The Mind Creative DECEMBER 2014 | Page 5

The Mind Creative Anita Desai is an alumni of University of Delhi, an administration and human resources professional who was associated in the past with the UK-Aid in New Delhi. An aspiring writer, blogger, with interests in reading/writing short stories, she discovered her flair for writing during a career break. Her short story "The Domestic Maid' was featured on an online literary 'New Asian Writing'. She is a regular contributor to 'saddahaq.com', a social journalism platform. One of her short stories, 'Epileptic' has been shortlisted by Nivasini Publishers for their 2015 anthology, 'Celebrating India - Love Without Borders'. Philip Hill is a musician and artist from Toronto, Canada and describes himself as a “Renaissance Maniac” simply because he feels that “all life is a potential renaissance opportunity and a maniac is really one who will try anything regardless of success and who is in fact a true obsessive enthusiast.” He loves reading, exploring art, world cinema, all music, words, inventions, nature and through life has pursued focused periods of drummi