SHOMA
CHAUDHURY

FOUNDER, LUCID LINES PRODUCTIONS
AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST
EDITOR, CURATOR, MODERATOR

Winner of Ernest Hemingway Award for political journalism

Winner of Chameli Devi Award for best woman journalist for “going where angels fear to tread’

Picked by Newsweek as one of “150 power women who shake the world”

At the helm of culture-shaping
public discourse

A large body of work
in defence of an open, just, and plural
society

Respected for her eloquence,
evidence-based argument,
ability to engage with adversarial people
and positions

Anchored more than 500 conversations
with the world’s
leading
personalities

Invited to speak around the world, including the US, UK, Australia, Morocco, Singapore, Italy,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan

Delivered the prestigious Gandhi
Oration in Sydney in 2018

    • Anchor, online show, ENQUIRY, which features conversations with frontline minds & IGNITION, a pop-up platform that explores keys to different worlds.
    • Former managing editor and co-founder of Tehelka, an acclaimed investigative and public interest news magazine, where she led a feisty team of journalists. Several of her stories in defence of human rights activists and citizens falsely accused helped free them from wrongful imprisonment.
    • Former co-founder & director, THiNK, a paradigm-setting international conference of ideas, where she interviewed people as varied as Robert de Niro, Shahrukh Khan, Thomas Friedman, chiefs of the CIA, Mossad & Taliban, along with a galaxy of philosophers, writers, artists, scientists, political leaders, economists, grassroot workers, and disruptors of every kind
    • Former co-founder and director, ALGEBRA, the Arts & Ideas Club, where she interviewed more than 200 eminent Indians from every discipline, at live stage events, across multiple cities.
    • Former founder & editor, CATCHNews, a digital newsmagazine

“Shoma is the best convenor of conversation in the world”

-TINA BROWN
Former editor, New Yorker

Such a hallmark of excellence

ABHINAV BINDRA

Olympic gold winner

Amazing platform! Felt fortunate to be on it

NEERJA BIRLA

Philanthropist

Mind-opening & insightful!

SONALI BENDRE

Actor, Cancer Survivor

Gifted communicator. Intelligent. Fearless. Feisty

ANANT GOENKA

Director, Indian Express

Unfailingly thoughtful

ROSHNI NADAR

CEO, HCL

Fascinating. Love the fresh perspectives

IAN JACOBS

Chancellor, University of New South Wales

Heartfelt. And thought-provoking

SHEKHAR KAPOOR

Director

These conversations are wonderful. You are such a pro!

ESTHER PEREL

Psychotherapist, Author

Need more thought-provoking conversations like yours!

VS SAMPATH

Former Chief Election Commissioner

You had me hooked!

SHARMILA TAGORE

Actor

Your interviews are very absorbing.

NALINI SINGH

Journalist

You’ve taken the art of interviews to a higher level. Congratulations.

RAM MADHAV

RSS ideologue

I watch your interviews with great interest. Amazing work.

CHINTA BHAGAT

L Catterton, Singapore

You’re truly the finest in conversations. Fearless. Intelligent. Feisty.

AMBREEN KHAN

Head, Corp Comm, The Indian Express

Best kind of interviewer

THOMAS FRIEDMAN

3-time Pulitzer winner

Always informed!

Ambuja Neotia

HARSH NEOTIA, Chairman

Incisive conversations

PTR THIAGARAJAN

Tamil Nadu, Finance Minister

Indomitable spirit.Formidable knowledge

NASEERUDDIN SHAH

Actor

Superb! We need your kind of dialogue based on data and facts

MOHANDAS PAI

Co-founder, Infosys

ADITYA PURI

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Co-founder and Director, Lucid Lines. Masquerading as a multifaceted production, marketing, ideation professional in urban centres. But truly only passionate about nature. Former General Manager at The Future Group.

RITIKA PASSI

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Researcher and analyst. Writer and curator. Executive Editor at Lucid Lines. 2023 NASC Fellow, Takshashila. 12 years in the think tank industry. SciencesPo alum.

NAVAMITA CHANDRA

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Writer, theatre artist, and creative strategist. Senior Editor at Lucid Lines. 7 years in a range of communication roles. Psychology and film studies graduate.

DEEPANJALI RAO

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Events consultant and philanthropist. Event Producer at Lucid Lines. Previous stints with Interpol and G20. 22 years across brands like Wizcraft, Star Radio City, Showtime, Radio Mirchi, and DeePositive Foundation.

ANIKET MAITHANI

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Architect and startup enthusiast. 11 years of experience in tech innovation and business strategy. 6 years as consultant and CTO, specialising in fintech and edtech. Amity University graduate.

SIMRAN KAUR

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Brand identity designer. Visual designer at Lopez Design. Communication design graduate.

Mallika Vayalombrone

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Marketing executive and project coordinator. Currently at For Young India. Dancer and yoga practitioner. Sociology and MBA graduate.

Maitreyi Mittal

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Communications specialist and filmmaker. Marketing professional at For Young India. Scriptwriter, director, cinematographer, and critical thinker. Previously worked with Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. English literature graduate from Ashoka University.

Kamal Kant

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Data and finance. Assistant Manager Account at Lucid Lines. MBA graduate.

Himanshu Rana

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Data and finance. Assistant Manager Operations at Lucid Lines. Previously at Province Infotech. MBA graduate.

We are an independent intellectual properties company based in New Delhi, passionate about the power of ideas and conversation.

In a hyper-polarised world, we seek to create middle ground. Space for intelligent connection.

Our goal is to create a vibrant eco-system of platforms that enable informed dialogue, discovery, and debate. Spaces that invigorate minds. Challenge perspectives. Move hearts. Bridge divides.

From large international conferences and festivals to salons, roving pop-up platforms, and digital series, we envision platforms that are not only multi-disciplinary but anti-disciplinary in their mission to disrupt ideological, cultural and political silos.

Our canvas ranges from the urgently public to the intimately personal. We seek to engage with a diverse range of frontline minds across the world to explore the biggest questions of our time. From politics, science, technology, business, and environment to film, literature, art, media, and health. From spirituality, sexuality, and religion to sports, climate, and public policy. We are interested in every facet of the human experience.

Our mission is to connect disparate worlds.
Expand democratic space. Deepen public discourse.

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