Ismail VengasseriIsmail Vengasseri is Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) for Women, University of Delhi. As a teacher for the last three decades in central government institutions and formerly HOD of the Deprtment of History, LSR, he is presently engaged in teaching and research on modern Indian history, the history of China and Japan, and issues in world history. His doctoral thesis was on ‘Revenue Administration in Malabar under English East India Company’. He has also published articles and books, the recent being a co-edited book entitled Gandhian Thought: Different Perspectives.