Connected Histories, Shared Present

The essays in the book look at the transcontinental dialogic relationship which emerges from the cross-cultural experiences between Latin America, Caribbean and India and directs our gaze towards a present animated by mutual interest and transcultural fertilization.

Sonya Surabhi Gupta is professor of Latin American Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Her research interests focus on literary and cross-cultural connections between Latin America and India in the context of the Global South. Her recent publications include the edited volume Subalternities in India and Latin America: Dalit Autobiography and the Testimonio (2022) and the co-authored book Decolonizing Development: Liberatory Epistemologies from India and Latin America (2024).