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Born in 1939, Sasthi Brata grew up and was educated in Calcutta, reading physics at Presidency College. He left India soon after and has lived in London and various other capital cities in Europe and America.

Vinay Govind Brahmania has a creative workshop in Mumbai which caters to the advertising and animation industry.

Mukunda Rao is the author of six books of fiction, two plays: Mahatma – Khuda ka Hijra (1988 and 2009) and Baba Saheb Ambedkar (2008 and 2014), staged in different parts of Karnataka and much appreciated, and six insightful philosophical works, among which The Biology of Enlightenment is a much-read classic that has become a cult book amongst spiritual aspirants. After his retirement in 2010 from teaching service in a college, he lives with his wife on a farm outside Bengaluru. is the author of six books of fiction, two plays: Mahatma – Khuda ka Hijra (1988 and 2009) and Baba Saheb Ambedkar (2008 and 2014), staged in different parts of Karnataka and much appreciated, and six insightful philosophical works, among which The Biology of Enlightenment is a much-read classic that has become a cult book amongst spiritual aspirants. After his retirement in 2010 from teaching service in a college, he lives with his wife on a farm outside Bengaluru.

Nasreen Munni kabir is a reputed documentary film- maker and writer on films. Based in London, she has made several programmes on Hindi cinema for Channel 4 Tv, UK, including the forty – six – part series Movie Mahal and The Inner / Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan.Her several Books are, among others, Guru Dutt: A Life in Cinema, Talking Films and Talking Songs with Javed Akhtar,A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music , Lata Mangeshkar : In her own Voice and, most recently , In the Company of a poet, a book of conversations with Gulzar.

Saba Imtiaz is a journalist based in Karachi. Her work has appeared in the Guardian and the Christian Science Monitor. This is her first novel.

After receiving a BA degree in English literature in Mumbai, Tanuja Chandra completed a master of fine arts degree in film direction and writing in the US. She returned to India and directed shows and films for television, after which she co-wrote the screenplay and dialogues for Mahesh Bhatt’s films Zakhm and Tamanna, and co-wrote Yash Chopra’s Dil Toh Pagal Hai.
She began directing feature films in 1998 with Dushman and made Sangharsh, Sur and the English-language film Hope and a Little Sugar, among others. Her films have received awards in various categories and her English film received recognition in international film festivals. Through her career, she has regularly written articles for newspapers and magazines on social subjects, current topics and cinema.