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Keshava Guha
Keshava Guha is a writer of fiction and literary and political journalism. He writes regularly for Scroll and The Hindu, and his work has also appeared in Business Standard, Caravan, Wall Street Journal, Hindustan Times and The Telegraph, among other publications. He lives in Bengaluru and Delhi.
http://scroll.in/article/808701/the-partys-over-theres-no-reason-to-fear-the-death-of-the-congress
http://scroll.in/article/683029/why-indian-writers-are-never-in-the-running-for-the-nobel
Devidas Kadam
A teacher by profession. Writes in Konkani. Wrote several books i.e. Novels, short stories, literature for children & poems. Won several awards including Sahitya Akademi award in 2007.
Yusuf Jameel
Yusuf Jameel is a South Asian journalist known for his coverage of the Kashmir conflict. He has worked for the BBC, Reuters, Time magazine, Voice of America, the New York Times, Khaleej Times and The National and is currently the Kashmir correspondent of the Indian global newspapers the Asian and sister publication Deccan Chronicle. He received International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists, New York in 1996, which recognized him as courageous journalist who had "to withstand pressure and attacks from all parties to the conflict in Kashmir". Jameel faced constant threats from all sides, was illegally detained by the Indian army, and faced half a dozen assassination attempts which include the September 1995 parcel bomb explosion in his Srinagar office in which Asian News International (ANI) cameraman Mushtaq Ali was killed. Jameel who was then working for the BBC was along with another photojournalist H.U. Naqash injured in the attack. After the incident, Jameel moved to London for a few months for treatment of the injuries he had received in the bombing before returning to India. Jameel also won the first Best Journalist/Writer award instituted by the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) in 2006. In February 2011, he received Ahad Zargar Memorial award for his outstanding contribution as a journalist. The award given annually in recognition of excellent work done in the fields of literature, journalism, public and social services has been instituted by the Ahad Zargar Research Foundation after Kashmiri Sufi poet Abdul Ahad Zargar.
Ravikumar Kashi
Ravikumar Kashi is an artist who works in different mediums such as painting, sculpture, photography and installation. His works combine or cut across defined expectations from these mediums. His idea / concept driven works are layered and connect with the viewer in multiple ways. Desire, decay and death are a major concern in his works along with introspection.
Kashi was born in Bangalore in 1968. He completed his B.F.A. from College of Fine Arts, Bangalore in 1988; M.F.A. from Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University, Baroda in 1990; and M.A. in English from Mysore University, in 1995. He learnt handmade papermaking from Glasgow School of Art, U.K. He also learnt Hanji, traditional Korean papermaking, from Jang Ji Bang, Korea. He has shown his works in solo shows and curated shows across the world in galleries, art fairs, biennales and museums. He has received National award from Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi and two awards from Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy and one from Karnataka Shilpa Kala Academy for his works. He writes on art in Kannada and English. Two of his books, 'Anukta' and 'Kannele' have been published from Akshsra Prakashana, Hegggodu. His book 'Kannele' has received Karnataka Sahitya Academy award. He teaches at CMR University School of Architecture as Associate Professor.
Constantino Xavier
Constantino Xavier, Fellow, Carnegie India
Dr. Constantino Xavier is a fellow at Carnegie India, based in New
Delhi, where his research focuses on India’s foreign policy, in
particular relations with its neighboring countries. He holds a Ph.D.
in South Asian studies from the Johns Hopkins University, School of
Advanced International Studies, and is a graduate from Jawaharlal
Nehru University. As an Indo-German Portuguese with strong links to
Goa, he has extensively written on and lobbied for closer links
between India and the Portuguese-speaking world, and co-edited a
special issue of Seminar on “India and the Lusosphere” (2012). He
previously worked as a correspondent for the Portuguese weekly
“Expresso” across South Asia, and his research was funded by awards
from the United States Fulbright program and the Indian Council for
Cultural Relations.
Fatima M Noronha
Fatima M Noronha’s work has featured in national and regional publications in India, as well as overseas, online and on air. Born in Lisbon, having called many places home, she has returned to her roots in Goa. Stray Mango Branches, a collection of vignettes of life in Goa, appeared in 2013.
http://tclj.toasted-cheese.com/tag/fatima-m-noronha/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7123824.Fatima_M_Noronha
Nitin Sathe
Commissioned into the helicopter stream of the IAF in 1984, Nitin Sathe has flown extensively in India and abroad on various types of missions. Presently he is involved in selection of the future officers of the Armed Forces. Nitin Sathe is into adventure, sports and writing for leisure.
