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RAMACHANDRA GUHA
Ramachandra Guha is an eminent historian and biographer whose research interests span across varied fields. An authoritative voice on the history of modern India, he is a widely acclaimed author. His landmark history of the Republic, India after Gandhi, was chosen as a book of the year by several notable publications, including The Economist and The Washington Post. He has penned a two-volume biography of Mahatma Gandhi, with the first volume titled Gandhi Before India and the second titled Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World.
He is also the author of an award-winning social history of cricket, A Corner of a Foreign Field which The Guardian chose as one of the ten best books ever on cricket. He has written extensively on environmentalism, combining a history of dissent from peasants and ecological history. His book The Unquiet Woods opened up a new field of study- the environmental history of South Asia. Environmentalism: A Global History, Speaking with Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism are some of his books on environmentalism. Ramachandra Guha is the recipient of several prestigious accolades, including the Howard Milman Award of the British Society for Sports History, the Ramnath Goenka Prize for Excellence in Journalism, the Sahitya Akademi Award, and the Fukuoka Prize for Contributions to Asian Studies.
Yuval Noah Harari
Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli medievalist, military historian, public intellectual, and popular science writer. He currently serves as professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
ACHUTHANANDAN V S
Born on October 20, 1923, in Punnapra, Alappuzha district, to Velikkakathu Sankaran and Akkamma. He had to drop out of school in the seventh standard due to poverty. He entered politics in 1939 by taking membership in the State Congress. In 1940, he became a member of the Communist Party. In 1942, he became the secretary of the local unit. In 1943, as per the instructions of Krishna Pillai, he went to Kuttanad to build the party and the trade union movement. There he formed the agricultural laborers’ union. He served as the Alappuzha District Secretary of the Communist Party, a member of the Kerala State Committee, a member of the State Secretariat from 1957, and a member of the National Council from ’58. He has been a member of the Central Committee since the formation of the CPI(M) and a member of the Politburo since 1985. He served as the state secretary of the CPI(M) for twelve years from 1980 to 1992. He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in the years 1967, ’70, ’91, 2002, and 2006. He was the Leader of the Opposition from 1992-’96 and 2001-’06. He became the Chief Minister of Kerala on May 18, 2006. He served for a long time as the Chief Editor of Deshabhimani daily and Chintha weekly. He passed away on July 21, 2025.
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MINI P C
Mini P.C. is a story writer and novelist. Native of Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district. Works in the pharmaceutical sector. She has published the story collections Ente Kathala, Manjakkuthira, Oru Savarga Anuragiode Kheerakuttathan, French Kiss, Kanakadurga, and Buddhamayuri, the novels Kantham, Devil Tattoo, Veru, Parayathe Vayente Pranayame, and Kompathi, and the children’s literature works Kutiyasu Appuppanum Kuttikalum, Kukudu Eliyum Thenuranarum, Manukuttanum Minupoochayum, Ramanathante Pawakal, and Machupichu. The story Manjakkuthira won the 2017 Kerala Kalakendram Kamala Suraiya Special Jury Award. The story collection French Kiss won the 2022 M. Sukumaran Memorial Award.
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MADHUSANKER MEENAKSHI
Madhushankar Meenakshi was born May 26, 1961. Native of Koyilandy Kuruvangad in Kozhikode district. His parents are retired Teacher Raroth Karunakaran Nair and Meenakshi Amma. He served as Chief Sub-Editor and Reporter at Malayala Manorama from 1997 to 2021.
MAYA KIRAN
Maya Kiran was born in Cherthala to Thankamani and Sreekumar. Her works include Njan Vaidehi (a magical novel) and Generation Gap (a collection of poems). Currently, she works as an Energy Consultant in Bahrain.
