Emma Donoghue is an internationally bestselling author, short story writer and playwright.

Farrukh Dhondy is a writer of fiction, non-fiction, screenplays, stage plays, TV, a translator of sorts and even a journalist.

Journalist and author Gauri Sinh has written three books, her latest being crime thriller Drop Dead Gorgeous (2019).

Geetanjali Shetty Kaul is a Pedagogy Expert, Circle Facilitator, Performative Storyteller, Creative and Mindfulness Coach and Educator for 2 decades.

George Jose is Visiting Associate Professor of Anthropology at NYU Abu Dhabi. He directed programmes in the field of arts and culture, and taught in architecture, design, and management institutes in India.

Gill Hornby is the author of the best-selling The Hive and Altogether Now. Her new novel Miss Austen – the story of Jane Austen’s sister, Cassandra – was a Sunday Times bestseller in January of this year.

Girish Shahane is an independent writer and curator based in Mumbai.

Govindraj Ethiraj is the Founder & Director : BOOM & IndiaSpend.

Guy is a consultant neurologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London, where he leads one of Europe’s largest clinical sleep services. He is also author of two well-received books: The Nocturnal Brain and The Secret World of Sleep.

Harish Bhat is an author, columnist and marketer. He works with the Tata Group, where he began his career 33 years ago.

Henry Marsh is a well-known neuro-surgeon and author of two critically-acclaimed books: Do No Harm, and Admissions: A Life in Brain Surgery.

Hoihnu Hauzel is a seasoned journalist, a food and travel writer and a trouble-shooter.

Howard Jacobson is the author of sixteen novels and and six works of non-fiction. He won the Man-Booker Prize for The Finkler Question in 2010 and was shortlisted in 2014 for J.

Hrishikesh Kannan is producer and presenter on India’s biggest breakfast radio show on 94.3 RadioOne and Podcast creator and anchor on the online platforms ‘moneycontrol.com’ and ‘Book My Show Jukebox’.

I Made Sidia, Bali’s most shadow puppeteer, is a master of Topeng (mask) dance, wayang puppetry, kayonan dances and traditional make up and costuming.

Ian Jack is a British writer and journalist who has contributed regularly to the Guardian, Granta, and the London Review of Books among many other publications.

Booker Prize winning author Ian McEwan is one of the UK’s  best known novelists and listed as one of the most powerful people in British culture.

Ira Mukhoty is the author of Akbar: The Great Mughal; Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire; and Heroines: Powerful Indian Women in Myth and History.