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.
Swati Singh Sambyal is an environmental
researcher, poet, blogger and a freelance writer. She
is a published author of "Painted", a book of 43
contemporary poems. She is passionate about life,
people, music, words and places and is trying hard
to bridge the gap between the life’s chores and the
unusuality that resides in her. In her own words,
“this is a journey.”
Aparna Pallavi is a short story writer and
environment journalist. Currently she is working
with the Indian environment magazine Down to
Earth. Aparna dreams to travel independently in
the near future, researching her favourite subjects
of tribal food wisdom and ecologically and
emotionally sustainable communities in India and
elsewhere.
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