Achin Vanaik is is a Retired Professor of International Relations and former Head of Department of Political Science at the University of Delhi, a member of Radical Socialist India and a life-long activist . His most cited book is The Furies of Indian Communalism: Religion, Modernity and Secularization (Verso, 1997). His most recent books include Nationalist Dangers, Secular Failings: A Compass for an Indian Left (Aakar Books, 2020), The Rise of Hindu Authoritarianism: Secular Claims, Communal Realities (Verso, 2017), and After The Bomb: Post-Pokharan II Essays (Orient Black Swan, 2015).