Rakesh Anand Bakshi is a scriptwriter and the author of Directors’ Diaries: The Road to Their First Film and Let’s Talk on Air: Conversations with Radio Presenters. He is an aspiring director and actor, and a swimming, cycling and gym enthusiast. Rakesh runs Bicycle Angels, a non-profit social initiative supported by friends that gives bicycles and wheelchairs to the underprivileged and teaches the visually impaired how to use a computer.

He co-founded, with Kanika Kedia, I Adore You Diaries, which creates personalized diaries. He also authors a blog, Beautiful Bicycles Beautiful People, on cyclists, their rides and stories.

Rakesh is son of the legendary Hindi Film industry lyricist, Anand Bakshi