Alma Mater: Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University

Expertise: Creative Writing, Fiction, Literary Nonfiction, Editing

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Nicholas Rixon is a writer from Calcutta, India, and a recipient of the South Asia Speaks (2022) and Sangam House
(2024) fellowships. His work has appeared in Catapult, The Indian Quarterly, Scroll.in, and A Case of Indian Marvels: Dazzling Stories from the Country's Finest New Writers (Aleph Book Company, 2022), among others. He teaches creative writing in the MA Literary Arts program at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, New Delhi.

Alma Mater: University of Cambridge and the University of Pennsylvania

Expertise: Heritage, Culture, Politics, and Literature

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Taha is an architect, historic preservationist, and writer who holds advanced degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Pennsylvania. A recipient of prestigious scholarships like the Charles Wallace India Trust and Fulbright-Nehru, he has also received offers from Harvard and other renowned institutions.

His work spans Heritage, Culture, Politics, and Literature. Over the past decade, he has mentored underprivileged communities in North India through art. Currently, he is co-translating Kashmiri classical literature in the Himalayas and has contributed to a Barakat Trust-UK-funded project on Early Modern Kashmir.