SAYANTANI JAFA IS THE AUTHOR OF "UNCERTAIN IDENTITIES:"CRAFTWORK, WOMEN AND PATRIARCHY IN A VILLAGE OF EASTERN UTTAR PRADESH" AND "TUTTI-FRUTTI ON PARK STREET-VIGNETTES FROM A CALCUTTA CHILDHOOD". She is also a frequent contributor to many leading Indian newspapers and academic journals on socio-cultural issues. Her oeuvre is as varied as gender relations in South Asia to contemporary British politics.