Singer Usha Uthup Iyer, celebrated for her versatility in pop, filmi, jazz, and playback genres during the late 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, earned accolades with the Padma Bhushan in 2024. Born on November 8, 1947, into a Brahmin Iyer family in Mumbai, her diverse career includes singing in nightclubs, Bollywood hits, and international performances. Married…
Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri, born in 1952, is a distinguished former UN official and Indian diplomat. With 28 years in the Indian Foreign Service, she served as India’s Ambassador to Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Transitioning to the United Nations, Puri contributed significantly, becoming the deputy executive director of UN Women. Recognized for her human rights…
Award-winning journalist Radhika Iyengar, based in Mumbai, specializes in writing on arts, culture, marginalized communities, history, and gender. Her debut non-fiction book, ‘Fire on the Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras,’ published by HarperCollins, India, delves into the lives of Banaras’ corpse-burning community, the Doms. Longlisted for the Kalinga Literary Award, the Amazon Bestseller…
“The Day I Became a Runner” explores a compelling premise, asserting that women who embrace running, being a solitary activity in the public domain, present a more direct challenge to patriarchy compared to those participating in sports like badminton, cricket, and tennis. Award-winning journalist Sohini Chattopadhyay delves into the stories of eight athletes, spanning the…
Uday Prakash, born on January 1, 1952, is a versatile figure in Indian literature, excelling as a Hindi poet, scholar, journalist, translator, and short story writer. His diverse roles include serving as an administrator, editor, researcher, and TV director. As a freelancer, he contributes to major dailies and periodicals, earning accolades for his short stories…
Amish Tripathi is an Indian author and diplomat. He is known best for The Shiva Trilogy and Ram Chandra Series. Amish’s books have sold over 6 million copies in the Indian subcontinent since 2010. He is also Minister (Culture & Education)at the High Commission of India in the UK and Director of the Nehru Centre,…
Prabhat Ranjan is a Fiction writer, translator, and editor. He has written ‘Kothagoi’, his first book in Hindi on the history of the tawaif tradition. Has published two collections of short stories ‘Janaki Pul’ and ‘Bolero Class’. and has translated more than 30 books including Anne Frank’s Diary, Mohsin Hamd’s novel Moth Smoke, Khushwant Singh’s…