Sucharita Sengupta teaches Political Science at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Born in Ludhiana, brought up in Chandigarh, she completed her education from Lady Shri Ram College and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has previously worked with the Indian Express, the Energy and Resources Institute, and University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India, New Delhi. Her areas of interest include climate change, urbanization, and gender. She continues to have an abiding interest in all things literary.