Archives: Authors

Naveen ‘Rashmi’ is the famous literature and editor of Hindi. He is also a skilled editor. He has translated many books of the author of our country and abroad. He has awarded many awards for writing and social work.

Dr. Bhagawan Dash was a famous Aayurveda Chikitsak, researchers and the eminent scholar of Chinees, Tibbati and Sanskrit language. He was the personal doctor of the first president of India Dr. Rajendra Prasad. He has translated many books of Chinees, Tibbaten and Sanskrit. He has awarded with many of award for the medical and social work.

Kushal M. Choksi is an entrepreneur, a first-time author and a former Wall Street trader. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, he started his career at Goldman Sachs in New York City. Narrowly escaping death during the 9/11 attacks, he realized that life was too short to be playing safe. This got him started down the path of an eventful entrepreneurial journey, comprising of one failed venture and two successful acquisitions of an investment fund as well as a tech start-up. He currently runs Elements Truffles, an artisanal chocolate company that he co-founded with his wife. More about him at kushalchoksi.com.

Liam Wright (Photographer) – from New Zealand who came to India to experience the culture. He volunteered his time for this project, discovering millets for the first time.
Dr Sangeetha Parthasarathi – a social scientist from Bangalore who worked with ICRISAT and took on this project to connect deeper with India.
Joanna Kane-Potaka – founder of Smart Food initiative and Assistant Director General at ICRISAT. From Australia and discovered millets when she moved to India 9 years ago.

The author is the daughter of the protagonist . A heart felt and touching recount of a story that lived in her heart for decades .

Bhanumathi Narasimhan is the younger sister of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Innocently at first, and with joyful awareness later, she has followed her brother, her Master, throughout her life. She shares his vision of putting a smile on every face on the planet.
Bhanumathi leads the women welfare and childcare initiatives at Art of Living. From a small free school with thirty children of construction workers, the “Gift a Smile project” now supports 435 schools with over 58,000 underprivileged children. As the chairperson of the International Women’s Conference, her vision is to create a global network of responsible women to catalyse positive transformation in society. Over 5000 women from eighty nationalities have participated in these conferences so far.
She holds a master’s degree in Sanskrit Literature from Bangalore University. Trained as a Carnatic singer, people across the world wake up to her soulful albums of sacred chants and melodious bhajans. She has previously authored two books, Tejasvini and Lalitha, which expound on the spiritual significance of popular Hindu scriptures and practices.

SALMAN KHURSHID served as the union minister of external affairs, law and justice, and minority affairs in the Government of India. He is also
a designated senior counsel in the Supreme Court of India, has authored over twelve books and is a prolific columnist. A senior member of the Indian National Congress, Khurshid also taught law at the University of Oxford.

Hanif Zaveri is an author, journalist, actor and playwright residing in Mumbai. A student of Maharashtra College of Arts Science and Commerce Mumbai, he has worked as a freelance film journalist, and interviewed eminent film personalities from Ashok Kumar to Dilip Kumar. He wrote, directed and acted in the play Naqli Nawab for Stage Arts International. A member of Indian People Theatre Association (IPTA), he worked with M.S. Sathyu, Ramesh Talwar, Shabana Azmi, A.K. Hangal, Anjan Srivastava, Manmohan Krishna, Sulbha Arya, Sudhir Panday and Rakesh Bedi. He worked as chief reporter for the film weekly Film City. He acted in the Doordarshan serial Babaji Ka Bioscope and wrote the documentary Khatti Meethi Yaadein. He is the author of Mehmood: A Man of Many Moods. Apart form writing, he also works as an administrative officer for the construction company RNA Builders (NG).

Sumant Batra is India’s number one insolvency lawyer, as rated by Legal 500. As senior international consultant to the IMF, World Bank Group, OECD and other development institutions, he has worked extensively on policy matters in Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South Asia. He is the founder and architect of a number of innovative creative projects to promote Indian heritage, culture, art and literature. An avid collector, he probably has the largest collection of Indian cinema memorabilia, has set up Chitrashala, a private museum of Indian vintage graphic art and has curated a boutique hotel in the Himalayas using his collection. He is the author of The Indians, a coffeetable book that included a foreword by Cherie Blair.