Aishwarya Prabhala is a copywriter and content strategist, living and working in Mumbai. She’s a Creative Communications graduate from the MICA School of Ideas. Her first ever published story featured in the second issue of Gulmohur Quarterly.

Akashleena Basu is an M.Phil Research Scholar at Department Of Sociology, Delhi School Of Economics.

Anannya Dasgupta is the author of a book of poems – Between Sure Places. She teaches writing and literature at Krea University where she directs the Centre for Writing and Pedagogy.

Annalisa Mansukhani is a writer, researcher and curator studying histories of photography and notions of the archive in contemporary art and curatorial practices. Annalisa is currently a contributing writer for ASAP | art, and as the Programmes Manager for the Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA) in Delhi, she establishes frameworks and activates resources around art and education, spaces of exhibition, research, and public programming.

Ashutosh Potdar is a scholar, translator and creative writer in Marathi and English. He teaches literature and drama at FLAME University, Pune.

Bhagyashree Kulkarni is an MA student of Russian language at Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. She wishes to work in the field of Russian language and culture. She takes active interest in poetry writing, reading and photography.

Birender Yadav has a BFA from Banaras Hindu University (2013) and MFA from College of Art, Delhi (2015). He lives and works in New Delhi.

Jagjit Singh is a writer from India, an aspiring Proustian, who believes words will make sense of all that’s been lost and shattered.

Durga Prasad Panda is a bilingual poet, translator, and critic. His works have appeared in several prestigious journals, magazines, and anthologies. Most recently, he has edited a Reader on Jayanta Mahapatra’s life and works for Sahitya Akademi.

Harshita Bathwal is a writer and curator based in New Delhi. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Visual Studies from the School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Kunathraju Mrudula obtained a BFA (Painting) from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam in 2014 and MVA Painting from The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara in 2016. She lives and works in Vadodara, Gujarat.

Malhar Ugalmugle is a musician and sound engineer.

Manisha Sathe is a Pune based Japanese language teacher and scholar.

Michelle WT Wong is an art researcher and curator based in Hong Kong.

Mudhga Kaale  is an MA student of French Language at Department of Foreign Languages, Savitribai Phule University, Pune.

Nirmala Biluka is a visual artist and researcher based in Hyderabad. She works as an Assistant Professor at JNAFAU.

Nissim Bedekar is an Assistant Professor of Japanese at English and Foreign Languages University, EFLU, Hyderabad. He has published three collections of Japanese short stories translates into Marathi as well as a handbook of Japanese culture in Marathi. Has also contributed translations of Japanese short stories to several Marathi magazines and newspapers.

Prakash Ransing is a scholar of Adivasi issues. He is the convenor of Vidrohi Vidyarthi Sanghatana. He studies oral languages and folk culture.

Rishav is a doctoral researcher in sociocultural anthropology at Columbia University, New York. His work focuses on questions of queerness, memory, violence and kinship in Assam, where he comes from. In addition to writing academic essays, he engages with poetry and short fiction as genres to productively think with.

Sahil Kalloli is a writer, social activist and web developer. He studies social media, free software movement and net-neutrality. Also, he is an active member of Pratyay, Kolhapur.

Saranga Ugalmugle is a human rights lawyer and a researcher.

Satish Kawathekar has done his BA in German from Mumbai University and while doing the same he was awarded in an Essay competition held by DAAD and sent to Kassel, Germany to do a German language course. He has been working with renowned Multinational Companies since his graduation as a German language Expert.

Sonakshi Srivastava is an MPhil candidate at Indraprastha University, Delhi, and a Tempus Public Foundation fellow currently. Recipient of various award programmes, Sonakshi’s works have appeared in several anthologies and magazines including OddMagazine, Feminism in India, Rhodora Magazine, Swatantra journal. She is also the contributing translator columnist at “The Bilingual Window’.

Supriya Shelar is a freelance journalist. She has worked as a senior reporter at the Sakal Times in Pune. Currently, Supriya is pursuing PhD in journalism.

Suresh Kumar Singha has a B. F. A. (Painting) from Rabindra Bharati University (Kolkata) and an M. F. A. (Painting) from S N School of Arts and Communication, University of Hyderabad. Recipient of different awards, Suresh Kumar Singha has exhibited his works at different galleries in India.

Tapan Khopkar is a practicing Data Scientist and a dilettante in Philosophy, History, and Arts. He has a Ph.D. in Information from the University of Michigan, where his research looked at the relationship between culture, information, and trust.

Tejashree Mokashi has been working as a Development Sector Professional for the past 9 years. Her research interest is human migration and its economic, cultural, social, psychological, and political consequences. Tejashree is passionate about travelling, reading, writing, and sketching.

Tilottama B. is a practitioner of creative intersectionality, art facilitator, and art educator. They have a keen interest in making zine, graphic books, and comics as a mode of communication. Tilottama is one of the co-founders of their collective called Factorial(z).

Vandana Bhagwat worked an English faculty in a college in Lonavala for twenty five years. She is the founder member of Aksharanandan School in Pune. Vandana has published two collections of short stories, a novel and critical writings on Kamal Desai and feminist writing in Marathi.

Vidya Kulkarni is an independent writer and photographer based in Pune, Maharashtra. She likes to work on stories about gender and society. She works with voluntary organisations to document social issues they work on.

Editorial Assistant: Purvi Rajpuria is a writer, illustrator, and graphic designer

Proofreading and copyediting: Abhay Shingare, Anuradha Date, Asmita Choudhury, Gajanan Yadav, Indu M G, Manasi Kulkarni, Manasi Marathe, Pooja Giri, Saaya Vaidya, Vidula Sonagra

Courtesy for cover and section images: Amitesh Grover, Birender Yadav, Madhukar Mucharla, Sahil Kalloli, Sumayya Vally, Suresh Singha, Vidya Kulkarni.