William Dalrymple is an essayist and historian. He is the author, most recently, of The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

Prabha Chandran was an editor with some of India leading newspapers and has worked with the World Bank as a senior communications advisor

TCA Srinivasa Raghavan is a senior journalist and columnist. He is the author of Dialogue of the Deaf: The Government and the RBI

Bennett Voyles writes on global trends. He was formerly with The Economist Intelligence Unit

Faiza S. Khan relocated to Karachi from London three years ago, specifically not to find herself. She is the administrator of a short story prize and editor-in-chief of literary journal, The Life Too Short Review.

Lakshmi Chaudhry has worked at or written for almost every liberal rag in the United States, from the Village Voice to Salon.com to the Nation. She currently lives in Bangalore where she's working on getting a life.

Vaasanthi is the author of Amma: Jayalalithaa’s Journey from Movie Star to Political Queen

Deepa Bhasthi is a Bengaluru-based writer

Rajshree Chandra is professor of political science at Janki Devi Memorial College, Delhi University

Anchal Vohra writes on the Middle East and Europe