Gautam Benegal, writer, National Award-winning animation film-maker, cartoonist and artist grew up in Calcutta. The milieu he explores in this book is of Calcutta in the early 1990s. He has been associated with various publications as a freelance columnist and illustrator from the age of sixteen, starting with Sandesh where he was invited by film-maker Satyajit Ray to contribute. Gautam has previously written a book of short stories, 1/7 Bondel Road, which received critical acclaim. He lives and works in Mumbai with his writer and film-maker wife and their son.
Bhushan Korgaonkar is a multilingual writer, director theatre producer and translator. Celebrated for his engaging…
Shahu Patole, a distinguished Marathi-language writer and retired government officer, has a master's in economics…
Rohit Manchanda spent his childhood in the coalfields of Jharkhand and did his doctorate from…
Prakash Patra began his career as a journalist in 1980 and has worked with National…
Upamanyu Bhattacharyya is an animation director based in Kolkata. He co-directed the award-winning animated short…