A journalist, a freelance and subsequently as a full-timer since 1992, Shiv Kumar was the Goa correspondent of The Indian Express from 1998 to 2000. After moving back to Mumbai, he was with the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS). He has since joined The Tribune, Chandigarh, covering Mumbai for that paper. Contacts: 91-22-28906693, 9820320927 and journoshiv@gmail.com