Nityanand Charan Das is a practising monk at the Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Temple, ISKCON Chowpatty, Mumbai, and a visionary who wishes to revolutionize the current urban scenario by aiding people to lead a life of purpose, fulfilment and satisfaction. He also specializes in guiding today’s youth to reconnect with their roots and lead a simple yet happy life.
Coming from an army background, Nityanand Charan Das’s childhood desire was to become an army officer. However, Krishna had other plans for him and orchestrated his life beautifully. Life led him to fail the NDA interview, despite being one of the best in the group; he took up engineering instead, and eventually became a monk when he was just twenty-four years old.
Nityanand Charan Das focuses on making the sacred teachings of our holy scriptures simple so they that resonate with anyone and everyone. His message is simple: ‘Spiritual life is not a life of rejection. It is a life of connection.’ He says, we do not have to give up anything, we simply have to add this valuable dimension to our life.
His divine radiance can be felt far and wide: his discourses are heard in every major city in India and in more than fifty countries across the globe.
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Aakar Patel is a syndicated columnist who has edited English and Gujarati newspapers. His translation of Saadat Hasan Manto’s Urdu non-fiction, Why I Write, was published in 2014. His study of majoritarianism in India, Our Hindu Rashtra: What It Is. How We Got Here, was published in 2020. And his analysis of India’s performance under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Price of the Modi Years, was published in 2021. He is chair of Amnesty International India.
Amar Mitra is a Bengali writer living in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Born on 30 August 1951, he was awarded with Sahitya Akademi award in 2006 for his novel Dhruboputra. He has received the Bankim Puroskar from Government of West Bengal for the novel Aswacharit in 2001, the Katha award (Delhi ) for the short story ‘Swadeshyatra’ in 1998, the Sharatchandra Award in 2018.
He participated in the First Forum of Asian Countries’ Writers in Nur Sultan city, Kazakhstan in September 2019, and presented the paper ‘Mythical Life’ at the inaugural session presided by President of Kazakhstan.
Dr.Amrinder Bajaj is a practicing gynecologist and a published author. She was former HOD of Obstetrics and Gynecology at MAX Multi Specialty Center Pitampura and Unit Head at MAX Super Specialty Hospital Shalimar Bagh, Delhi. At present she is a senior consultant with FMRI (Fortis Memorial Research Institute) Gurugram. She is a Gold medalist and has done her post-graduation from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Besides high-risk pregnancy and minimally invasive surgery, she has a special interest in menopause on which, she has given numerous talks to the medical fraternity and the lay public alike.
She is also an award-winning author. Writing is a passion that has led to publication of several books that include a memoir based on her association with the noted Indian author and columnist Khushwant Singh, two wellness books, an autobiographical novel, a novel based on the1984 anti-Sikh riots, a textbook for nurses, a book of poems and a joke book. She has two columns in the magazine Woman’s Era and regularly writes editorial, articles, travelogues, short stories and poems for magazines and newspapers like the Times of India, Tribune and Indian Express.
Kamini Bobde is a Kundalini practitioner and spiritual aspirant who follows the Swami Satyananda tradition of yoga. She has conducted Yoga and Kundalini camps in Germany, Tanzania, Vapi, and Kund in the Himalayas. People practicing with her have not only experienced relief from depression, migraine, PCOD, cancer management, but have reported overall feeling of joy, love and better productivity.
The author is herself a good example of the spirituality which can be practised even as you go about your worldly life. She has been a journalist who traveled with erstwhile PM Narasimha Rao when he visited the USA in 1994, taught Media Research for over a decade at the St Xavier’s Institute of Communication, Bombay, and now has her own business.
She has a YouTube channel on yoga and writes a blog, Yogabhakti.
Mark Anthony Falzon is a social anthropologist. He is a professor at the University of Malta and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. His books include Cosmopolitan Connections (Oxford, 2005), Multi-sited Ethnography (Ashgate, 2009), The Examined Life (2019), The University of Malta (2020) and Birds of Passage (Berghahn, 2020).
Ajay Singh is a journalist with thirty-five years of experience, having worked in various capacities – from reporter to bureau chief, political editor, editor and editorial director – with some of the top news organizations, including the Times of India, the Economic Times, the Telegraph, the Pioneer, STAR TV, Sahara TV, NewsX, Governance Now and Firstpost.
He has led two projects of immersive reporting that were supported by the London School of Economics and by the ANSA-SAR, a World Bank Institute-funded network. Working at the grassroots level in Lucknow and Patna, he was able to acquaint himself with the ground realities of the Hindi heartland and its political processes. Formal interactions, as well as informal discussions with some of the top leaders and administrators who have shaped modern India, have enriched his perspective on politics. He has closely followed the evolution and rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party from close quarters, having been present during many crucial moments in the party’s recent history. Currently, he is the press secretary to the President of India.
SWAMI MUKUNDANANDA is a world-renowned spiritual teacher from India and an international authority on mind management. He earned his degrees from the prestigious IIT Delhi and IIM Calcutta but chose to renounce a promising corporate career and embrace monkhood. He studied Vedic scriptures at the feet of Jagadguru Kripaluji Maharaj. For almost four decades now, Swami Mukundananda has been sharing his vast knowledge through his books, lectures, and life-transformation programmes.
Swamiji meets hundreds, even thousands, of people every day from all walks of life. His steadfast positivity exudes hope, clarity, and a sense of purpose for those who connect with him. He has deeply affected the lives of millions of people who have been drawn to his profound integrity, charismatic personality, and passion to serve. Those who meet him experience his genuine care, and compassionate personality, and also feel deeply touched by him.
Swamiji’s lectures are humorous, his arguments logical and well-laid-out, and, most of all, his advice is practical. His lectures on social media platforms are loved and followed by millions. Swamiji divides his time between India and the US.
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Neeraj Kapoor has spent nearly three decades in the industry; the first eighteen as a corporate professional and the last eleven as an entrepreneur. He is a transformational leader, who has enabled thousands of people to see unprecedented breakthroughs in their life and career. He is the founder of Start-up Business Academy, a global initiative to empower entrepreneurs to launch and rapidly scale up their businesses with proven systems.
Dr Jaya Prasada was born on 13th August 1948 in Lucknow. She graduated from Loreto College, with a Master’s Degree from the University of Lucknow. In 1981, she did her PHD on Prime Minister Indira Gandhi from the University of Rohilkhand.
Prasada was the closest disciple of divine mother Sri Siddhi Ma, who inherited the spiritual legacy of Neem Karoli Baba. Her debut book is dedicated to her guru Sri Siddhi Ma and takes us into the life and times of the silent saint of Kainchi.
Prasada lives between Kainchi Dham and her home ‘Teertham’ in Nainital, where Sri Siddhi Ma took mahasamadhi in December 2017.
She is an ardent photographer, a keen mountain traveller and likes to keep up with technology.
