Amitava Kumar is a highly acclaimed writer and journalist. His works include, among others, the celebrated Husband of a Fanatic and A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny Bomb, as well as the widely lauded novel Immigrant, Montana (published in India as The Lovers), chosen among the best books of the year by both the New Yorker…
Anukrti Upadhyay writes fiction and poetry in both English and Hindi. A collection of Hindi short stories, titled Japani Sarai, has been published by Rajpal and Sons; and three highly acclaimed novels in English—Bhaunri, Daura and, most recently, Kintsugi—have been published by HarperCollins India under their literary imprint, Fourth Estate. Her short stories in both and…
Bikram Sharma is from Bangalore. He completed an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, and in 2016 he was awarded the Charles Wallace India Trust writing fellowship at the University of Kent. His stories have appeared in various literary magazines including The Masters Review, Litro, and The Suburban Review. In 2017…
Kartik Shanker was inspired to a career in ecology by an ancient reptile, a sea turtle that crawled ashore late one night in Madras. As faculty at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, he indulges his fascination for ecology and evolution, working with students on frogs, reptiles, birds, plants and marine…
Prabhakar Aloka was born in 1960. He grew up in various towns in Bihar before eventually moving to Delhi for his post-graduation in Physics. In 1986, Aloka joined the Indian Police Service, and was allotted Andhra Pradesh cadre. After a brief stint in the state, he joined Intelligence Bureau, the country’s premier intelligence agency with over…
Vikas Khanna is an internationally acclaimed Indian-American chef, filmmaker and author. He is a James Beard nominee and one of the first Indian chefs to be awarded a Michelin Star in the U.S. He has been featured amongst the 10 most influential chefs in the world by Deutsche Welle and Gazette Review. He is the…
The former editor of Mint Lounge talks about her forthcoming novel, about being irritated by the impulses of journalism in the Twitter era, and about what’s ahead for her in 2021