Arundhathi Subramaniam is an award winning poet, artist and an eminent writer on spirituality and culture. Over the years she has worked as a poetry editor and curator, and as a journalist on literature, classical dance and theatre. She divides her time between Bombay and a yoga centre in Coimbatore. Arundhathi Subramaniam is the author…
Rituparna Chatterjee is a bestselling author, journalist and columnist. She is a former foreign correspondent and columnist for The Economic Times. For the same newspaper, her column California Dreaming was about her life as an immigrant mother in America, its gun violence and shooter drills for kindergarteners. Her first book An Ordinary Life (Penguin/Viking, 2017)…
Born in Kannauj, the city of perfumes, Padmashree Malini Awasthi, much like her name has spread the essence of Indian soil through her passion for Folk Music and traditions. Malini Awasthi currently serves as the Chair Professor for Folklore at Banaras Hindu University and is India’s Representative to UNSECO for its cultural commission. Professor Awasthi,…
Kanishka Gupta is a literary agent, writer, and publishing commentator best known for his widely acclaimed series for Scroll.in called ‘Publishing and the Pandemic’. He is the founder of Writer’s Side, the largest literary agency and consultancy in South Asia. Gupta has been credited for single-handedly popularising literary representation in the subcontinent. He represents a range of highly accomplished…
Co-Director Keshav Kumar Karna an alumnus of Lalit Narayan Mithila University Darbhanga and Symbiosis International (deemed to be) University who comes from a remote village in the Mithilanchal region of modern-day’s Bihar, possesses an unparalleled love for literature, art, and culture. By profession a journalist, Keshav currently works as Coordinating Editor with OneIndia a leading…
Co-Convenor & Co-Coordinator Dr Nikky Priyadarshini is a well-known young writer in contemporary Maithili and Indian literature. Her creative entry into literature has been through critical writing which includes serious fiction and poetry. Dr Nikky Priyadarshini (MA in English and Maithili., NET, JRF, and PhD) was awarded a gold medal at Tilka Manjhi University Bhagalpur in Bihar…
Vaishali has done her Master diploma in Journalism from Symbiosis and Masters in English Literature from the University of Rajasthan. She has recently also secured a Certificate in Contemporary British Fiction through an online course run by the Oxford University. She started her career as a journalist with the Indian Express and The Times of…
Shubhrastha is a writer, poet, columnist and author. She is a prominent voice on issues of national policy and politics. She runs her own YouTube channel called The Churn with an attempt to hold calm, genuine and non-partisan open conversation with people across ideological-political divides.