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Kalidasa

Indian author

Vandana Shiva.

Vandana Shiva

Indian scientist and activist

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet

Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor

Indian politician

Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy

Indian author and activist

Bengali author and scholar Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Nirad C. Chaudhuri

Bengali author and scholar

Kabir

Indian mystic and poet

Indian-born writer Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh

Indian-born writer

Sri Aurobindo

Sri Aurobindo

Indian philosopher and yogi

Kaifi Azmi

Indian poet

Jyotirao Phule

Jyotirao Phule

Indian social reformer and writer

Writer at work

Ismat Chughtai

Indian writer

Nissim Ezekiel

Indian poet and playwright

Tansen

Indian musician and poet

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Indian author

Guru Gobind Singh, 18th century, Punjab

Guru Gobind Singh

Sikh Guru

Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study

Khushwant Singh

Indian writer

Meera Mandir

Mira Bai

Hindu mystic

Vidyapati

Indian writer and poet

Harishchandra

Indian writer

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