Rabindranath Tagore 1861–1941
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rabindranath-tagore
A good resource for students who wish to engage with the life and work of Rabindranath Tagore more deeply is this Poetry Foundation article on Tagore. (This will be especially helpful for students who select Paper Essay prompt number 5.)
Talking Writing--Mahasweta Devi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6bH9B9CMxY
This upload from Seagull Books of an interview with Mahasweta Devi may be especially interesting to students who would like to get a more direct, human sense of Devi by paying attention to her personality and other nonverbal cues as well as the content of what she is saying.