Printing A Republic

Jyotsna Mohan is a journalist and writer with nearly 30 years in television, print and digital media. A former Senior Editor and Senior Anchor at NDTV, her debut book, Stoned, Shamed, Depressed, was an exposé on urban teenagers. Based on the family newspaper, her latest book, Pratap: A Defiant Newspaper, which she co-authored with her journalist father, dives into the legacy of fearless journalism. She is a columnist for publications in India and abroad and hosts the podcast ‘Table Talk with Jo.’ She is a recipient of the 2025 Sanatan Puraskar for Literature.

Sanjoy Hazarika currently lives near a forest in Shillong in the hills of Meghalaya and travels extensively across the North East and its neighbourhood. Over the decades, he has combined roles as researcher, columnist, mentor and practitioner. A former reporter for the New York Times, he is a recipient of the Rotary Peace Award for Writing and has been published extensively in Indian and international media. River Traveller is his sixth book. His earlier books include the acclaimed Strangers of the Mist and its sequel, Strangers No More. He has been co-editor of several books including Hope Behind Bars: Gender, Poverty and Livelihood in the Eastern Himalayas and Japan and India’s North East: Engagement through Connectivity. His work has also appeared in peer-reviewed journals and anthologies including the Routledge Companion to the North- East. He is currently completing a book on Mizoram. He has produced over a dozen documentaries including on the Brahmaputra, dolphins, governance, conflict and rights. In 2000, he founded the Centre for North-East Studies and Policy Research whose flagship programme is the innovative boat clinics on the Brahmaputra that reach nearly three lakh people every year with support from the Assam Government’s National Health Mission.

Based in Kolkata, Shreevatsa Nevatia works as a journalist and consultant for Allcap Communications. He has previously been employed by newspapers and magazines like Hindustan Times, National Geographic Traveller India and India Today. His writing has also appeared in The Economist’s 1843 magazine, OPEN and Fifty-Two. Released by Penguin in 2017, his memoir, How to Travel Light: My Memories of Madness and Melancholia, was shortlisted for the Shakti Bhatt Prize.