Kunal Shankar is an award-winning investigative journalist passionate about reporting on caste discrimination, bureaucratic, judicial, and corporate fraud and climate change. He began his career in television in his hometown, Chennai, and has worked for ABC News Radio, Frontline magazine, India Today, and collaborated with American Public Media. Kunal loves beaches, having grown up by the sea in Chennai, and dabbles in South Indian recipes occasionally

Prachi Pinglay-Plumber is an independent journalist based in Bengaluru, India. She has reported on political, social, and cultural issues for BBC News, The Hindu and Outlook magazine from the western Indian states of Maharashtra, Goa, and Gujarat. Agrarian crisis, women’s rights, the environment, and culture have been recurring elements in her reporting. Trained in radio, she occasionally dabbles in teaching at journalism schools and community radio projects. Prachi is passionate about all things Mumbai, Bollywood, street food, secularism, and her toddler son Noor.