Anindita Ghose is a writer, editor and social impact consultant based in Bombay. She is the author of the novel 'The Illuminated' and the editor of 'The Only City', an anthology of original short stories on Bombay by some of the country’s leading writers, which also features a story by her. Anindita was previously the editor of the award-winning Saturday magazine Mint Lounge and the features director of Vogue. She presently leads partnerships for the global non-profit Girl Effect, which works with adolescent girls in the Global South. She studied journalism and linguistics at Columbia University and the University of Mumbai.