Malashri Lal & Namita Gokhale

Malashri Lal, Professor in the English Department of the University of Delhi, recently retired from her academic and administrative positions. Currently she is Member, English Advisory Board of the Sahitya Akademi.

Namita Gokhale is a writer, publisher, and festival director. She is the author of sixteen works of fiction and non-fiction. She is also founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival and of Mountain Echoes, the Bhutan Literature Festival. She is director of Yatra Books, a publishing house specializing in translation.