Abhishek Poddar is the founder-trustee of the Museum of Art & Photography, Bengaluru

Sukkriti Nath is an intern at Open Magazine

The Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari is the author of international bestsellers Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

Mahesh Rangarajan teaches History and Environmental Studies at Ashoka University

Anam Zakaria is the author of 1971: A People’s History from Bangladesh, Pakistan and India; Between the Great Divide: A Journey into Pakistan-administered Kashmir; and The Footprints of Partition: Narratives of Four Generations of Pakistanis and Indians

Nayanjot Lahiri, Professor at Ashoka University, has a chapter devoted to the Badrinath agitation in her just published book, Archaeology and The Public Purpose

Shyam Benegal is a filmmaker and screenwriter who was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1991 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2005

Deepthi Murali is a PhD scholar in the art history program at the University of Illinois

Devdutt Pattnaik is the author of 25 books on mythology