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Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond, resident of Mussoorie, is a well-known writer of fiction and a raconteur par excellence. His Tales and Legends from India, Angry River, Strange Men, Strange Places, The Blue Umbrella, A Long Walk for Bina and Hanuman to the Rescue are also available in Rupa paperback. The Ruskin Bond's Children's Omnibus has been a firm favourite with young readers for several years. Ghost Stories from the Raj, The Rupa Book of Great Animal Stories, The Rupa Book of True Tales of Mystery and Adventure, The Rupa Book of Himalayan Tales and The Rupa Book of Great Suspense Stories are some of his recent books for Rupa

Salman Khurshid

Salman Khurshid is a former Union Law Minister and External Affairs Minister. He was also a member of the Congress Working Committee. He previously taught law at Oxford University and is Honorary Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

Ram K. Sharma

An ardent believer of the Law of Karma, Ram K. Sharma is the managing director of Baidyanath, a 100-year-old Ayurvedic and herbal medicine manufacturing company. He serves as a board member of 13 companies and is a former board member of South Asia Young President’s Organisation (YPO).

After schooling from Delhi’s Modern School (Barakhamba Road), he graduated in B.Com (Honours) degree from the prestigious Shri Ram College of Commerce. He also holds an MBA degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey, USA.

A keen sportsman, he captained his school and college field hockey teams. He is a regular practitioner of Kriya Yoga, a form of meditation revived by Shri Paramahansa Yogananda. He lives in Kolkata with his wife Rashmi and has three children.

AiR Atman in Ravi

After twenty-five years of success, AiR realized that the secret to being happy was not in achieving more success, but in enlightenment. He realized the truth that he was not his body, but the soul (atman) ever-connected with the divine. After his metamorphosis, AiR he has been on a mission to help people find their path to enlightenment. Fuelled by this realization, AiR has published over 55 books and composed about 1,400 life songs. His oeuvre of writing also includes several blogs, quotes and poems. He is a TEDx speaker and is also invited to speak at several organizations, corporations and universities. He conducts daily webinars on Zoom, Facebook and Instagram Live to help people realize the ultimate purpose of life. Describing his journey in his own words, he says: Started with nothing, Became something... Achieved everything, Only to realize we are nothing!

Himanshu Roy

Himanshu Roy is a Professor of Political Science, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Earlier, he was a Professor of Political Science at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi. He was Atal Bihari Vajpayee Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi, from 2019 to 2021.  

He was also a Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Teen Murti House, from 2013 to 2014. It has now been redeveloped into the Prime Minister’s Museum and Library. 

His publications include Peasant in Marxism