Benares illustrated

A reputed historian and author of The Asiatic Society of Bengal and Discovery of India;s Past, Dr. O.P. Kejariwal translated 100 couplets of Ghalib in 1996, which were published under the title Ghalib: A Hundred Moods by the Publications Division, New Delhi. His other important works include ‘William Jones: The Copernicus of History’ (in Objects of Enquiry edited by Garland Cannon and Kevin Brine) and introduction to the reprint of James Prinsep’s Benares Illustrated. He edited Indian Horizons, the quarterly journal of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, from 1998 to 2001. A senior member of the Indian Information Service, Dr. Kejawriwal has served in many important positions including those of CEO, Prasar Bharati, and Director-General, All India Radio. Currently, he is the Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi.