David ShulmanDavid Shulman is Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A student of Tamil at the feet of John Ralston Marr (School of Oriental and African Studies, London), he has specialized in the languages, literatures, and cultural history ofsouth India, with a particular emphasis on Telugu and, more recently, Malayalam. Among his publications are More than Real: A History of the Imagination in South India (2012) and Tamil: A Biography (2016). His heart belongs to Kūṭiyāṭṭam, Kathakali, and Carnatic music. Read More Read Less