21st-century Indian writers

Indian scholar, literary theorist, and feminist critic

First female Indian Police Service Officer (born 1949)

Indian acid attack survivor and activist

Indian historian (born 1931)

Indian author and poet (1934–2009)

Indian actress and director

Burmese teacher of vipassanā meditation

Indian-born American actress

Indian-American actress, food and travel writer, and television personality

poet, scholar, and writer (1951-2018)

Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist, who was at the forefront of environmental and feminist movements in Kerala, India.

Indian film critic

Indian economist (1955-)

Indian feminist economist

Indian Journalist

politician from Odisha, India (1931-2006)

Indian writer

Indian film director (born 1957)

Australian writer (born 1981)

Indian writer and activist

Indian actress, singer, author, lyricist

Indian journalist

Indian novelist, yogini, entrepreneur, speaker and globe trotter

Indian politician

Indian Director, Producer and Scriptwriter

Indian poet

Indian theatre actress, director and actress

Indian philosopher and writer

Indian non-fiction writer and entrepreneur

Indian author

Indian journalist

Tabassum (born Kiran Bala Sachdev; 9 July 1944 – 18 November 2022), was an Indian actress, talk show host and YouTuber, who started her career as child actor Baby Tabassum in 1947. She later had a television career as the host of first TV talk show of Indian television, Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan. It ran on National broadcaster Doordarshan from 1972 to 1993, wherein she interviewed film and TV personalities.

Indian writer

Indian writer

Indian film director

Indian writer and academic

Indian economist

Indian author and motivational speaker

Indian historian and filmmaker

economist

Varsha Bhosle was an Indian singer, journalist and writer based in Mumbai. She was the daughter of acclaimed playback singer Asha Bhosle.

Indian journalist, activist

Indian journalist

Indian academic

Indian writer and folklorist

Indian architect

Indian-born literary and cultural theorist

Indian bureaucrat

Indian writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker

Indian anthropologist

Indian businesswoman and former actress (born 1977)

Indian journalist

Indian painter, calligrapher, writer and linguist

Indian author

Indian pastry chef and businesswoman

author and columnist

Indian film director

Bengali writer

Indian historian, author, and educator

Indian writer (1937–2020)