The Indians

"G. N. Devy is currently the Obaid Siddiqi Chair Professor at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, and was previously Director, Adivasi Academy, Tejgadh, and Professor of English at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He led the People's Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI), a comprehensive documentation of all living Indian languages, forming a fiftyvolume PLSI Series. He has received several awards for his writing as well as for his community work, including the Padma Shri, Prince Claus Award, and Linguapax Award. His English publications include After Amnesia, Of Many Heroes, Painted Words, Nomad Called Thief, The Question of Silence, Countering Violence, The Crisis Within: On Knowledge and Education in India, andMahabharata: The Epic and the Nation. Tony Joseph writes on ancient Indian history and is the author of Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From. He has been the Editor of Businessworld, Associate Editor of Business Standard, and Features Editor of the Economic Times at various times. He is currently working on a sequel to Early Indians. Ravi Korisettar is an archaeologist and Adjunct Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, and Honorary Director of the Robert Bruce Foote Sanganakallu Archaeological Museum, Ballari. He was formerly a professor of archaeology at Karnatak University, Dharwad. He is the author of Quaternary Environments and Geoarchaeology of India, Early Human Behaviour in Global Context, Indian Archaeology in Retrospect (four volumes), and Beyond Stones and More Stones (four volumes)."