Santhosh Babu is an organisation development consultant and coach to CEOs

Krishna Bose, an academic and writer, is a former member of the Lok Sabha, elected thrice from Greater Kolkata’s Jadavpur constituency

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

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

AK Verma is director, Centre for the Study of Society and Politics, Kanpur

Mahesh Rangarajan teaches History and Environmental Studies at Ashoka University

Ramachandra Guha is a historian, environmentalist and public intellectual

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

Shefalee Vasudev is the editor of The Voice of Fashion, an upcoming fashion media website