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Dame Carol Black is one of Britain’s most distinguished figures in public service, health, and education. She currently serves as the UK Government’s independent adviser on drug misuse and chairs the British Library, the Centre for Ageing Better, and the Centre for Homelessness Impact. Formerly Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, she has also served as President of the Royal College of Physicians and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Chair of the Nuffield Trust, and trustee of the National Portrait Gallery.
Namita Gokhale is the author of twenty-seven books and the Co-founder and Co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival, along with William Dalrymple. Her debut novel, Paro: Dreams of Passion (1984), was issued as a Penguin Modern Classic. Gokhale is deeply committed to literary dialogue and cross-cultural exchange, while showcasing the rich diversity of India’s multilingual identity. She is the recipient of numerous awards. Her recent works include The Whispering Mountains and Voices in the Wind.
William Dalrymple is the author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals, Duff Cooper Prize-winning The Last Mughal, and the Hemingway and Kapuscinski Prize-winning Return of a King. His book, The Anarchy, was shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington medal, the Tata Book of the Year, and the Historical Writers Association Award, and won the 2020 Arthur Ross Medal from the US Council on Foreign Relations. Dalrymple has held visiting lectureships at Princeton, Brown, and Oxford, where he is currently a Visiting Fellow at All Souls. He was presented with the President’s Medal by the British Academy and was named one of the world’s top 50 thinkers for 2020 by Prospect Magazine. He is a founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival. His latest book is The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World.
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Dame Carol Black is one of Britain’s most distinguished figures in public service, health, and education. She currently serves as the UK Government’s independent adviser on drug misuse and chairs the British Library, the Centre for Ageing Better, and the Centre for Homelessness Impact. Formerly Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, she has also served as President of the Royal College of Physicians and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Chair of the Nuffield Trust, and trustee of the National Portrait Gallery.
Namita Gokhale is the author of twenty-seven books and the Co-founder and Co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival, along with William Dalrymple. Her debut novel, Paro: Dreams of Passion (1984), was issued as a Penguin Modern Classic. Gokhale is deeply committed to literary dialogue and cross-cultural exchange, while showcasing the rich diversity of India’s multilingual identity. She is the recipient of numerous awards. Her recent works include The Whispering Mountains and Voices in the Wind.
William Dalrymple is the author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals, Duff Cooper Prize-winning The Last Mughal, and the Hemingway and Kapuscinski Prize-winning Return of a King. His book, The Anarchy, was shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington medal, the Tata Book of the Year, and the Historical Writers Association Award, and won the 2020 Arthur Ross Medal from the US Council on Foreign Relations. Dalrymple has held visiting lectureships at Princeton, Brown, and Oxford, where he is currently a Visiting Fellow at All Souls. He was presented with the President’s Medal by the British Academy and was named one of the world’s top 50 thinkers for 2020 by Prospect Magazine. He is a founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival. His latest book is The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed The World.
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