Abbie Stirling
Abbie Lynn is a cyclist, dancer, world traveller, lover of the arts, yogi, surfer, mountaineer, anthropologist who feels at home alone in the world. She has been teaching Physical Education, Health, Nutrition and Wellness since 2010 in the United States. Some of her favourite books include The Middlesex, This Is How You Lose Her, Half Broke Horses, City of Girls and The Signature of All Things. Her favourite poets are Rumi and Maya Angelou. Overall, curiosity is what drives her need to know more. More about people, the world, nature, languages, cultures and much more.
Chitra Singh
Born in a family of the landed gentry in eastern U.P., She studied in premier schools. She has Master’s degree in English Literature and a Post Graduate degree in Mass Communication. She has free lanced with many English Dailies and magazines, writing mostly human interest features, travelogues, and stories about forest life which she greatly loved. Her forte is writing Middles. She has varied interests like gardening, cooking, fine embroidery and dabbling in the share market. One of her favourite pastimes is regaling her grandchildren with tales of yore.
Satish Pendharkar
Satish Pendharkar is a senior bureaucrat posted in Pune. He is also a writer and storyteller, who puts his leisure time to good use by writing stories. His stories have appeared in Savvy, Alive, Honeyguide Literary magazine, New Asian Writing, Active Muse etc. He has also authored a novella titled 'The Backrush of Memory.'
Mridula Sharma
A doctorate in English Literature and an Associate Professor, PG Department of English, MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, Dr Mridula Sharma has authored The Hotel Room: A Collection of Stories. She was the Editor of New Horizons, a UGC Approved, peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal.
She has also co-edited Scholars In Shakespeare and published research papers in reputed journals. She has recently edited Alfaaz: A Trilingual Anthology by Academicians. She writes regularly for leading newspapers and magazines. She enjoys writing poetry in Hindi & English and story telling.
Anhad Jai Singh
Anhad is a software engineer and a keen traveller. He loves travelling and playing the guitar and despite a gruelling work schedule, finds time for both. He is also a keen photographer who loves to capture not only the beauty of nature but also works of art. Currently based in Mountain View, California.
Gurpreet Singh
Gurpreet Singh runs a transport company in Nazareth, Pennsylvania along with his partner and wife Jaspreet Kaur. They are also the founding memebers of a non-profit for supporting the Sikligar community in Madhya Pradesh. He is a keen photographer with a probing eye for finding the extraordinary within the ordinary.
Team Wise Owl
Dr. Rachna Singh
Principal Editor
Non Fiction, Reviews & Visual Art
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Dr. Mridula Sharma
Senior Editor
Fiction & Poetry
Dr Ranjit Powar
Guest Editor
At The Wise Owl, our team of editorial professionals work behind the scenes to ensure that our readers have the best possible experience interacting with our magazine. Our talented writers/artists and editors have their hands on the media pulse, and are here to bring you poetry, stories, reviews and articles/essays as well as visual art work on a wide range of topics. Get to know a few of them below.
Dr Rachna Singh
Principal Editor
A doctorate in English literature and a former bureaucrat, Rachna Singh has authored Penny Panache (2016) Myriad Musings (2016) Financial Felicity (2017) & The Bitcoin Saga: A Mixed Montage (2019). She writes regularly for National Dailies and has also been reviewing books for the The Tribune for more than a decade. She runs a YouTube Channel, Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein, which brings to the viewers poetry of established poets of Hindi & Urdu. She loves music and is learning to play the piano.
Dr Mridula Sharma
Senior Editor Fiction & Poetry
A doctorate in English Literature and an Associate Professor, PG Department of English, MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, Dr Mridula Sharma has authored The Hotel Room: A Collection of Stories. She was the Editor of New Horizons, a UGC Approved, peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal.
She has also co-edited Scholars In Shakespeare and published research papers in reputed journals. She has recently edited Alfaaz: A Trilingual Anthology by Academicians. She writes regularly for leading newspapers and magazines. She enjoys writing poetry in Hindi & English and story telling.
Dr Ranjit Powar
Guest Editor
Author of Dusk over the Mustard Fields and Living a Good Life. She writes freelance and reviews books for newspapers, most often with her dog Teddy sprawled next to her desk. After serving in the Punjab Civil services, she presently runs a non-profit organization, Nishan Educational Trust, training school teachers in psychological orientation in pedagogy. Deeply involved with humanitarian issues and cross-border peace efforts, she hopes to resume her second passion soon – travelling.