T. Sriraman is a retired professor, Department of Literatures in English, School of Distance Education, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.
Tom Nairn is a Scottish political theorist of nationalism. He is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University, UK.
John Callow is the chief librarian of the Marx Memorial Library. He is the author of several books including The King in Exile, The Making of James II and The Triumph and the Tragedy.