G. N. Devy is currently Senior Professor of Eminence and Director, School of Civilization, Somaiya Vidyavihar University and was previously Obaid Siddiqi Chair Professor at the National Cent for Biological Sciences, and 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 fifty-volume 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, and Mahabharata: The Epic and the Nation. He, alongside Ravi Korisettar and Tony Joseph, is the editor of The Indians: Histories of a Civilization.