Vipul Rikhi

Vipul Rikhi is a writer, singer, poet, storyteller andtranslator immersed in the oral traditions of Kabir and other Bhakti and Sufipoets for over a decade. He is the author of several books of poetry, fictionand translation. His most recent books are One Palace, a Thousand Doorways,a book of translations, and

Viral V Acharya

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Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf was an English novelist, essayist, short-story writer, publisher, critic and member of the Bloomsbury group, as well as being regarded as both a hugely significant modernist and feminist figure. Her most famous works include ‘Mrs Dalloway’, ‘To the Lighthouse’ and ‘A Room of One’s Own’.

Vish Dhamija

Vish Dhamija is the bestselling author of eight crime fiction books, including Unlawful Justice (2017), The Mogul (2018), The Heist Artist (2019), Bhendi Bazaar (2019), Doosra (2019) and Lipstick (2019). He is frequently referred to in the press as the 'master of crime and courtroon drama' in India. In August

Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj is an internationally aclaimed film director, writer, screenwriter, producer, music composer, and playback singer. He had directed a trilogy of films based on Shakespeare's plays; Maqbool(based on Macbeth), Omkara (based on Othello) and the forthcoming Haider (based on Hamlet). His other notable films as a director include Makdee,

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Vishnu Bhatt Godshe Versaikar

Vishnu Bhatt Godshe Versaikar, a Chitpavan Brahmin of theShandilya gotra, was born to Balakrishna Bhatt and Radha Bai ofVersai village in 1827. He was the eldest of three brothers and a sister.According to local lore, he was married at the age of twenty-one andsired six children – three sons and

Vishwajyoti Ghosh

Vishwajyoti Ghosh diligently pursues his interest in comics, illustrations, art and films. His comics are regularly published in various journals and anthologies, both in India and abroad. His most recently published work includes contributions in two international anthologies, When Kulbhushan Met Stockli and Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption. Vishwajyoti was also the

Vishwas Mudagal

Vishwas Mudagal is a serial entrepreneur, CEO and motivational speaker. He is also the author of the bestselling novel, Losing My Religion.

Vishwas Nangre Patil

Vishwas Nangre Patil is a 1997 batch Indian Police Service officer. He is the joint commissioner of police (Law & Order), Mumbai City, and former commissioner of police, Nashik City. In 2015 he was awarded the President's Police Medal (gallantry) for his role in the counterterrorist operations during the 2008 Mumbai

Viswanath Shobha

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Vivek Kaul

VIVEK KAUL has worked in senior positions at the Daily News and Analysis (DNA) and The Economic Times. He is the author of four books, including the bestselling Easy Money trilogy on the history of money and banking and how that caused the financial crisis that started in 2008 and

Vivek Narayanan

Vivek Narayanan's books of poetry include Universal Beach and Life and Times of Mr S. He has been a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University and a Cullman Fellow at the New York Public Library. A full-length collection of his poems in Swedish translation was published in 2015

Vivek Naryanan

Vivek Narayanan's first book of poems, Universal Beach, was published in 2006. His work has been included in several recent anthologies like The HarperCollins Book of English Poetry, The Bloodaxe Book of Contemporary Indian Poetry and Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond.

Vivek Shanbhag

Vivek Shanbhag writes in Kannada. He has published five short-story collections, three novels and two plays, and edited two anthologies, one of which is in English. Srinath Perur writes on a variety of subjects, especially travel or science. He is the author of the travelogue If It's Monday It Must

Vivek Tejuja

Vivek Tejuja has worked with books at Flipkart and now at Verve magazine, and writes regularly on books and the experience of reading, notably on his blog, The Hungry Reader.

Vivek Wadhwa

VIVEK WADHWA is a distinguished fellow at Harvard Law School and Carnegie Mellon University's College of Engineering at Silicon Valley. He is the co-author of Your Happiness Was Hacked: Why Tech Is Winning the Battle to Control Your Brain – and How to Fight Back; The Immigrant Exodus: Why America

Vogue India

Contributors include: Amitav Ghosh; Jhumpa Lahiri; Plum Sykes; Moni Mohsin; Janice Pariat; Kanishk Tharoor; Tishani Doshi; Molly Crabapple; Meena Kandasamy; Manu Joseph; Chandrahas Choudhury; Abeer Hoque; Kyung-Sook Shin; Rosalyn D'mello; Divia Thani; Samanth Subramanian; Vladimir Lucien

Volga

SHORT STORY WRITER, critic, translator and poet, Volga, has been a forerunner in introducing a feminist perspective into the literary-political discourse in Telugu Literature through her very first volume of short stories, Rajakeeya Kathalu (Political Stories), her first novel Sweccha (Freedom), and her volume of feminist thought Maaku Godalu Levu

Vrinda Nabar

A former chair of English at Mumbai University, Vrinda Nabar has been a visiting professor at Northwestern  University (Illinois, USA) and The Open University (Milton Keynes, UK), and has freelanced for Indian newspapers, radio, and television. Her work includes the academic bestseller Caste as Woman, The Bhagavadgita (Introduction and Translation),

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W Clement stone

William Clement Stone (1902 – 2002) was a businessman, philanthropist and author. He is the author of several self-help books including Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude (co-authored with Napoleon Hill), The Success System That Never Fails, and The Other Side of the Mind (co-authored with Norma Lee Browning).

Wajahat S. Khan

WAJAHAT S. Khan produces and corresponds from Pakistan for Vice News, The Times and India Today. He has reported from fifteen countries covering conflict, diplomacy, politics and media for digital, cable and networks. Before serving as NBC's last bureau chief in Kabul, Afghanistan, Khan also launched Pakistan's first independent Urdu

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman (1819–92) was an influential American poet and essayist, and is credited with being the founding father of free verse. He first published his culturally significant poetry collection ‘Leaves of Grass’ in 1855 from his own pocket, and revised and expanded it over thirty years. It is an essential

Wang R Ray

R “Ray” Wang (pronounced WAHNG) is the Founder, Chairman, and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley based Constellation Research Inc., which studies emerging business and technology trends, digital business model transformation, enterprise applications strategy, and the relationship between business leadership and technology adoption. He is widely respected for his insights into the

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram is regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of cricket. A former Pakistan cricket captain, he remains popular throughout the cricketing world and often commentates for world cricket events. He is considered to be one of the founders, and perhaps the finest exponent of,

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Wayne Joanna

Joanna Wayne began her professional writing career in 1994. Now, more than fifty published books later, Joanna has gained a worldwide following with her cutting-edge romantic suspense and Texas family series such as Sons of Troy Ledger and the Big D” Dads series. Joanna currently resides in a small community