Acclaimed author of Difficult Daughters, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in the Eurasia region, and The Immigrant. Her latest novel is The Gallery.

Author and filmmaker known for the bestselling novel The Simoqin Prophecies and The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport, which was shortlisted for the Locus, Goodreads Choice and Dragon Awards.

Screenwriter and author of bestselling novels including Those Pricey Thakur Girls and The Zoya Factor. She is known for her distinctive contribution to contemporary Indian popular fiction.

Historian, author and podcaster known for Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas and Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire.

Journalist and Editor-in-Chief of The Tribune, with a career spanning over four decades across print, television and digital media, including leadership roles at The Indian Express, Star News and ThePrint.

Journalist, editor of Scroll, and author of Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay's Jazz Age and City Adrift: A Short Biography of Bombay.

Poet, novelist and translator whose novel When I Hit You was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Jhalak Prize and The Hindu Literary Prize. Her translation of Salma's Women Dreaming won a PEN Translates Award.

Poet, translator, cultural theorist and curator, known for poetry collections including Icelight and Hunchprose. His acclaimed translations include I, Lalla: The Poems of Lal Ded and The Homeland's an Ocean, his translation of the work of Mir Taqi Mir.

Author and translator known for the travelogue If It's Monday It Must Be Madurai and his English translations of Ghachar Ghochar, Sakina's Kiss and This Life at Play.

Researcher, Associate Editor at Mid-day and author known for H for Heritage: Mumbai and Bombay Meri Jaan. Through her weekly column, Bombaynama, she explores Mumbai's cultural and local history.

Writer known for the Crossword Award-winning Wisha Wozzariter and the bestselling Horrid High series. Her latest fantasy crossover, Woebegone's Warehouse of Words, was featured among The Hindu's Top 10 Reads.

Award-winning author of more than 50 fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults, with a body of work spanning natural history, birds, environmental concerns and complex social issues.

Chairperson of SEBI Advisory committee, a financial educator and bestselling author of Let's Talk Money, Let's Talk Mutual Funds and Let's Talk Legacy. She is also the host of the Let's Talk Money with Monika Halan podcast.

Indian market strategist, business adviser and author of influential books on Consumer India, including We Are Like That Only: Understanding the Logic of Consumer India and A Never-Before World: Tracking the Evolution of Consumer India.

A senior economist at the World Bank and author of Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India’s Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence. She has been awarded several prizes for her writing.