A member of the Indian Foreign Service, Pavan K. Varma has served in Moscow, in New York at the Indian Mission to the United Nations, in London, where he was director of the Nehru Centre, and as India’s high commissioner in Cyprus. Pavan K. Varma’s books include Ghalib: The Man, The Times, The Great Indian Middle Class, Being Indian and Becoming Indian, all published by Penguin. He has also translated Kaifi Azmi’s Selected Poems and Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s poetry (21 Poems) into English for Penguin.
Andre Gunder Frank (1929-2005) was a German-American economist and historian. He held many teaching appointments in various universities across the world and authored over 40 books in his lifetime.
Sheema Kermani is a classical dancer, teacher, theatre practitioner, choreographer and women’s rights activist. She is founder and head of Tehrik-e-Niswan Cultural Action Group dedicated to improvin
Grover Furr graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada in 1965 with a B.A. in English. He received a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University in 1978. Since February 1970
Samer Al-Saber is assistant professor of theatre and performance studies at Stanford University. He is a director and scholar of theatre in the Middle East.
