Chief Conversationalists :
Kanchana Banerjee (author) for crime thrillers.
Shelly Bhoil (Poet and research scholar) for poetry.
Deepak Chawla (author, management professional, educationist) for corporate talks).
Queen Sarkar (professor, researcher) for poetry.
Ritamvara (student) for literary talks with academic heads.
Koral Dasgupta (author, entrepreneur) for generalist talks.
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- Deepali Naair, CMO - India & South Asia, IBM on LIFE STORIES & LEARNING
- Aruni Kashyap, Author & Asst. Professor of Creative Writing, University of Georgia on NOVELS & TRANSLATIONS
- Saurabh Shukla, actor, screenplay writer, playwright on STORY TO SCRIPT
- Prof. Samita Sen, Historian, University of Cambridge on SUPER WOMEN AND EVOLVING SOCIAL NARRATIVES
- Prof. Robin Dunbar, Anthropologist and Professor, University of Oxford on HUMOUR IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA & HUMAN STORIES
- Swami Narasimhananda (Philosopher, monk) and Faridoon Shahryar (Entertainment Journalist) on ARE OUR STORIES CONNECTED?
- Sayantani Dasgupta, Author & Asst. Professor, University of North Carolina, Wilmington on CREATIVE NONFICTION
- Arunava Sinha, translator & professor and Joy Sengupta, actor on REGIONAL STORIES, GLOBAL AUDIENCE
- Prof. Jon Cook, Professor and Director - Creative & Performing Arts, University of East Anglia on OBSERVATION & LISTENING FOR CREATIVE WRITING
- Deepak Rao, Police Historian on THE LANDMARK CASES OF YORE
- Prof. Brian A. Hatcher, Author & Professor, Packard Chair of Theology, Tufts University, on CHALLENGING POPULAR IDEALS IN RELIGIOUS HISTORY
- Prof. Leonard Cassuto, Author, Professor of Fordham University & Researcher on CRIME FICTION & REALITY
- Rituparna Roy, professor & author and Damyanti Biswas, blogger & author on THE FIRST NOVEL
- Ajay Arora, AVP - Strategic Planning & Projects, Hero Corp, on ARE YOU PREPARED FOR FAILURE
- Prof. Vikram Kapur, Author & Professor of English, Shiv Nadar University on WRITING ELEMENTS & ATTITUDE
- Meenu Bagla, CMO, Cyient Limited on THE SIGNIFICANT FIRSTS
- Prof. Maria Mazzioti Gillan, Poet & Professor - Binghamton University on POETRY FOR FREEDOM & EXPRESSION
- Ira Dubey, actor on READING V/S PERSONIFYING : FROM STORY TO STAGE
- Prof. Jeffery D. Long, Author & Professor of Religion & Asian Studies at Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania on HINDUISM OUTSIDE INDIA
- Tarun Chugh, MD & CEO, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Co. Ltd on BEFRIENDING SETBACKS
- Dr. Jack Hawley, Author & Claire Tow Professor of Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University on BHAKTI TRADITIONS & RELIGIOUS EVIDENCE
- Mandar Natekar, Chief Business Officer, KidZania on THE POWER OF ONE!
- William Dalrymple (author and historian) on BEING A POPULAR INTELLECTUAL
- Suchitra Pillai (actor) on WOMEN FROM THE INDIAN STAGE
- Prof. Kathleen Driskell, Poet & Chair of the Spalding University School of Creative and Professional Writing, on THE ENGINE AND PROCESS OF POETRY
- Dr. Alf Gunvald Nilsen, Author and Professor of Sociology, University of Pretoria, South Africa on his book, ADIVASIS AND THE STATE
- Dr. Rana Mitter, Author, Professor and Director of the University China Centre, University of Oxford on INDO-CHINA : STORIES OF THE DECADES
- Sudeep Sen (poet) in conversation with Dr. Queen Sarkar (professor, researcher) on POETRY BEYOND BOUNDARIES
- Arundhathi Subramaniam (poet) on BHAKTI : THE POETRY OF DEVOTION AND DELIRIUM
- Tarun Anand, (Co-founder - Universal Business School) on KILLING THE DEMON INSIDE!
