Iswarya V
Iswarya V is a PhD candidate in contemporary British drama and lives in Chennai. She generally thinks of herself as post-feminist but can go off on unexpected long-winded rants on gender issues. She has spent the better part of life as an introverted bookworm and has a love-hate relationship with social media. She earlier used to teach English in colleges.
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