Mita Kapur

Mita Kapur is the founder and CEO of Siyahi, India’s leading literary consultancy. She is the author of The F-Word, a food memoir and travelogue, and editor of Chillies and Porridge: Writing Food, an anthology of food essays. A freelance journalist, Mita writes on social issues, travel, food, and lifestyle. She has received numerous awards, including the Femina Women Super Achiever Award (2018) and the Maharani Gayatri Devi Award (2014). Mita has produced the Woman Up! Summit, Mountain Echoes festival, and served as literary director for the JCB Prize for Literature. She currently curates the Ceylon Literary and Arts Festival.