Technical Director: Phillip Winn

Phillip Winn built Blogcritics.org, very nearly from scratch. Winn is a self-professed writer and geek, and those passions come together in helping to run and manage both the technical and operational ends of Blogcritics.org and Desicritics.org. The sites run on a completely rewritten version of MovableType, scaled to support thousands of writers and millions of hits, while still providing a convenient user experience. Behind the scenes, Winn keeps the servers humming smoothly and manages all aspects of site design and software development. He once walked down the Vegas Strip in sweltering heat to listen to a concert.

Executive Producer: Eric Berlin

Executive Producer Eric Berlin does whatever it takes to make sure that Desicritics and Blogcritics fly straight while maintaining their stunning upward trajectory. In real-virtual world terms, that means managing public relations, editorial and site production, and business development and strategic planning. He is constantly on the look-out for potential partnerships so he's your man for any collaboration. Berlin's background in online media includes stints at Bay Area start-ups myteam.com, nextdoor.com, and TechTV.

Executive Editor: Sujatha Bagal

Executive Editor Sujatha Bagal works with individual authors, tirelessly nurturing their best writing talents and helping shape the site's creative content. She provides editorial inputs to the rest of the editorial team. She reaches out to prospective writers, guest writers, and brings them into the fold. She also serves as Culture Editor, spotlighting interesting articles for the Culture Section of Desicritics.

Senior Editors: Deepti Lamba, temporal, Kishore Gopalan, Nandhu

Deepti Lamba, besides being co-owner of the site, and Comments Moderator, provides editorial inputs and strategic direction when she's not writing her next short story or novel.

temporal nurtures the Politics section of Desicritics, searches out potential desicritics from the diaspora. keeps unruly writers, editors and commenters in line with his acerbic wit, and occasionally tosses off a poem in obesiance to the Muses.

Kishore Gopalan coordinates the Business & Technology section, supports Phillip Winn in technical wizardry, and looks out for the next new thing that Desicritics can do.

Nandhu provides editorial direction for the Media section, and reviews films that catch his fancy.

Sakshi Juneja is our new Asst Culture & Media Editor - straddling that line where culture meets media - as in Bollywood, Television, and magazines.

ShoeFiend is our new Editor for the desi diaspora in the United Kingdom. Based there, she will cover issues from a British/European perspective, and work with writers in the region.

Justene Adamec provides pro bono legal guidance to Desicritics. She is a trained mediator and arbitrator, a skill that is quite handy online.

New writers are always welcome - to be a Desicritic, read this article and email us.