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

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

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

A Damodaran is a faculty member at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore

Kanchan Gupta is a political analyst and chairman of Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation

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

Aditya Sinha is a journalist and writer