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Born in India, Ashutosh Varshney is Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences, Brown University, where he also directs the India Initiative. Previously, he taught at Harvard and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His books include Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life: Hindus and Muslims in India, Democracy, Development, and the Countryside: Urban-Rural Struggles in India and India in the Era of Economic Reforms. His honours include the Guggenheim and Carnegie awards and the Gregory Luebbert Prize.
He is a contributing editor for the Indian Express, and his guest columns have appeared in many newspapers, including the Financial Times.

Unmukt Chand was born on 26 March 1993 in Delhi. He traces his
roots to Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The promising cricketer, who led
the India Under-19 team to World Cup victory in Australia in August
2012, has also captained the India A one-day team. Apart from
representing India A, Unmukt is also part of India Under-23, North
Zone, Delhi, and Delhi Daredevils teams. At age seventeen, he was
the youngest to play the Indian Premier League. The prolific batsman
also led the India U-19 side to victory in the Asia Cup (2012), and
two U-19 quadrangular series (2011 and 2012).
Among the prominent awards that have come his way in his
cricketing career are the Castrol Best Junior Cricketer of the Year
2011-2012, and the CEAT Indian Youngster of the Year 2012.
Unmukt is an avid reader and maintains a regular diary and, much
like he collects his runs, is forever adding to his English vocabulary.
He is presently doing his undergraduation at St. Stephen’s College,
Delhi.