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

Priyanka Dalal is a business growth consultant who has been travelling solo since 2009. She blogs at maproute.in

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

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

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

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

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

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