authors

Hemali Sodhi has over two decades of experience in the publishing industry; she is the founder of A Suitable Agency, which represents writers and artists and advises on communications and brand strategy. She is also the director of communications at the Centre for Policy Research, a leading think tank based in Delhi, and is the […]

Pragati Jalan Sureka is an author, IIM Kolkata alumna, and NET UGC-qualified and Harvard-accredited global mental health psychologist with over a decade’s experience in training, speaking, psychotherapy, and preventive mental healthcare. As a PhD scholar on emotional well-being, researching and developing practical tools for daily mental health and self-care remains her core skill set and passion.

Zac O’Yeah is best known as the author of the ‘Majestic Trilogy’ of novels – comprising Mr. Majestic! (2012), Hari – a Hero for Hire (2015), and Tropical Detective (2018) – which are set in Bengaluru where he lives. Since his debut in 1995, he has published nineteen books including several fiction and non-fiction bestsellers,

Synonymous with good food, Rashmi Uday Singh has been a trailblazer in the fields of food, vegetarianism and health for over three decades. A TV host, an author of forty books and a Gourmand World Cookbook Award winner, several prestigious international awards have been conferred upon her, including the Chevalier knighthood from the government of

Anjum Choudhury is a Bangladeshi author of South Asia-centric fantasy. She wrote and published the time-travelling adventure novelette, A Time to Tour Ghost City, and contributed to the Bangladeshi children’s book, Her Stories Volume 2. Her short story, The Singing Pearl was published in Selene Quarterly Magazine. Her book: The Divining Thread

Priya Hajela is a fiction writer, who worked in a variety of telecom and IT organizations in marketing and business development roles, prior to taking up writing. Two short stories from Priya’s first collection have been published in a New Delhi based e-magazine called Earthen Lamp Journal. A third has been published in an online

Surinder Deol, a former staff member of the World Bank in Washington DC, is most recently the author of Sahir: A Literary Portrait (2019). His interest in Ghalib’s poetry, a passion from his early years, led him to translate the Divan-e Ghalib as The Treasure: A Modern Rendition of Ghalib’s Lyrical Love Poetry (2014). He has

Born in Bangkok, Maharaj Devraj Singh of Jaipur graduated from Oxford Brookes University with a degree in business administration and hospitality management in 2003. In 2006, he completed his master’s degree in international development studies from Chulalongkorn University. He then worked for the late King of Thailand’s Chaipattana Foundation for two years, involved in various

Vijay Balan has worked in the aerospace and fintech industries in many parts of the world. An avid history buff, he enjoys weaving insights and nuances from his wide travels and readings into story-telling. The Swaraj Spy is his debut historical fiction novel. His book: The Swaraj Spy