Sowmya Dechamma C C is a Professor at the Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad. Prior to this, she taught in Jamia Millia Islamia through 2003-4. She has been a Commonwealth fellow and a Fulbright fellow. Her teaching and research interests are in Comparative Indian Literatures, Cultural Discourses in Contemporary India, Literatures of India, Translation Studies, Minority Languages and Cultural Discourse, and Kodava Performative Cultures.