Dystopia Capital

Keshava Guha is the author of the novels The Tiger’s Share (John Murray, 2025) and Accidental Magic (HarperCollins, 2019). His essays and journalism – on politics, culture and sport have been widely published. He was previously a senior editor at Juggernaut Books and a columnist for NDTV.

Sayantan Ghosh was born in Calcutta, India. He is the editorial director of Simon & Schuster India. His writings have appeared in Ambit Magazine, Electric Literature, Litro Magazine, The Quint, Firstpost, The Telegraph, National Herald, The Hindu Business Line, The Times of India and numerous other publications. He was awarded the Editor of the Year award at the Publishing Next Industry Awards 2023. He lives and writes in New Delhi, India. Lonely People Meet is his first novel.

Chaitanya Srivastava is a communications and PR professional currently looking after marketing and brand communications at Bloomsbury Publishing India. Previously, he led publicity and marketing at Penguin Random House’s Southeast Asia operations. He is known to  blend traditional publicity with digital storytelling to champion award-winning, bestselling and critically acclaimed authors and has worked with names such as Omar Musa, Ivy Ngeow, Saras Manickam, Patti Smith, Ashley Winstead, Tshering Tobgay, among several others. His campaigns have earned him  awards from the Singapore Book Publishers Association in both 2024 and 2025. Outside publishing, he writes on arts and culture, with a specialisation in pop-culture and celebrity profiles in ELLE, Esquire, Scroll and The Federal. An experienced speaker and moderator, he’s appeared on many national and international platforms including Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Singapore Book Council, Bangalore Literature Festival, Jaipur Literature Festival, Kolkata Literary Meet, Seagull Books and more.