James Astill is the Asia Editor of The Economist. He has previously headed the magazine’s bureaus in Washington and New Delhi

The writer teaches at the Jindal School of Liberal Arts & Humanities, Sonipat, Haryana

Suhel Seth is Managing Partner of Counselage India and can be reached at suhel@counselage.com

Shashi Tharoor is a Congress MP. He is the author of, among other titles, The Struggle for India’s Soul: Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy and Ambedkar: A Life

Dr Ambrish Mithal is Chairman, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Max Healthcare

Keerthik Sasidharan lives in New York and is the author of The Dharma Forest

Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm