Tilottoma Misra is an Assamese writer and critic. Her works include Literature and Society in Assam: A Study of the Assamese Renaissance, 1826-1926 (1987), and Lauhitya-sindhu (1997). She is also the editor of The Oxford Anthology of Writings from North-East India in two volumes.
Patrick Bond, based in South Africa since 1990 mainly at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Wits University, recently authored Elite Transition (third edition), South Africa: The Present as Histor
Ramnarayan S. Rawat is Associate Professor of History at the University of Delaware and the author of Reconsidering Untouchability: Chamars and Dalit History in North India.
English Romantic poet John Keats was born on October 31, 1795, in London. The oldest of four children, he lost both his parents at a young age. His father, a livery-stable keeper, died when Keats w
Rana Safvi is an author and historian with a passion for culture and heritage. She is the founder and moderator of the #shair platform on Twitter, credited with reviving popular interest in Ur
Victor Turner was born in Scotland and educated in England. He began his career as a research officer with the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute in northern Rhodesia. Best known for his ethnographic stu
