Authors

Karnal Singh, a 1984-batch IPS officer and an engineer from the Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, has over 34 years of experience in the investigation of corruption, terrorism, money laundering and criminal cases. In the Delhi Police Special Cell, he spearheaded the investigation of the 2008 Delhi blast cases, which led to the Batla House encounter. He is a recipient of the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and Police Medal for Meritorious Service.

Kavita Devgan is an acclaimed nutritionist with twenty years of experience as a weight loss and holistic health consultant. She offers practical, customized programmes that deliver weight loss the right way, through modification of habits, to ensure long-term results. She is also a popular journalist and health columnist and has been writing regularly for premier media groups. While she is an excellent counsellor, her heart lies in propagating right information through her writing. A prolific and feted speaker, Kavita has been giving lectures and conducting workshops about the right way of eating and new research-based health trends for a long time now. Previously, she has published Don’t Diet! 50 Habits of Thin People.

Kavita Kané is the best selling author of six novels and today, she is considered a revolutionary force in Indian writing mainly because she has brought in feminism in where it is most needed – mythology. All her six novels, are based on lesser known women in Indian mythology – Karna’s Wife (2013); Sita’s Sister (2014) on Ramayana’s most neglected character – Urmila; Menaka’s Choice (2015) on the apsara Menaka; Lanka’s Princess(2016) on Surpanakha, the female antagonist in the Ramayana; The FisherQueen’s Dynasty (2017) on Satyavati, the grand matriarch in the Mahabharata and the latest one Ahalya’s Awakening on Ahalya, ironically one of the most revered as well as the most doubted character in the Ramayana.

Kiran Karnik is a prominent Indian administrator chiefly known for his work in the broadcasting and outsourcing industries. Karnik has authored/edited a large number of publications, and lectures occasionally at major national institutes. He is the author of The Coalition of Competitors: The Story of Nasscom and the IT Industry [Harper Collins, 2012]. He is a regular columnist with national newspapers, including the Economic Times.

Kishalay Bhattacharjee is a senior journalist who has reported from India’s conflict zones for over two decades. His previous books include Che in Paona Bazaar and Blood on My Hands. He has received several awards including the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism award (2006-7) for his coverage of internally displaced people. His coverage of the abduction and rescue of two Italian tourists was nominated for the best current affairs programme by Association of International Broadcasting (AIB) Awards in 2013. He currently teaches in the School of Journalism and Communications at OP Jindal Global University in Sonipat, Haryana.

Kishwar Desai is an Indian author and columnist. Her latest novel The Sea of Innocence has just been published in India and will shortly be published in UK and Australia. Her first novel, Witness the Night, won the Costa Book Award in 2010 for Best First Novel and has been translated into over 25 languages. It was also shortlisted for the Author’s Club First Novel Award and long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Her critically acclaimed novel, Origins of Love, was published in June 2012. Desai also has a biography, Darlingji: The True Love Story of Nargis and Sunil Dutt, to her credit.

Koel Puri Rinchet is an award-winning actress, producer, and writer. She has interviewed presidents and actors alike on her show On the Couch with Koel and will be seen in Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies later this year. She also scripted her first script Mummy’s Dead, Long Live Mummy! which debuted in Paris this March with sold-out shows. Koel is currently based in Paris. This is her first novel.

Koral has published five books ranging from comedy to classic. Her fourth book, a comedy called Summer Holidays has been optioned for screen adaptation. Her fifth book, Ahalya, is also the first of a five part Sati series . She is a literary entrepreneur, discovering new voices through her story laboratory, www.tellmeyourstory.biz Her work is recognised in the list of Innovator25 Asia Pacific 2019.

Kunal Basu is an Indian author of English fiction who has written five novels – The Opium Clerk (2001), The Miniaturist (2003), Racists (2006), The Yellow Emperor’s Cure (2011) and Kalkatta (2015). He has also written a collection of short stories, The Japanese Wife (2008), the title story of which has been made into a film by the Indian filmmaker Aparna Sen. He is the first writer to deal with the opium trade in Indian fiction. This part of British colonial history is often ignored nowadays in British history textbooks.

A prolific writer, Kusum Ansal’s repertoire comprises novels, poems, short stories and travelogues. Her books have been translated into English, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Greek, Russian and French. Her novel Ek Aur Panchvatiwas adapted into the film, Panchvati, by Basu Bhattacharya, for which she wrote the screenplay and dialogues. She has also contributed to television, the All India Radio and the Indian Progression Writers’ Theatre Association. An avid nature lover and a qualified Ikebana teacher, she enjoys flowers as a subject and has written several articles on it.
She has a Masters degree in Psychology from Aligarh Muslim University and a PhD in Hindi Literature from Punjab University. She organizes a monthly literary meet, ‘Samvad’, for creative writers of all languages and has been actively involved with organizations working in the field of education and social services. She is the Director of Chiranjiv Bharti School and has been the recipient of several awards, including the ‘International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge Award’.

Madhavi Menon is professor of English at Ashoka University, and writes on desire and queer theory. She is the author of Wanton Words: Rhetoric and Sexuality in English Renaissance Drama; Unhistorical Shakespeare: Queer Theory in Shakespearean Literature and Film; and Indifference to Difference: On Queer Universalism. She is also the editor of Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of Shakespeare.

Formerly director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, Makarand R Paranjape was educated at St Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he got his master’s and PhD in English. Author/editor of over 50 books, in addition to hundreds of academic papers and articles, he is also a well-known poet and public intellectual. His latest books include Swami Vivekananda: Hinduism and India’s Road to Modernity (2020), New Perspectives in Indian Science and Civilization (2020), and The Death & Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi (2015). Makarand has been professor of English in JNU since 1999.