Rakhshanda Jalil is a translator, writer, and literary historian. Her book on the lesser-known monuments of Delhi, Invisible City, continues to be a bestseller. Her recent works include Liking Progress, Loving Change: A Literary History of the Progressive Writers Movement in Urdu, A Rebel and her Cause, translations of The Sea Lies Ahead, Ghaddar and…

Divya Prakash Dubey is a Hindi bestseller author, and songwriter and has a couple of short films too credited to his name. His three books, a couple of collections of stories in Hindi – Terms, and Conditions Apply and Masala Chai, and a short novel, Musafir cafe have changed the very fabric of modern Hindi…

Satyarth Nayak is an author and screenwriter based in Mumbai. A former SAARC Award-winning Correspondent with CNN-IBN, Delhi, he holds a Masters in English Literature from St. Stephen’s. Satyarth’s best-selling biography, Sridevi – The Eternal Screen Goddess, published by Penguin in 2019 and charting the journey of the screen legend from child star to becoming…

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…

Sujata Prasad is an author, art columnist, curator, and heritage conservationist. A former civil servant, she is currently an advisor to the National Gallery of Modern Art, and serves as an expert on the Department of Science and Technology’s Scientific Advisory Committee for Heritage Research. She is a member of the governing board of the…

Sumit Sharma Sameer is an author of ‘Wake up Ali…Wake up Now. This is his first work of fiction, translated from Nepali language. Sameer is a graduate of the London School of Economics, UK and the Queen’s University, Canada. He completed his undergraduation from the Loyola College, Chennai.

Ajit Rai is a leading Film & Theatre Critic and Cultural  Journalist of India with vast experience of more than 35  years in almost all leading National Newspapers, reputed Journals, and  Electronic media as well in India and Abroad. He wrote a best-seller book ” Hindujas and Bollywood” in English and ‘ Bollywood ki Buniyad…

Naveen Choudhary is popular new generation writer of Hindi. His novels ‘Janta Store’ and “Dhai Chaal’ received raving reviews by the readers and made its entry in Hindi bestseller list. Naveen Choudhary observes politics and society very closely, which reflects in his writing as well. He writes satire, articles on marketing and trends for several…

Saurabh Dwivedi is the Founding Editor of The Lallantop, India’s most popular vernacular digital-first news venture known for its election coverage and new-age writing style. Saurabh Dwivedi is the face of The Lallantop. Currently Saurabh anchors web news bulletin- The Lallantop Show, Duniyadaari, Netanagri & Guest in the Newsroom. The fact that the audiences await…

Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, the Executive and Academic Head of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, is a Scholar of History and Mass Communication, a writer, a poet, and an actor. He is the Founder and Vice Chancellor of the Kushabhau Thakre University of Journalism and Mass Communication, Raipur. He served…