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Jonathan Gil Harris is Professor of English at Ashoka University in India, where he also served as Founding Dean from 2013 to 2017. The past president of the Shakespeare Society of India, he has published many academic books on Shakespeare, early modern culture, and processes of globalisation. Since moving to India, he has developed a deep fascination for Indian cinema, which he has written about in a series of articles for publications such as The Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Indian Express and Outlook. He is also the author of the best-selling The First Firangis: Remarkable Stories of Healers, Heroes, Courtesans, Charlatans, and Other Foreigners Who Became Indian (Aleph Books, 2014). His most recent book is Masala Shakespeare: How the Bard Became Indian (Aleph, 2018). |
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