Anjum Hasan is an author. Her most recent collection of short stories is A Day in the Life

Harsh V Pant is Vice President for Studies and Foreign Policy at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, and Professor of International Relations at King’s College London

Hormis Tharakan is a former chief of the Research and Analysis Wing

K Hariharan is professor, Film Studies and Broadcast Journalism at Ashoka University, Sonepat

Manoj Joshi is a Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, Delhi

Sajjid Z Chinoy is Chief India Economist at JP Morgan. All views are personal

Riyas Komu is a Mumbai-based artist, curator and educationist. He co-founded the Kochi-Muziris Biennale