Archives: Authors

Shiromi Pinto’s debut, Trussed, was published in 2006. She has written short stories for BBC Radio 4, the Victoria & Albert Museum and opendemocracy.net. Born in London and raised in Montreal, she works full-time at Amnesty International in London.

Neelam and Shekhar Krishnamoorthy are the parents of Unnati and Ujjwal, who lost their lives during the Uphaar Fire Tragedy.

Shekhar Krishnamoorthy are the father of Unnati and Ujjawal, who lost their lives in the Uphaar Cinema fire.

Sandhya Mulchandani has spent considerable time with the print media. She is the author and researcher of several projects and books that explore eroticism in Hindu mythologies as well as in ancient and medieval literature. She’s the author of The Indian Man, Kama Sutra for Women, which has been translated into several languages, Love and Lust, The Five Arrows of Kama, Mudupalani’s Radhika Santswanam, besides being featured in several documentaries. Interested in Hindu philosophy, mythology and music, she lives in Delhi.

Neel Mukherjee is the author of A Life Apart (2010), which won the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Award for best fiction; The Lives of Others (2014), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and received the Royal Society of Literature’s Encore Award for best second novel; and A State of Freedom (2018), which was among the New York Times’ ‘100 Notable Books of the Year’, and a Kirkus, National Public Radio, and New York Public Library book of the year in the USA. His book for the Cahiers Series is called Avian (2020). He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and divides his time between London and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Akhil Sharma is the author of the novel An Obedient Father, for which he won the 2001 PEN/Hemingway Award. He has also published stories in, among others, the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, and the Best American Short Stories anthology. He lives in New York.

Sarvat Hasin was born in London and grew up in Karachi. This is her first novel.

Nadeem Aslam is the author of the award-winning Season of the Rainbirds (1993) and The Wasted Vigil (2008). Born in Pakistan, he now lives in England.

Gita Mehta is a bestselling author and has written articles for a number of Indian, European and American magazines. Her books have been translated into thirteen languages and published in twenty seven countries. She lives in New York, London and India.

SRI M-spiritual teacher, social reformer, educationist and author-was born Mumtaz Ali into a Muslim family on 6 November 1949 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. His transformational journey from young boy to yogi, is a story of single-minded discipline and dedication. He established the Satsang Foundation twenty years ago as a meeting point for spiritual seekers of all persuasions. Conversant with the principles and beliefs of most major religions, Sri M’s teachings seek to transcend the outer shell of all religions by exploring the core of their teachings and nurturing the innate goodness in every human being. Sri M’s autobiography, Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master: A Yogi’s Autobiography, was published in 2011 and became an instant bestseller. Further, Journey Continues: A Sequel to Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master was published in 2017. Sri M has also authored several texts on the Upanishads, on meditation and a novel, Shunya. His latest book, On Meditation: Finding Infinite Bliss and Power Within, was published by Penguin Random House in 2019. All his books have been translated into numerous Indian languages. Among the many awards and honours he has received for his contribution to society, Sri M was conferred with the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in India, in January 2020 for distinguished service of high order in spirituality.