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Raj Kundra is a successful entrepreneur. He has invested in trading, mining, construction and the IPL cricket team Rajasthan Royals. This is his first novel.

When computers hit the scene, life changed for Sreelata Menon. The Internet introduced her to a whole new way of writing and working. A Masters in History, she was with the Onlooker and World Trade Magazine before teaching History to undergraduates and doing a stint in an advertising agency. Now working from home, she is a widely-travelled freelance writer who enjoys writing on all kinds of topics.
She writes weekly blogs on freelance writing and content for a variety of websites. She is the author of Freelance Writing for the Newbie Writer, which has been released to rave reviews. Married to a civil servant, she has two grown-up sons and now keeps flitting between Delhi and Bangalore.

Is there a child ever born who is not curious? To capture their imagination with historical narratives like these, Sreelata Menon hopes to not only introduce them to the rich cultural and historical heritage of our inherited past, but also to inspire and tickle their fancy with the magic of our ancient but famous Maharajas. A winner of the Sahitya Sparsh 2024 award, and with more than a dozen books to her credit, she hopes to inspire and kindle in them aspirations of their own.

Helen Fielding studied English at St Anne s C ollege, Oxford and worked at the BBC as writer, researcher and producer. She then began writing for the Sunday Times, the Telegraph and the Independent, which first published the anonymous column that became the novel Bridget Jones’s Diary. Along with its sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, it has sold over 15 million copies worldwide and been adapted into two extremely successful films.

Pernia Qureshi is a top stylist in Bollywood and the Indian fashion industry. She has styled people like Sonam Kapoor and movies such as Aisha.

After completing his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Paddy Rangappa worked for 13 years in Procter & Gamble, covering media, market research, brand management and category management. In 1999 he was posted to Indonesia and then to Singapore as head of Media for P&G’s Asean, Australasia and India region. In 2001, he joined the multinational fast-food company McDonald’s where he’s currently Senior Director – Marketing, Asia-Pacific, Middle East Africa (APMEA). Paddy’s work involves travelling extensively; he works with the markets in the APMEA region and interacts frequently with the other regions and global headquarters in the US. This gives his wide exposure to the colourful characteristics, quirks and foibles of a variety of people from a variety of places. Growing up in an Indian Army family, he has lived in many places in India. He’s married with a 25 year-old boy and a 21 year-old girl. He plays a decent game of tennis (university captain and former number 1 ranked player in Gujarat). He also writes a regular humour column in the Indian newspaper DNA (http://theflip-side.blogspot.com/).

Born in India, Ashutosh Varshney is Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences, Brown University, where he also directs the India Initiative. Previously, he taught at Harvard and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His books include Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life: Hindus and Muslims in India, Democracy, Development, and the Countryside: Urban-Rural Struggles in India and India in the Era of Economic Reforms. His honours include the Guggenheim and Carnegie awards and the Gregory Luebbert Prize.
He is a contributing editor for the Indian Express, and his guest columns have appeared in many newspapers, including the Financial Times.