Sudeshna Rana is an independent writer, editor, researcher and poet. She received the South Asia. Speaks fellowship in 2022 and the SAS bursary in 2025 for her ongoing project based on the mining town of Dhanbad, where she grew up. Her writings have appeared in Shared Ecologies, Polyester Zine, Smashboard, Feminism in India, Paper Planes, Usawa Literary Review, and other publications. She is a regular contributor to ArteSpace magazine.
She was the co-recipient of the Serendipity Virtual Arts Grant in 2023 and 10×10 Research Grants: Cycle 3 (2024-2025). Her scholarly interests include digital humanities, visual culture and eco-feminism.