Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar is a writer and educator who currently works and lives with her husband in Doha, Qatar. A scholar of literature, she has a PhD from the University of Florida with a focus on gender and postcolonial theory. She has published short stories, academic articles, and travel essays in a variety of journals and literary magazines. Mohana also reviews audio books for Audiofile magazine and regularly contributes to Woman Today.

Currently she is working on a collection of essays related to her experiences as a female South Asian American living in the Arabian Gulf. She believes words can help us understand ourselves and others. Catch up on her latest via her blog at mohanalakshmi.livejournal.com.