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Gautam Hazarika is Singapore based and after being a banker most of his life, now researches World War II in Southeast Asia. His focus is on lesser-known stories such as the Indian army, the anti-Japanese resistance and war crimes trials. This is his first book.

Kartikeya Vajpai is a distinguished advocate and the founder of a boutique law firm in New Delhi. An MBA with extensive experience in corporate marketing, he combines strategic insight with legal precision and human understanding. Yet, beyond the worlds of business and law, his true journey has been inward—toward stillness, awareness, and self-mastery.

A passionate cricketer since childhood, Kartikeya represented his state at the under-14 nationals by the age of eleven and now plays for Team India Lawyers at the Lawyers’ Cricket World Cup. His early discipline in the sport opened the door to the yogic practice of trataka, later enriched by Transcendental Meditation, Mahamudra- Mahayana Buddhist practice, and Mahavatar Babaji’s Kriya Yoga.

His maiden work of fiction gathers insights from this inner pilgrimage, offering readers a precise yet fluid testament to the wisdom discovered when professional mastery meets spiritual inquiry. It reflects Kartikeya’s lifelong quest to live consciously and help others discover the stillness, strength, creative flow, and clarity that lie within.

Shailendra Jha is the creator and co-writer of the highly acclaimed Disney+ Hotstar (now JioHotstar) series Grahan. He is a recipient of the prestigious Screenwriters Association Award. His writing has earned him multiple nominations for various awards, including the Filmfare OTT Awards.
His short film Tumhare Bina has been screened at several international film festivals, including the Bengaluru International Short Film Festival and the South Asian Short Film Festival.
In the news industry, Jha launched and led India’s first speed news channel, Tez. He headed the output team during his tenure at India’s leading news channel Aaj Tak. He left the TV Today Network as an executive editor and transitioned into the entertainment world, working with Star India, where he held key roles, including programming head, commissioning head and head of branded content.
He continues to create stories independently as a writer, director, show-runner and creative consultant, with a focus on developing web series and films.

Gunabhiram Barua (1834–94) was a product of India’s colonial modernity. He distinguished himself as an author, historian, editor and colonial administrator. Known for his progressive outlook, Barua wrote the first modern Assamese drama, which addressed the issue of widow remarriage. After the death of his wife, he married a widow and took a significant step towards women’s education by sending his young daughter to study at Calcutta’s Bethune School in 1878. His prose style greatly influenced the next generation of Assamese writers, playing a key role in the rise of modern Assamese literature in the late nineteenth century.

Banani Chakravarty teaches Assamese in GauhatiUniversity. She has co-edited Asamar Bhasha (Banalata, 2013), part of G.N. Devy’s acclaimed People’s Linguistic Survey of India series, which has been translated into English as Languages of Assam (Orient BlackSwan, 2017) and into Hindi as Assam Ki Bhashayen (Orient BlackSwan, 2025). Her recent publication includes Jetia Chapasal Nachil (2024), a comprehensive anthology of medieval Assamese manuscripts, inscriptions and historical documents.

Sarthak Ahuja has over a decade of experience in startup advisory. He is a Chartered Account and a Gold Medallist from the Indian School of Business. As an investment banker, he’s worked with companies in SaaS, eCommerce, and D2C, in industries such as FinTech, EdTech, Gaming, Healthcare, and F&B, among others. He teaches corporate finance and M&A courses. In addition, he’s also been a TEDx Speaker and is invited for keynote speeches, owing to his work and content in areas of startup finance with a combined online following of over 2 Mn.
At Niamh Ventures, he works on building educational content around business and finance for entrepreneurs and founders and is currently a passion project. He has 2M following on Instagram and is a top voice on LinkedIn.

Gopi Krishnaswamy is a former senior executive turned Zen practitioner and mindfulness teacher. Previously a Managing Director at the iconic Silicon Valley design firm IDEO, he has gone beyond the boardroom to study under various Zen masters including living at Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastery in Thailand.
Gopi also teaches Search Inside Yourself – the mindfulness-based emotional intelligence program born at Google. Today, he works at the intersection of mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and leadership, with a focus on practical, accessible tools for daily life.
As founder of Llama, he helps companies build cultures where wellbeing and high performance go hand in hand. He has trained leaders across five continents, reaching over 100,000 people from organisations such as Deloitte, BCG, Aditya Birla Group, and NASSCOM, and has spoken at global forums including the governments of the UK and Canada.
Gopi’s mission is simple yet radical: to make workplace wellbeing the norm. His previous book, Creativity Unleashed, was published by Bloomsbury.