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Rabindranath Tagore, Renaissance man, reshaped Bengal’s literature and music, and became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. He introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from traditional models based on classical Sanskrit. He was highly influential in introducing the best of Indian culture to the West and vice versa, and was a living institution for India, especially for Bengal.

Devdutt Pattanaik is a medical doctor by education, a leadership consultant by profession and a mythologist by passion. He has written and lectured extensively on the nature of sacred stories, symbols and rituals and their relevance in modern times. His books with Penguin India include The Book of Ram, Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology, The Pregnant King, Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana and the Devlok series of stories for children. Devdutt’s unconventional approach and engaging style are evident in his lectures, books and articles. To know more visit www.devdutt.com.

Ranjeev C. Dubey is a corporate lawyer, author, public speaker, business columnist, blogger and keen hobbyist. He has published two other books, Winning Legal Wars and Bullshit Quotient. His interests include travel and food journalism, photography, videography, miniature railways, radio-control helicopters and off-road wilderness journeys.

Prerna Singh Bindra is India’s leading wildlife conservationist and writer. She served as a member, National Board for Wildlife and its core Standing Committee (2010-13), and also on Uttarakhand’s State Board for Wildlife. Prerna has written more than 1,500 articles on nature and wildlife and has authored the book The King and I: Travels in Tigerland. Her anthology on contemporary wildlife writings, Voices in the Wilderness, was released in June 2010.
Prerna is editor of the journal TigerLink, and is guest faculty for a module for popular writing at the National Centre for Biological Sciences. Prerna has recently set up a trust, Bagh (bagh.org).

Prerna’s primary focus is protecting wildlife habitats and critically endangered species. She lives in Gurgaon but her heart, she says, resides in the forest.

Established in 1969, World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF India) is one of the country’s largest and most respected conservation organizations. WWF India is a part of the WWF International network, which has a presence in over 100 countries across our planet. Historically, WWF India started as a wildlife conservation organization with a focus on protecting particular species of wild flora and fauna. Over the years, however, its perspective has broadened to reflect a more holistic understanding of conservation issues that the country faces today, such as the survival of species and habitats, climate change, sustainable livelihoods, sustainable business practices and environmental education. An initiative of WWF India and TRAFFIC India, Wild Wisdom is India’s only international-level wildlife quiz.

Yasmin Khan is a British writer and historian. She is an associate professor of history at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Kellogg College. Her first book, The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan won the Gladstone Prize from the Royal Historical Society in 2007 and was longlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2008.

Aditi De is a Bangalore-based author, dreamer, traveller, editor (though not necessarily in that order). She loves children and the world of the word. In 1989, she launched Junior Quest, the popular magazine from the Chandamama group, and later edited the Open Sesame children’s supplement at the Deccan Herald. Her books include A Twist in the Tale: More Indian Folktales (Puffin India). She has written children’s columns for Chatterbox magazine, Deccan Chronicle and Young World.

Aditi De is a Bangalore-based author, dreamer, traveller, editor (though not necessarily in that order). She loves children and the world of the word. In 1989, she launched Junior Quest, the popular magazine from the Chandamama group, and later edited the Open Sesame children’s supplement at the Deccan Herald. Her books include A Twist in the Tale: More Indian Folktales (Puffin India). She has written children’s columns for Chatterbox magazine, Deccan Chronicle and Young World.

Husain Haqqani was Pakistan’s ambassador to the USA from 2008 to 2011. A trusted advisor of the late
Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Haqqani is a professor of the Practice of International Relations at Boston University and a Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia. He is the author of Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding.