authors

Sidharth Bhatia is a journalist and author who is associated with several media organisations and was in the editorial team that launched DNA in Mumbai. He writes columns and commentary on current affairs for several publications including Times of India, Asian Age, Deccan Chronicle, Hindustan Times, and Outlook. He has written three books – Cinema […]

Anand Pandian teaches anthropology at Johns Hopkins University, and holds a PhD from UC Berkeley. His most recent books include Ayya’s Accounts: A Ledger of Hope in Modern India, and Subramaniyapuram: The Tamil Film in English Translation. He has spent many years working closely with farmers, filmmakers, writers, and activists in the villages and towns of Tamil Nadu.

Amit Dasgupta was an Indian diplomat for over three decades and has travelled extensively on assignments, within India and abroad. This unique experience brought him in contact with different cultures and ways of seeing. Having retired from diplomatic service, he is now a full-time writer, in both fiction and non-fiction, exploring ideas that are related to the

Meghan Nuttall Sayres is a tapestry weaver and has authored Anahita’s Woven Riddle. While researching for the companion novel, Night Letter, Meghan travelled across the deserts of Uzbekistan to the ancient cities of Samarkand and Bukhara, plotting scenes and imagining Anahita’s possible escape routes. Other books by Meghan include Weaving Tapestry in Rural Ireland, and

Saad Bin Jung hails from the erstwhile royal families of Bhopal and Pataudi. He was a member of the Wildlife Advisory Board of Karnataka. He is the author of Wild Tales from the Wild, Subhan and I, and Matabele Dawn. Saad is also a columnist for the Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle, conservationist and a

David Hoffman is the Emmy Award-winning President Emeritus and founder of Internews, a global non-profit that has pioneered media development and independent journalism. Internews has helped build thousands of television and radio stations in more than ninety countries. He is the author of Citizens Rising: Independent Journalism and the Spread of Democracy. His book: Citizens Rising:

Clyde DeSouza is an author and creative technology evangelist. He explores technologies such as augmented reality, real-time game engines and stereoscopic 3D, and their influence on human perception. Raised in different parts of the world, he is at ease in multicultural environments and loves interacting with people of diverse backgrounds, believing that holding on to tradition is overrated, and

Sumit Chakraberty has worked as a journalist for over thirty years, with stints at Indian Express, The Times of India, BiTV, UTV and, most recently, DNA, where he was the Sunday editor and wrote a weekly cricket column aimed straight at the head, called Beamer. He has followed the game closely for five decades, from

Sorabh Pant is the author of The Wednesday Soul and Under Delhi, and one of India’s most popular comedians with over nine hundred shows in forty cities and eleven countries. He is the founder of East India Comedy and has also written columns for Times of India, Mid-Day, Hindustan Times, Deccan Chronicle, Asian Age. His