Born 26th feb.,1941 in Kashmir; Ph.D Madison, Wisconsin,1976; Fulbright Scholar and Fulbright Fellow (1972 and 1984); Scholarly publication: Dickens and the Dialectic of Growth, Univ., of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI, 1986; Scholarly Articles on Literary Theory, Culture/Language, History, Educational Ideology, Politics of Development and individual English writers; Raina's Ghalib, Writers' Workshop, Calcutta, 1984--interpretive transliterations of the poet; English Teacher, Kirori Mal College, Delhi University (four decades); rtd., 2006 Contributiions on politics/culture/ideology in all major dailies and journals in india; some 120 columns in ZNet;(2006-date) Activism in issues related to anti-communal/anti-fascist politics; anti-imperialist movements; womens's issues; other left/democratic praxis. See also www.killingtrain.com/badriraina for non-Znet materials.