The Only City

Anindita Ghose is a writer, journalist and communications consultant based in Bombay. She is the author of the novel The Illuminated, which BBC Radio 4 said ‘gives voice to a new generation’. She was formerly the editor of the Saturday magazine Mint Lounge and the features director of Vogue India and led strategic communications for a global social impact consultancy. She studied journalism and linguistics at Columbia University and the University of Mumbai. Her new book The Only City is a landmark anthology of short stories on Bombay that she has conceived and edited, and it also features a short story by her.

Manu Joseph is an Indian journalist, novelist and screenwriter. His latest book, Why the Poor Don’t Kill Us, has been on non-fiction bestseller lists in India since its release in August. He wrote the ‘Letter from India’ for the New York Times for several years. He also served as the editor-in-chief of Open Magazine, an Indian newsmagazine. Among several prizes and acclaim, is the Hindu Literary Prize and the American PEN Open Book Award whose jury described him as ‘…that rare bird who can wildly entertain the reader as forcefully as he moves them’. He is also the creator of the Netflix comedy, Decoupled. One of his novels, Serious Men, was adapted as a film by Netflix.

Labonita Ghosh is a journalist who has worked with some of the finest publications of the country. She has covered current affairs, culture and policy for over three decades. At present, she lives in Mumbai and works with a publication that deals with policy and CSR.