Abhay Sardesai
Editor
Anamika
Poet
Anant Nath
Journalist
Anjali Purohit
Writer-Artist
Ashis Nandy
Author
Ayaz Memon
Sports Journalist
Chandan Gowda
Social Theorist
Danish Husain
Filmmaker
Darab Farooqui
Writer
Dipika Roy
Actor
Dolly Thakore
Actor
Durga Prasad Panda
Bilingual Poet & Critic
Fahad Samar
Filmmaker & Author
GSP Rao
Managing Editor, Muse India
Hemant Divate
Poet
Jyoti Narula Ranjan
Co-Founder, Syntalk
K. Srilata
Poet
Kamal Vora
Poet
Manu Dash
Poet
Mustansir Dalvi
Architect & Poet
Nabina Das
Poet
Namita Devidayal
Author
Nandan Maluste
Banker
Neena Gupta
Actor
Paritosh Joshi
Advisor, Sun TV
Rama Lakshmi
Journalist
Richa Shah
Publisher
Rosinka Chaudhuri
Poet
Sachin Ketkar
Writer
Samir Somaiya
Sampurna Chatterji
Poet
Sanjeev Khandekar
Writer & Visual Artist
Sarabjeet Garcha
Literary Translator
Smita Sahay
Writer
Smruti Divate
Publisher
Sony Shrivastava
Education Management Professional
Taseer Gujral
Writer
Vaishali Narkar
Visual Artist
Our Friends
Frankly, what helped us take this project forward from being a germ of an idea to a full blown project was the support from our friends across the spectrum. Friends of the Collective are accomplished writers, thinkers, poets or just evolved readers. Often, we approached them to become a mentor, but they felt they were pressed for time and joined as friends instead! We hope that conversations about Indian novels will continue to grow and be enriched.
Manu Dash
Poet
Odia poet Manu Dash is a director at Odisha Arts & Literature Festival – an annual literary meet – in Bhubaneshwar. He is a renowned translator and cultural activist. Dash was one of the poets to join Anam, a literary movement by a group of writers engaged in searching the socio-cultural roots of the land where he lives.
Mustansir Dalvi
Architect & Poet
Architect and poet Mustansir Dalvi has a unique way of finding a connection between poetry and the architecture in the city of Mumbai, which he writes about in his first book, ‘Brouhahas of Cocks’. He teaches architecture at Sir JJ School of Arts.
Nabina Das
Poet
Nabina Das is a poet and writer based in Hyderabad. Her poetry collections are Blue Vessel and Into the Migrant City. She has authored a novel titled Footprints in the Bajra and her short fiction volume is The House of Twining Roses: Stories of the Mapped and the Unmapped. A 2012 Charles Wallace creative writing fellowship, 2012 Sangam House fiction fellowship, and 2007 Wesleyan Writers Conference fellowship alumna among others, she has also been a 2016 Commonwealth Writers feature correspondent, and currently holds a 2017 Sahapedia-UNESCO fellowship. Most recently, co-editor of 40 Under 40: An Anthology of Post-Globalisation Poetry, she teaches creative writing in universities and does independent workshops.
Namita Devidayal
Author
Journalist with the Times of India, Namita is a graduate from Princeton University. The Music Room, her first book, was a winner of the 2008 Vodafone Crossword Popular Book Award and was named an Outlook Book of 2007.
Nandan Maluste
Banker
An investment and private banker, Nandan has uniquely worked across India as management consultant, director of India’s largest advertising firm, industrial entrepreneur, board member of private and listed companies, and consultant to government. Apart from speaking regularly at professional, industry, and academic seminars, Maluste has presented to Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance.
Neena Gupta
Actor
Veteran actor Neena Gupta has made several appearances in not only commercial and art films, but also international films such as Gandhi (1982). She won the prestigious National Award for her work in the telefilm Bazar Sitaram (1993) for Best First Non-Feature Film. She holds a Master’s degree in Sanskrit.