Mahendra Malangia is one of India & Nepal’s most revered play writers and theatre directors. He has been writing and directing plays for the last four decades and even today remains as energetic and as creative as ever  Malangia’s involvement with theatre began with him writing poetry and plays. Gradually he began directing plays himself.…

Pankaj Chaturvedi is an Indian writer. His published works are-‘Ek Sampoornata Ke Liye’, ‘Ek Hi Chehra’, ‘Raktchap Aur Anya Kavitayein’ (poetry-collection); ‘Atmakatha Ki Sanskruti’, ‘Nirasha Mein Bhi Samarthya’, ‘Raghuveer Sahay’ (Disclosure for Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi), ‘Jeene Ka Uddaat Ashaya’ (criticism); Hindi compositions of fifty-one verses of Bhartrihari. He has also edited Manglesh Dabral’s ‘Pratinidhi…

Pradeep Baisakh is a journalist and has extensively written on grassroots issues for various newspapers and journals in India and abroad. He has bagged a national award from National Foundation for India (NFI) for development journalism. Having nearly sixteen years of experience in the social sector, Baisakh currently works as the Asia Coordinator of Global…

K.R. Meera is a writer and journalist.She has penned books in Malayalam including novels, novellas, short-story collections, essays, and children’s literature. Her novel Aaraachaar, which won the Kendra and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards, was translated by J. Devika as Hangwoman and was shortlisted for the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Meera has…

Advisor, Lalit Kumar is a Fellow at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, New Delhi. He teaches English at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi. His articles have appeared in many national dailies such as The Hindu, The Indian Express and The Times of India. Some of his publications include the English co-translation of…

Zarin Virji, a creative writing graduate from the University of Sheffield, follows her passions for teaching and writing. For over three decades she has played the role of a teacher, teacher trainer, and head of school. From 1996 to 2006, she edited the journal Classroom, a safe space for all matters related to education. Her…

Ranjit Hoskote is a poet, cultural theorist, translator and curator based in Bombay, India. His collections of poetry include Vanishing Acts: New & Selected Poems 1985-2005 (Penguin, 2006), Central Time (Penguin, 2014), Jonahwhale (Penguin, 2018, published in the UK by Arc as The Atlas of Lost Beliefs, 2020, a Poetry Book Society Recommendation), Hunchprose (Penguin,…

Kailash Satyarthi is a social reformer who campaigned against child labor in India and advocated the universal right to education. he is the co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, along with Malala Yousafzai, “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.” He is…

Sanjeev Sanyal is the Principal Economic Advisor to the Government of India.  An internationally acclaimed economist and best-selling author, he spent two decades in the financial sector and was Global Strategist & Managing Director at Deutsche Bank till 2015. He was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2010. He is also…

Navtej Sarna was India’s Ambassador to the United States, High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, and Ambassador to Israel. He has also served as Secretary to the Government of India and as the Foreign Office Spokesperson. His earlier diplomatic assignments were in Moscow, Warsaw, Thimphu, Tehran, Geneva, and Washington DC. His literary work includes the novels The Exile and We…