Archives: Authors

Ashok Sanjay Guha is professor of economics at School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Peter Wohlleben is a German forester and author who writes on ecological themes in popular language. He is the author of the New York Times Bestseller The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate, which was translated from German into English in 2016.

Jai Arjun Singh has previously authored a book about the cult comedy film Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and edited The Popcorn Essayists, an anthology of personal essays on cinema. His columns, reviews and essays have appeared in Business Standard, The Hindu, Yahoo! India, Tehelka, Caravan, Sunday Guardian, Forbes, Open and Indian Quarterly, among many other publications. Most of his published writings can be found on his widely read culture blog Jabberwock (jaiarjun.blogspot.in).

Edward W. Said was university professor at Columbia University, where he taught English and comparative literature from 1963. He was born in Jerusalem in 1935 and educated at Victoria College,
Cairo; Mount Hermon School, Massachusetts; and at the universities of Princeton and Harvard. In 1974, he was visiting professor of comparative literature at Harvard; in 1975-76, fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Science at Stanford; and in 1979, visiting professor of humanities at Johns Hopkins University. Said was editor of the Arab Studies Quarterly, and a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, New York, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Philosophical Society and the Royal
Society of Literature. He received Harvard University’s Bowdoin Prize and the Lionel Trilling Award in 1976 and in 1994, respectively. In 1998, Said received the Sultan Owais Prize for general cultural achievement; he became an honorary fellow of the Middle Eastern Studies Association in 1999; and in 2002, he received the Prince of Asturias Prize. His books include Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography; Beginnings: Intention and Method; The Question of Palestine; Literature and Society; The World, The Text and the
Critic; Covering Islam; After the Last Sky; Blaming the Victims; Musical Elaborations; Culture and Imperialism; Representations of the Intellectual; Out of Place: A Memoir; The End of the Peace
Process: Oslo and After; and Peace and Its Discontents: Gaza to Jericho 1993-1995.
Edward W. Said died in 2003.

Sukumar Ray was a noted Bengali poet, writer and playwright.
Sampurna Chattarji is a poet, novelist and translator.

Nazia Sayed has been a crime reporter for over a decade now, with experience in television and print journalism. Currently working as a special correspondent with Mumbai Mirror, Nazia is credited with breaking several stories, which includes her exposé on the Mumbai mafia and the ISIS network in the country. Her crime stories have won her accolades in the Indian as well as international press.
Sharmeen Hakim is a legal correspondent with Mumbai Mirror, known for her impeccable court reporting. Apart from the Malegaon blasts and the ‘Mumbai triple blasts’, she covered the 7/11 trial for three years until it concluded last year. Only twenty-four, Sharmeen is widely respected in the fraternity for being one of the most thorough court journalists in the city, and for her strong grasp on the law.

T.N. NINAN gave fresh shape and brought a new liveliness to business journalism in India during a quarter century of leadership at India Today, the Economic Times, BusinessWorld and finally at Business Standard where he also served as the publisher before becoming its chairman. His Saturday column ‘Weekend Ruminations’
has a dedicated following. He serves on the boards of non-profit organizations, including one that supports public-spirited journalism. This is his first book.

Shobita Punja holds a BA in Art History, an MA in Ancient History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and another MA in Art Education from Stanford University, California.

Omkar Goswami is a well-known economist. A DPhil from Oxford, he has taught at various universities in India and abroad, edited a major business magazine, and was the chief economist at the Confederation of Indian Industry before setting up CERG Advisory, an economic and corporate advisory practice. An author of several books, academic papers and regular columns, he also serves as an independent director on the boards of some major listed companies and international agencies.
Gurcharan Das is a world-renowned author, commentator and public intellectual. His bestselling books include India Unbound and The Difficulty of Being Good; his newest book is India Grows at Night. A graduate of Harvard University, Das was CEO of Procter & Gamble India before he took early retirement to become a full-time writer. He lives in Delhi.