Co-convener and Co-coordinator Rishi Bashistha is an author, critic, dramatist and editor. He has completed M A in Dramatics, at Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga Bihar. He has written more than 12 books and is known as a foremost name in the area of Children’s literature. He is a trained theatre artist and has acted…
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.