The author is a sociologist and legal scholar based in Hyderabad. She is recipient of the VKRV Rao Prize for Social Science Research (2003) and the Amartya Sen Award for Distinguished Social Scientists (2012), both awarded by the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) in recognition of her work in the field of law.

She has published widely on interdisciplinary law and gender studies, and has most recently edited and translated 'The Speaking Constitution: A Sisyphean Life in Law' by KG Kannabiran (HarperCollins, 2022).