Dr Usha Raman is a writer and media studies scholar based in Hyderabad. Her writing, which spans the academic and the popular, has appeared in multiple media outlets and includes three co-edited volumes and a co-authored book. She edits a magazine for schoolteachers, Teacher Plus. She has published a collection of poetry, All the Spaces in Between (Writers Workshop, 2009), and her debut novel, Polite Conversations (BEE Books), was published in 2024.