Oct152020
Karnal Singh at An Authors Afternoon

Karnal Singh

The guest for the 85 th Author’s Afternoon was Karnal Singh. 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.

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Sep152020

Hindol Sengupta

On 12th September, Prabha Khaitan Foundation organised a virtual session of the Author’s afternoon with Hindol Sengupta. He is a celebrated author, media personality, he has won multiple awards for his 9 books and is the Vice President and head of research at Invest India, the national investment promotion agency of the government of India. He is the only indian to have won the Wilbur Award. In conversation with him was Mrs. Oindrilla Dutt.

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Aug112020

Nilanjana S Roy

The 83th session of An Author’s Afternoon welcomed Kolkata Girl, author, Nilanjana Roy. Ex Martinian, Nilanjana’s professional life entails nearly 15 years as a columnist, travel writer blogger, reporter, journalist and the list goes on. She helped to set up the Indian publishing house, Westland Books, as its first chief editor; and is a founder member of PEN Delhi. Nilanjana is the author of two award-winning fantasy novels -The Wildings and The Hundred Names of Darkness, a collection of essays on reading -The Girl Who Ate Books. Black River, her third novel and her first for an adult audience, is all set to captivate readers. At the helm of the conversation was another Ehsaas Woman, Entrepreneur Malika Varma.

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