Expression 2024

Nirmala Pillai (B.Sc IN Microbiology and M.A. in English literature from Mumbai University).  She has also done her Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism from R.P. Institute of Communication studies (Bhavan’s College, Mumbai).  She belongs to Central Civil Service Class I (P&T Accounts and Finance Service). She has recently retired as Advisor(Finance) from Department of Telecom, Ministry of Communications and IT, New Delhi.

She loves to write and paint. She has published stories and two volumes of poems in English.  She has published a number of short stories in English in leading English magazine like India Literature. She has published one collection of short stories of Sahitya Academy, Kavya Bharti, Asian Age, The Telegraph, PEN, the Little Magazine, Femina, Eve’s montly.  The Heritage Magazine, Cha an Asian Journal from Hong Kong, Message in a poetry magazine U.K. etc.

She has received the first prize in the short story competition conducted by Femina.  Another story in 2005 was short listed for the South Asian Award by the Little magazine and published in the anthology.  Another poem was also shortlisted recently in 2006 in the poetry competition conducted by British Council – Unisum Publication, Bare root review (spring issue 2009) from Minnesota University, Department of Creating Writing, etc.  Recently, her first collection of short stories named “The Singing Earth” has been published by publisher Li Fi Publications.

Rajivi Rao by profession is a multiple award-winning copywriter. She has 22 international advertising awards to her credit and she has worked in San

Francisco, Germany and New York, but they aren’t the most interesting things about her. Her personal growth and healing, on the other hand, are. As are the amazing synchronicities that brought her to where she is today.

By purpose and passion, she is a full time HAPPYness Addict. She does her best to spread HAPPYness and relief through my Instagram account @theHAPPYnessAddict which has Spiritual Art, Tools, Videos and

Reels. She is also a Skillshare teacher and the only Indian to teach a class on building your HAPPYness Practise.

Through her book, MORE THAN ‘MOSTLY HAPPY’, which is a culmination of laughter, tears, some more tears, growth and gratitude, she  aim to serve even more people and help them experience the profound shifts and miracles she has experienced

using the tools that she has shared in it.

It’s important to point out that she is not a therapist. But she is forever a

spiritual student and the more she learn, the braver she become to spread that

learning so more and more people can build their HAPPYness Practise and

kickstart their HAPPYness Journey.

Riddhi is chartered accountant by profession, crunching numbers for taxation and finance for a living for nearly a decade. Currently working with Edelweiss Asset Management Limited. An avid reader, not genre specific. All time favourite is Harry Potter. She has a list of so many other favourite books, she could not possibly name all of them. A few would be Brene Brown, Chitra Devakaruni, Elif Shafak, Ryan Holiday, etc. Also she loves to dance and travel. Meeting new people and interacting with them is something she really look forward to and enjoy.

Ruchira Gupta has pioneered laws, policies, protocols, conventions and Best Practice approaches in the Feminist Abolitionist struggle against sex-trafficking in the UN, globally and India. Her work will be archived at Stanford Library and will be open access for students across the world to study. Her journey began as a journalist, when she made the Emmy-winning documentary, The Selling of Innocents. With the help of the documentary, she testified to the US Senate for the passage of the first Trafficking Victim Protection Act and to the UN for the passage of the UN Protocol to End Trafficking in Persons. She founded the Indian anti-sex trafficking organization, Apne Aap Women Worldwide, that supports thousands of prostituted and at risk girls in India. You can learn more about her organization here: apneaap.org

She is a visiting professor at New York University, and Distinguished Scholar at University of California, Berkley. She is the editor of a feminist journal for SAGE, Antyajaa: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change and two anthologies- River of Flesh & Other Stories and The Essential Gloria Steinem Reader. She has been presented the French Légion honneur, an Emmy, and the Clinton Global Citizen, UN NGO CSW Woman of Distinction award. She dreams of a world in which no human being is bought or sold.

Sanyukta is currently pursuing MS Engineering Mathematics and already has various achievments under her belt such as being a Biomedical Engineer, Voice Over Artist and Freelance Video Presenter.

She has worked as a Voice artist for several audio books and over 10+ YouTube Channels with 200+ animated videos dubbed. She has worked as a freelancer Video Presenter and Anchor for numerous corporates.