Nasreen Askari is co-founder and Director of the Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi. She is also the co-author of a book on the textiles of Pakistan, Colours of the Indus and on ceramics, Tale of the Tile. Hasan Askari is a former trustee of the British Museum, London
MJ Akbar is a member of Rajya Sabha and the author of several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj