1. Githa Hariharan was born on 1954 and is an Indian writer and editor based in New Delhi.
12 Facts About Githa Hariharan
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Githa Hariharan has edited a collection of translated short fiction, A Southern Harvest, the essay collection From India to Palestine: Essays in Solidarity and co-edited Battling for India: A Citizen's Reader.
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Githa Hariharan was raised in a Tamil Brahmin home in Bombay and Manila with two siblings.
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Githa Hariharan's father was a journalist for the Times of India and a founder and publisher of The Economic Times.
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From 1979 to 1984, Githa Hariharan worked as an editor in the Mumbai, Chennai and New Delhi offices of Orient Longman.
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Githa Hariharan has been a Visiting Professor or Writer-in-Residence at Dartmouth College, George Washington University, the University of Kent, Nanyang Technological University, Jamia Millia Islamia and Goa University.
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Githa Hariharan is a founder member of the Indian Writers' Forum.
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Githa Hariharan co-edited the 2019 essay collection Battling for India: A Citizen's Reader with Salim Yusufji.
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Githa Hariharan's work has been translated into Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Malayalam, Urdu and Vietnamese.
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Githa Hariharan's writing has been included in many anthologies of fiction and essays.
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Githa Hariharan has regularly written a monthly column on culture in The Telegraph.
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In 1995, with assistance from Indira Jaising and the Lawyers Collective, Githa Hariharan challenged the Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, which placed the mother of a child as the natural guardian "after" the father, as a violation of the right to equality guaranteed under Articles 14 and 15 of the Indian Constitution.