Kamala Ganesh was formerly Professor and Head of Sociology, University of Mumbai. Her special interests are gender, caste and kinship, culture and identity. Her book ‘Boundary Walls: Caste and Women in a Tamil community’ won the Asiatic Society of Bombay’s silver medal. Her co-edited book ‘Zero Point Bombay: In and around Horniman Circle’ was included among the ten best books set in Mumbai by the ‘Guardian’ newspaper, London. She is a student of Carnatic music, trained under distinguished gurus. She writes on musical cultures and is currently engaged in researching Muslim Nagaswaram artistes.