Dr Tarana Husain Khan is a writer and food historian based in Rampur and articles on Rampur cuisine, culture and oral history have appeared in Scroll, The Wire and DailyO and she also wrote a monthly column on Rampur cuisine, ‘Food Fables’ in DailyO. She hosts a website on Rampur’s cultural and culinary history (taranakhanauthor.com)…
Shirish Khare is an active journalist for the last two decades and has been writing in favour of underprivileged and oppressed communities. About a thousand of his reports have been published while doing mainstream institutions like ‘Rajasthan Patrika’ and ‘Tehelka’ and independent journalism. Shirish was honoured with seven national level awards including ‘Ladli Media Award’…
Shekhar Pathak is an Indian historian, writer and academician from Uttarakhand. He is the founder of People’s Association for Himalaya Area Research (PAHAR), established in 1983, former professor of History at Kumaun University, Nainital and a Nehru Fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Studies at Teen Murti in New Delhi. He was awarded the Padma…
Shafey Kidwai is an Indian academic, communication scientist, translator, columnist, and author. He is a bilingual critic and communication expert and his fortnightly column on literature, Culture and media Going Native appears in the Friday Review, The Hindu, the chief editor of Aligarh Journal of Communication and he is on the editorial board of several…
Satish Padmanabhan is Managing Editor, Outlook Magazine. He has over 25 years of work in various media like newspapers, magazine, TV and digital. He started with Sunday and BusinessWorld, then moving to TV with TV-18 and CNBC, and later as News Editor at NDTV. He has also taught journalism at the Times School of Journalism…
Sandeep Bamzai is a news junkie, having worked across all major news platforms in positions of eminence for the last 40 years. He began his career as a cricket writer with The Statesman in Kolkata. He has worked in Kolkata, Mumbai and New Delhi with the biggest media houses. The last two decades have seen him on the…
Sai Swaroopa Iyer is an Indian author who has commendably contributed in the genre of mythological fiction. She has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and is a former investment professional. Her notable books are Abhaya: The Legend of Diwali, Avishi: Vishpala of Rig Veda Reimagined, Draupadi: Tale of an Empress and…
Ranjit Rae has been deeply involved in multilateral and bilateral diplomacy and has worked in crisis situations and in conflict areas. Rae has a master’s degree from the Delhi School of Economics and worked as a lecturer at St Stephen’s College, Delhi University before joining the Indian Foreign Service in 1980. Rae is a former…
Rama Pandey is a film and theater personality, an author, a cultural persona and an activist from Jodhpur, Rajasthan. She bought laurels to the nation at a very early age by becoming the roaming cultural ambassador of India in 1971. Some of her notable books are Begum Bano Aur Khatoon, Gauhar, Tauba Tun Nassu and…
Neelakshi Singh is a contemporary Hindi author. In 2004 she won Sahitya Academy Golden Jubilee Young Writers Award. Her story collections- Parinde Kaa Intezar Sa Kuchh, Jinki Mutthiyon Me Surakh Tha, Ibtida Ke Aage Khali Hi, and Novel- Shudhhipatra have been praised by literary critics. Her latest novel Khela is acclaimed for its powerful narration…