Kanishka Gupta

The author strugglers' club
One would imagine that when a known figure from the publishing industry tries their luck with releasing a book, there would be fewer speed bumps on the way. Not for New Delhi-based literary agent Kanishka Gupta, who runs Writer's Side. Gupta, who is set to release his debut poetry collection next year, recalls getting "several casual and indifferent responses from publishing houses" for his poems.