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Jonathan Gil Harris

Jonathan Gil Harris is the author of many books including, most recently, The First Firangis: Remarkable Stories of Heroes, Healers, Charlatans, Courtesans, and Other Foreigners Who Became Indian (2015).  President of the Shakespeare Society of India, he teaches English at Ashoka University, where he is also Dean of Academic Affairs.  His next book is Shakespeare Masala, about the Indianization of Shakespeare’s plays post-Independence.
Year: 2016