Priya Khanchandani is a curator, writer and former lawyer based in London

Harish Khare is a senior journalist and commentator

Stephen David is a Bengaluru-based writer specialising in public policy, politics and religion

Aman Nath is an author, architectural restorer and co-founder of Neemrana Hotels

Murali Balaji is director of Education and Curriculum Reform at the Hindu American Foundation. A Fulbright Specialist and former journalist, he had previously taught at Temple University, Lincoln University and Penn State University

C Christine Fair is a professor at Georgetown University in the Security Studies Center. She is the author of Cuisines of the Axis of Evil and Other Irritating States; Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War; and In Their Own Words: Understanding the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba

David Davidar is a novelist, publisher, editor and anthologist. He has been an attentive reader of Indian fiction for nearly forty years