Deepak Narayanan is a Goa-based freelance journalist

Mugil Bhaskar is a translator based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He writes on economics, chess and football

Andy Nicholls is the author of Scally: Confessions of a Category C Football Hooligan. The lifelong Everton fan has been banned from every ground in England and Wales, including a life ban at Goodison Park, Everton’s home ground

Ekaterina Motyakina is a Moscow-based freelance journalist who writes on Russian culture and society

Jairam Ramesh is a Member of Parliament and an author

Kapka Kassabova participated in the Jaipur Literature Festival with the support of The British Academy. She is the author of Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe (Granta)

Bhakti Shringarpure is assistant professor of English at University of Connecticut and editor-in-chief of Warscapes magazine

The author is a Founding Partner at 3one4 Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Bengaluru

Pulasta Dhar is a football writer and television commentator

Madhavi Menon is professor of English and director of the Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexuality at Ashoka University

Prema Jayakumar is an author and translator based in Kochi

Piyush Tewari, founder and CEO of SaveLIFE Foundation, best known for its work to get India a Good Samaritan Law