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

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

Amrita Tripathi has been a JLF regular for too long, a cynic for even longer, and is the author of two novels, The Sibius Knot and Broken News

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

Ravi Joshi was formerly in the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)

Madhav Khosla teaches law and politics at Columbia Law School, US, and Ashoka University.

Ashish Sharma is an award-winning photojournalist with a lens that captures the 'moment' in its minutest detail. With over a decade in photojournalism, he is currently Deputy Photo Editor at Open Magazine

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

TM Krishna is a Carnatic vocalist, the author of A Southern Music, and a writer on contemporary issues

Harish Khare is a senior journalist and commentator