Dinesh Raheja is an Indian author, columnist, TV scriptwriter, film historian. Raheja has worked as the Editor of Movie magazine ), Channel Editor of India Today’s online film section, and Editor of Bollywood News Service.

Recently, he has also released his first book of poems, '101 Haiku by Dinesh Raheja.'

Mrs. Anagha A Hunnurkar has worked in three countries across two continents and has a wealth of experience in setting up mutual funds/unit trusts. 
She is an avid reader and writer. 

She writes both prose and poetry in English, Hindi, and Marathi. She has four books to her credit –
Blossom of Faith (2013), Mi Marathi (2015), Lockdown ( 2020) and Ripples –Woman power
(2020)
The last two books are tales that have been written by her during the lockdown in India.

In this episode, she recites her works that have been written for children in Marathi.

Meghna Gulzar started her career as a freelance writer. Her poems were published in the anthologies of the Poetry Society of India. Later, she assisted director Saeed Mirza and her own father, Gulzar Saab, scripted her own films, made documentaries, but seldom talked about it.
Films brought her accolades, and when the heart was full, she sought refuge in poetry.
But, she never shared what she wrote with her husband and certainly not with her father.

It is a miracle that Meghna Gulzar agreed to share her poetry with us.
Listen to her works, her life and know what she thinks when she writes, only on Kaavya with Bhawana Somaaya.

Devdas Chhotray is a civil servant and served as Deputy Commissioner of Dhanbad.
After having worked as the Secretary to the Government of India, he chose to become the first Vice-Chancellor of Ravenshaw University, Cuttack.
He is an author, filmmaker, musician & so many more things.

In this episode of Kaavya with Bhawana Somaaya, Devdas shares the beauty of Cuttack through his poem in Odiya & more.

Dr. Kumar Ganesan is a scientist and Neuro-Linguistic Programming Therapist. He is a motivational writer & speaker and is a correspondent writer for various publications, but most important he is an artist, writer, and poet.

In this episode of Kaavya with Bhawana Somaaya, Dr. Kumar recites some of his favorite poems in Tamil.

Right from school days, he had a keen interest in drama writing, writing poems in both Tulu as well as in Kannada that continues to date. He has written 20 dramas, he received Karnataka Sahitya Academy Award for his drama " Bojja", which was later filmed by director Mr. P.N. Ramchandra, produced by Marnad brothers as "Suddha" in the year 2002, and acclaimed 7 National awards.

In this episode of Kaavya with Bhawana Somaaya, Narayan talks about his humble beginings, his journey from home town in Karnataka to Bombay and also shares why Tulu is such rarely used language.
Tunein to listen to his deep poems about life & family!

Uday Mahambre is a writer, poet, lyricist, and businessman from Goa. Innately
passionate about the written word, he has dedicated a substantial part of his life to
Konkani Literature and has several popular works to his credit!

He is the recipient of the prestigious Akashvani Annual Award for his feature
titled Shrama Ev Jayate (श्रम एव् जयते!) in 1984. He has also won many accolades
in poetry competitions including Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Gomant Kala
Association, Saraswati Mandir, etc.

He has played a prominent role in the Konkani movement since 1978, for the
preservation of Konkani, the official language of Goa.

In this episode of Kaavya with Bhawana Somaaya, Uday talks about the rich history behind the Konkani language and recites some of his works that are a reflection of the village where he resides.

Atika Farooqui is a TV and film media person with over 17 years of experience. She is a trained Actor, a popular Celebrity chat show host/producer, and a published Urdu Poet. 

She is sole heartedly responsible for bringing poetry, literature and love for culture, back into mainstream television conversations. 

In this episode of Kaavya with Bhawana Somaaya, Atika recites some of her deep poems that talk about feminism, she shares some of her childhood stories, that inspired her to write poems, and more.

AMITAVA NAG is an independent author who writes poetry and short fiction in Bengali and English for several magazines both national and international. He has been editing the film magazine SILHOUETTE since 2001. 
In this episode of Kaavya with Bhawana Somaaya, he recites the poems from his collections "A Brown Sky" and "Forever Meera". 

Manju Lodha has so far written 11 books, a lot of poems, and is associated with many organizations. She has dedicated herself to art and social service.

In this episode of Kaavya with Bhawana Somaaya, she recites some jewels from her collection and also talks about what inspires her to write poetry.