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Bishakha Datta is a documentary filmmaker and writer, with a passion for representing people and points of view that are invisible. Her first independent documentary, 'In The Flesh', explored the lives of three people in prostitution from their own perspectives. Her first book, 'And Who Will Make the Chapatis?' focused on rural women's participation in politics. She is currently researching 'Selling Sex', a full-length book on the struggle for sex workers' rights in India. Bishakha, who has a master's in communication from Stanford University, has been the programme director of Point of View since its inception., a Mumbai-based not-for-profit organization that promotes the points of view of women through a creative and sustained use of art, culture and media.