Gourahari Das was born on 9 October 1960 in Sandhagada village of Bhadrak district of Odisha to Gajendra Prasad Das and Smt. Sakuntala Das. After finishing elementary education at his village primary school and then at Ghatapur High School, he left for Cuttack. He holds the M.A, Ph.D., M.J.M.C. degrees. He writes a political gossip…
H.S. Shivaprakash (Hulkuntemath Shivamurthy Sastri Shivaprakash, born 1954) is a leading poet and playwright writing in Kannada. He is a professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He heads the Cultural Centre at Berlin, known as the Tagore Centre, as Director run by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).…
KLF Curator Hindi Born on 25 June, 1980, Vyomesh Shukla grew up imbibing all orderly and chaotic elements of Varanasi. As he began with writing essays and penning responses focusing on the City of Light’s various facets, he forayed into translations of towering intellectuals such as Eliot Weinberger, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Raymond Williams, Terry…
Mahua Banerjee has worked in the arts and social sector for over a decade and is currently working at British Council as the Arts Manager. She has a deep and abiding interest in arts and literature. Mahua is an avid reader, a strong believer in freedom of expression and democracy, loves traveling, and is ever willing…
An artist, educator, researcher and curator, Professor (Dr.) Ranjan Kumar Mallik has received numerous National & International Awards, Honors and Achievements to his credit. Over the years, Prof. Mallik has emerged as an important figure in visual art sector at national and international sphere. He had also served in the past as Faculty in Lalitkala…
Renu Kaul Verma is a publisher with a decade of experience as a former journalist with leading newspapers like The Indian Express and Hindustan Times. She has co-authored a biography on one of the most enigmatic leaders of our time, Selvi Jayalalitha besides running a successful publishing business and a trade newspaper. Today, Vitasta stands…
Dr. Anirban Ganguly is the Director of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation (SPMRF), a New Delhi based think tank affiliated to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is a Member of the Policy Research Department of BJP and the National Co-Convener of the BJP’s Library and Documentation Department. Dr. Ganguly is also a scholar…
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)…
Malini Awasthi, a celebrated exponent of Indian folk music, has dedicated her life to preserving and promoting the rich cultural heritage of India. With her melodious voice and deep knowledge of folk traditions, she has brought the vibrant sounds of Awadhi, Bhojpuri, and Bundelkhandi music to global audiences, making her a true cultural ambassador. A…