Manvendra Singh writes on defence and the Middle East. He was a member of the parliamentary standing committee on defence in the 14th Lok Sabha

Charmy Harikrishnan is a Kerala-based journalist

Tridip Suhrud is India’s foremost Gandhi scholar and the translator of the diaries of Manu Gandhi, the Mahatma’s grandniece

Sabin Iqbal is a journalist, novelist and literary curator. He curates Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters. His third novel, Tales from Qabristan, will be published soon

KR Meera is a Malayalam author. The Angel’s Beauty Spots is her latest work, a collection of three novellas, translated into English

Seema Sirohi is a Washington-based columnist and the author of Friends with Benefits: The India-US Story

Michael Kugelman is Deputy Director of the Asia Program and Senior Associate for South Asia at the Wilson Center, Washington DC

MG Radhakrishnan is a journalist based in Thiruvananthapuram

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals