DrTejaswini Nandkumar Deo is a Professor in the Department of English, ZakirHusain Delhi College (Evening) Delhi University. Her areas of interest includewomen’s life writings, Dalit literature, Indian writings in English, Disabilitystudies and gender studies. She has written a book Journeying into theLight: A Study of Dalit Women’s Life Narratives in Maharashtra andpublished many papers on Women’s autobiographies in India. Her PhD thesis:Women’s Autobiographies in India: A Comparative socio-cultural Study presents acomparative analysis of select dalit and elite women’s life writings