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Founder and Managing Editor: Kanishka GuptaKanishka Gupta is a writer, editor and researcher. He started his career as the Chief Editor of a men's lifestyle portal, where he edited more than 600 articles covering all aspects of fashion and lifestyle. Later, he worked for a literary agency and extensively read and recommended manuscripts. As a literary consultant with Pratilipi, Kanishka has helped the journal reach out to the following writers: Aditi Machado, Anupama Raju, Arunava Sinha, Ashok Banker, Aruni Kashyap, Meena Kandasamy, Preeta Samarasan, Priya Sarrukai Chhabria, Sridhar/Thayil, and Sumana Roy. As a researcher, he has worked on Foreign Correspondent, and In Search of Sita, both bestselling works published by Penguin Books India. He also used to edit the creative lifestyle magazine, Platform. He is very fond of edgy, quirky and dark fiction but will look at all manuscripts. He worked on the planning of the Jaipur Literature Festival, 2010 with its co-director Namita Gokhale. His first novel, History of Hate, was longlisted for the Man Asian Prize, 2009. Chief Editor: Rahul SoniRahul Soni is a writer, editor and translator of no fixed address. At various points in his life, though, he has lived in Iraq, Kuwait, Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore, Jodhpur and Jaipur. He has worked as an editor with Motif magazine, with Sahridaya Samvad, a Jaipur-based NGO, and is currently editor of the online, bilingual,literary magazine, Pratilipi. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Almost Island, Biblio, Dhauli Review, Hindi, Indian Literature, etc. Currently translating Geetanjali Shree’s novel Tirohit for Harper Collins India, Dharamvir Bharati’s Suraj ka Saatvan Ghoda and Shrikant Verma’s Magadh. Other works-in-progress include a documentary and a novel. Awarded the Charles Wallace Visiting Fellowship in Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia, for the year 2010. An interview with him can be read at the Calque Journal. Senior Editor: Ujwala SamarthUjwala Samarth has freelanced extensively as a features writer for various newspapers and magazines in Bombay and Delhi. She has worked as a researcher-writer with the Centre for Science and Environment, and as an editor with the Voluntary Health Association of India. She has written/adapted several short plays, one of which (The Man Who Wanted to Fly) has been published by Scholastic Publications. She has also been a teacher for many years and is now an educational consultant who still likes reading and writing more than anything else in the world. Reader / Consultant: Gouri DangeGouri Dange (49) is a writer, book editor and practising family counsellor. Her features, articles, interviews, short stories – various works of fiction and non-fiction –appeared regularly in her columns in leading Indian publications. Her writing and short stories have appeared in Stories at the Coffee Table (Caferati, 2006) and in Being Single in India (Penguin, India, 2006). In July 2008, Penguin India published her novel "3, Zakia Mansion". In September of the same year, Jaico Books publisher her ABCs of Parenting. A screenplay that she has written, "Second Marriage", is currently being looked at by two production houses. She holds writing workshops and has edited and assisted in the writing of over 100 books over the last 15 years, on Indian music, art and art history, social movements, the environment, business, travel, world cuisine, dog watching, etc. She has assisted in the structuring and characterization of screenplays-in-the-making, and has associated closely with the Indian publishing and film industries. Gouri undertakes book coaching - enabling writers to actually get down to writing that book. She helps them with structuring, scheduling, working to a deadline, providing them with feedback and tips to keep at the writing/rewriting process.Editor: Devaki KhannaAn MA in Publishing from Oxford Brookes University, Devaki has worked in various editorial positions for seven years, for a wide variety of publications, including Business India, Softcell, Cyber Media IndiaLtd. and Encyclopedia Britannica. She has also worked as a freelance copy editor and writer with NIIT, Classteacher.com, Q2A Solutions, FCSLtd, G-Cube Solutions, Mosaic Services, MedRite and SMI Tech, Rupa & Co., Vikas Publications and Universities Press. She is a member of the Society of Young Publishers (SYP) and the Society of Editors andProofreaders (SfzzEP). Editor: Amrita PaiTechnical Writer by profession, editor by choice, travel writer by interest, and translator by training, Amrita has worn many hats in her career spanning 6 years. She has edited a series of childrens short stories translated from Mizo into English, published by Katha, New Delhi as well as the 2nd edition of Anita Desai's Clear Light of Day, for Random House, India. Reader: Aparna SinghAparna Singh is an alumnus of the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA). After a marketing stint in the corporate sector for over 7 years, she is back to her first interest -writing. Based in Bangalore, she works as an independent editor and writer, mostly with business writing, academic projects, marketing collateral and such. She blogs on her pet themes - fiction and feminism in the Indian context. Reader: Nivedita MishraA graduate from Delhi''s Miranda House, TV journalist (Newstrack, Aaj Tak, Discovery) turned Communications Manager turned Freelance Editor and Documentary Scriptwriter, Nivedita Mishra has worked with publishers like Roli, Harper Collins, Routledge India and Orient Longman Publications, and has written scripts for the Sir Ratan Tata Trust and INTACH. Reader: Rajendar MenenRajendar Menen is an award-winning journalist whohas been published in several countries. He began his career, which spans over two decades, with The Times of India in Mumbai. He haslaunched and edited magazines, written four books on different aspects of healing, and freelanced for the BBC, UNFPA, France 2, Ray of Hope,Teacher''s Training Centre, Tralee, Ireland, Gulf News and several other international media organizations. He has co-authored books on AIDS and prostitution in South-Asia, been Executive Editor of three journals on the technical and human aspects of HIV/AIDS, and written extensively on the subject. The street is his muse. He also walks endlessly, drinks tea, reads Sri Aurobindo, does yoga, comments on sport, breeds snail sand watches life with some irreverence. He lives and works in Mumbai,India. Reader: Tanvi J. TrivediTanvi J. Trivedi has worked as a columnist for The Indian Express, a copywriter for Mudra Communications, a freelance journalist for Science Theology & News, a U.S. based publication, a content executive for Indiatimes.com. At present she is a Senior Copyeditor with The Times of India. She has interviewed celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Sabeer Bhatia etc. and has also worked on the Times food guide for Ahmedabad. |