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

Lov Verma is a former health secretary, Government of India

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

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

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

Aditya Sinha is a journalist and writer

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

Suresh Menon is Editor, Wisden India Almanack