Jyoti Kiran Pisipati is an educator, writer, editor and an emerging Telugu - English translator based in Goa. Her writing preoccupations are centred around social discrimination, patriarchy, caste politics and social prejudices. She holds postgraduate degrees in English Literature and Applied Linguistics. Her literary works were published in Kitaab and in a collection of stories ‘In the Folds of Our Truth’ published by Purple Pencil Project and Decoding Draupadi in 2024. She is the editor of a blog page www.soulkadi.in which features book reviews, human interest stories and articles on traditional occupations and communities.