Michel Foucault (15 October 1926 - 25 June 1984) was one of the leading intellectuals of the twentieth century and the most prominent thinker in post-war France. His work influenced disciplines as diverse as history, sociology, philosophy, sociology and literary criticism.
Vina Mazumdar (28 March 1927 - 30 May 2013) studied at Calcutta University and at Oxford University. She taught Political Science at the University of Patna and Berhampur University, and had been a
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Giles Tillotson is well known as a writer and lecturer on Indian history and architecture. He taught at the University of London from 1990 to 2004, since when he has been living in Gurgaon, near De
