Profiles of Writers

Anjum Hasan's new novel, Lunatic in my Head, is published by Zubaan and Penguin Books, and her collection of poetry, Street on the Hill, was published by Sahitya Akademi. She is based in Bangalore and works for 'India Foundation for the Arts'.

Mukul Kesavan is a historian, critic, writer and cricket enthusiast. He teaches at Jamia Milia. His non-fiction writing includes Men in White about cricket, and his new book, Ugly Indian Men , is published by Black Kite, an imprint of Permanent Black. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed novel, Looking Through Glass.

Geetanjali Shree is a well-known Hindi novelist and short story writer. She has four novels and several short story collections to her credit as well as a critical work on Premchand. Her novels, Mai and The Roof Beneath My Feet have appeared in English translation with Zubaan.

Rana Dasgupta's debut novel, Tokyo Cancelled, was shortlisted for the John Llwellyn Rhys Prize and the Hutch Crossword Book Award, and has been translated into nine languages. Rana grew up in the UK and now lives in Delhi, where he is currently at work on a novel about the history of daydreams in Bulgaria.