Archives: Authors

Arvind Sahay is professor of marketing and international business; Prof. M.N. Vora Chair in marketing and entrepreneurship; chair, India Gold Policy Centre; chair, marketing area; and chair, NSE Centre for Behavioral Science at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Prof. Sahay completed his PhD from the University of Texas, Austin. He obtained his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Prof. Sahay also holds a degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

Lady Mohini Kent Noon is an author, journalist, playwright, film-maker and charity worker. She has previously worked as a print journalist with India Today magazine and other publications and had a fortnightly radio slot on BBC Radio 5 Live and Radio Scotland.

Kalindi Charan Panigrahi was a notable poet and writer in Odia. He is credited for the short but influential movement in Odia literature called the Sabuja Yug which was the age of Romanticism, inspired by Tagore’s writings. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1971. Matira Manisha is his most well-known work.

Mansi Choksi is a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism and two-time Livingston Award Finalist. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, National Geographic, The Atlantic, and more. She lives in Dubai with her husband and son. The Newlyweds is her first book. Follow her on Twitter @Mansi_Choksi.

Rahman Abbas won India’s highest literary honour, the Sahitya Akademi Award, in 2018 for his fourth Urdu novel, Rohzin. He has also won four state Sahitya Akademi awards for his novels. Rahman is the author of ten books, including six novels. When his first novel was published, Islamists had accused him of spreading obscenity through his work and had filed a case against his novel. He was forced to resign from his job at a Muslim institution. Rahman fought a court trial for over ten years and was acquitted in 2016 of the obscenity charges. Rohzin has been translated into German, English and Hindi, and received the prestigious LitProm Grant managed by the Swiss and German governments. It was also longlisted for the JCB Prize and shortlisted for the Muse India 2023 GSP Rao Translation Award. On the Other Side was originally published in 2011 under the title Khuda Ke Saaye Mein Aankh Micholi and won the Maharashtra State Urdu Sahitya Academy Award. Rahman lives in Mumbai.

Anjali Joshi is a science teacher and curriculum developer by day, and a children’s book author by night. She has published over a dozen books for children, sharing her love of science and storytelling through her books. She holds a master’s degree in STEM education from the University of Oxford.

Meera Ganapathi is an author, a poet and the founder-editor of the independent publication The Soup. A student of fine arts and an ex-advertising professional, she has written picture books for children and short stories for grown-ups. She shuffles between Mumbai and Goa with many undead plants and a few ungrateful animals.

Kunal Kemmu has been an actor in the Hindi movie industry for over 32 years, even though he
is only 38. He is passionate about biking, diving, music and food. He is a devoted father and husband. This is his first book series as an author.

With the Inni & Bobo series, actors, partners and parents Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu venture into the world of children’s books. This wonderful picture book series is based on their daughter’s love of animals.

Rupangi Sharma is an author, editor, and an edupreneur. She is Founder & CEO of EFG Learning: Education for Growth, a Mumbai-based education consultancy. EFG Learning offers education services to help learners become future ready and achieve wholesome success. Rupangi was invited to be a panelist on the advisory board to design the ICT in Education Curricula for the Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET, NCERT). Her debut novel, A Life of My Own, is about gender-biased sex selection. She has edited India Alive, featuring discussions among influential South Asia thinkers. Her non-fiction contribution has been published in the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series. She has worked with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, Boston, among other leading institutions in India and abroad. Connect with her through her website: www.rupangisharma.com.