Strangers on the Roof

The author has obtained his Master’s Degree in Ancient Indian History and Culture from University of Lucknow in 1992 and Post Graduate Diploma in Archaeology from Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi in 1996. After completing his Diploma, joined a project for “Preparation of Inventory of Centrally Protected Monuments” of Archaeological Survey of India and published inventories of Srinagar, Chandigarh and Delhi Circles while inventories of Vadodara and Jaipur Circles are in press. Author has joined ASI in 1999 as an Assistant Archaeologist and served at Delhi and Rajasthan. During his career he has actively participated in several excavations like Lalkot (U.T. Delhi), Dholavir (Gujarat), Paithan (Maharashtra), Raja Nal-ka-Tila, Bhita, Sankisa (U.P.), Dhalewan (Punjab) and Ojiyana (Rajasthan), etc. He has explored many areas of Rajasthan and reported several Prehistoric and Historical sites in districts of Jaisalmer, Baran & Bikaner. He has documented thousands of sculptures and many temples through out the state of Rajasthan. He has credited to published several articles and papers in different journals on art and architecture. He is presently working as Exploration and Excavation Officer in the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Govt. of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

Ruth Vanita, Professor, University of Montana, former Reader, Delhi University, India, was founding co-editor of Manushi, India's first nationwide feminist journal, from 1978 to 1990. She is the author of several books, including sappho and the Virgin Mary: Same-Sex Love and the English Literary Imagination; Love's Rite: Same-Sex Marriage in India and the West; Gandhi's Tiger and Sita's Sex Love in India: Readings from Literature and History. Her latest book, Gender; sex and the city: Urdu Rekhti Poetry 1780-1870, appeared in 2012.