He has authored two books. In the first one titled “A few Good Men and the Angry Sea” he narrates the events during and post the Tsunami of December 2004 showcasing the Armed Forces capabilities in reviving the destroyed Air Base and the Island at Car Nicobar. His second book titled ‘Born to Fly’ has recently been released at the hands of the Defence Minister at Delhi on the 24th of October. In this biography, he has written about the life of a quadriplegic pilot of the IAF- Fg Offr MP Anil Kumar, who, with sheer determination, became an icon and inspiration for many.
http://www.lancerpublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1471
http://www.rediff.com/news/interview/a-few-good-men-and-the-angry-sea-how-the-iaf-regained-a-lost-paradise/20150527.htm
Sailabala Mahapatra
An author, folklorist and educational activist, Sailabala Mahapatra is a post-graduate in Odia literature & language and has advance diplomas in Assamese and Hindi, besides degrees in Education, Philosophy and English. Writing in Odia since 1975, She has by now six original books to her credit. She has edited two Odia magazines. Badadanda & Gangasiuli and one anthology of poems Jeevan Kavita. Her literary creations have been translated into various languages. She has also translated 15 books for children.
Sailabala Mahapatra has presented thematic papers in various prestigious national and international seminars which include a paper on Odia Ramakatha in the one organized by IGNCA and on Odia Children’s Literature in the one organized by National Bal Bhawan. She has also been associated with National Institute of Open Schooling, Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, National Centre for Children’s Literature, NCERT, SCERT, SRC (BBSR), Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Directorate of Adult Education, Border Security Force, UNICEF, UNESCO, All India Radio and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan as an expert.
K. Satchidanandan
K. Satchidanandan is a Malayalam poet and playwright, bilingual critic, translator and editor. His collected poems in Malayalam( Kavitakal, 1965-2015, DC Books ) and Selected Poems in English ( The Missing Rib, Poetrywalla)were published in 2016.His translations from world poetry has appeared in four volumes. He has four books in English on Indian literature besides several volumes of essays in Malayalam and many edited volumes of prose and poetry. He has won 37 awards and honours including Sahitya Akademi award and Knighthood from the Govt of Ital, was on the Ladbroke list of Nobel probables in 2009 and 2011 and is a Fellow of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi and was a National Fellow at IIAS, Shimla. (For more details see entry on K. Satchidanandan , Wikipedia)
http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/2723/27/K-Satchidanandan
https://cosmofunnel.com/stories/williamsji-maveli-writes-his-master-prof-ksachidanadan-46765
http://www.thehindu.com/news/poet-satchidanandan-resigns-from-all-positions-in-sahitya-akademi/article7746630.ece
Aditya Sudarshan
Aditya Sudarshan is the author of three novels, A Nice Quiet Holiday (Westland Books, 2009), Show Me A Hero (Rupa and Co., 2011) and most recently, The Persecution of Madhav Tripathi (Harper Collins India, 2015). His short stories have been published in various magazines and anthologies. He is also the author of a number of produced plays, including The Green Room, winner of the Hindu Metroplus Playwright Award for 2011. He writes literary criticism for The Hindu Literary Review and other publications, and political satire for NDTV's The Great Indian Tamasha.
http://winnowed.blogspot.in/2015/02/book-review-persecution-of-madhav.html
http://www.friendsofbooks.com/blog/book-review-the-persecution-of-madhav-tripathi
http://www.new-asian-writing.com/naw-interview-with-aditya-sudarshan/
The International Centre Goa, Goa Writers Group and Goa 1556 co-organised the Book Release of "From Mind to Keyboard" A collection of essays by writers of their journey(s) edited by Sheela Jaywant on 9th July 2016.
The International Centre Goa and Goa Writers Group co - organised the Book Reading & Discussion of "Guru Nanak, the Thinker and the Poet" edited by Astri Ghosh on 13th August 2016.
Department of English, Goa University in collaboration with Institute Menezes Braganza and The International Centre Goa hosted Shakespeare Festival on 14th & 15th October 2016 at at Institute Menezes Braganza Hall, Panaji - Goa.
The International Centre Goa and Goa Writers Group in association with Goa University co-organised a lecture on "Rabindranath Tagore's Photographic Self Presentations and Imaging of the Body in his paintings" by Prof. Raman Siva Kumar, internationally noted contemporary Indian art historian, art critic and curator and Mario Miranda Chair Professor in Art, Painting and Illustrative Art and Cartooning Goa University on 15th October 2016.
