Contributors
Sukumar Nayar is originally from Kerala, India.
He is a retired professor of theatre having trained at
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and New York
University (NYU). He had been involved with theatre
for over seven decades in India, Uganda, England,
Papua New Guinea, the United States and Canada.
He has directed, produced or otherwise been
involved in over 100 stage productions. For his
contribution to theatre he was awarded the
Millennium Theatre 100, “awarded to 100 theatre
practitioners in Alberta for outstanding contribution
to the development of theatre in the last 100 years.”
After taking early retirement, he joined the United
Nations as a consultant. He lives in Toronto with his
wife who is also a retired professor. Sukumar writes
a weekly blog called
Subtext: www.sukumarnayar.wordpress.com.
Lopa Banerjee is an author and poet based in
Nebraska, US, originally from Kolkata, India. She
has a Masters' in English with a thesis in Creative
Nonfiction Writing from the University of Nebraska
at Omaha. Her book-length memoir has been a
First Place Category Winner at the Journey Awards
2014 hosted by Chanticleer Reviews. She is an
author at ‘Café Dissensus’, B’khush.com and
‘Morsels and Juices’ and Deputy Editor of ‘Learning
& Creativity’. She has also received the critic award
at Destiny Poets International Community of Poets,
UK. Her poetry, stories and essays have also
appeared at ‘About Place Journal’, ‘Spark
Magazine’, ‘eFiction India’, ‘Earthen Lamp Journal’,
'Northeast Review', 'River Poets' Journal' and
‘Camel Saloon’. She has also participated in the
Kriti Festival of Literature and Arts in Chicago as a
panellist and reader in September 2014.
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