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Sudarshan Shetty
India
Sudarshan Shetty: Stretching the Canvas

He is the artistic director and curator of the third edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India’s first art biennale

10 May 2016
Bibhu Mohapatra
India
Bibhu Mohapatra: Haute Styliste

A sought-after designer in the US, he dresses not only Hollywood A-listers but also the likes of Michelle Obama

10 May 2016
Dayanita
India
Dayanita Singh: Visual Bookmaker

She has reconfigured the idea of the book and the idea of the photograph

10 May 2016
Madhav Khosla
India
Madhav Khosla: By the Book

Among India's youngest public intellectuals, he has made the Constitution of India user-friendly and accessible

10 May 2016
Mohammad Imran Khan
India
Mohammad Imran Khan: Applied Wisdom

A school teacher from Alwar, he builds free educational apps in his spare time that have been downloaded 43 lakh times

10 May 2016
Krishna Gopal
India
Krishna Gopal: Heartland Whizz

Though he keeps a low profile, his is a voice taken very seriously by the Central Government

10 May 2016
Urmila Pawar
India
Urmila Pawar: Voice of the Voiceless

Her autobiography, Aaidan, or The Weave of My Life: A Dalit Woman’s Memoirs, is a profound inspiration

10 May 2016
Swati and Ramesh Ramanathan
India
Swati and Ramesh Ramanathan: Urban Legends

Their NGO, Janaagraha, has been instrumental in securing citizen participation in governance

10 May 2016
Tariq Thachil
India
Tariq Thachil: The Anti-Elitist

He examines how India’s disadvantaged groups are taken for a ride by certain political parties

09 May 2016
Trupti Desai
India
Trupti Desai: Fighting Gods

Her activism strikes at the root of the insular traditions of religion and India's androcentric culture

09 May 2016

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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