Noor Zaheer is president of the National Federation of Indian Women and Indian Peoples Theatre Association. She is the author of My God is a Woman and Denied by Allah

Leo Saldanha works with Environment Support Group in Bangalore

Karthika Naïr is a Paris-based poet, dance producer and curator

Naimul Karim is a journalist with the Dhaka-based The Daily Star

Siddhanth Aney is a freelance sports journalist

Samir Saran is vice-president at Observer Research Foundation. Jaibal Naduvath is a commentator on cross cultural representation

Veerendra Mishra is executive director, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and director, National Service Scheme in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

R Shashank Reddy is a research qnalyst with Carnegie India, where he focuses on the security and strategic implications of emerging technologies. Deepakshi Rawat is a research intern at Carnegie India, and has a Bachelor’s degree in computer science from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

Akhila Mathew teaches history at Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi University

Vinay Keerthi is a programmer and working on a historical novel on Vijayanagara Empire

Abhinav Prakash teaches at Delhi University