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Supriya Nair
Supriya Nair is an editor at Brown Paper Bag. Her writing has appeared in The Caravan, Mint, The New Republic and the Financial Times. She lives and works in Mumbai.
http://www.porterfolio.net/supriyan
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/cNh1NHzq6A8jjTGlXDNA7N/Book-review-A-Literary-Tour-Of-Italy.html
http://www.bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/columns/views/Vaulting-over-tragedy/articleshow/54280880.cms
Astri Ghosh
Astri Ghosh is a writer and a translator. She has translated 12 books into Norwegian, English and Hindi and her translations have been included in three anthologies. She has recently acted in two films. When she is not looking sad in movies, she enjoys walking on the beach in Goa.
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/life-flows-on-a-film-dedicated-to-dementia-elderly-care-116102001034_1.html
http://goastreets.com/galf-special-in-conversation-with-literary-translator-astri-ghosh/
http://www.navhindtimes.in/when-a-loved-one-has-a-different-mind/
Nandini Sundar
Nandini Sundar is Professor of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. Her book, The Burning Forest: India’s War in Bastar has just been published by Juggernaut Press. She was awarded the Infosys Prize for Social Sciences - Social Anthropology (2010), and the Ester Boserup Prize for Development Research (2016). Her public writings are available at http://nandinisundar.blogspot.com.
http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/zyfPVZSNYs3suCelqi4vBP/Nandini-Sundar-Militarization-of-the-imagination.html
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/272541.Nandini_Sundar
http://www.livelaw.in/pil-battles-involve-much-meets-eye/
http://socialistplatform.blogspot.in/2010/07/trophies-of-operation-green-hunt.html
Pantaleao Fernandes
Pantaleao Fernandes is a Goa-based writer, photographer and ethnographer. His Books include, “100 Goan Experiences”, “Goa Remembered”, “Traditional Occupations of Goa” and a children’s book “Once Upon a Time in Goa”. Currently he scours the Goan villages, for hidden cultural stories which he tells with his short documentary films entitled, “Untold stories from Goa”.
https://kokumdesigncentre.wordpress.com/2015/05/28/28-05-15_pantaleao-fernandes-traditional-occupations-of-goa/
http://www.tambdimati.com/article/stepping-into-the-world-of-photography-foolhardy-or-courageous/
http://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/ENCAPSULATING-GOA%E2%80%99S-TRADITIONAL-OCCUPATIONS/88905.html
Mamang Dai
Dai is a poet and novelist writing in English. She was correspondent the Hindustan Times, the Telegraph and The Sentinel newspapers and President, Arunachal Pradesh Union of working journalists. She also worked with World Wide Fund for nature in the Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspots programme. In 2003 Dai received the state Verrier Elwin Award for her book Arunachal Pradesh- the hidden land featuring the culture, folklore and customs of Arunachal’s different communities. She has featured in several national and international forums, and her poems, fiction and articles have been published in numerous journals and anthologies. In 2011 Dai was awarded the Padma Shri for her contribution in the field of literature and education. Currently she is Member, Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission. Books: The legends of Pensam (novel) Stupid Cupid( Novel) River Poems (poetry) Midsummer- survival lyrics (poetry) El bálsamo del tiempo (The balm of time) (poetry ) Arunachal Pradesh-the hidden land (Nonfiction) Mountain Harvest- the food of Arunachal The sky queen and Once upon a moon time (illustrated folklore for young readers) Hambreelsai’s loom- (folklore)
Darshan Darshi ( D.K.Vaid)
Darshan Darshi (D.K.Vaid) is a Dogri poet, novelist and literary critic of eminence.A recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 2006, he also stands honoured by J&K Academy of Art,Culture and Languages. His poetry is taught at post-graduate level by the Dogri Department of Jammu University besides undergraduate classes.He also translates from dogri to english.A former Director of education with J&K Govt., he lives in Jammu.
Rochelle Potkar
'The Arithmetic of breasts and other stories' and ‘Four Degrees of Separation’ are her books. Widely anthologized, a few of her stories and poems have won awards. She was a writer-in-residence at Iowa’s International Writing Program (IWP), Fall 2015. She has read poetry at several fêtes, and conducts haibun-writing workshops. www.rochellepotkar.com (Photo credit: Thomas Langdon)
http://www.syahee.com/page/rochelle-potkar
Cyprian Fernandes
Cyprian Fernandes is the author of Yesterday in Paradise Cyprian Fernandes has been a journalist for 56 years. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya on September 16, 1943. He was forced to leave school at the age 13. He became a journalist in 1960 and the rest as they say is history. Yesterday in Paradise is his debut novel.
http://www.syahee.com/page/cyprian-fernandes
Arthy Muthanna Singh
Arthy Muthanna Singh is a children’s writer, freelance journalist, copywriter, editor and cartoonist, whose daytime job is that of Senior Editor, Limca Book of Records (since 2003). Books published: 35+ with publishers like Penguin, Puffin, Scholastic, Tata Donnelley, Frank, Ratna Sagar, Mango Books (DC Books), etc. She conducts creative writing workshops at the British Council Library (Mumbai and Delhi), IIT Delhi, IBS Business School, Gurgaon, The British School, Delhi, etc.
G.Akila
G.Akila's poems (free verse, haiku, haibun and tanka) have been published in many anthologies and online journals. She is a member of the Twin City Poetry Club, Hyderabad and is closely associated with Nivasini Publishers, Hyderabad as a part of their editorial team.
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.
