Samina Mishra is a documentary filmmaker, writer and teacher based in New Delhi, with a special interest in media for and about children. Her work uses the lens of childhood, identity and education to reflect the experiences of growing up in India. She heads The Magic Key Centre for the Arts and Childhood that focuses on childhood, the […]
Rachna Joshi is a poet and reviewer who has lived in India and North America. She has written five collections of poems: Configurations (Rupa & Co., 1993); Crossing the Vaitarani (Writer’s Workshop, 2008); Travel Tapestry (Yatra Books, 2013); Monsoon and Other Poems (Tethys, 2020); and Unraveling (Authors Press, 2024) She has a master’s in Creative Writing […]
Neha Bansal is a career civil servant who loves to write poetry. She has published two books : “herstory”(Sahitya Akademi 2022) and “Six of Cups” (Hawakal 2024). She has also contributed her poetry to 5 anthology books by various editors. She believes in giving a voice to the silenced and the marginalised. She lives with […]
Neeti Bang, an Associate Professor at N.I.F.T, New Delhi, holds a Master in Design degree from N.I.F.T, specializing in Leather Design. An academician for 15 years, with 10 years industry corporate experience. She handles student cultural activities and is Unit In charge, International & domestic linkages of NIFT She is an avid chef, photographer, published poetess, […]
Jayshree Misra Tripathi, a poet and retired diplomatic spouse, draws inspiration from over six decades of global experiences – a child from Odisha to England, then seven countries. Her work focuses on the human experience, especially the silenced voices of women. Her latest poetry collection, Pirouettes in the Rediscovery of Identity, “unlocks knotted griefs” with […]
Jaydeep Sarangi is an Indian poet poetry activist with eleven poetry collections in English latest being the half-confession ( 2024).and scholar on postcolonial studies and Indian Writings with forty one books anchored in Kolkata/Jhargram,. Widely anthologised and reviewed as a leading contemporary poet Sarangi is on the editorial boards for journals of repute, devoted to poetry and poetry criticism. […]
Gautam Chintamani is a film historian and the author of Rajneeti (Penguin-Random House, 2019), the first biography of Rajnath Singh. He is the author of the bestselling Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna (HarperCollins, 2014), The Film That Revived Hindi Cinema (HarperCollins, 2016) and Pink- The Inside Story (HarperCollins, 2017) and the recently […]
Beginning the journey, exploring avenues as a stage artist, musician, poet, educationist and a graphic designer, Bobby Sing is now an experienced critic, creative-music consultant, and a prolific writer on cinema – active in the field since the late 90s. As a columnist on cinema, he has been associated with reputed publications as Indo-US Dialogue […]
Avijit Ghosh was born in the north-eastern town of Agartala and grew up in the small towns of Bihar and Jharkhand. A journalist for the past 30 years and currently employed with The Times of India, he is the author of the award-winning Cinema Bhojpuri (2010), 40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed (2013) and […]
Anupama Jain, also known as AJ, is an author for both children and adults, with five widely acclaimed books and 13 anthologies, including a LIMCA Record-holding composite novel. Her recent When Padma Bani Wifey stayed on Amazon’s Top 100 Hot New Releases for 31 days. Other notable works include When Padma Bani Paula (Top 5 […]
