LIST OF SIGNATORIES: Michael Adams Chimamanda Adichie Ayad Akhtar Shahidul Alam Zain Alam Eric Alterman Suroosh Alvi Zanab Alvi Christiane Amanpour Tahmima Anam Kwame Anthony Appiah Lisa Appignanesi Margaret Atwood Paul Auster Gary J. Bass Alison Bechdel Daniel Levin Becker Nicole Beckley David A. Bell Mukund Belliappa Alexander Benaim Dev Benegal Homi K. Bhabha Kai Bird Stefan Merrill Block Marie Brenner Suzanne Brøgger Tina Brown Saffron Burrows Robert A. Caro Casey Cep Michael Chabon Amit Chaudhuri Ron Chernow Sandra Cisneros John Coetzee Joshua Cohen Lauren Collins Pamela Colloff Lydia Conklin Leopoldine Core Molly Crabapple Meehan Crist Rana Dasgupta Hayes Davenport Laura Davis Joséphine de La Baume Mary Dearborn Don DeLillo Anita Desai Kiran Desai Mira Desai Diva Dhar Jennifer Egan Bina Sarkar Ellias Louise Erdrich Jeffrey Eugenides Sir Harold Evans Clara Farmer Mia Farrow Thalia Field Amanda Foreman Emma Forrest Jonathan Franzen Nell Freudenberger Shruti Ganguly Arunabh Ghosh Amitav Ghosh Francisco Goldman Priyamvada Gopal Philip Gourevitch Andrew Sean Greer Lev Grossman Guy Gunaratne Ruchira Gupta Mohsin Hamid Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) Githa Hariharan Anne Heller Alexander Hemon Hitha Herzog Faith Hillis Martha Hodes Brooke Holmes Anadil Hossain Jessie Hunnicutt Siri Hustvedt David Henry Hwang Yudhishthir Raj Isar Leela Jacinto Christophe Jaffrelot Maya Jasanoff Sheila Jasanoff Margo Jefferson Radhika Jones Mira Kamdar Rohan Kamicheril Meena Kandasamy Sofia Karim Mary Karr Tara Kelton F.T. Kola Amitava Kumar Anjali Kumar Hari Kunzru R.O. Kwon Paul La Farge Thessaly La Force Jhumpa Lahiri Nikita Lalwani Alix Lambert Fran Lebowitz David Lelyveld Ben Lerner Amelia Lester Jonathan Lethem Christian Lorentzen Robert Lowe Kelly Luce Benjamin Lytal Larissa MacFarquhar Ajay Madiwale Karan Mahajan Hisham Matar Damodar Mauzo Liese Mayer Ian McEwan Jay McInerney Thomas Meaney Palash Mehrotra Arvind Krishna Mehrotra Suketu Mehta Andrew Meier Vivek Menezes Dinaw Mengestu Maaza Mengiste Dilip Menon A G Krishna Menon Corey Miller Rick Moody Honor Moore Rose Marie Morse Benjamin Moser Madhusree Mukerjee Neel Mukherjee Samhita Mukhopadhyay Nitin Mukul Akshaya Mukul Sukumar Muralidharan Perumal Murugan Azar Nafisi Amrita Narayanan David Nasaw Thandie Newton Alastair Niven Jinx Nolan Rachel Nolan Nancy Novogrod Edna O ‘Brien Susan Orlean Peter Orner Adam Ortman Orhan Pamuk Maulik Pancholy Prajwal Parajuly Rajesh Parameswaran Gregory Pardlo Oliver Parker Joseph Patel Veena Patwardhan Maya Perez Ross Perlin Carmen Petaccio Charles Petersen Claudia Roth Pierpont Steven Pinker Lara Prescott Francine Prose Shaifali Puri Alejandro Puyana Schona Jolly QC Philippe Sands QC Zia Haider Rahman Sara Rai Raju Rajagopal Sigrid Rausing Debraj Ray Victoria Redel David Remnick David Rieff Kristina Rizga Corey Robin Phyllis Rose Gary Rosen Enrico Rotelli Nilanjana S Roy Anuradha Roy Antonio Ruiz-Camacho Salman Rushdie Ajitha G S Salma Galia Saouma Bina Sarkar George Saunders Martha Saxton Stacy Schiff Tanya Selvaratnam Chaitali Sen Vijay Seshadri Arjun Sethi Elif Shafak Anoushka Shankar Shilpa Sharma Sheetal Sheth Snehal Shingavi Aroon Shivdasani Gary Shteyngart Nikesh Shukla Marisa Silver Beth Silverman Manisha Sinha Zadie Smith Andrew Solomon Alec Soth Ahdaf Soueif Gloria Steinem Maud Streep Lavanya Sundarajan Kannan Sundaram Manil Suri Tanaïs (née Tanwi Nandini Islam) Preti Taneja Peter Tatchell Jeet Thayil Judith Thurman Sharwari Tilloo Vivek Tiwary Ellen Tremper Monique Truong Anne Tyler Kirmen Uribe Karthika V.K. Nilita Vachani Amanda Vaill Jayapriya Vasudevan Sunita Viswanath Amy Waldman Ayelet Waldman Esmé Weijun Wang Rob Waters Gregory Wayne Edmund White Edward Whitfield Katherine Whitfield Ethan Wilensky-Lanford Naomi J. Williams Colin Winnette Gabriel Winslow-Yost Matt Wolfe Tobias Wolff John Wray Hanya Yanagihara Sarover Zaidi Jenny Zhang .