William Ash

William Dalrymple

William Dalrymple was born in Scotland. His first book, In Xanadu, written when he was twenty-two, was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize. In 1989, he moved to Delhi where he li

Nirmal Ray

B.R. Ambedkar

Born into an ‘untouchable’ family, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891-1956) was one of India’s most radical thinkers. A brilliant student, he earned doctorates in economics from both Co

Indra Soundar Rajan

G. Arunima

G. Arunima teaches at the Centre for Women’s Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and has researched and published on, both, historical and modern contexts in India, with a focus on cultural, vi

Saloni Mathur

Saloni Mathur is assistant professor of art history at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Balbir Madhopuri

Navi Radjou