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Sarvesh Shashi: The modern yogi, Sarvesh Shashi started practising yoga when he was 6, but it was only when he turned 17 that he dove deeper into it. By 21, he had set up a studio chain, which flourished in the next few years to 92 locations across 32 cities and two countries, along with a commanding digital presence. Today, Sarvesh has built upon this with Diva Yoga, headquartered in Mumbai, India, with support from co-founder and actor Malaika Arora, which is a consumer health platform based on the authentic foundations of yoga. During the course of his decade-long career, he has secured more than $10 million from global investors, including Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez, Fireside ventures, Zumba® Fitness and support from many in the Hindi and Tamil film industries.

तिक न्यात हन्ह वियतनाम के मशहूर बौद्ध विचारक, आध्यात्मिक गुरु और कवि हैं, जिन्हें दुनिया भर में पढ़ा और सराहा गया है। इन्होंने अनेक पुस्तकें लिखी हैं, जो जीवन को एक नई प्रेरणा प्रदान करती हैं। हिन्दी में इनके बड़ी संख्या में पाठक हैं और ये भारत में भी काफी लोकप्रिय लेखक माने जाते हैं। 

Janaki Bakhle is professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition.

Al Sweigart is a professional software developer who teaches programming to kids and adults. Sweigart has written several bestselling programming books for beginners, including Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, Cracking Codes with Python, and Coding with Minecraft (all from No Starch Press).

ओशो, जिन्हें क्रमशः भगवान श्री रजनीश, ओशो रजनीश, या केवल रजनीश के नाम से जाना जाता है, एक भारतीय , विचारक, धर्मगुरु और रजनीश आंदोलन के प्रणेता-नेता थे। अपने संपूर्ण जीवनकाल में आचार्य रजनीश को एक विवादास्पद रहस्यदर्शी, गुरु और आध्यात्मिक शिक्षक के रूप में देखा गया। वे धार्मिक रूढ़िवादिता के बहुत कठोर आलोचक थे, जिसकी वजह से वह बहुत ही जल्दी विवादित हो गए और ताउम्र विवादित ही रहे। 1960 के दशक में उन्होंने पूरे भारत में एक सार्वजनिक वक्ता के रूप में यात्रा की और वे पूंजीवाद और धार्मिक रूढ़िवाद के प्रखर आलोचक रहे। उन्होंने मानव कामुकता के प्रति एक ज्यादा खुले रवैया की वकालत की, जिसके कारण वे भारत तथा पश्चिमी देशों में भी आलोचना के पात्र रहे, हालाँकि बाद में उनका यह दृष्टिकोण अधिक स्वीकार्य हो गया। 

David Eagleman is an assistant professor of neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, where he directs the Laboratory for Perception and Action as well as the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law. His scientific research is published in journals from Science to Nature, and his neuroscience books include Re-wire: The Shape-Shifting Brain and Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia. He is also the author of the international fiction bestseller, Sum, and Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain.

K.J. Micciche is a novelist who hails from Queens, New York, where she spent countless hours curled up under the covers, reading The Babysitters Club as a kid by flashlight way past her bedtime. K.J. runs a non-profit organization that teaches kids with dyslexia how to read. Proud mom of two little girls, she and her family live on Long Island and summer in Cape Cod.

RAJNISH KARKI is among the foremost advisers and researchers on strategy and management. He has advised over three dozen Indian companies and business groups, multinational corporations, professional firms and institutions, and the government and allied entities. His research contributions include the three-phase construct of strategy formation, and a typology of viable and effective strategic configurations. Besides executive stints with the Tatas, he has held faculty appointments at IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Bombay
and LBSNAA, Mussoorie.

Ali Novak writes contemporary young adult romance and is a graduate of the University of Madison Wisconsin’s creative writing program. She wrote her first full length novel, My Life with the Walter Boys, at the age of fifteen. Since posting the story online, it has received more than 33 million reads and is now published by Sourcebooks Fire. Visit her online at alinovak.com and on Twitter @Fallzswimmer.

Hannah Lynn lives in the UK with her husband, daughter and horde of cats. Her first historical novel, Athena’s Child, was a 2020 Gold Medalist at the Independent Publishers Awards.