Raghunathan is an academic, corporate executive, author, columnist and a hobbyist. He has made Bengaluru his home. He taught finance at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, for a couple of decades before turning a banker as the president of ING Vysya Bank in Bengaluru. He is currently the CEO of the GMR Varalakshmi Foundation. He continues to pursuehis academic interests as an adjunct professor at the University of Bocconi in Milan, Italy, and the Schulich School of Business, York University, in Toronto, Canada. He has been writing extensively for leading newspapers and magazines and currently blogs for the Times of India. His many books include Duryodhana; Locks, Mahabharata and Mathematics; Ganesha on the Dashboard; Corruption Conundrum; Don't Sprint the Marathon and Games Indians Play. Raghu has probably the largest collection of antique locks in the country, has played chess at the all-India level, and was briefly a cartoonist for a national daily. Veena Prasad writes essays and fi ction, creates crosswords and content, for children and adults, makes compost at home, and occasionally writes songs. Her first book, Forever Forty, celebrates the life of Col Vasanth V., an army officer who was awarded the Ashoka Chakra for his gallantry. She also has to her name a book of themed crossword puzzles for children, Fun Across Zoom Down. Her essays are centred around creativity, compassion, science and meaningful education. Her stories, book reviews and crosswords have been published by the Deccan Herald, Hindu, Young World, Pratham Books, Brainwave, Reading Hour, The Hoot and others.