Shivshankar Menon is a former national security advisor. He is the author of, among other titles, Choices: Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy

Upamanyu Chatterjee’s novels include English, August : An Indian Story, The Mammaries of the Welfare State and Fairy Tales at Fifty

Sunil Raman is a former BBC journalist. He is the co-author of Delhi Durbar 1911: The Complete Story

Peggy Mohan is a linguist and author. Her most recent book is Wanderers, Kings, Merchants; The Story of India through Its Languages

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

Iqbal Malhotra is chairman and producer, AIM Television Pvt. Ltd.