Time, Space and the Restless Narrator - Philosophy and the storyteller

A particle physicist, K. Sridhar lived in Bombay and worked at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research before moving to Bangalore to work at the Azim Premji University. Other than the 150-odd research papers in physics that he has published, he has a book, Brane Worlds and Extra Dimensions, in the Cambridge Mathematical Monographs Series and an edited volume, Breaking the Silo: Integrated Science Education in India published by Orient Blackswan. He regularly publishes articles on philosophy and the visual arts. His first novel, Twice Written, was published in 2011 followed by a critical edition in 2019. Ajita, his second novel, was published in January 2025 by Westland Books.

Lukáš Cabala lives, writes and works in Trenčín, Slovakia. He runs the online second-hand bookstore Čierne na bielom (Black on White). He has published three prose books: Satori v Trenčíne (Satori in Trenčín), Jar v Jekaterinburgu (Spring in Yekaterinburg) and Spomenieš si na Trenčín? (Will You Remember Trenčín?), and one children’s book, Jeseň v lese (Autumn in the Forest). Two of his novels have been nominated for the Anasoft Litera Award and one was voted Book of the Year by the readers of the literary magazine Knižná revue. All his covers are illustrated by artists. Jindřich Janíček, a famous Czech illustrator and graphic designer; Anna Cima, a magical Czech author and illustrator based in Tokyo; Csilla Dózsa, a book illustrator and Juraj Toman, an outdoor painter from Trenčín have all collaborated with Cabala. He is now working on a novel suitable for all ages, as well as new books for children. He was nominated for the 2025 European Union Prize for Literature.

Supriya Chaudhuri is Professor of English (Emerita) at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She was educated at Presidency College and the University of Oxford. Her expertise lies in Renaissance literature and culture, translation, cultural history and modernism and she has published widely in these fields. She also reviews new fiction and has judged fiction and translation awards.