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Anjana Nagabhushana has had a long career in the e-learning industry. She eventually quit to teach grammar, spelling and punctuation to little humans. She is an ardent believer in the power of the written word. She also believes that there is nothing that a mug of steaming hot coffee cannot cure. Anjana is also a permanently transitioning vegan. Her love for milk in coffee will always prevent her from being completely vegan. Serious to the core, she hates anything even remotely fun. She dreams of being part of a theatre company made up of children, for children and by children. This is her first book.

Reena Ittyerah Puri is the Executive Editor at Amar Chitra Katha. Her passion for comics led her to effortlessly dive into the captivating world of scripting cartoons and comics. With Anant Pai—the Founder Editor of Amar Chitra Katha—as her mentor, Reena was drawn into a vibrant realm of storytelling, illustrations, colour and laughter, a world she has embraced wholeheartedly and has never sought to escape.

Illustrator Bio: Savio Mascarenhas is the Group Art Director at Amar Chitra Katha and the co-creator of many beloved characters from Tinkle, including Little Shambu. He has illustrated the adventures of Shikari Shambu for over twenty-four years. As a TEDx speaker, he shares insights on the role of visuals in learning. When he’s not at his workstation, Savio enjoys conducting comic-making workshops for both children and adults, spreading his passion for comics.

The Apollo Dietetics Group has been instrumental in raising the bar of medical nutrition therapy across the country through the Apollo Group of Hospitals. With its extensive experience spanning decades, this dynamic team is actively involved in spreading health awareness through its various outreach programmes. The philosophy of the Department of Dietetics in Apollo Hospitals Group is to establish and encourage good nutritional practices and standards and make it an integral part of the health care management of patients. This book is the outcome of the undaunted efforts and combined hard work of the dieticians of Apollo Group of Hospitals.

ARUNI KASHYAP is the author of His Father’s Disease: Stories and The House with a Thousand Stories. He has edited How to Tell the Story of an Insurgency and translated two novels from Assamese to English. He also writes in Assamese. He has been the recipient of grants and fellowships such as the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and his poetry collection There Is No Good Time for Bad News was nominated for the Georgia Author of the Year Awards 2022, among others. He is an associate professor of English and the director of the creative writing program at the University of Georgia, Athens.

Consultant, Dietetics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi
Convenor, Delhi Chapter Indian Dietetic Association (2019-2021)
Convenor, NetProFan-an initiative of FSSAI

Jatana has 45 years of experience in the field of nutrition. She was the recipient of the Scroll of Honor, awarded for ‘professional achievement in Lady Irwin College’ for her outstanding contribution in the field of Dietetics and the Lifetime Achievement Award given by the Lady Irwin College Alumni Association for her dedicated contributions in the field of dietetics in 2023. Jatana is also a certified diabetic educator with expertise in European Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Life Long Learning courses on renal, critical care, parenteral, cancer, liver, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), pulmonary and certificate on Fodmap Diet from Monash University. She has also presented more than a hundred scientific papers at various platforms, contributed chapters to multiple books and has edited the book-Apollo Clinical Nutrition Handbook.

Freida McFadden is #1 Amazon, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author and a practicing physician specializing in brain injury who has penned multiple bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humour novels. She is a highly accomplished author and practicing physician who has a unique blend of medical expertise and creative talent. Her impressive combination of skills has made her a major force in the literary world, earning her numerous bestselling titles.

Freida lives with her family and black cat in a centuries-old three-story home overlooking the ocean, with staircases that creak and moan with each step, and nobody could hear you if you scream. Unless you scream really loudly, maybe!

Shahbaz Taseer is a Pakistani businessman and the son of the late governor of Punjab, Pakistan. Taseer was held in captivity for almost five years and was recovered from Kuchlak, Balochistan, on March 8, 2016. His kidnapping was referred to by The Guardian as one of the highest profile kidnappings in Pakistan.

Prem Sagar began his career as a cinematographer with Ramanand Sagar’s Lalkar (1970) soon after completing his education from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune where he was a recipient of a gold medal for the best academic student of the year and a silver medal for the best photographed student film.

He was associated as a cinematographer or technical adviser with several popular and memorable films of Sagar Arts, including Charas, Bhagawat, Hamrahi, Pyara Dushman, Armaan, Jalte Badan, Badal, Prem Bandhan and Salma. He then turned director with Hum Tere Ashiq Hain.

In the Eighties Prem Sagar produced and directed Indian television’s first fantasy serial, Vikram aur Betaal. Closely associated with the show Ramayan, Sagar went on to have an extremely successful career in television being associated with shows like Shri Krishna, Sai Baba, Prithviraj Chauhan and Chandra Gupta Maurya in various creative capacities. He also directed Jai Maa Durga, Mahima Shani Dev Ki, Jai Jai Jai Bajrang Bali and Basera.

Prem Sagar has to his credit a total of fifteen awards as Director of Photography and many accomplishments in the field of still photography. The honours include the prestigious associateship of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain and the Artiste Federation Internationale de L’Arts Photographique Paris.

Air Cmde (Dr) Anurakshat Gupta is a professor of surgery at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune. A founder-director of the International Quizzing Association, he has been on BBC Mastermind, was a finalist twice on Tata Crucible, did a stint as an expert on Kaun Banega Crorepati and authored three books on quizzing. He was inducted into the Trivia Hall of Fame at Las Vegas in 2016 and has visited over thirty countries. He counts his year spent as a surgeon at Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan in 2005 as his most unique experience ever. Contact him at anurakshat@rediffmail.com.

Flt Lt (Dr) Arnabh Sengupta, a medical officer in the Indian Air Force, spends his free time in trivial pursuits and the pursuit of trivia. Having represented AFMC in multiple quiz competitions across the country, he has bagged accolades and experiences, both. Ever curious, he’s known to pack his bags often, setting out in search for the next activity of interest. Contact him at arnabhsengupta@gmail.com.