Meenakshi Jha

Dr Meenakshi Jha is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Women's Studies and Development, Faculty of Social Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. She has been actively engaged with the projects, workshops, and programs of the Centre along with editing its prominent publications including books, a newsletter, and a journal for the last sixteen years. In addition to her teaching assignments and doctoral supervision, she has contributed several research papers on gender and culture studies. The present book is based on her doctoral research on women and sudras in bhakti discourse.