From India Inc To Ink:  ‘Be it Bharat or India, it’s ultimately about being lit from within’ 

‘The longest girl I know’:
I met her on a road less travelled

A perfect tango with Hindi and English:  Double Trouble or Double Delight

Thanks to OTT: Popcorns only have a nostalgia value in today's India

Writing for the young ones: A fun activity or a huge responsibility?

One forever truth in our lives: Books will never go out of print!

From the corporate world to the big screen and back

Neena Wagh

 A parent to an autistic child makes her a full-time mom, yet Neena Wagh manages to follow her passions as a poet, playwright and Hindi language translator, and also make a world of a difference to the lives of others. Actively involved with Autism Advocacy from the past 20 years, she has to her credit spearheading the team for setting up the Autism website for the National Trust; writing and talking on issues related to parenting and Assisted Living at various forums.

Charu Sharan

 An enthusiastic and passionate teacher, Charu Sharan is a woman who juggles many hats – all with the same élan! A trained montessorian, a special educator, a facilitator in her son's homemade chocolate venture, Sach Di’lites, and above all, a mom to her special son… She does all of that and still loves to sneak out time to be with her own self! 

Bakhtawar Saini

What happens when you are a mother of a special child? Well, you become a special mom – who works tirelessly to make sure your child is not devoid of his/her rights to lead a normal life! As they say, when the going gets tough, the tough get going… She juggled for nearly three decades in the corporate, education and special needs fields, and today, Bakhtawar Saini, is the Deputy Chairperson, and on the Management Committee of Scottish High International School.

Dr Roma Kumar

Dr. Roma Kumar is a Senior Consultant Psychologist at Institute of Child Health; Co-Chairperson (Psychology) at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi; and Senior Consultant at Max Super Specialty Hospital, Gurgaon, besides heading various organisations like Saksham Mental Health, and Emotionally. She works with organisations, families and individuals to foster improved communication and solution-based strategies, and also specialises in adolescent guidance. 

Inderbir Thussu

An educationist with 28 years of experience, and counting, Inderbir Thussu works as Head of School, Kunskapsskolan, Gurgaon. Her expertise and focus areas are pedagogy, college admissions and student life. A certified cognitive coach and Instructional Leadership practitioner, she believes that the only time that we have in hand is right NOW, which has the power to influence our future, and we must make the most of it. 

Sangeeta Kapoor

For Sangeeta Kapoor, Principal, Manav Rachna International School, Sector 46, Gurgaon, the principles of education are to influence the mind, character and physical activities of the child in a way that s/he is able to apply the learnings for the progression of self and society. With over 30 years of experience in education and child development, Sangeeta firmly believes that intelligence and talent can only be magnified and developed when each child is extended due support, attention and the right environment.

Krishna Das

Krishna Das, head, Pallavanjali Institure, is also the founder trustee of the NGO, Astha India. Having worked extensively with young adults from the economically weaker section, she has led many innovative programs dealing with skill development and subsequent employment of people with special abilities from the marginalized communities. Presently, she heads the Career Training programme where she works with the 18+ age group, and has been instrumental in setting up a full-fledged in-house Café at Pallavanjali, with an aim to generate employment for young adults with special needs.

Uzma Nawchoo
Expressive art therapy integrates all forms of art in a safe, non-judgemental setting to facilitate growth and healing. An artist, art therapist and a rehabilitation psychologist, Uzma M. Nawchoo, realised this quite early on in her career, and decided to work towards making a difference through her art.

Leon Baker

Vijay Gurnani 

Dr Manmit Kumarr 

Navin Gulia 

Aditi Misra

Meenakshi Malhotra 

Prof Meenakshi Malhotra,from Hansraj College, Delhi University, has edited two textbooks on life narratives. Her most recent work is a coedited book on The Gendered Body in South Asia:Negotiation, Resistance, Struggle (2024). Her other publications include articles in JIWS (Journal of International Womens Studies) and Indialogs, in books like Making the Woman(Routledge 2023), WGS in India: Crossings (Routledge,2019),  and more.

Nandini Sen

 Nandini C Sen is a Delhi based academic, critic and writer. She writes on Diaspora, Anglophone Africa and Comparative Literature. Her short stories have been featured in literary journals such as The Elusive Genre, The Muse and Daath Voyage. She has also been featured in the Asian Collective of Short Stories, an Indo- Bangladesh collaboration and The Glass Walls – an Indo Australia Collaboration. 

Munmun Mukherjee 

Dr Aruna Chakravarty

Samita Gopal Halder 

Barnini Sen 

Sudeshana Sengupta 

Debraj Mookherjee