Rajeev Shukla is a renowned Indian statesman donning multiple hats in various fields for more than four decades now. He has earned great success as one of India’s top sports administrators, and as a journalist, respected politician and popular television host. He is currently serving as the vice president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He served as the chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) multiple times as well.
He is a former minister and member of the Rajya Sabha, and a minister of state for planning and parliamentary affairs. He presently serves as member, Congress Working Committee, and state-in-charge for Himachal Pradesh.
As the host of the distinguished popular talk show Ru-ba-ru, he interviewed eminent personalities, including political leaders, film stars, cricketers, as well as international figures. His journey in the print media as editor and contributor of various English and Hindi dailies gave voice to his in-depth analysis of national and international political scenarios.
Seema Goswami is a journalist, columnist and author. She began her career with the Anandabazar Patrika Group, working for Sunday magazine before moving on to become editor of Telegraph‘s weekend features. She currently writes a weekly column, Spectator, for the Hindustan Times‘ Sunday magazine Brunch, which has a large and dedicated following. She has also published two books, Woman on Top and Race Course Road.
Winner of the ‘Award for the Best Nutritionist’ by Femina, Munmun Ganeriwal, is a renowned and celebrated Lifestyle consultant in the field of Functional Medicine. She is the only gut microbiome specialist in the world who combines traditional Indian foods, ancient Indian yogic practices and gut microbiota study to understand and fight obesity and other diseases. Her clientele includes Taapsee Pannu, Rakul Preet Singh, Nayanthara, Ekta Kapoor and many more.
Brigadier Balram Singh Mehta was commissioned on 15 June 1966, in 45 Cavalry. He comes from a illustrious military family. In 1984, he raised 13 Armoured Regiment which later participated in Ex Brass Tacks with distinction under his command. Brigadier Mehta attended the Higher Command-18 at the College of Combat in 1990. He has the distinction of having served in command assignments under all the three Strike Corps as also on the staff of the Mountain and Infantry Division, besides deputation with the Cabinet Secretariat. In 1998, he took premature retirement to serve with the Government of Gujarat till 2001. He organised the first entrepreneurship course for retiring defence personnel at the Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Ahmedabad, in 2000. During the last 15 years, he has served with universities in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh as Vice Chancellor. His other interests include Transcendental Meditation and Skill Development. He is an active member of a Suratbased NGO “Jai Jawan Nagrik Samiti. He is currently holding the post of Director General, Maharishi Invincible Defence for Peace, headquartered in Iowa, USA.
Jaishankar Krishnamurthy is a finance professional with over twenty-five years of experience in India, Dubai and Singapore.
Farside is his first book. He is currently working on three other books: a crime thriller, which he is co-authoring with Dr Anitha Perinchery, set in a psychiatric clinic; a book that takes a deep dive into financial crimes during the 2016 demonetization exercise; and a financial thriller set in Dubai.
He is also the founder of Script A Hit, a unique start-up dedicated to helping the many creative minds like him realize their dreams of becoming authors and audio-visual concept creators.
Jai lives with his wife and their canine children in Bengaluru.
Krishna Udayasankar is the author of The Aryavarta Chronicles (Govinda, Kaurava, Kurukshetra and The Cowherd Prince), 3, Immortal, Objects of Affection and Beast. Her short stories and poems have appeared in multiple anthologies and many of her books have been optioned for screen by leading production houses. She is currently working on two screenplays.
She also leads a social initiative committed to building capacity for dialogue and transformation of conflict across diverse groups in society.
Krishna, who will respond eagerly to ‘Khaleesi, Mother of Huskies’, lives with her husband and their canine children in Bengaluru.
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Sheba Jose was born and educated in south India and knows well the terrain and ethos of the land that she writes about in this book. She is equally familiar with the quite different physical and cultural landscape of north India, where she has lived for close to two decades. She has a bachelor’s degree in science and a master’s in English literature. She currently resides in Australia.
Dr Syed Anwar Ali is Assistant Professor in the English Department of the College of Applied Studies and Community Service, King Saud University, Riyadh. He was awarded an MPhil (English language) and PhD (English) by the University of Rajasthan. His area of research is translation and translation studies. His previous translation, The Passion Lost; the Beauty Lost, was published in 2014. He also published a collection of short stories titled, Krishan Chander: An English Rendering. His vast teaching experience includes a decade of teaching at Al-Fateh University, Tripoli, Libya, and sixteen years at King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA. He also taught at some government colleges in Rajasthan, India, before moving to Libya.
Col V. N. Thapar is the father of Capt Vijyant Thapar, VrC, who was a fourthgeneration army officer. At the early age of fifteen, he was selected for the National Defence Academy and commissioned on 12 December 1962 in the
Maratha Light Infantry. He commanded a battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles. He was part of the 1965 War and Bangladesh War, and has operated in counter-insurgency operations. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Defense
Services, Staff College, Wellington. He has written for media publications and is a motivational speaker at various forums, universities, colleges and schools.
Neha Dwivedi, a Kargil War martyr’s daughter and an Armoured Corps Officer’s wife, is a doctor by profession. She is an alumnus of DPS RK Puram and Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi. She sought solace in writing and found her
strength post her father’s martyrdom. She now lives in Mumbai, where she works as a childbirth educator and an infant and young child feeding specialist. She deeply believes in the healing and inspirational power of stories. This is her first book.
The author is the daughter of the protagonist. A heart felt and touching recount of a story that lived in her heart for decades.
Evi Triantafyllides
Evi is the CEO of Worldwide Buddies, an educational startup that creates picture books and toys that celebrate diversity. She is the author of children’s books A Marvelous Mexican Misunderstanding and China’s Child. Evi holds a BA in Geography from the LSE, an MA in Anthropology & Cultural Politics from Goldsmiths and an MA in Individualized Study from NYU, with a concentration in creative writing and education. Evi is fascinated by discovering new places and learning new things. An advocate of education, she loves books, adventures and ice creams, and has a mild obsession with polar bears. In 2018, they came together and started creating picture books and toys that celebrate diversity, helping thousands of little ones learn about different countries through fun, interactive ways (and always off-screen).
Nefeli Malekou
Nefeli is the CDO of Worldwide Buddies, an educational startup that creates picture books and toys that celebrate diversity. She is the illustrator of A Marvelous Mexican Misunderstanding and China’s Child. Nefeli received her BSc in Architecture at the University of Bath in the UK, where during her last year of studies she designed a retreat facility for children with developmental disorders, in an effort to create a sanctuary where differences are embraced. Nefeli is a nature lover and a yogi. She cares deeply for animals and strives to lead a sustainable lifestyle.
