Chirodeep Chaudhuri is the author of the critically feted book ‘A Village In Bengal: Photographs and an Essay”, a result of his 13-year long engagement with his ancestral village in West Bengal and his family’s nearly two century old tradition of the Durga Puja. He was heading the Design and Photography departments of the international

Freny Manecksha is an independent journalist from Mumbai. She worked for a number of publications including The Times of India, Mid-Day and Blitz. Note from the author: This was written when I used to work in The Times of India and would be riding the last train out of CST – the 12.45 AM Karjat

Reena Chattarji is a trained teacher with years of experience. Her hobbies include painting, writing and baking.   I don’t know when it was born, but today was the day it died. A tree – one I saw every day, morning, noon and night. One that grew up little by little before my eyes. So

The author is an Executive Coach and a passionate Learning and Development professional with international experience across Africa, Middle-east and Asia. She has worked extensively with senior leaders to help them arrive at their destination of creating influence, impacting culture, and executing strategy. Smriti Goel is passionate about making a difference to the women community.

Nazuk Kumar from Chandigarh, ranked 58 in Civil Services Examination 2015. Allotted to the IAS, with AGMUT cadre and  scored 209/275 in the interview, which was the highest marks given in 2015.       I feel that the interview phase of the selection process is the haziest and most of us have many unanswered questions. Not much guidance and

Radha Roy Biswas is a public policy researcher by training, specializing in higher education, workforce skills and regional development studies. After acquiring her Master’s Degree in Economic Development studies from the University of Massachusetts, she worked at think tanks in Boston, USA, and has a range of published academic papers and reports to her credit. After nearly 15 years

“I love my grandchildren so much that I wish I had them before my children” is a line that says a lot about the passion and zest Mekhala Kar has for life. People know her as beautiful, gracious and most kind-hearted, with a strong mind of her own.   The dictionary defines communication as: the

Sharda Ugra, a sports journalist for over 25 years, is senior editor with ESPNcricinfo, the world’s biggest independent single-sport website and ESPN.in, ESPN’s new multisport website which focuses on sports Indians’ play, watch and follow. She contributes to academic and popular publications and websites around the world, has won awards for sports writing and worked

Viji Venkatesh, Region Head (India & South Asia), The Max Foundation I Managing Trustee – Friends of Max I Trustee – Being Human, The Salman Khan Foundation.    Like all young girls who grew up in the 60s I think I too wanted to become an air-hostess. There was such an aura of glamour around those very words and visions

Chandak Chattarji is an educationist, poet, translator and author of English text-books. He spent four years (1951-1955) in Santiniketan, where his father, Gopal Krishna Chattarji, was the Principal of Patha Bhavan. Graduating from Viswa Bharati University in 1955, he did his MA at the University of Calcutta in 1957 and qualified as an Associate of