Vijaya RamaswamyVijaya Ramaswamy formerly Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, is the author of The Song of the Loom: Weaver Folk Traditions (2013), and The Historical Dictionary of the Tamils (2007, 2nd edition 2017). Her bok Walking Naked: Women, Society, Spirituality in South India (1997, second 2nd edition 2007) won her the Best Woman Historian Award in 2000. She is currently a Tagore Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. Read More Read Less