Dr Pratixa Parekh is a translator and academician currently serving as Assistant Professor of English at Dolat-Usha Institute of Applied Sciences and Dhiru-Sarla Institute of Management & Commerce, Valsad, Gujarat, since 2006. She has presented and published research in numerous national and international forums, with interests spanning Comparative Studies, Translation Studies, and Gender Studies. Her translations of Gujarati fiction and poetry into English have appeared in esteemed journals such as Indian Literature, Sahityasetu, Translation Today, and Sahitya. Notably, her translated short story features in the anthology Redolent Rush: Contemporary Indian Short Fiction in Translation (Hawakal Publishers, Kolkata).

Dr Himanshi Shelat (b. 1947, Surat) is a renowned Gujarati author and Sahitya Akademi Award recipient, celebrated for her psychologically nuanced and socially conscious fiction. Holding an M.A. and a PhD in English, she taught at M.T.B. Arts College, Surat, until 1994. Her literary journey began in 1978, and she gained nationwide recognition with Andhari Galima Safed Tapakan (1992). Influenced by Mahasweta Devi and Jane Austen, Shelat’s writing delves into everyday realities, marginalised lives, and women’s struggles, often inspired by her social welfare work. Her oeuvre includes acclaimed story collections (Antaral, Ae Loko) and novels (Aathamo Rang, Saptadhara), as well as essays, memoirs, and literary criticism. She has also edited numerous volumes and served on the Sahitya Akademi advisory board (2013–2017). In 2024, she was honoured with the Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar. Married to Vinod Meghani, son of poet Jhaverchand Meghani, Shelat remains a vital voice in post-modern Gujarati literature.