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Yashodhara Dalmia is an art historian and independent curator
based in New Delhi. Her book The Making of Modern Indian Art:
The Progressivesis regarded as a definitive account of a seminal
phase of Indian art. Among her other publications is Journeys: Four
Generations of Indian Artists (2011). She has also written several
essays, articles and reviews on contemporary Indian art.
When the National Gallery of Modern Art opened in Mumbai in
December 1996, Dalmia curated the inaugural exhibition titled The
Moderns, which featured 200 works by twelve greats of modern
Indian art, including Francis Newton Souza, M.F. Husain and
Tyeb Mehta. In September 2010, Dalmia curated a major show of
contemporary Indian artists titled Indian (Sub)Way at the Grosvenor
Vadehra gallery in London. In January 2011, she curated the show
Tyeb Mehta:Triumph of Vision in Delhi, which consisted of unseen
paintings by the artist, including his magnificent last work. Currently
she is involved in a project on South Asian art.

Anam Shahab is an economist for a public policy consulting firm and
has been writing poetry since the age of ten. A Commonwealth Scholar
at the University of Cambridge, Anam completed her MPhil and
postgraduate diploma in Economics, and then spent a year conducting research and teaching undergraduates. She also holds a first-class degree in economics from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi.
Her poem, ‘Grey Minds and Dark Times’, written after the Mumbai terrorist attacks, has previously appeared in the Times of India. She was the founder-editor of the Cambridge Economist, a student magazine in its fourth year now and running successfully. She lives in London.

Harsh Snehanshu is the bestselling author of the Kanav-Tanya trilogy, comprising the novels Oops! ‘I’ Fell in Love, Ouch! That ‘Hearts’, and She’s Single, I’m Taken. He is a graduate of IIT Delhi and a former internet entrepreneur.

Based in Delhi, Harsh is currently travelling across India writing his fifth book. He is fond of music, photography, and public speaking. You could reach him at:
www.facebook.com/harshsnehanshu1
www.twitter.com/harshsnehanshu
harshsnehanshu@gmail.com

Bapsi Sidhwa is the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of four novels. She is also the editor of the anthology City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore.
Her work has been published in ten countries and has been translated into several languages. Born in Karachi, and brought up in Lahore, Sidhwa now lives in Houston, Texas.