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

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

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

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

Shakti Sinha is director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi

Pramod Kapoor is a publisher and the author of Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography

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

Thomas Jackson is a Research Fellow at India Foundation. While at Oxford he was elected president of the Oxford University Conservative Association