Shireen Quadri is the founder and publisher of The Punch Magazine. As the director of Punch Art and Cultural Foundation, which endeavours to chronicle the proliferation of arts, literature and culture in India and around the world, she has been working in the area of art and culture advocacy for the last seven years. She has earlier worked as a marketing and communications professional with several publishing houses, including Westland (Amazon) and Simon & Schuster India. She writes on books, culture, travel and hospitality. She has served as project coordinator for Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters. She was one of the jury members for the tve Global Sustainability Film Awards 2021. The Punch Magazine’s Anthology of New Writings by Women Writers, edited and introduced by her, was published by Niyogi Books in 2021. She loves to read, travel and watch movies. On Twitter and Instagram, her handle is @shireenquadri. You can reach her at [email protected]