GAURI DESHPANDE, (1942-2003) bilingual poet, essayist and short story writer in Marathi and English, has been published extensively in both languages. As a translator par excellence, her most outstanding work is the translation into Marathi of the 16-volume The Arabian Nights by Sir Richard Burton. She has also published several collections of poetry.
Manoranjan Mohanty is Chairperson, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Delhi. He is editor of Social Change and a former editor
