Chhaya Goswami

Dr Chhaya Goswami, Honorary University Fellow, University of Exeter, UK, specializes in western Indian Ocean maritime history. She has authored a previous book on Kachchhi traders. Her current research explores maritime trade and piracy in the gulfs of Kachchh and Persia in the eighteenth century.

JAITHIRTH (JERRY) RAO is an author, columnist, banker, IT entrepreneur and the founder of two companies.