Zuhaib Khan, born on April 11, 1988 in Amroha, is a Postgraduate in Social Work from Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. Being an acknowledged artist and activist, he is adept in charcoal portrait making and oil painting. He can be contacted at zuhaibkhan9897@gmail.com, Mob. 09897674152.
Amit Kalla, born on February 07, 1980 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, is a Postgraduate in Art and Aesthetics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Mr Kalla, who has earned a big reputation in the fields of creativity, is presently working as a freelance artist, writer and poet. He can be contacted at amitkallaartist@gmail.com, Mob. 09413692123.
Sharmila Maitra (b. 1988) is a marketing professional for a little over 4 years. Though she delved into the world of poetry in the 10th grade, she started performing her poems at open mic events only recently. She can be contacted at sharmila.maitra@gmail.com.
R.M. Prabhuling Shastry (b. 1960) has nine anthologies of poetry titled, I (1996), Self (2001), The State (2007), What Is Beyond (2009), The Sport (2012), And! (2013), She (2015), Nothing from Nothing (2016) and The Being (2017), a collection of stories titled, Obligation (2017) and a drama titled, Vivekananda (The Voice of India) to his credit. He resides at H. No. 3-132, Balajinagar, Mahabubnagar-509001 and can also be contacted through e-mail: rmprabhulingashastry@gmail.com
Dr Susheel Kumar Sharma (1962) has been serving the University of Allahabad as a Professor of English since 2003. He has published four books, thirty-five research papers, five interviews and twenty-eight book-reviews. A collection of more than thirty reviews of his first poetry book, ‘From the Core Within’ (1999, ISBN: 81-85231- 27-3) has been published under the title Bricks and Bouquets (Ed. Sanjeev Kumar, New Delhi: Creative Books, 2008). Prof Sharma’s second collection of poems ‘The Door is Half Open’ (New Delhi: Adhyayan, 2012) has been received very well. Some of his poems have been translated into Assamese, French, Hindi, Lithuanian, Serbian and Turkish languages. Prof. Sharma lives with his family at Vishrut, 5 MIG, Govindpur, Near Uptron Crossing, Allahabad – 211 004, India. He can be contacted through e-mail: susheelsharma.avap@gmail.com.
Dr. Sanjay Johari teaches English at K.G.K. College, Moradabad, affiliated to M. J. P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly. He has three books and several significant research papers to his credit. He can be contacted at sanjayjohari9@gmail.com
Sir Derek Alton Walcott, KCSL, OBE, OCC (23 January 1930 – 17 March 2017) was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright. He received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature.[1] He was the University of Alberta's first distinguished scholar in residence, where he taught undergraduate and graduate writing courses. He also served as Professor of Poetry at the University of Essex from 2010 to 2013. His works include the Homeric epic poem Omeros (1990), which many critics view "as Walcott's major achievement."[2] In addition to winning the Nobel Prize, Walcott received many literary awards over the course of his career, including an Obie Award in 1971 for his play Dream on Monkey Mountain, a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award, a Royal Society of Literature Award, the Queen's Medal for Poetry, the inaugural OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature,[3] the 2011 T. S. Eliot Prize for his book of poetry White Egrets[4] and the Griffin Trust For Excellence in Poetry Lifetime Recognition Award in 2015.
Aju Mukhopadhyay is a bilingual award winning poet, essayist, fiction writer and critic. He has published two books of poems in Bangla and nine in English including two books of short verses (Japanese styles). His poems have been widely published, translated and anthologized in large numbers of Indian and International journals and Ezines in different languages. He can be contacted at ajum24@gmail.com.
Monika Gupta is a Doctorate in English from M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly. The areas of her interest are Indian English Literature, Comparative Literature, American Literature, World Literature and Literary Theories. She resides at H. No. 384, Dayanand Nagar, Peetal Nagri, Moradabad, U.P., India. She can be contacted at monikaguptasingh@gmail.com.
Neetika, an Assistant Professor of English at BPS Institute of Higher Learning, Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khanpur Kalan, Sonipat, is currently pursuing her Ph.D from Department of English, Faculty of Humanities, Baba Mastnath University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. She can be contacted at neetikapankaj77@gmail.com.