A K Nanda (2 Posts)

A Fulbright Fellow, seasoned journalist and editor, A K Nanda had a long career in writing and editing, working in the areas of research and analysis in economic studies, population studies, corporate management and accountancy, to name a few. He lives in Delhi and spends his time now reading books on philosophy, spirituality and literature and answering the unending questions of his teenaged granddaughter.

Labanya Dey (1 Post)

Labanya Dey is an ardent learner in the field of cinema and literature, currently doing her masters at the Dept of Film Studies, Jadavpur University. She writes on cinema in several online journals. Mountains and hill stations are her escape route from this boisterous city.

Lata Jagtiani (1 Post)

Lata Jagtiani, a post-graduate in English Literature and Aesthetics, was born and brought up in Mumbai. Widely travelled, she has been a lecturer, both in India and abroad. She has written articles for several newspapers and websites and has authored "Temple Bells and Other Stories', 'Towards Light', Bhagavad Gita in 365 Days', 'Sindhi Reflections,' 'Mumbai Terror Attacks', 'OP Nayyar King of Melody 'Dada's Wisdom' and 'Guide, the Film Perspectives'. For many years, Lata Jagtiani has been fascinated by the three aces of the retro period of Hindi cinema, OP Nayyar, Dev Anand and Guru Dutt. She has already authored a biography of OP Nayyar, 'OP Nayyar King of Melody, she has authored a critical analysis of Dev Anand's masterpiece 'Guide' and this biography "Thank You, Guru Dutt!' completes her effort to salute and thank the three giants to whom she is greatly indebted for the happiness they have given her through their creations.

Learning And Creativity Desk (0 Post)

Learning & Creativity is your one stop resource for all that is associated with encouraging learning and creativity in children, teens and even adults. Learning & Creativity offers the finest literary works, tips, advice, art work, art supplies, books, book reviews, movie info… and more!

Leyre Villate Garrcia (1 Post)

Leyre Villate Garrcia did both her BA in Linguistics and English Literature and her MA in Teaching Spanish as Foreign Language in Salamanca (Spain), plus a one-year degree in Japanese Language and Culture from Kansai Gaidai University (Osaka). She has been working as Visiting Spanish Lecturer at Calcutta University, Kolkata, India for the last two years. Whenever she is not preparing her lessons, she writes, reads, translates and travels, which are kind of the same thing. Ah, and she watches movies.

Lopamudra Banerjee (1 Post)

Lopamudra Banerjee is an acclaimed author, poet, translator, editor with nine solo books and six anthologies in fiction, nonfiction and poetry. She has received the Journey Awards (First Place category winner) for her memoir Thwarted Escape: An Immigrant’s Wayward Journey, the International Reuel Prize for Translation (2016) and also International Reuel Prize for Poetry (2017) and other honors. Her poetry has been published in renowned platforms including Life in Quarantine, the Digital Humanities Archive of Stanford University. Her collaborative poetry collection with Priscilla Rice titled We Are What We Are (Black Eagle Books, 2022) has been 1st Prize Winner at New York Book Festival 2024 and her translation of a famous Bengali historical/biographical novel titled The Bard and His Sister-in-Law (Black Eagle Books, 2023) has received Honorary Mention at Paris Book Festival and Hollywood Book Festival 2024. Recently, her debut Bengali collection of poetry Draupadi Theke Nijoswi—Amra has been launched in Kolkata and also in the Dallas Public Library, Texas, with a performance of a psychological drama ‘Mukhomukhi’, in which she has made her foray as a playwright.

Lyndsy Spence (2 Posts)

Lyndsy Spence is the founder of the Margaret Lockwood Society. Her books The Mitford Girls' Guide to Life and Mrs Guinness: The Rise and Fall of Diana Mitford were published by The History Press. Her forthcoming book, The Mistress of Mayfair will be published in November 2016. She is currently writing a biography on Margaret Lockwood.

Madhulika Liddle (3 Posts)

Madhulika Liddle is a novelist and award-winning short story writer, best known as a writer of historical and detective fiction: her Mughal detective Muzaffar Jang is the star of a best-selling series of books. She also writes non-fiction, especially on food, travel, history and cinema. Madhulika’s blog, Dusted Off (www.madhulikaliddle.com) focuses on cinema from before the 1970s, and has been in existence since 2008.

Saraswathy K Bhattathiri (2 Posts)

Saraswathy is an art historian, art writer and a pedagogue, involved in writing academic and popular formats of writing about visual culture since last half a decade. Her concerns involve interdisciplinary and interventional abilities of static and mobile visuals in and around us. She holds a Bachelors degree in painting and a Masters in Art History and teaches in the department of art history at the College of Fine Arts, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath, Bangalore. She is also a trained classical dancer and painter.