MANI SHANKAR AIYAR is a former Indian diplomat and parliamentarian. His latest books are Memoirs of A Maverick: The First Fifty Years - 1941-1991 (2023)
The Rajiv I Knew and Why He Was India’s Most Misunderstood Prime Minister (2024) and A Maverick in Politics: 1991-2024 (2024), published by Juggernaut Books.
ASHUTOSH is the author of Reclaiming Bharat: What Changed in 2024 and What Lies Ahead (Westland Books, 2025) and Hindu Rashtra (Context/Westland, 2019) and is
a Co-founder of the news portal SatyaHindi.
OMAIR AHMAD is a journalist and author, his next book of fiction is set in Lucknow.
SAYAN AICH BHOWMIK is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English of Shirakole College, West Bengal. He reviews books, writes poetry and edits
the online magazine on art and culture, Parcham.
DEVANGSHU DATTA is a Consulting Editor at Business Standard.
KAVERI GILL is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Centre for Excellence in Himalayan Studies at Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR.
SASWATA GUHA is an advocate by profession, currently working with PwC. He is also a critic of books and films.
ADITYA MANI JHA is an independent writer living in New Delhi. He is Pop Culture columnist at The Hindu and Reader’s Digest India.
PREM SHANKAR JHA is a former media adviser to Prime Minister VP Singh and former Editor of the Hindustan Times and the Financial Express.
MALAVIKA KARLEKAR is Editor of the Indian Journal of Gender Studies published by the Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi. She is the
author of Memories of Belonging: Images from the Colony and Beyond (Niyogi Books, 2015).
VIVEK KATJU is a former Indian diplomat. He was India’s ambassador to Myanmar in 2001-02.
IP KHOSLA is a former Indian diplomat with years of service among India’s neighbours and considerable experience in organising multilateral conferences
KARAN MADHOK is a writer, journalist, and editor of The Chakkar. He is the author of A Beautiful Decay: A Novel (2022) and Ananda: An Exploration of
Cannabis in India (2024), both published by the Aleph Book Company..
RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE is the Chancellor and a Professor of History at Ashoka University, Sonepat, India.
SUKUMAR MURALIDHARAN is an independent writer and researcher based in the Delhi National Capital Region.
JAYADEVA RANADE is a former Member of the Indian National Security Advisory Board and is President of the Centre for China Analysis and Strategy.
RAJIV RANJAN is an Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at the Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi.
AJAI SAHNI is Executive Director of the Institute for Conflict Management, South Asia Terrorism Portal, and the Khalistan Extremism Portal, and the Editor &
Publisher of The KPS Gill Journal of Conflict and Resolution, and the South Asia Intelligence Review.
KAUSTUBH MANI SENGUPTA teaches in the Department of History and Archaelogy at Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR.
SAURABH SHARMA is a Delhi-based queer writer and freelance journalist. On Instagram/X @writerly_life.
JYOTSNA G. SINGH is a Professor Emerita in the Department of English at Michigan State University, USA. Her key publications include Colonial Narratives/
Cultural Dialogues/ ‘Discoveries’ of India in the Language of Colonialism and Shakespeare and Postcolonial Theory.
KRISHNAN SRINIVASAN is a former Foreign Secretary of India. His latest books are Power, Legitimacy and World Order (Routledge, 2023) and the detective
novel Right Angle to Life (Har-Anand, 2024).
SATYAM VISWANATHAN is a social sector professional, and writes frequently on Sports and Culture.
SIDDIQ WAHID is a historian of Central Eurasian Culture and Politics, an author and activist, and Founding Vice Chancellor of the Islamic University of
Science and Technology, Jammu & Kashmir. He is presently a Distinguished Professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Shiv Nadar University,
Delhi NCR.
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