JENNIFER HOPFINGER

EDITOR

Jennifer has worked as a journalist for 15 years, writing and editing for newspapers, magazines, and Web sites. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in English from DePaul University.

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS:

EKTA GARG

Ekta is a writer for ABCDlady, a magazine for the “American Born Confident Desi.” She writes a blog called “The Write Edge.” She has a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of South Carolina.

RACHNA KHATAU

Rachna is a reporter and producer who has worked for such media outlets as ABC News Primetime, CNN International, Extra, and TMZ. She has a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Southern California.

MARTHA BERRY

Martha works for a Hindi Urdu language program at The University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a master’s degree in Asian Cultures and Languages and a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies. She studied Hindi at the American Institute of Indian Studies in Jaipur, conducted research at the National Film Archives of India in Pune, and wrote her master’s thesis on Indian actor Raj Kapoor. She is an expert on the so-called Golden Age of Indian cinema.

HAMSA RAMESHA

Hamsa Ramesha recently completed News 21, a fellowship program supported by the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education. She has written for the California-based weekly, India West and currently works as the marketing coordinator for DesiYou.com. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University.

JACQUELYN WHITE

Jacquelyn writes for The Feminist Review and studies at Towson University in Maryland. She is passionate about the arts, including film, music, writing, and fashion, and first became interested in Bollywood when she saw actress Aishwarya Rai on the TV show, 60 Minutes. Her favorite Indian movies are historical dramas.

SASHA SHARP

Sasha knows all about bridging great distances—she’s a receivables manager in the railroad industry in Portland, Oregon, and ever since accidentally stumbling on a Bollywood movie on Netflix, she’s been mentally traveling to India on a celluloid track. She graduated from the University of Portland, where she studied accounting and fine arts.

RIDTHI SANJANWALA

Ridthi is an aspiring novelist in Los Altos, California, and a lifelong fan of Indian film. She loves both the emotional escape Bollywood films provide and the intellectual discussion they prompt. There’s nothing she enjoys more than retreating into the cinematic world of romance, suspense, and comedy—and then debating its merits afterward.