A H Nayyar is the executive director of Developments in Literacy, a non-profit group supporting education for the poor in Pakistan.

Amit Bhaduri is a professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Amjad Bhatti is an Islamabad-based journalist and policy advisor with the Rural Development Policy Institute.

Ananth Chikkatur is a Research Fellow focusing on Indian energy and technology policies at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Anindya Bhattacharya is editor of Ekak Matra, Calcutta.

Ashok Mitra is former Finance Minister of West Bengal.

Aurangzaib Khan writes from Peshawar.

C K Lal is a columnist for this magazine and for the Nepali Times.

Eric Paulsen is a lawyer and activist based in Kuala Lumpur.

Fauzia Minallah is an writer and artist based in Islamabad.

G Narasimha Raghavan is a doctoral scholar in Economics at the PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore.

Garga Chatterjee is a doctoral student in Psychology at Harvard University.

Jayanta Bandyopadhyay is a Calcutta-based professor in sustainable development.

Kunda Dixit is editor of the Nepali Times.

Munem Wasif is a photojournalist with DrikNEWS, based in Dhaka.

Naeem Mohaiemen works on video and text projects in Dhaka and New York.
Oishik Sircar is a human-rights lawyer and researcher from India, and presently with the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.

Priyanka Nandy is a graduate student in English Literature at Jadavpur University.

Raza Rumi is a freelance contributor to the The Friday Times. See www.razarumi.com and www.pakteahouse.wordpress.com.

Satyadeep S Chhetri is a lecturer at the Sikkim Government College, Gangtok.

Shamshad Ahmad is former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan.

Sharika Thiranagama is a postdoctoral fellow in social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh.

Somnath Mukherji is a freelance writer on Southasian development and culture.

Sumana Roy teaches at the Department of Humanities, Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College.

Sumit Chowdhury is an independent filmmaker, writer and social activist.

Sumona DasGupta is assistant director for the Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP), in New Delhi. This article represents her personal views.

Sunita Dubey is an activist and freelance writer based in Boston.

V K Shashikumar is editor, ‘special investigations’, CNN-IBN.

Zhungde is an artist with the Lhasa-based Gedun Choephel Artists’ Guild. More at www.lotusgallerynepal.com.

Zia Mian directs the Project on Peace and Security in South Asia at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security.