Yogesh Maitreya is a poet, translator, essayist, and a publisher at Panther's Paw Publication, which takes its name from the anti-caste resistance group Dalit Panthers. He is a Ph.D. scholar at Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, theCenter for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policies, where he is at work on a history of anti-caste music in the state of Maharashtra. His books “are the blueprint of his existence in this vast world.” His latest book is his memoir, Water in a Broken Pot (Penguin, 2023).