Shashank Shekhar Sinha

Shashank Shekhar Sinha is an independent researcher, publisher and author, known for his expertise in monuments, heritage, Adivasi studies, gender issues and witch hunting. He taught history at undergraduate colleges in the University of Delhi for nearly a decade (1994–2004) and later worked at Oxford University Press (2004–2012) before becoming Publishing Director at Routledge (South Asia), part of the Taylor & Francis Group in 2012.
Sinha regularly contributes to academic journals and books. He writes a series of articles on UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Frontline magazine, and on the politics of heritage for the Wire. Sinha has featured on television programmes discussing history and heritage, on channels such as AajTak, Rajya Sabha TV (now Sansad TV), News
18 and NDTV 24X7. He is the author of Delhi, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Restless Mothers and Turbulent Daughters, and co-editor of Gender in Modern India.