Asides

Meet the Experts: First Draft Club in Association with Himalayan Writing Retreat

Anukrti Upadhyay (Author) – May 7th

Anukrti writes fiction and poetry in both English and Hindi. Her Hindi works include a collection of short stories titled Japani Sarai (2019) and the novel Neena Aunty (2021). Among her English works are the twin novellas, Daura and Bhaunri (2019), and her novel Kintsugi (2020); the latter won her the prestigious Sushila Devi Award 2021 for the best work of fiction written by a woman author. Her writings have also appeared in numerous literary journals such as The Bombay Review, The Bangalore Review and The Bilingual Window.

Tripurdaman Singh (Author) – May 14th

Tripurdaman Singh is a British Academy postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. Born in Agra, India, Tripurdaman read politics and international studies at the University of Warwick and earned an MPhil in modern South Asian studies and a PhD in history at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society and the author of Imperial Sovereignty and Local Politics (2019) as well as the widely acclaimed Sixteen Stormy Days (2020).Swati Chopra (Editor) – May 21st

Swati Chopra has worked for more than two decades in journalism, media and publishing. She is at present Associate Publisher, non-fiction, at HarperCollins India, prior to which she was Senior Commissioning Editor at Penguin Random House India. She commissions, edits and publishes non-fiction including books on politics, history, investigative journalism, foreign policy, current affairs, among others. She worked as a journalist and writer before her career in publishing, and is the author of five books including Dharamsala Diaries (2008) and Women Awakened (2011).Aakash Singh Rathore (Author, Editor) – May 28th

Aakash Singh Rathore is a philosopher of international repute and the author of nine books, including the bestselling Ambedkar’s Preamble: A Secret History of the Constitution of India (2020). He has also edited over a dozen books ranging from political philosophy and law to literature and religion, including B.R. Ambedkar’s the Buddha and His Dhamma: A Critical Edition (2011) and, more recently, B.R. Ambedkar: The Quest for Justice (a box set of five volumes, 2021). His Hegel’s India was shortlisted for the Non-Fiction Book of the Year at the Tata Literature Live! Book Awards 2017.Venita Coelho (Author, Screenwriter, and Artist) – Date to be announced

Venita Coelho is a writer, director and artist with several books to her name including Dungeon Tales, Tiger by the Tail, Boy No. 32, Dead as a Dodo and others. She has been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Bal Puraskar for her book Dead as a Dodo. Among her other awards are The Hindu Goodreads Award for Best Fiction for children, The Neev Award and the Peekabook award. Her collection of feminist ghost stories The Washer of the Dead was longlisted for the Frank O’Connor award. Her book Soap-Writing and Surviving Television teaches how to write for the medium.

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