Akshaya Krishnamoorthi in Erode district is an ambitious 21-year-old small business owner supporting local turmeric farmers, paying for her own education and upending agri-business hierarchies
Aparna Karthikeyan is an independent journalist, author and Senior Fellow, PARI. Her non-fiction book 'Nine Rupees an Hour' documents the disappearing livelihoods of Tamil Nadu. She has written five books for children. Aparna lives in Chennai with her family and dogs.