Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998. He is the author of several books, including "The Argumentative Indian", which explores the history of public reasoning in India.

Ramachandra Guha is an Indian historian and writer. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1998 for his book "India After Gandhi", which examines the history of India from independence to the present day.

Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India. He wrote the book "The Discovery of India" while he was in prison during the Indian independence movement. The book is a history of India from ancient times to the present day.

Arundhati Roy is an Indian writer and activist. She won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel "The God of Small Things", which tells the story of a family in Kerala during the 1960s.

Salman Rushdie is an Indian-born British writer. He won the Booker Prize in 1981 for his novel "Midnight's Children", which tells the story of a group of children who are born at the stroke of midnight on the day of India's independence.

V.S. Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British writer. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001 for his novel "A House for Mr Biswas", which tells the story of an Indian immigrant in Trinidad.

Aravind Adiga is an Indian writer. He won the Man Booker Prize in 2008 for his novel "The White Tiger", which tells the story of a poor Indian boy who becomes a successful businessman.

Pankaj Mishra is an Indian writer and journalist. He won the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize in 2014 for his book "From the Ruins of Empire", which examines the history of colonialism and its impact on the world.

Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician, diplomat, and writer. He wrote the book "The Great Indian Novel", which is a satirical history of India from independence to the present day.

Amitav Ghosh is an Indian writer. He won the Jnanpith Award in 2018 for his novel "The Hungry Tide", which tells the story of a group of people who live in the Sundarbans, a mangrove forest in India and Bangladesh.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian-American writer. She wrote the book "The Palace of Illusions", which is a retelling of the Mahabharata from the perspective of Draupadi, one of the main characters in the epic.

Manu Joseph is an Indian writer and journalist. He won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in 2010 for his novel "Serious Men", which tells the story of a Dalit family in Mumbai.

Kiran Desai is an Indian writer. She won the Man Booker Prize in 2006 for her novel "The Inheritance of Loss", which tells the story of a young Indian woman who moves to the United States.

Vikram Seth is an Indian writer. He won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1994 for his novel "A Suitable Boy", which tells the story of a young Indian woman who is looking for a husband.

Arundhati Roy is an Indian writer and activist. She won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her novel "The God of Small Things", which tells the story of a family in Kerala during the 1960s.