S. Anand

S. Anand is an Ambedkarite and a Buddhist. S. Anand co-authored, with Srividya Natarajan, and illustrators Durgabai Vyam and Suresh Vyam, the hugely popular graphic novel ''Bhimayana: Experiences of Untouchability'' on the life of B. R. Ambedkar, Indian polymath, social reformer and the architect of the Indian Constitution. He has also annotated Ambedkar's classic ''Annihilation of Caste''; the annotated edition has an introductory essay by Arundhati Roy titled "The Doctor and the Saint". He co-authored ''Finding My Way'' with the Pradhan Gond artist Venkat Raman Singh Shyam. He is a student of Dhrupad with Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar.

Before starting Navayana, Anand was a journalist with the news magazines ''Outlook'' and ''Tehelka''. He is married to R. Sivapriya who works with Bloomsbury India. Provided by Wikipedia