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

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

Gautaman Bhaskaran is an author and a film critic

Nalini R Mohanty is director, Jagran Institute of Management & Mass Communication, Noida. He was elected president of JNU Students’ Union in 1982-3 on a Students for Democratic Socialism platform

Adoor Gopalakrishnan is India’s foremost internationally acclaimed filmmaker who was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2004 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2006

Achal Dhruva is a travel enthusiast and freelance writer based in Mumbai

Maalan Narayanan is a Chennai-based journalist

Dr MV Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Unni R is an author and a screenwriter. His new anthology of short stories, Malayali Memorial, will be published by Penguin in 2023