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…
Soumya P Sawkar is an Independent Artist and an Engineer. She has been practicing art from a very young age and is certified from California Institute of the Arts. She creates various forms of art works such as oil paintings, acrylic, gold foil, watercolors, resin, charcoal, and photo-ink paintings. She takes inspiration from nature to…
Shalini P Sawkar is an Indian Author, Columnist and TED Circles Speaker. Her debut novel, Confessions Of An IT Employee is an inspirational romantic comedy that won the Coimbatore Literary Awards 2020’ – Most Promising Fiction. Her short stories are: The Murder Of Jay Shekhar (2018), When I Find you (2021), The Code Of Conduct…
Geetanjali Shree is an Indian novelist and short-story writer who is well known for her Hindi-language novel ‘Ret Samadhi’ (2018), which was translated into English as ‘Tomb of Sand’ by Daisy Rockwell. Shree rose to prominence in 2022 when ‘Tomb of Sand’ won the prestigious International Booker Prize. Geetanjali Shree is the author of three…
Mrs. Jagi Mangat Panda is the Managing Director of Odisha Television Limited – pioneering media venture and undisputed market leader in Odisha. Mrs. Panda holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and chemistry from Osmania University and participated in the middle management programme of the three-tier programme for management development at the Indian Institute of Management,…
Managing Editor, Down To Earth. He has been associated with the fortnightly since 1997 and has written extensively on rural affairs and development matters
Rajesh Singh is the co-author of the recently released Iconic Indians: 75 Extraordinary Individuals who Inspired the Country. His previously published works include Baahubalis of Indian Politics: From Bullet to Ballot and Portraits of Hindutva: From Harappa to Ayodhya. Besides, he has written two fiction thrillers, The Viper and The K Conspiracy. Among the books…
Badri Narayan is an eminent Hindi poet. He is one of the important poets who emerged in the era of the nineties. He is also an expert in social history and cultural anthropology. Along with being an eminent poet of Hindi, he is known as a social scientist who continuously worked in the basic political…