Namita Gokhale, author and festival director, has authored twenty five works and is co-founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF). Her debut novel, “Paro: Dreams of Passion,” is a
K. R. Meera, novelist, feminist, and journalist, is one of Kerala’s most influential figures, known for her thought-provoking works that challenge traditional power structures and engage deeply with p
Christopher Merrill, poet and academic, has published eight collections of poetry, including “Watch Fire,” for which he received the Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets, and “
Perumal Murugan, author, scholar, and literary chronicler, writes in Tamil. He is the author of twelve novels, six collections of short stories, five volumes of poetry, and fifteen works of non-fictio
Sudhir Sitapati, Managing Director and CEO of Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL), worked at Unilever for twenty-two years where he led teams across several categories and functions in India, Euro
Geetanjali Shree, novelist and short story writer, is the winner of the 2022 International Booker Prize, and of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, for her novel, “Ret Samadhi” (“Tomb of Sand”
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, writer and translator, writes primarily in English and occasionally in Hindi. He translates from Santali, Hindi, and Bengali into English, and from English to Hindi. He is th
