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Creators

Creators

Meet Our Authors

Mani Mahesh Aurora

Mani Mahesh Aurora is an author, life design coach, award-winning social entrepreneur, former journalist, lecturer, and brand ambassador for Facebook’s social empowerment campaigns, recognised for his grassroots leadership and work with The Times of India and India Today.

Mani Mahesh Aurora

Monika Saroch

Monika Saroch

Monika Saroch is an artist and bestselling author. She is the recipient of Bhaskar Nari Samman 2023 and SHEconnects Award 2019, among other accolades.

Reeham Ahmed

Reeham Ahmed is a poet and fiction writer based in Gurugram, India. She has been published in Lucky Jefferson, FOOTPRINTS ON THE MOON, and The Hooghly Review.

Reeham Ahmed

Sahana Ahmed

Sahana Ahmed

Sahana Ahmed is a poet and fiction writer. She is the founder and CEO of Bare Bones Publishing.

Capt Shakil Ahmed

Capt Ahmed is a multi-dimensional leader with twenty-eight years of prolific experience. A notable Indian Army veteran, he was the recipient of the coveted ‘Sword of Honour’ from Officers Training Academy, Chennai.

Capt Shakil Ahmed

Dr Soumya Awasthi

Dr Soumya Awasthi

Dr Soumya Awasthi is an expert on regional and global geopolitics with a decade of experience in writing on issues of terrorism, South Asia, and defence. She is the author, most recently, of INDIA’S NUCLEAR TITANS.

Vedant Jadhavar

Vedant Jadhavar is pursuing his BLS LLB at the prestigious Government Law College, Mumbai. Inspired by the institution’s legacy, Vedant has developed a keen interest in constitutional law, Indian history, and a myriad of social causes.

Vedant Jadhavar

Veena Naravane

Veena Naravane

Veena Naravane is a teacher, teacher educator, and a consultant to NGOs like CEQUE and Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. She is a former President of Army Wives Welfare Association.

Vibha Lakhera

Vibha Lakhera, the founder of Project Empathy, is an educator, researcher, and writer. Her advocacy is for non-academic education, with the vision to establish ‘The Empathy Institution’ to strengthen empathy education in India.

Vinita Agrawal

Vinita Agrawal

Vinita Agrawal has authored six books of poetry. She was awarded the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2018, the Gayatri GaMarsh Memorial Award for Literary Excellence, USA, 2015, and a special mention in the Hawkers Prize 2019. She co-edits the Yearbook series of Indian Poetry in English.

Meet Our Artists

Akshaya Zachariah

Akshaya is an independent illustrator and graphic designer based out of Bangalore, India. She works as a consultant designer for organisations like Wildlife Conservation Trust, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, and Mercatus Center.

Akshaya Zachariah

Anvita Tekriwal

Anvita Tekriwal is an illustrator from Kolkata who loves to create vibrant art for brands and children’s books. Apart from exploring different illustration styles, she also enjoys branding and packaging design. She is an alumna of National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kolkata.

Maryam Ahmad

Maryam Ahmad is a children’s book illustrator and a portrait artist. She has a BFA in Commercial Arts and is the brand ambassador for Scholar Stationery.

Riya Singh

Riya Singh

Riya is an illustrator and visual storyteller with distinctions in BFA (Sculpture) from Government College of Art Chandigarh and MA (Illustrations) from Falmouth University. She is passionate about 2D animation and loves to explore different art styles.

Meet Our Designers

Aquib Chowdhury

Aquib is an actor, graphic designer, and entrepreneur. An alumnus of Actor Prepares, he is the co-founder of Rishtay Tea.

Aquib Chowdhury

Divya Rupakula

Divya Rupakula

Divya Rupakula is a Design student at Monash University, Melbourne, specialising in Graphic and Industrial Design. She loves combining her creativity with storytelling. When not designing, you’ll find her sketching, exploring fashion, or losing herself in the world of oil paints.

Joyita Chakraborty

Joyita Chakraborty is a graphic designer based in Kolkata, India. She is currently studying Applied Arts for her bachelor’s degree.

Meet Our Consultants

Shabana Chowdhury Ali

Shabana Chowdhury Ali is a dedicated Learning and Development professional. A CELTA graduate with expertise in designing and delivering training programs, Shabana joins us to create learning resources based on our books.

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