Lawrence Liang is a researcher and writer at the Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore. His key areas of interest are law and culture, intellectual property and media laws. He has been working closely with Sarai, New Delhi, on a joint research project, titled, ‘Intellectual Property and the Knowledge / Culture Commons’. He is the author of The Public is Watching: Sex, Lies and Videotape, and has also been part of various anti-censorship campaigns like Vikalp and Films for Freedom. He teaches at a number of colleges including the National Law School, the Asian School of Journalism, and is currently pursuing a PhD at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, on ‘Law and Justice in Hindi Cinema’.

Jorella Andrews is a Senior Lecturer in the Visual Cultures Depart- ment of Goldsmiths College, University of London, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan, USA. She is also a member of the editorial board of Third Text, an academic journal that provides global perspectives on contemporary art and culture. Her research and writing is focused on the relations between art practice, perception, and philosophical inquiry, with a particular emphasis on phenomenology and the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. She is currently writing a book around these topics, titled, Showing Off: Ethics and the Image-World.

One of India’s leading poets and translators, Dilip Chitre writes in English and Marathi. He has won the Sahitya Akademi Award (for Literature) and the Sahitya Akademi Award (for Translation) in1994, two Lifetime Achievement Awards, and several other honours. He is also a painter and film-maker – his film, Godam, won the Prix Special du Jury at the Festival des Trois Continents at Nantes, France. He has taught at several universities in America and Europe, and currently edits the magazine, New Quest.

Deirdre King is an artist and writer based in London.  She trained in Fine Art and Critical Theory at Goldsmiths College, London, and is currently doing a postgraduate course in photography at the London College of Communication.  She has exhibited internatio-nally and curated shows in London and Los Angeles, as well as contributed to a variety of publications on the arts. She also holds a doctorate from Oxford University, UK, on the work of a Spanish novelist, and has previously lectured in Spanish at Leeds University, UK.  Some of her other interests include psychoanalysis and  the psychology of perception.

Ameya Balsekar is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Government at Cornell University, USA. His research deals with the politics surrounding liberal rights in India, with a primary focus on the freedom of speech and expression, women’s rights, and the rights of the child. His other research interests include ethnic and cultural politics, the political economy of development, and political participation. He has been part of several research projects in India and South Africa.

Anirudh Chari is the art critic of the Calcutta Statesman, for which he also writes on diplomacy, wine, and historical matters.  He has lectured widely on art, history, architecture, and cultural theory, at various venues, including at the Victoria Memorial in Calcutta. He has contributed catalogue essays to exhibitions of contemporary Indian art in Britain and the United States and is currently working on a book on the viceroys of India.