C. J. Fuller is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of The Camphor Flame: Popular Hinduism and Indian Society (Princeton University Press, 2004); The Renewal of the Priesthood: Modernity and Traditionalism in a South Indian Temple (Princeton University Press, 2003) and has co edited (with Jackie Assayag) Globalizing India: Perspectives from Below (Anthem Press, 2005).

Véronique Benei is Visiting Senior Fellow in Anthropology at the LSE . She is also Senior Research Fellow in Anthropology at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (IIAC/LAIOS) and holds an Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches from Paris University. She is the author of Schooling India: Hindus, Muslims, and the Forging of Citizens (2009) and several papers in edited volumes and scholarly journals.

1. For an Anthropology of the Modern Indian State – C.J. Fuller and John Harriss
2. Governance and Myths of State in Mumbai – Thomas Blom Hansen
3. Paper Truths: The Emergency and Slum Clearance through Forgotten Files – Emma Tarlo
4. Dimensions of Dominance: Class and State in Uttar Pradesh – Craig Jeffrey and Jens Lerche
5. Talking Dirty about Politics: A View from a Bengali Village – Arild Engelsen Ruud
6. The Return of King Mahabali: The Politics of Morality in Kerala – Filippo Osella and Caroline Osella
7. Irrigation and Statecraft in Zamindari South India – David Mosse
8. Teaching Nationalism in Maharashtra Schools – Véronique Benei