Hurt Locker

Jerry Pinto is a Mumbai-based poet, novelist, short story writer, translator and journalist. He has a liberal arts as well as a law degree. For his 2006 book Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb on the acclaimed dancer-actress Helen, he went on to receive the National Film Award for the Best Book on Cinema. His debut novel, Em and The Big Hoom, won him a plethora of honours including the Hindu Literary Prize, the Crossword Book Award, the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize for fiction and the Sahitya Akademi Award.

Aarti Pathak is an author, poet and communications professional whose writing often explores love, life, grief, illness, faith and inner resilience. Writing for nearly two decades across anthologies, magazines, and books, her debut memoir, Triple Negative: a tale of love, faith, and surrender, chronicles her journey through the sudden loss of her mother and her own battle with cancer. Known for her quiet, reflective voice, she writes at the intersection of lived experience and philosophical inquiry. She also finds joy in singing, dancing and crafts as playful ways of reconnecting with the self.

Shruti Mohta’s mantra is Live Kingsize Die Kingsize. While Live Kingsize is reflected in her love for nature, books, music and spirituality, she believes that if we can enjoy all the gifts of life, then at the end, why not become a gift yourself and Die Kingsize too. She is passionate about the cause of Organ Donation and has been promoting awareness since 2017. She is the founder of the Live Kingsize Die Kingsize Foundation. She has been a TEDx speaker. Several prestigious organisations have invited her to give awareness talks including the Chartered Accountants Institute of India on their Platinum Jubilee, the Rotary in its centenary year and Kolkata Police. She has spoken several times on radio and television and has also been promoting the cause through newspapers and social media, receiving thousands of pledges.