- Dr. Sukrita Paul Kumar (poet, writer, professor) in conversation with Dr. Queen Sarkar (professor, researcher) on CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN LITERATURE
- Vish Dhamija (author) on WRITING A THRILLER: INSIDE THE CRIMINAL PSYCHE
- Abhay Kumar (poet, diplomat) on LITERARY NOMADISM
- Dr. Tsering Wangmo Dhompa (poet, professor of Villanova University) on ERDIFYING TIBET ALONG THE VICISSITUDES OF EXILE & LOSS
- Dr. Jaswinder Bolina (poet, professor) on ROLE OF IDENTITY IN SHAPING LANGUAGE & WRITING
- Dr. Prasun Chatterjee, (Editorial Director - Pan Macmillan) on THE EMOTION & BUSINESS OF COMMERCIAL PUBLISHING
- Dr. Nandini Sahu (poet, author, editor, professor) on WRITING A THRILLER: INSIDE THE CRIMINAL PSYCHE
- Dr. Md. Kazim Ali (poet, professor) on EXPANSE OF POETRY AND POETICS
- Vinita Agrawal (poet) on POETRY OF CLIMATE CHANGE
- Julia Phillips (novelist) on THE DEBUT BOOK
- Pinaki De (professor and artist) on COLOURS AND COVERS
- Mita Kapur (Founder, Siyahi) on SETTING UP INDIA'S FIRST LITERARY AGENCY
- Dr. Lucy Corin (author and professor, Department of English & Creative Writing) on THE ARCHITECTURE OF WRITING
- Dr. Rion Scott (author and professor, Department of English, University of Maryland) on HAIR, RACE, REPRESENTATION IN WRITING
- Shikha Kapur, (COO - Eros Motion Pictures) on WOMEN IN MEDIA
- Dr. Fiona Sampson (Poet, Writer, Professor of Poetry at Roehampton University) on POETRY OUT LOUD - The Primacy of Sound and Silences.
- Rajiv Mohabir, Kiran Bhat, Adeeba Shahid Talukder in conversation with Isheeta Patel on THE NEW DESI AMERICAN
- Prof. Padma Viswanathan (novelist, professor) in conversation with Anand Kamalakar (film maker, professor) on STORYTELLING IN WORDS AND IMAGES
- Prof. Oindrila Mukherjee (Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Grand Valley State University) on SHAPING NARRATIVES ABOUT INDIA AND THE WORLD
- Prof. Clemens Six (Historian. Associate Professor at University of Groningen, the Netherlands) on RELIGIOUS AND SPIRITUAL FABRIC OF INDIA & GLOBAL AUDIENCE
- Tuhin A. Sinha (author, politician, screenplay-writer) on PLOTS, CHARACTERS AND DISCIPLINE OF WRITING BOOKS
- Saikat Majumdar (author, professor) on THE INTERNAL JOURNEY OF THE AUTHOR VIS-A-VIS CHARACTERS
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (author, professor) on WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGICAL FICTION: CAUSE AND IDENTITY
- Kiran Manral (author) on OBJECTIFICATION AND STEREOTYPING OF WOMEN IN FICTION
- Perumal Murugan (author) on GRASSROOT STORIES: THE CHARACTERS AND CAUSE
- Namita Gokhale (author) on MEMORY - HISTORY - PERSONAL - POLITICAL IN NOVELS
- Kanchana Banerjee (author) on THE ART & CRAFT OF STORYTELLING
- Sathya Saran (journalist and author) on Music, Biographies and Musical Biographies
- Tom Lutz (author, professor - University of California Riverside, Founder of Los Angeles Review of Books) on Authoring, Reading & Building a Platform for Both
- Yasser Usman (author, journalist) on Filmy Interactions and Writing Biographies.
- Ron Charles (book columnist - The Washington Post) on Reading, Reviewing, Writing.
- Apurva Purohit (author, President - Jagran Prakashan Ltd.) on Gender, Ambition, Journey to the Top and Authoring
- Julia Phillips (author) on The Debut Novel
- Himanjali Sankar (author, Editorial Director of Simon & Schuster India) on Being an Author and Editor
- Shaili Chopra (author, journalist, Founder - SheThePeople) on Gender Dynamics and Women's Narrative
- Amish Tripathi (author) on Writing, Research and Social Dynamics
- Manjiri Prabhu (author, entrepreneur) on writing Astrological Thriller and running Pune International Literature Festival
- Anand Neelakantan (author, screenplay writer) on Folk Tales and Indian Epics
- Coralie Bickford-Smith on Authoring and Designing Book Covers