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

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

Tabish Khair has just published The New Xenophobia (Oxford University Press, 2016)

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

Lov Verma is a former health secretary, Government of India

Gautam Bhatia is a lawyer and research scholar at Oxford

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

Suresh Menon is Editor, Wisden India Almanack

Edward Luttwak is an American military historian and political scientist. His latest book is The Rise of China vs the Logic of Strategy