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…

Kaveree Bamzai is an independent journalist and author having worked with India Today, The Indian Express and The Times of India. A graduate of the Delhi School of Economics, she is on several committees, among them the Women Exemplar Committee of CII and FICCI’s Sanitation Awards Jury, a mentor with the Karm Fellowship and is…

Alka Saraogi is an Indian novelist and short story writer in the Hindi language. She holds a PhD degree from Calcutta University for her thesis on the poetry of Raghuvir Sahay. Saraogi published newspaper articles about health and women’s issues before beginning writing prose. She was awarded with the Sahitya Akademi Award for Hindi for…

Geet Chaturvedi is a Hindi poet, short story author, lyricist, screenwriter and novelist from Mumbai, Maharashtra. His poems have been translated into 22 languages worldwide and he translated the work of great Spanish Poet Pablo Neruda in Hindi and many other languages. In 2011, The Indian Express included him in a list of the Ten…