**Partha Chatterjee **is Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Columbia University, and Honorary Professor, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC).Tapati Guha-Thakurtais Director and Professor of History, CSSSC.Bodhisattva Kar is Fellow in History, CSSSC.

**Partha Chatterjee **is Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Columbia University, and Honorary Professor, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC).Tapati Guha-Thakurtais Director and Professor of History, CSSSC.Bodhisattva Kar is Fellow in History, CSSSC.