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Mirza Ghalib
Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan (27 December 179715 February 1869), commonly known as Mirza Ghalib, was an Indian poet and letter writer of the Mughal Empire. Writing in Persian and Urdu during the final years of the Mughal Empire and the rise of British colonial rule, his poetry often addressed themes of love, loss, philosophy, the human condition, and socio-political disturbances with a depth and complexity that influenced the literary traditions of his time. His ghazals, noted for their intricate imagery and layered meanings, form a significant part of Urdu literature. He spent most of his life in
Kiran Desai
Indian author
Amrita Pritam
Punjabi poet (1919–2005)
Deepak Chopra
Deepak Chopra is an American author, New Age guru, and alternative medicine advocate. A prominent figure in the New Age movement, his books and videos have made him one of the best-known and wealthiest figures in alternative medicine. In the 1990s, Chopra, a physician by education, became a popular proponent of a pseudoscientific approach to well-being that includes yoga, meditation, and nutrition, among other New Age therapies.
Chetan Bhagat
Indian writer
Sunita Narain
Indian environmentalist
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian-American physician and writer (born 1970)
Gita Mehta
Indian novelist and film director (1942–2023)
Ahmad Ali
Pakistani novelist and poet (1910–1994)
Insha Allah Khan
Indian author
Jamiluddin Aali
writer, scholar, Urdu poet from Pakistan (1926-2015)
Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay
Indian archaeologist (1885–1930)
Anvita Abbi
Indian linguist, scholar
Meenakshi Jain
Indian historian
Muhammadi Begum
Indian author and editor
Manjula Padmanabhan
Indian playwright, journalist, comic strip artist, and children's book author
Kunwar Narayan
Indian poet (1927–2017)
Mridula Koshy
Indian writer
Ruth Vanita
Indian academic
Rashmi Anand
activist in India
Satyavati Devi
participant in Indian independence movement
Ritu Lalit
writer
Madhu Purnima Kishwar
Indian activist and writer
Kota Neelima
Indian author and politician
Valmik Thapar
conservationist
Mohammad Mujeeb
Indian writer (1902–1985)
Jasleen Dhamija
Indian art historian
Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlvi
Indian poet
Anvita Dutt
Indian musician
Amit Khanna
TV and film producer. Lyricist
Mridula Mukherjee
Indian historian
Ashok Vajpeyi
Indian poet
Komala Varadan
Indian classical dancer of Bharatnatyam
Jaishree Misra
Indian writer
Subhadra Sen Gupta
Indian writer
Kanu Behl
film director
Safi al-Din al-Hindi
Indian theologian
Aatish Taseer
British-American journalist
Sonal Kalra
Indian journalist
Anurag Anand
writer
Aparna Jain
Indian author and leadership coach
Naman Ahuja
Indian historian
Harbans Mukhia
Indian historian
Manoj Tyagi
Indian film director
Brij Mohan Dattatreya Kaifi
Indian writer