor at Ashoka University. Along with Ritu Menon, she co-founded Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house, in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Urvashi Butalia is the 7,025th most popular writer (up from 7,062nd in 2024), the 1,213th most popular biography from India (up from 1,244th in 2019) and the 134th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Urvashi Butalia ranks 7,025 out of 7,302. Before her are Joy Harjo, Ruth Park, Sandi Toksvig, Gonzalo Lira, Jenny Han, and Patrick Ness. After her are Tom Rob Smith, Jim Butcher, Yvonne Vera, Lucía Puenzo, Walter Jon Williams, and Marguerite Abouet.

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Among people born in 1952, Urvashi Butalia ranks 765. Before her are Joe Johnson, Helen Dunmore, Spencer Abraham, Rhys Chatham, Karen Magnussen, and Bill Frist. After her are Sharon Wichman, Angela Farrell, Bob Corker, Ernie Fletcher, William F. Readdy, and Charlie Spedding.

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In India

Among people born in India, Urvashi Butalia ranks 1,213 out of 1,861. Before her are Shwetha Menon (1974), Leander Paes (1973), Vijaya Mehta (1934), Uma Bharti (1959), Michael Bennet (1964), and Sushant Singh Rajput (1986). After her are Bina Agarwal (1951), Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927), Sarika (1962), Allu Arjun (1982), K. L. Rahul (1992), and Laxmirani Majhi (1989).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Urvashi Butalia ranks 134. Before her are Toru Dutt (1856), Rahat Indori (1950), Kiran Desai (1971), Rupi Kaur (1992), Raja Rao (1908), and Aravind Adiga (1974). After her are Jasodhara Bagchi (1937), Bharati Mukherjee (1940), Shobhaa De (1948), Kamala Markandaya (1924), Gita Mehta (1943), and Krishna Hutheesing (1907).

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