WRITER

Urvashi Butalia

1952 - Today

Photo of Urvashi Butalia

Icon of person Urvashi Butalia

Urvashi Butalia (born 1952) is an Indian feminist writer, publisher and activist. She is known for her work in the women's movement of India, as well as for authoring books such as The Other Side of Silence: Voices from and the Partition of India and Speaking Peace: Women's Voices from Kashmir. Along with Ritu Menon, she co-founded Kali for Women, India's first feminist publishing house, in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Urvashi Butalia has received more than 171,220 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Urvashi Butalia is the 7,059th most popular writer (down from 6,387th in 2019), the 1,243rd most popular biography from India (down from 1,138th in 2019) and the 141st most popular Indian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The other side of silence
History, India, history, 1947-, India, biography
Chiefly on the partition of Punjab, 1947.
1998
Speaking Peace
2002
India
Literary collections, Indic literature, history and criticism, Short stories
1997
In other words
Indic fiction, Women authors, Short stories, Indic (English)
1994
In other words
Kurzgeschichte, Anthologie, Short stories, Indic (English)
1992
Katha
Short stories, India, fiction, Women
2008

Page views of Urvashi Butalias by language

Over the past year Urvashi Butalia has had the most page views in the with 28,184 views, followed by Hindi (892), and Maithili (889). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Odia (130.87%), Assamese (82.37%), and Maithili (78.87%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Urvashi Butalia ranks 7,059 out of 7,302. Before her are Edward P. Jones, Larry Christiansen, Es'kia Mphahlele, Marguerite Abouet, Han Han, and Ann Patchett. After her are Cleanth Brooks, Carter Bays, Joy Harjo, Dan Stanca, Khosiyat Rustam, and Léonora Miano.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Urvashi Butalia ranks 770. Before her are Tom McMillen, George Allen, Helen Dunmore, Spencer Abraham, Peter Tatchell, and Rita Dove. After her are William F. Readdy, Armelia McQueen, Christine Prinsloo, Joe Johnson, Medea Benjamin, and Lai-Sang Young.

Others Born in 1952

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In India

Among people born in India, Urvashi Butalia ranks 1,243 out of 1,861. Before her are Mohnish Bahl (1961), Sanjay Kapoor (1965), Saina Nehwal (1990), Nassar (1958), S. Shankar (1963), and Syed Kirmani (1949). After her are Bhumika Chawla (1978), Ashish Vidyarthi (1962), Mahesh Manjrekar (1958), Farhan Akhtar (1974), Ali Fazal (1986), and Bhagyashree (1969).

Others born in India

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Urvashi Butalia ranks 141. Before her are Kamala Markandaya (1924), Rupi Kaur (1992), Ram Swarup (1920), Sarojini Sahoo (1956), Aravind Adiga (1974), and Shashi Deshpande (1938). After her are Ramachandra Guha (1958), Nirupama Rao (1950), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), Dinesh D'Souza (1961), Chetan Bhagat (1974), and Meena Alexander (1951).

Indian born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous