Basharat Peer is a staff writer at the New York Times and the author of A Question of Order: Strongmen and Illiberal Democracies

Aditi Sen is an Assistant Professor in History at Queen’s University, Canada

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

Lakshmi Pratury is an entrepreneur, curator and speaker who splits her time between Bengaluru and the Bay Area

Parvati Sharma is the author of, most recently, Jahangir: An Intimate Portrait of a Great Mughal

Krishnan Unni P is a professor in English at Deshbandhu College, Delhi University

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