Saraswati Nandini Majumdar is the author of Banaras: Walks Through India Sacred City. She is associated with NIRMAN, an NGO that works for education and the arts (Nirman.info)

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

Mahesh Rangarajan teaches History and Environmental Studies at Ashoka University

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

Gyan Prakash is the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University

Murad Ali Baig is the author of 80 Questions to Understand India and Ocean of Cobras

Yamini Lohia is a communications professional based in New Delhi and has been a Potterhead for 20 years

Gloria Steinem is a feminist, activist and writer