Ruskin Bond19 May 1934
Writer
Padma Lakshmi01 September 1970
Model
Vikram Seth20 June 1952
Writer
Varun Grover26 January 1980
Writer, Lyricist, Stand-up Comedian
Girish Karnad19 May 1938
Linguist, Author, Film director, Actor,
Shashi Tharoor09 March 1956
Writer, Politician, Diplomat
Crazy Mohan16 October 1952
screenwriter
Mammootty07 September 1951
actor, film producer, screenwriter, film actor
Shreya Ghoshal12 March 1984
Singer, Writer, Actor, Composer
Kalki Koechlin10 January 1984
Actor, Screenwriter, Writer
Zakir Naik18 October 1965
Physician, Writer, Intellectual, Preacher
Arundhati Roy24 November 1961
Novelist, Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist
Chetan Bhagat22 April 1974
Writer, Screenwriter
Sajid Nadiadwala18 March 1966
film producer
Sudha Murthy19 August 1950
Author, Social worker, Computer scientist,
Javed Akhtar17 January 1945
Screenwriter, Politician, Writer, Poet, Lyricist,
Gulzar18 August 1936
film director, film producer, screenwriter,
Madhur Jaffrey13 August 1933
Actor, Television actor, Film actor, Writer, Film
Honey Irani25 August 1955
Actor, Writer, Screenwriter
Amitav Ghosh11 July 1956
Writer, Novelist, Journalist
Kumar Vishwas10 February 1970
Politician
Irom Chanu Sharmila14 March 1972
Poet, Journalist
Amish Tripathi18 October 1974
Writer
Sagarika Ghose08 November 1964
Author, Journalist
Vandana Shiva05 November 1952
Philosopher, Physicist, Writer, University teacher
Palak Muchhal30 March 1992
Singer
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak24 February 1942
Writer, Philosopher, University teacher,
Vairamuthu13 July 1953
Author, Actor, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Piyush Mishra13 January 1963
Screenwriter, Music director, Actor, Singer,
Pankaj Mishra1969 AD
author, journalist, literary critic, writer
Arun Shourie02 November 1941
Politician, Journalist, Writer
M. J. Akbar11 January 1951
Journalist, Writer, Politician
Vikramaditya Motwane12 June 1976
film director, choreographer, screenwriter
Mahasweta Devi14 January 1926
Human rights activist, Writer, Poet, Novelist,
Irshad Kamil05 September 1971
Poet, Writer, Lyricist, Songwriter
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Tanikella Bharani14 July 1956
writer, film director, actor, journalist
Nayantara Sahgal10 May 1927
Journalist, Writer
Aravind Adiga23 October 1974
Writer, Journalist, Novelist, Film director
Jayant Narlikar19 July 1938
Physicist, Astronomer, Astrophysicist, Scientist,
Shobhaa De07 January 1948
Journalist, Writer, Socialite, Model
Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan1495 AD
author
O. N. V. Kurup27 May 1931
Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Dibakar Banerjee21 June 1969
Film director, Screenwriter
Na. Muthukumar13 July 1975
Poet, Lyricist, Writer, Songwriter
M. T. Vasudevan Nair15 July 1933
Author, Film director, Screenwriter
Kiran Desai03 September 1971
Novelist, Writer
Ankit Fadia24 May 1985
Nalini Singh17 February 1945
Journalist, Writer
Nabaneeta Dev Sen13 January 1938
Author, Writer
Sugathakumari03 January 1934
Writer, Human rights activist, Children's writer
Suhaib Ilyasi08 September 1966
Television director
Shashi Deshpande1938 AD
writer, novelist, journalist, short story writer,
Chandrashekhara Kambara02 January 1937
Film director, Poet, Writer
Vikas Swarup1963 AD
diplomat, writer
Preeti Shenoy21 December 1971
Author
Vir Sanghvi05 July 1956
Journalist, Writer
Anand Gandhi26 September 1980
Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
Satish Kumar09 August 1936
Yandamuri Veerendranath14 November 1948
Novelist, Writer
Balakumaran05 July 1946
Writer
Anita Nair26 January 1966
Writer, Screenwriter, Essayist, Children's writer
Tarun Tejpal15 March 1963
Journalist, Writer
Javed Siddiqui13 January 1942
Screenwriter, Playwright, Journalist
Karunanidhi03 June 1924
Politician, Screenwriter, Author, Journalist,
Abhijat Joshi12 January 1969
writer, screenwriter
Gollapudi Maruti Rao14 April 1939
Writer, Screenwriter, News presenter, Journalist,
C. Narayana Reddy29 July 1931
Author, Politician, Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter
Ashok Banker07 February 1964
Author, Journalist, Literary critic
Varun Agarwal06 December 1986
Writer
Joy Mathew30 December 1951
film director, playwright, actor
Geeta Iyengar30 November 1944
B. K. S. Iyengar's daughter
Amit Chaudhuri1962 AD
professor, writer
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri18 March 1926
Author
Goreti Venkanna1963 AD
author, songwriter
Jeyamohan22 April 1962
Ravinder Singh04 February 1982
writer
Balachandran Chullikadu30 July 1957
Koratalla Siva15 June 1975