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

Mark Tully is a veteran broadcaster and author

Simon Kuper is one of the world’s foremost writers on football and a columnist with The Financial Times. His books include, among others, Football Against the Enemy; Soccernomics; The Football Men; and Barça: The Inside Story of the World’s Greatest Football Club

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

Chandrahas Choudhury is the author of three novels, most recently Days of My China Dragon

Prerna Singh Bindra is a conservationist and the author of The Vanishing: India’s Wildlife Crisis