Shashi Joshi is former Senior Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. A Ph.D. in History from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Dr. Joshi began her career as a senior lecturer in History at Miranda House, University of Delhi. She has also been a senior fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. From 1983 to 1987, she was co-director of the 'History of the Indian National Congress, 1885–1947'—a project sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
Willa Sibert Cather was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia.
Siobhan Lambert-Hurley is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. Her research focuses on women, gender and Islam in South Asia with a particular em
Sharmistha Mohanty is the author of two previous works of fiction – Book One and New Life. She has also translated a selection of Tagore's fictional work, Broken Nest and Other Stories.
Swapna Liddle is a historian, and Convener of the Delhi chapter of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH). She is the author of Delhi: 14 Historic Walks and
